In the latest episode of Behind the Mic, Adam Spencer talks to Gretchen Cooke from Telstra and Vanessa Sorenson from Microsoft about the launch of a dedicated end-to-end Microsoft practice to support the digital growth of Australian businesses. 

Only around one quarter of large businesses are on track to meet their sustainability targets. Technology can help reduce emissions, and quickly. Telstra recently partnered with Deloitte Access Economics for an Australia-first research paper on how we can bring about positive climate action. The numbers are staggering, have a listen to find out more. 

How do you build resilient and cyber fit supply chains as industries become increasingly digitised? Hear from Telstra experts about how we continue to help our customers meet their changing demands.

Nadine Allen is Ericsson’s Head of Enterprise Business for South East Asia, Oceania and India. She discusses the role of 5G as it increasingly becomes a gateway to digital transformation and explains the key drivers for enterprise digitisation. 5G has reached a point where it can play a key role as a reliable, single communications platform enabling organisations to both innovate and transform.

Hear how Cisco and Telstra are working together to enable businesses to manage the application growth and reliance we have seen post covid, as they highlight the important steps businesses can take to deliver exceptional customer experiences.

Geraldine Kor, Managing Director, South Asia - Telstra International, chats to Adam Spencer about how Telstra has been operating internationally for 75 years and has employees across 20 countries, delivering services to thousands of business, government, carrier, and OTT customers. With the word-class network at the heart, Telstra International owns and operates the largest intra-Asia subsea network, with core infrastructure spanning almost 400,000 kilometers – enough to circle the world almost 10 times. Geraldine is a champion of diversity and inclusion in the tech industry and a lover of artisan cheese.

Dr Catriona Wallace, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethicist and Futurist, has been working with Telstra and the Australian Government on the Responsible AI Index Report – a framework that develops Telstra’s capability for the ethical use of AI. They talk about how to implement AI in a huge organisation like Telstra and what’s involved in using AI responsibly.

Adam Spencer chats to Fraser Shields, IT Client Services Manager at Downer Group about how Telstra Purple helped the organisation equip its frontline workforce with AR.

Adam Spencer chats to Stuart Campbell, Head of Platforms and DevOps at VicRoads about how Telstra Purple is helping them automate critical processes in the cloud.

Adam Spencer chats to William Payne, Chief Digital Officer at Mirvac about how Telstra Purple helped them transform their communication network across the entire business.