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What is Serverless Computing and How can it Benefit Your Business?

Overview

Serverless computing is a cloud computing execution model in which the cloud provider allocates machine resources on-demand. This has redefined how businesses interact with technology.
Cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) take care of the servers on behalf of their customers so that their developers focus on building and running applications and not the servers.

AWS has been named a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Database Management Systems for 11 consecutive years. A highlight in the technology industry was the launch of AWS Lambda in 2014, an event-driven compute serverless application which is natively integrated with over 200 AWS services and Software as a Service (SaaS).

Advantages of Serverless Computing

1. Move from idea to market, faster

Serverless computing allows companies to eliminate operational overhead so developers can release code quicker, get feedback promptly and iterate to get to market faster.

2. Lower your costs

Enjoy a pay-for-value billing model to automatically optimise resource utilisation to prevent ever paying for over-provisioning.

3. Adapt at scale

Adapt to customer needs quickly by using technology that automatically scales the workload from zero to peak demands allows responses to customer needs faster than ever before.

4. Build better applications, easier

Serverless applications have built-in service integrations, so developers can focus on building applications instead of configuring them.

What makes Serverless Computing Different? 

Part of the journey to the cloud is determining how much you would like to control and manage yourself and how much you would like your cloud provider to manage. There are four cloud platform services, Function as a Service (FaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS).

Function as a Service (FaaS)

FaaS is a game-changer in serverless computing, it offers a class of cloud computing services that customers can use to develop, operate, and manage application functionalities.
This serverless backend service allows developers to write code with ease that can be executed in response to certain events without needing to worry about the hardware running the function.

Software as a Service (SaaS)

SaaS represents the most developed option for businesses in the cloud market by utilising the internet to deliver applications to users that are managed by a third-party vendor. The benefits are that they are managed from a central location, hosted on a remote server, accessible over the internet and users are not responsible for hardware or software updates. Examples of SaaS include Google Workspace, Dropbox, Salesforce and GoToMeeting.

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

IaaS is made of highly scalable and automated compute resources offered on demand, through a dashboard or an API. This gives developers complete control over the entire infrastructure, examples of IaaS are AWS, Rackspace, Microsoft Azure and Google Compute Engine (GCE).

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

PaaS delivers a framework for developers through a dashboard or an API, to build upon and use to create customised platforms or software applications. The servers, storage, and networking can be managed by the enterprise or a third-party provider while the developers maintain the management of the applications. Examples of PaaS include AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Google App Engine or OpenShift.

What is Application Integration?

Serverless computing is at the forefront of IT infrastructure but how does it pair with the day-to-day running of a business?
Most of the work we do today is done by using a variety of applications. The key benefit of application integration is the enablement of two or more individual systems that were built separately to work together.
Application integration bridges the gap between systems and results in improved computing, modernised solutions and agile business operations. This offers businesses new capabilities and efficiencies than what was previously possible.

Data Storage and Databases Services for Serverless Computing

Serverless computing accompanied by Amazon S3 makes for world class computing. Amazon S3 is an object storage service offering industry-leading scalability, data availability, security and performance.

The greatest benefit is the ability to store and protect any amount of data for virtually any use case, such as data lakes, cloud-native applications and mobile apps. It also has strategic and cost-effective storage classes and easy-to-use management features.
Thus, giving you the ability to optimise costs, organise data and configure fine-tuned access controls to meet specific business, organisational and compliance requirements with ease.
Amazon Dynamo DB is a fully managed, serverless, key-value NoSQL database designed to run high-performance applications at any scale. A developer benefits from DynamoDB’s built-in security, continuous backups, automated multi-Region replication, in-memory caching and data export tools.

Why Amazon DynamoDB?

  • The data is secured with encryption at rest, automatic backup and restore.
  • Guaranteed reliability with an SLA of up to 99.999% availability.
  • Focus on innovation and optimising costs with a fully managed serverless database.
  • Amazon DynamoDB automatically scales up and down to fit business needs seamlessly.

Go Serverless with AWS Today

Going serverless is a modern way to build and run agile and innovative applications. AWS has advanced technology that empowers business leaders and development teams to focus on continuously saving businesses precious time and money.

Silicon Overdrive is an AWS Advanced Partner who can assist with modernising your application on AWS. Take advantage of two hours of free AWS Consultancy if you would like more information and to fully understand serverless computing and modernising your application using AWS services. Contact us today on www.overdrive.co.za.

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