Abstract
In the late-1950s, leasing time on an IBM 704 cost hundreds of dollars per minute. Today, cloud computing, that is, using IT as a service, on-demand and pay-per-use, is a widely used computing paradigm that offers large economies of scale. Born from a need to make platform as a service (PaaS) more accessible, fine-grained, and affordable, serverless computing has garnered interest from both industry and academia. This article aims to give an understanding of these early days of serverless computing: what it is, where it comes from, what is the current status of serverless technology, and what are its main obstacles and opportunities.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 8481652 |
Pages (from-to) | 8-17 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | IEEE Internet Computing |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Accepted author manuscriptKeywords
- cloud computing
- function-as-a-service
- internet
- internet computing
- serverless
- workflows