Telstra is delivering integrated voice, video, presence and mobility applications as a cloud service, following a new agreement with networking equipment vendor Cisco. The service – dubbed Cloud Collaboration – will be delivered from Telstra’s Australian data centres and delivered to customers over the telco’s Next G and Next IP networks. Customers will be charged on a monthly “per worker” basis, Staff are categorised as “essential”, “office”, “information” or “mobile” workers. Paul Geason, group managing director, Telstra Enterprise and Government, said offering unified communications services in the cloud removes the “burden of capital expenditure and complicated deployments from customers.” “The cloud model takes organisations to an operating expenditure model, allowing simpler budgeting and greater flexibility in their IT services.” Telstra is the first Australian service provider to offer Cisco unified communications services from the cloud. These services include the Cisco Telepresence high-definition video conferencing service and Cisco Jabber Plus, a tool that enables users to combine access of voice, email and instant messaging using a single log-on. The service will be available in the coming months. Demonstrations are being setup at the Cisco Innovation Suite at the Telstra Experience Centre in Melbourne. Related content opinion Website spoofing: risks, threats, and mitigation strategies for CIOs In this article, we take a look at how CIOs can tackle website spoofing attacks and the best ways to prevent them. By Yash Mehta Dec 01, 2023 5 mins CIO Cyberattacks Security brandpost Sponsored by Catchpoint Systems Inc. Gain full visibility across the Internet Stack with IPM (Internet Performance Monitoring) Today’s IT systems have more points of failure than ever before. Internet Performance Monitoring provides visibility over external networks and services to mitigate outages. By Neal Weinberg Dec 01, 2023 3 mins IT Operations brandpost Sponsored by Zscaler How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty Now is the time to overcome the challenges of perimeter-based architectures and reduce costs with zero trust. By Zscaler Dec 01, 2023 4 mins Security feature LexisNexis rises to the generative AI challenge With generative AI, the legal information services giant faces its most formidable disruptor yet. That’s why CTO Jeff Reihl is embracing and enhancing the technology swiftly to keep in front of the competition. By Paula Rooney Dec 01, 2023 6 mins Generative AI Digital Transformation Cloud Computing 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