Telstra on Monday said the Cisco Intercloud platform is now in live trial mode for selected customers in Australia, which the telco has declined to name. In March, Telstra was announced as the first partner worldwide to use Cisco’s $1 billion global cloud service, hosted across a global network of Cisco and partner data centres. The telco also said the Cisco Cloud Services platform can now also be used by customers in Hong Kong and Singapore. Based on Cisco’s OpenStack platform, the service adds a public cloud offering to Telstra’s existing capabilities in Australia, Asia, and Europe. Cisco previously claimed it will support any workload, on any hypervisor and interoperate with any public and private cloud. The company also said its network of clouds address rising data sovereignty concerns. Erez Yarkoni, executive director, cloud at Telstra, said development of the Cisco Intercloud has progressed well in Australia, and the offering made the transition to hybrid and public clouds easier to manage. “Our aim is to take the complexity out of connecting to the cloud,” he said. Follow CIO Australia on Twitter and Like us on Facebook… Twitter: @CIO_Australia, Facebook: CIO Australia, or take part in the CIO conversation on LinkedIn: CIO Australia Follow Byron Connolly on Twitter:@ByronConnolly Related content BrandPost Empowering Enterprises to Dive into Cloud and Unleash Digital Power While digital transformation is revolutionizing almost every sector, more and more enterprises have realized that moving to cloud is crucial to digital transformation. Some pioneering enterprises have moved their workloads to the cloud to accelerate By Huawei Cloud Mar 28, 2023 8 mins Digital Transformation BrandPost Leadership superpower: Succeeding sustainably As today's great leaders recognize, true success is not solely measured by the bottom line but also by the impact a business has on its stakeholders, including employees, partners, and the environment. By Marie Kalliney, Practice Leader, Digital Transformation Services, Broadcom Mar 28, 2023 5 mins IT Leadership BrandPost Helping the C-suite leverage their network as a business-boosting asset By Tanya O'Hara Mar 28, 2023 3 mins IT Leadership Opinion 5 hard questions every IT leader must answer Strong leadership is vital to IT success — and shouldn’t be taken for granted. Continual self-reflection is essential for knowing whether it’s time to restructure your approach to leading IT. By Thornton May Mar 28, 2023 5 mins Business IT Alignment IT Leadership Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe