Word of the Day: serverless computing

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serverless computing Serverless computing is an event-driven application design and deployment paradigm in which computing resources are provided as scalable cloud services. In traditional application deployments, the server's computing resources represent fixed and recurring costs, regardless of the amount of computing work that is actually being performed by the server. In a serverless computing deployment, the cloud customer only pays for service usage; there is never any cost associated with idle, down-time. Serverless computing does not eliminate servers, but instead seeks to emphasize the idea that computing resource considerations can be moved into the background during the design process. The term is often associated with the NoOps movement and the concept may also be referred to as "function as a service (Faas)" or "runtime as a service (RaaS)." One example of public cloud serverless computing is the AWS Lambda service. Developers can drop in code, create backend applications, create event handling routines and process data - all without worrying about servers, virtual machines (VMs), or the underlying compute resources needed to sustain an enormous volume of events because the actual hardware and infrastructure involved are all maintained by the provider. AWS Lambda can also interact with many other Amazon services, allowing developers to quickly create and manage complex enterprise-class applications with almost no consideration of the underlying servers. Quote of the Day "It's always been black magic how you distribute infrastructure costs, even in the data center among applications. It's an advantage for serverless from a business perspective." - Aater Suleman   Trending Terms event driven architecture AWS Lambda event handling PaaS NoOps IaaS composable infrastructure   Learning Center Serverless deployment spells fresh opportunities for IT ops Serverless deployment will become a tool for IT ops pros to offer developers alongside traditional infrastructures. Serverless computing helps enterprises reduce cloud resource worries Enterprises are embracing serverless computing due to its reliability and cost efficiency, using options such as AWS Lambda, Google Functions and Azure functions. The outlook for cloud computing 2017? Lower costs and more options In cloud computing 2017, there will be less -- like serverless computing and lower prices -- as well as more, like containers, analytics and storage Public cloud vendors jump on serverless computing bandwagon Serverless computing platforms, such as AWS Lambda, offer great potential as providers jump on the bandwagon -- but proceed with caution. Serverless showdown: Microsoft Azure Functions vs. AWS Lambda Compare Microsoft Azure Functions vs. AWS Lambda pricing, as well as capabilities for containers, triggers and more. Writing for Business Serverless computing can significantly bring down costs since you're not paying for servers 24/7, _________ of whether they are actively serving requests. A. irregardless B. regardless Answer       Stay In Touch For feedback about any of our definitions or to suggest a new definition, please contact me at: mrouse@techtarget.com   Visit the Word of the Day Archives and catch up on what you've missed!   FOLLOW US About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Whatis.com, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget, Whatis, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2016 TechTarget. All rights reserved.