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What is serverless computing? Driving efficiency without sacrificing observability

Dynatrace

The phrase “serverless computing” appears contradictory at first, but for years now, successful companies have understood the benefit of using serverless technologies to streamline operations and reduce costs. So what exactly does “serverless” mean, and how can your organization benefit from it?

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What is Google Cloud Functions?

Dynatrace

In recent years, function-as-a-service (FaaS) platforms such as Google Cloud Functions (GCF) have gained popularity as an easy way to run code in a highly available, fault-tolerant serverless environment. Google Cloud Functions is a serverless compute service for creating and launching microservices. What is Google Cloud Functions?

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Sustainability at AWS re:Invent 2022 All the talks and videos I could find…

Adrian Cockcroft

Sustainability at AWS re:Invent 2022 -All the talks and videos I could find… Las Vegas MSG Sphere under construction next door to the Venetian Sands Expo Center — Photo by Adrian This blog post is long overdue — I spent too long trying to find time to watch all the videos, and finally gave up and listed a few below that I haven’t seen.

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A 5G future

O'Reilly

I don’t need more bandwidth for video conferences or movies, but I would like to be able to download operating system updates and other large items in seconds rather than minutes. So what about industrial IoT (IIoT), and sensors that can be built into a sticker and slapped on to machinery? At a gigabit, you don’t have to think twice.

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Sustainability Talks and Updates from AWS re:Invent 2023

Adrian Cockcroft

I’m posting this on the Sunday before re:Invent, and will update as I find out more during the week… Sustainability Track Sessions and Workshops What follows are the catalog descriptions of the talks, after I’ve watched the videos I’ll update this post with my own commentary.

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Latency vs. Throughput: Navigating the Digital Highway

VoltDB

On the other hand, high throughput is crucial for tasks like downloading large files or streaming high-definition videos, where the volume of data transferred matters. Application architecture complexity Modern business applications are often built on complex architectures, involving microservices, containers, and serverless computing.

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