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What is serverless computing? Driving efficiency without sacrificing observability

Dynatrace

AWS Lambda functions are an example of how a serverless framework works: Developers write a function in a supported language or platform. AWS Lambda allows developers to use NodeJS or Python while you can control nearly every detail of a REST API. Connecting IoT devices (for example, AWS IoT Device Management ).

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What is Google Cloud Functions?

Dynatrace

In a time when modern microservices are easier to deploy, GCF, like its counterparts AWS Lambda and Microsoft Azure Functions , gives development teams an agility boost for delivering value to their customers quickly with low overhead costs. GCF also has relevance in IoT and file processing tasks. What is Google Cloud Functions?

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

Abhishek Tiwari

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 ). Now it possible to execute functions at the edge - for instance Cloudflare Workers and Amazon Lambda@Edge offer ability to execute functions more than 100 edge locations globally.

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