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Datadog unveils plans for data centre in Australia
Datadog plans a new data centre in Australia.
The data centre instance, which will be built on AWS, will be Datadog’ s first in Australia and adds to existing locations in North America, Asia, Europe and AWS GovCloud.
Datadog currently works with more than 1,000 organisations in Australia and New Zealand including banking and financial services, retail and ecommerce, software-as-a-service and technology industries, with public sector, healthcare and higher education representing key expansion verticals.
“ Australia is a high-priority market for Datadog; we already have a strong employee base in-region and aim to create new jobs across various practices this year,” said Rob Thorne, Vice President for Asia- Pacific and Japan( APJ), Datadog.
“ Datadog has experienced surging demand in Australia and New Zealand. Analysts forecast IT spend will reach AU $ 147 billion this year, with cybersecurity, generative AI and cloud services to receive significant attention. We are poised to support this appetite for advanced digital capabilities across the private sector, alongside the Australian Government’ s ambitions to become a top three digital government.”
“ We continue to invest in Australia and New Zealand, with the recent opening of our Melbourne office and the expansion of our teams there, as well as in Sydney and Auckland,” said Yanbing Li, Chief Product Officer, Datadog.
“ Australian companies are innovating rapidly and rely on Datadog to support their continued cloud investments, digital transformations and AI projects.”
Asia continues to lead global surge in QR code payment usage – with value reaching $ 1.2tn by 2029
Juniper Research has found that the value of QR code payments in APAC will grow by 300 % by 2029; up from $ 290bn this year.
APAC continues to grow at twice the rate of Europe and North America.
The study shows countries including Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines are leading this growth. QR code payments, powered by wallets or account-to-account( A2A) payments, will heavily displace cash use in these nations; presenting a key opportunity for digital payments providers.
Research Author Daniel Bedford said:“ One key limitation of QR code payments is the lack of interoperability when compared with cards, which use universal standards. To scale prospects in Asia, local wallets must collaborate on standards to fully realise the potential of digital payments.”
Juniper Research identifies initiatives such as Alipay + as boosting interoperability of wallet-based payments – but says far greater efforts are required to enable both consumers and merchants to properly capitalise on digital payments growth.
Near-field communication( NFC) technology is gaining traction in more developed markets; however, Juniper Research expects that NFC will fail to challenge QR codes in Southeast Asia.
High infrastructure costs and low card penetration mean that NFC payments create poor market prospects; with QR being well placed to lead payment digitalisation efforts. QR codes only require a smartphone or terminal to either scan or display a code – representing a very low barrier to entry.
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