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Article by NZ Herald Business

Key points

  • Amazon has rolled out its new Lift program for small and medium-sized businesses in New Zealand, giving them access to over 200 cloud services

  • New Zealand is one of the initial countries to have access to the Lift program, which is also available in Singapore, the Philippines, Australia and Japan

  • The program is designed to allow businesses to test and utilise more than 200 AWS cloud services through the company's extensive global cloud infrastructure

  • Participating businesses will be charged a minimum of $1, with any services used up to USD$83,500 per year credited back to customers.

“Small-medium businesses are incredibly important to the New Zealand economy and we’re looking at a variety of ways to invest with them,” AWS New Zealand said.

To learn more about how Alliott NZ can help you do business in the cloud in New Zealand visit alliottnz.com. Alliott NZ is a Top 30 NZ Accounting Firm and 2022 Newmarket Business Awards winner.

Article first published by NZ Herald — Amazon launches programme to help NZ SMEs access cloud services. Available at: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/amazon-launches-software-to-help-nz-smes-access-cloud-services/W43R3KA3NBD5NGMOHEVWH3QLPQ/ [9 Feb 2023]

Topics: cloud accounting New Zealand small business technology