By Kirsten Wade
SuccessFactors, an SAP company, has announced the opening of a new data centre in Sydney. The new data centre will be SuccessFactors’ first in Australia, created to service the booming Australian market.
Murray Sargant, SuccessFactors vice president, Asia Pacific, said the new data centre demonstrates the company’s commitment to the region.
“The new data centre opening comes at a perfect time as it is designed to meet the rapidly growing hosting demands of the Australian government and local business customers,” Sargant said.
“We have a very strong presence in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Brisbane, so many of our customers will find it helpful to have access to a data centre which offers premium support and optimal reliability in the country. We are committed to advancing Australia as a cloud computing hub for the region and we are very excited about the growth potential the data centre will bring to the APAC market.”
The new facility will host the entire SuccessFactors Business Execution (BizX) suite, including Jam, Workforce Planning, Workforce Analytics, Performance and Goals, Employee Central, Recruiting Management and Learning Management. All will be delivered locally in the Australian cloud to clients throughout the Asia Pacific.
In another announcement earlier this week, SuccessFactors unveiled Professional Edition, a new BizX suite for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Australia.
The new suite is designed to help business owners maximise the personnel side of their business – from hiring the right people, developing employee skills and undertaking performance reviews.
Robert Yue, country manager for SuccessFactors Australia, said contrary to belief, small companies can benefit from talent management strategies.
“It is especially important for small- and medium-sized businesses to attract, retain and grow their talent,” Yue said. “Smaller businesses feel the impact of people changes much greater than larger ones, which could then lead to an adverse effect on company performance.”
