Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS is the leading cloud platform, launched in 2002 and has the highest market share of all cloud providers

AWS does (almost) everything

As of Jan 2024, there are 535 different AWS services. Yes you read that correctly, everything from AWS Fraud Detector to AWS X-Ray: there’s a product that can provide your business an innovative edge.

That’s where we come in. We understand AWS, and how it can help grow your business. More common examples include:

  • Hosting with EC2 and Relational Database Services (RDS)

  • Off-site backups of on-premise servers with S3

  • Caching with CloudFront

  • Firewalls and other security tools

Auckland & Global Datacentres

Currently AWS has Local Zones for compute, storage, and databases in Auckland. Development is underway for full Auckland zone availability, as Amazon builds three datacentres here. The Sydney zone has the full suite of AWS services, as well as 32 other zones around the world.

Other Options

Sometimes it’s cheaper to own the hardware rather than rent it. 37signals recently did a cloud exit. If your software can run on Cloudflare (i.e. written in Javascript, C, or Rust), it’s likely lower-cost than AWS. But for the majority of businesses, an AWS or Azure cloud solution makes sense.

Let’s Talk

Whether you want to talk the technical details or in plain english, we’d love to chat.