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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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What is serverless computing? Driving efficiency without sacrificing observability

Dynatrace

Traditional computing models rely on virtual or physical machines, where each instance includes a complete operating system, CPU cycles, and memory. REST APIs, authentication, databases, email, and video processing all have a home on serverless platforms. The provider is essentially your system administrator.

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Platform Engineering Teams Done Right…

Adrian Cockcroft

The layers of platforms start at the bottom with hardware choices such as which CPU architectures and vendors you want to use. The next layer is operating system platforms, what flavor of Linux, what version of Windows etc. Above that there’s a deployment platform such as Kubernetes or AWS Lambda.