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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 function as a service? App development gets FaaS and furious

Dynatrace

Effective application development requires speed and specificity. Applications must work as intended and make their way through development pipelines as quickly as possible. FaaS enables enterprises to deliver on the evolving expectations of fast and furious app development. But what is FaaS? How does function as a service work?

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Firecracker: lightweight virtualization for serverless applications

The Morning Paper

Firecracker: lightweight virtualisation for serverless applications , Agache et al., Firecracker is the virtual machine monitor (VMM) that powers AWS Lambda and AWS Fargate, and has been used in production at AWS since 2018. NSDI’20. Virtualisation has challenges with density, overheads, and startup times.

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Multi-tenants and Branches in Neon Serverless PostgreSQL

Percona

Announcement I will be speaking at Percona Live 2023 about serverless PostgreSQL. Introduction Recently, Percona introduced Percona Builds for Neon ( Introducing Percona Builds for Serverless PostgreSQL ), which makes it easy to install and experiment with serverless PostgreSQL. Interested in serverless PostgreSQL?

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Dynatrace supports Amazon Linux 2023 as an AWS launch partner

Dynatrace

Amazon’s new general-purpose Linux for AWS is designed to provide a secure, stable, and high-performance execution environment to develop and run cloud applications. Auto-detection starts monitoring new virtual machines as they are deployed. Dynatrace is proud to be an AWS launch partner in support of Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023).

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AWS observability: AWS monitoring best practices for resiliency

Dynatrace

Visibility into system activity and behavior has become increasingly critical given organizations’ widespread use of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and other serverless platforms. These resources generate vast amounts of data in various locations, including containers, which can be virtual and ephemeral, thus more difficult to monitor.

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What is container as a service? How CaaS compares to PaaS, IaaS, and FaaS

Dynatrace

Container environments enable enterprises to quickly deploy and develop cloud-native applications that can run anywhere. Instead, enterprises manage individual containers on virtual machines (VMs). Serverless container services. CaaS automates the processes of hosting, deploying, and managing container technologies.