One of the biggest complaints against Functions as a Service (FaaS) like AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, Azure Functions, IBM Functions, etc. is the problem of cold start. Cold start is about the delay between the execution of a function after someone invokes it. To be more specific, it is about the function at the […]
FaaS In The Enterprise: Lacks Maturity But AWS Is Ahead
Functions as a Service (FaaS) is fast gaining developer adoption. We have already talked about the maturity of FaaS and the noise around the term. In this post, we are going to discuss the performance benchmarks on the three of the top four cloud services using the results found in an academic paper. The tl:dr […]
Different Flavors Of Serverless Marketing
Yesterday, I wrote a post about retiring the term Serverless in favor of more specific terms like Functions Compute or FaaS, Data Services, etc.. As I expected, this was met with pushbacks on Twitter from people who are in the AWS camp (as in applying the term for services like AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, etc.) […]
On Serverless and Lock-In
One of the top concerns for Serverless, especially among the enterprise users, is the idea of vendor lock-in. Functions as a Service (FaaS) offerings from public cloud providers definitely has a certain level of vendor lock-in. The key question is what is the impact of this lock-in. There are two factors that need to be discussed while […]
Serverless Will Grow At A Faster Rate Than The Cloud Did
It takes few minutes to setup a Cloud instance and start using it. This is always far faster and easier than provisioning your own hardware. If you look at this as a function of value vs. effort, it may look something like this. It provides limited value for limited effort. All you are getting is […]
The Maturity of Functions as a Service
Functions as a Service (FaaS) has been gaining quite a bit of traction among developers and startups. In our conversations with enterprise decision makers, we see that there is some level of FaaS adoption, in varying stages of maturity, in their organizations. We are in the process of publishing an independent research report next month […]
Containers Are Not The Shiny Objects Anymore?
Containers, after Docker made the user experience seamless for developers, not only captivated developers and garnered their mindshare, it also made deployment of applications into production much more easy. It completely altered the developer workflow, pushing the CI tools into oblivion. When Kubernetes came into the market and made the deployment part of applications friction […]
