Amazon Web Services (AWS)

New Delhi, April 19: With an aim to boost the startup ecosystem in India, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the Cloud arm of Amazon has launched a curated set of software solutions aimed at empowering the SMBs in the country. The initiative will help to digitise 10 million Indian small and medium businesses (SMBs) by 2025. Touted as ‘Amazon Digital Suite’, it provides a broad selection of business software focused on SMBs from seven AWS Partner Network (APN) Technology Partners in areas such as accounting, customer support, and human resources.

It must be noted that all Amazon Digital Suite software can be purchased individually with discounts of up to 75 per cent from the suggested retail prices, the AWS said in a statement. As per details by the company, the ‘Amazon Digital Suite’ is now available for purchase on amazon.in. Prices of the products that are part of the Amazon Digital Suite begin at as low as Rs 20.

Here’s how the ‘Amazon Digital Suite’ will help Indian SMBs:

Puneet Chandok, President-Commercial Sales, AISPL, AWS India and South Asia said the Amazon Digital Suite brings the best of what AWS and Amazon offer as an affordable, simple-to-use, and value-driven package
Customers purchasing the Amazon Digital Suite during the ‘Amazon Smbhav 2021′ event from April 15-23 will be eligible for discounts of up to 30 percent in the Amazon Digital Suite store.
With the Amazon Digital Suite, SMBs can overcome the challenges of technology adoption, digitise their operations, innovate in their business, accelerate their growth, and help India prosper.
The Amazon Digital Suite comprises various solutions from Razorpay, Freshworks, greytHR, ClearTax, Zoho, Vinculum and OkCredit.

Vedanarayanan Vedantham, Head – SME Business, Razorpay said that the launch of the Amazon Digital Suite will be a game changer; it will empower millions of SMBs of any size, and make it possible for them to reach new customers around the world.

Amazon Launches ‘AWS Space Accelerator’, A Business Support Programme, To Help Space Startups Grow

San Francisco, April 3: To give a major fillip to startups across the world, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has rolled out the ‘Space Accelerator’ to help and encourage the startups. The Space Accelerator is a four-week business support programme to help space startups grow. The programme is open to space startups seeking to use AWS to help solve the biggest challenges in the space industry, the company said. c

About the ‘Space Accelerator’ programme:

The programme will provide technical, business, and mentoring resources to space startups around the globe.
AWS is offering this opportunity in collaboration with Seraphim, a London-based investment group focused exclusively on the space industry, who will provide business development and investment guidance.
AWS and Seraphim will select a cohort of space startups to participate in an intensive, four-week programme with AWS Cloud and technical training to help them accelerate research, development, and growth using AWS.
The AWS said that the applications are already open and proposals are due by April 21.
AWS and Seraphim are accepting applications from innovative startups at all stages of maturity working with space technology or space-derived data who have a clearly defined and unique mission.

Clint Crosier, Director of Aerospace and Satellite at AWS, said in a statement said that Startups provide a catalyst for bold new experimentation in the space industry. “We are proud to announce the AWS Space Accelerator as part of our ongoing commitment to help startups succeed, and to shape the future of aerospace. We look forward to helping the first cohort of companies launch and grow through this new programme”, Crosier said.

The AWS said that qualifying missions can include, but are not limited to, earth observation, electronics and robotics, spacecraft launch and delivery, spacecraft hardware and software, launch manufacturing and launch operations, and more.