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Local data centre to create sovereign data storage and processing capacity for Datadog’s customers and partners, helping meet local privacy and security requirements and preferences

COMPANY NEWS:  Addressing the ecosystem’s growing pains which threaten to drive Australia's next generation of tech unicorns offshore, Cremorne Digital Hub's Scaleup Program powered by Boab aims to fuel the next level of digital investment and innovation growth locally.

Telstra has confirmed it is poised to acquire Melbourne-based cloud specialist company Versent.

Executives from Australian companies Seek, Red Energy, and Yarra Valley Water have teamed up to support the Australian Customer Experience Professionals Association.

GUEST OPINION: Unemployment in Australia is currently sitting at historically low levels leaving companies with challenges in recruiting and employing new staff. As such, organisations are looking for innovative ways to attract prospective employees.

The Victorian Government has awarded fund management company Artesian a $10 million contract to establish and operate the Cremorne Digital Hub to accelerate the state’s tech sector and ecosystem.

Travel planning site operator Rome2rio has appointed Bo Jing to the role of head of product.

Online job ads on the SEEK website in February grew by 2.2% over the previous month, the online job site says, adding that this made the year-on-year rise 35.8%.

Melbourne-based online and hybrid events platform operator Delegate Connect has appointed Chris Davies to the role of chief operating officer and James Law to the role of chief people officer.

Online jobs advertisement portal SEEK says October saw the highest number of ads posted in a month during its 23 years of operation.

Online job advertisements posted on the portal SEEK increased by 6% month-on-month in September, the first such increase since April this year, the site says in its monthly report on online employment opportunities in Australia.

Job advertisements on the online portal SEEK in August were down by 5.3% month-on-month but up 55.9% year-on-year, the company says.

Online job advertisements on the website SEEK fell by 4.1% month-on-month in July, but were up by 67.9% year-on-year, the company says.

Payments platform for the hospitaity industry Ordermentum has announced a $6 million funding round led by existing chairman David Gordon, SEEK co-founder Matt Rockman and PURE Asset Management. 

Jobs site SEEK has Chewied through a veritable Sith-load of Star Wars stuff, just in time for May the Fourth, and I've got to Han it to them, it's no fluke, sky walkers, that SEEK wants you to be a Job Jedi.

Online job advertisements on the site SEEK in March showed a rise of 75% year-on-year, the company says, offering a reminder that March 2020 was the month when the pandemic first had an effect on the job market.

Online job advertisements on the site SEEK rose by 8.6% month-on-month in November and showed a 1.0% rise year-on-year, a statement from the site says, adding that this was the first year-on-year increase in new ads since the pandemic.

A strong showing by Victoria has helped boost online job ads for October, the recruitment firm SEEK says, adding that though ads were up by 8.5% month-on-month, there was a 11.7% fall year-on-year, the lowest year-on-year drop since the beginning of the pandemic. Last month, the month-on-month growth was higher, at 9.25%.

Jobs board and employment marketplace provider SEEK is using cloud services video provider Brightcove's video technology in a move designed to build a stronger brand and create a “more human connection” between job seekers and organisations.

Job advertisements in the two weeks ending 25 October are at 90% of pre-COVID levels, according to a new report on the SEEK employment marketplace.