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What is Azure Functions?

Dynatrace

Similar to AWS Lambda , Azure Functions is a serverless compute service by Microsoft that can run code in response to predetermined events or conditions (triggers), such as an order arriving on an IoT system, or a specific queue receiving a new message. Dynatrace news. What is Azure Functions? How Azure Functions works.

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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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Firecracker: lightweight virtualization for serverless applications

The Morning Paper

Firecracker: lightweight virtualisation for serverless applications , Agache et al., Finally the NSDI’20 papers have opened up to the public (as of last week), and what a great looking crop of papers it is. NSDI’20. Virtualisation has challenges with density, overheads, and startup times. The design of Firecracker.

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Vulnerability assessment: key to protecting applications and infrastructure

Dynatrace

NMAP is an example of a well-known open-source network scanner. Host analysis focuses on operating systems, virtual machines, and containers to understand if there are software components with known vulnerabilities that can be patched. This also determines if identity management and access control policies are in place.

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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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Weighing a microservices approach means covering all architecture bases

Dynatrace

Smaller teams can launch services much faster using flexible containerized environments, such as Kubernetes, or serverless functions, such as AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, and Azure Functions. For example, a virtual machine (VM) can replace containers to design and architect microservices. Serverless platforms.

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Azure Well-Architected Framework: What it is and how to tame it with AI and automation

Dynatrace

Getting precise root cause analysis when dealing with several layers of virtualization in a containerized world. The Dynatrace Application Security module automatically detects, assesses, and remediates open-source and third-party vulnerabilities for Java workloads. Understanding resource utilization for cost management.

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