Serverless Applications: Why, When, and How?

Why do so many companies adopt serverless? When are serverless applications well suited? How are they currently implemented? To address these questions, we analyze 89 serverless applications from open source projects, industrial sources, academic literature, and scientific computing-presenting the m...

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Published in:IEEE software 2021-01, Vol.38 (1), p.32-39
Main Authors: Eismann, Simon, Scheuner, Joel, van Eyk, Erwin, Schwinger, Maximilian, Grohmann, Johannes, Herbst, Nikolas, Abad, Cristina L., Iosup, Alexandru
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic literature
Computer applications
Computer software
Ease-of-use
Industrial sources
Logic gates
Open source projects
Open systems
Programvaruteknik
Resource management
Scalability
Servers
Social network services
Software Engineering
Task analysis
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Summary:Why do so many companies adopt serverless? When are serverless applications well suited? How are they currently implemented? To address these questions, we analyze 89 serverless applications from open source projects, industrial sources, academic literature, and scientific computing-presenting the most extensive study to date.
ISSN:0740-7459
1937-4194
1937-4194
DOI:10.1109/MS.2020.3023302