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 […]
Let Us Just Retire The Term Serverless
Tech industry loves to create terms that confuse people more than adding any value. Terms like Private Cloud, NoOps, etc. are marketing terms invented by vendors without adding any meaningful value to the industry conversation. The term Serverless falls into this category. Initially, used by Ken Fromm as a way to describe on-demand elastic infrastructure […]
Serverless On-Premises: Does It Make Sense?
There is quite a bit of chatter around deploying Serverless platforms on-premises either on their traditional virtualized infrastructure or private cloud. Does Serverless on servers in your own data center make any sense? Does it defeat the very idea of Serverless? In this post, we will take a look Serverless from the point of view […]
