What is the Serverless Edge?
The Serverless Edge
Helping leaders and engineers unlock business value with the right modern cloud strategy.
Serverless computing has become a term for how we build software. It has gone beyond 'compute' to requiring a complete shift in mindset. It’s evident from the latest DataDog Survey that serverless computing has become a significant trend in modern computing, with organizations adopting various serverless offerings to build and manage applications.
Experts and leaders don’t always agree that Serverless will lead to the Future of Work and Emerging Technology. People don’t make the connection. What does it play in the Future of Work and the 4th Industrial Revolution? We explore this to help you learn in our newsletter.
Serverless is a gateway into many new ways of working: technology-led, low friction, and high-value future.
Why serverless?
It represents the cutting edge of how we build business and web applications. Every business needs software. It needs it fast. And it must be cheap. Imagine combining that with the ability to create a fast feedback flow. And have an unlimited selection of tech to use? Serverless can mean this for business leaders. Unfortunately, the serverless term is quite technical and low-level.
We want to change that. We want to support the leading edge of software development to create business capability and performance without immense complexity, security problems, or large data centers. Just give it to me straight! And only make me spend a little money on code.
Many think of Serverless as a new method of ‘compute,’ which is incorrect. It is not comparable to containers. The first Serverless service in AWS is S3 (Simple Storage Service). Conversations on serverless get pretty opinionated. We look at the latest fact in our blog article: 8 new facts to consider in the Serverless vs. Containers debate.
How is it linked to the Future of work?
'Software is eating the World '- Andersson 2011. Digital is not just a channel. It’s a new mindset that will continue redefining workplaces into the ’20s and ’30s. Unthinkable new business capabilities can be co-created with a Serverless mindset, leading to different working and collaboration patterns. And the ability to reimagine work and reinvent how we deliver value to our customers. There are new business models that are generating millions of dollars. And textbooks cannot keep up.
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Scale down to scale up.
Technical Change for this future has already happened. Organizational change needs to catch up. We move more slowly than technology, which is a fact and not a criticism. The days of having 300 people in a massive work program are fading. It’s wasteful (many people are in coordination roles) and slow. Imagine you could shrink down to a single, cross-functional team. Which included everyone required to create the vision, discover, decide, build, and deliver. Serverless gives you the ability to develop software with minimal hand-offs. You can scale down to scale up.
Technology of tomorrow
We are living in fascinating times. Artificial Intelligence is more accessible and powerful. We can achieve what we didn’t dream of a year ago. IoT and the sensor revolution expand weekly, touching every industry. As standards evolve, we witness the reinvention of connectivity and networks every few years. Computer interfaces, created in the 1960s, are starting to revolutionize. It has taken us around 50 years to get our voice to a state that feels natural. Quantum compute, capable of incredible speeds, is supposedly around the corner.
What does this mind-boggling list have in common? Only ten years ago, if you wanted to bring one of these capabilities into your business, the first step was to request and write a substantial cheque and wait several months. Today, a student at college can integrate any of these technologies with their Serverless application in minutes. And the cost is minimal.
Yes, you can use serverless to build a webpage and process payments for your business. Software becomes a series of events. Serverless allows you to introduce exciting new technology into your business. An IoT use case? Need to process lots of data? Or do you need a Voice Assistant? Are you looking to connect many disparate systems? Serverless can make all of this easier.
The Serverless Edge
The Serverless Edge title implies that we will keep on the leading edge of business. We will:
Serverless brings all this together as it’s a mindset. A serverless edge mindset encourages Simplicity, Speed, Innovation, Value, and the Customer. We understand the details. We are not focusing on Functions, Cloud Configurations, or Containers. They are critical. But we have a Serverless mindset focused on Business Value.
The Serverless Edge will stay ahead and give you insights into the Serverless Mindset, the Future of Work for businesses and engineers, and the impact of new technology. We will look at all of this through the lens of business value and use plain English.
