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What is AWS Lambda?

Dynatrace

The 2014 launch of AWS Lambda marked a milestone in how organizations use cloud services to deliver their applications more efficiently, by running functions at the edge of the cloud without the cost and operational overhead of on-premises servers. What is AWS Lambda? Where does Lambda fit in the AWS ecosystem?

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A look behind the scenes of AWS Lambda and our new Lambda monitoring extension

Dynatrace

Since its introduction by AWS in 2014, AWS Lambda has revolutionized the compute space and boosted the entire serverless movement. Dynatrace has offered a Lambda code module for Node.js since 2017, and many customers have used it with great success while we collected requirements for the next iteration of our Lambda extension.

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AWS Re:Invent 2021 guide: Multicloud modernization and digital transformation

Dynatrace

When Amazon launched AWS Lambda in 2014, it ushered in a new era of serverless computing. Amazon Web Services (AWS) and other cloud platforms provide visibility into their own systems, but they leave a gap concerning other clouds, technologies, and on-prem resources. What are the typical use cases for AWS Lambda?

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What is function as a service? App development gets FaaS and furious

Dynatrace

The FaaS model of cloud computing debuted in 2014 with startups like hook.io. Cloud providers such as Google, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft also followed suit with frameworks such as Google Cloud Functions , AWS Lambda , and Microsoft Azure Functions. How does function as a service work? Increased testing complexity.

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Content Management Systems of the Future: Headless, JAMstack, ADN and Functions at the Edge

Abhishek Tiwari

Recently I was asked about content management systems (CMS) of the future - more specifically how they are evolving in the era of microservices, APIs, and serverless computing. They often get blindsided by vendor’s pitch and end-up making decision based on some fancy demos (see my post from 2014 on Adobe AEM ).

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