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 Sponsored by Freshworks When your AI chatbots mess up AI ‘hallucinations’ present significant business risks, but new types of guardrails can keep them from doing serious damage By Paul Gillin Dec 08, 2023 4 mins Generative AI brandpost Sponsored by Dell New research: How IT leaders drive business benefits by accelerating device refresh strategies Security leaders have particular concerns that older devices are more vulnerable to increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks. By Laura McEwan Dec 08, 2023 3 mins Infrastructure Management case study Toyota transforms IT service desk with gen AI To help promote insourcing and quality control, Toyota Motor North America is leveraging generative AI for HR and IT service desk requests. By Thor Olavsrud Dec 08, 2023 7 mins Employee Experience Generative AI ICT Partners feature CSM certification: Costs, requirements, and all you need to know The Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification sets the standard for establishing Scrum theory, developing practical applications and rules, and leading teams and stakeholders through the development process. By Moira Alexander Dec 08, 2023 8 mins Certifications IT Skills Project Management 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