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CIRA offers Amazon Web Services to public sector startups

OTTAWA - The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has become the first Canadian public sector incubator to make Amazon Web Services (AWS) programs available to Canadian public sector startups.CIRA said Monday that the move means that its Community Investment Program recipients may now access Amazon’s cloud services to help them build and scale their projects. The program funds innovative community projects that seek to build a stronger, safer and more accessible Internet for Canadians.  Since launching in 2014, the program has distributed $4.2M in funding to over 100 projects.“We are thrilled that Amazon Web Services is supporting our vision to build...