New AWS customers can run a free Amazon EC2 instance for a year,
while also leveraging free usage across other AWS services
SEATTLE, Oct 21, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com Company (NASDAQ: AMZN),
today announced that developers and businesses will be able to take
advantage of a new free usage tier for a full year. Beginning November
1, new AWS customers will be able to run a free Amazon EC2 instance for
a year, while also leveraging a new free usage tier for Amazon S3,
Amazon Elastic Block Store, Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, and AWS data
transfer. This will enable developers to launch new applications,
broaden their AWS knowledge, or simply gain hands-on familiarity with
the services -- all while incurring no charges. To learn more about the
new AWS free usage tier, visit http://aws.amazon.com/free.
"We're excited to introduce a free usage tier for new AWS customers to
help them get started on AWS," said Adam Selipsky, Vice President,
Amazon Web Services. "Everyone from entrepreneurial college students to
developers at Fortune 500 companies can now launch new applications at
zero expense and with the peace of mind that they can instantly scale to
accommodate growth. We can't wait to see what great ideas are set in
motion now that it's free to experiment and launch production
applications in the AWS cloud."
With the new free AWS usage tier, developers will be able to launch
applications at no cost. If their new application spikes in popularity,
it will seamlessly scale and run on AWS's inexpensive, pay-as-you-go,
standard pricing that is much less than traditional computing costs.
Below are the highlights of AWS's new free offering. All are free for
one year (except the last three which are free indefinitely):
- 750 hours per month of micro Linux Amazon EC2 instance usage -- enough
to run continuously (there are approximately 750 hours in a month)
- 750 hours per month of an Amazon Elastic Load Balancer
- 10 GB per month of Amazon Elastic Block Storage
- 5 GB per month of Amazon S3 Storage
- 30 GB per month of internet data transfer (15 GB of data transfer "in"
and 15 GB of data transfer "out" across all services)
- 25 Machine Hours per month of Amazon SimpleDB
- 100,000 Requests per month of Amazon Simple Queue Service
- 100,000 Requests per month, 100,000 Notifications over HTTP per month,
and 1,000 Notifications over Email per month for Amazon Simple
Notification Service
To learn more about AWS's free offering, visit http://aws.amazon.com/free.
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle,
opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's
Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most
customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything
they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the
lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of
unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books;
Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home
& Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health &
Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web
Services provides Amazon's developer customers with access to
in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon's own back-end
technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any
type of business. Kindle, Kindle 3G and Kindle DX are the revolutionary
portable readers that wirelessly download books, magazines, newspapers,
blogs and personal documents to a crisp, high-resolution electronic ink
display that looks and reads like real paper. Kindle 3G and Kindle DX
utilize the same 3G wireless technology as advanced cell phones, so
users never need to hunt for a Wi-Fi hotspot. Kindle is the #1
bestselling product across the millions of items sold on Amazon.
Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com,
www.amazon.co.uk,
www.amazon.de,
www.amazon.co.jp,
www.amazon.fr,
www.amazon.ca,
and www.amazon.cn.
As used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar terms include
Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates
otherwise.
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning
of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly
from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to
competition, management of growth, new products, services and
technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international
expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment center
optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and
strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption,
inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More
information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's
financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
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