AWS discontinues ‘scale-to-zero’ database Aurora
AWS will soon withdraw support for database manager Aurora Serverless version 1, ending Amazon's scale-to-zero database. Companies should switch to Aurora Serverless 2 to continue receiving support for the product.
However, the new version does not support scale-to-zero. Following the 'scale-to-... Read more
What is serverless? Is it simple, scalable and cheap?
Serverless computing promises great things for businesses and developers. Whereas the rise of the cloud made the running of on-prem computing optional, a serverless approach offers the chance to never have to maintain servers again on top of that. However, some issues tend to throw a spanner in the... Read more
IBM Cloud Code Engine: Serverless programming should be a default
With great power, comes great responsibility - clearly - but also, comes complexity and the need to shoulder a steep learning curve. The latter extension of the saying may be needed for cloud computing container orchestration technology Kubernetes.
The inherent complexity and power has been like... Read more
AWS introduces Application Composer for serverless applications
AWS is making Application Composer available. This tool enables the visual design of serverless applications.
AWS Application Composer gives developers of serverless applications a visual environment to which they can add resources and connect them together. Access to this environment is through... Read more
Databricks adds real-time machine learning to Lakehouse Platform
The new service delivers flexible capacity and scalable deployment models
This week Databricks announced the general availability of Databricks Model Serving, a serverless real-time inferencing service that deploys real-time machine learning (ML) models natively within the Databricks Lakehouse P... Read more
‘Serverless computing and containers gain popularity’
Companies are increasingly using serverless computing and containers to run applications.
According to The State of Serverless 2022 report by Datadog, companies continue to see benefits in serverless computing. Serverless computing allows applications to run without traditional infrastructure an... Read more
Serverless Framework 3.0 released with “stage parameters”
The new feature is particularly useful when deploying services to multiple environments.
This week the Serverless Framework project released version 3.0 of the project, which introduces stage parameters and a new CLI design. The Serverless Framework is a MIT-licensed command line tool first shar... Read more
Amazon announces general availability of its new Proton service
The new service aims to make life easier for developers
This week Amazon announced the general availability of AWS Proton, an application delivery service. Proton makes it easier for customers to provision, deploy, and monitor the microservices, according to AWS. These micropservices form the ba... Read more
Accenture to Acquire Swedish cloud solution developer Cygni
The move signals Accenture's increasing focus on "cloud first" strategies
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a wave of new acquisitions. Established companies seek to buy the technology they need to capitalize on the mass migration to cloud computing. As part of this trend, Accenture announced thi... Read more
Open source project CloudState wants to make serverless more complete
Serverless technology is the way for developers to develop applications without having to think about hardware limitations. So far, however, serverless can only be used for functional programming, but CloudState wants to break this barrier.
CloudState is an open source project by Lightbend that s... Read more