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09.14.07
Amazon Announces Developer Contest
 By
Mike Sachoff
Amazon Web Services, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, has launched the Amazon Web Services Start-Up Challenge, a contest for entrepreneurs and software developers in which the winner will receive $50,000 in cash, $50,000 in Amazon Web Service (AWS) credits and an investment offer from Amazon.
Four second- place winners will receive $5,000 in AWS credits and all qualified participants will receive $25 in AWS credits. Amazon will judge entries on originality and how they use the pay-as-you-go technology from AWS.
"Of the many things that have surprised us along the way, perhaps the biggest has been how quickly so many start-ups have started using AWS. The fact that our services have no up-front costs and are pay-as-you go allows small businesses to focus on innovating and growing, instead of on raising capital and engaging in the heavy lifting needed to build out a back-end infrastructure," said Adam Selipsky, Vice President of Product Development and Developer Relations, Amazon Web Services.
Contestants must submit the online application by October 28,2007. Five finalists will be announced in early November. Each one will be profiled in an online video on the AWS Web site where registered developers will be able to vote on which finalist they think is the best. The winner will be announced in December.
"Amazon Web Services has been the key component of our infrastructure from day one. Using AWS allows me to worry less about infrastructure and spend more time focusing on development, which has helped Geezeo come as far as it has in such a short amount of time," said Peter Glyman, Co-Founder, Geezeo, a web based social finance application that helps users make educated financial decisions.
To be eligible for the contest individuals need to be residents of the U.S. or privately held companies based in the U.S. that have not generated more than $10 million in annual revenue.
About
the Author:
Mike is a staff writer for WebProNews.
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