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Cisco has begun working with the Canadian Province of Ontario to help create a smarter, more connected and sustainable economy for the region.

Ontario and Cisco Canada aim to develop a framework that will drive innovation and sustainable economic development in areas like health and wellness, energy, smart cities, education and economic cluster development. The collaboration is part of the province’s ongoing effort to partner with private industry to promote commercialization, increase research and development and make better use of the region’s broadband capacity.

To the slew of data indicating that working remotely is no longer a rarity, but becoming commonplace, you can add the latest Work Without Walls findings from Microsoft. Microsoft’s research shows that enabling employees to work remotely is fast becoming not a perk, but a business imperative.

Most weekday mornings David Herbert, 44, is out the door by 4:15 a.m., hoping to get a jump on the 74-mile slog from his home southwest of Olympia, Wash. to downtown Seattle.

Rather than fight traffic the entire way, the information technology manager drives 45 miles to Tacoma, boards the 5:35 a.m. train for the one-hour ride to King Street Station then takes a bus for the final 20 minutes of his commute to the office.

So. Here we are in the day and age of internet; a utility that has created countless benefits- one of which is telecommuting. In case you don’t know, telecommuting is any job in which technology makes the need for a commute to an onsite workplace obsolete