Technology Magazine February 2022 | Page 80

HYBRID CLOUD

What

is FaaS ( Functions as a Service )?
to what is absolutely necessary . It doesn ’ t even require the full interaction or maintenance of humans – unlike more traditional servers , some of which can be extremely labour intensive to maintain and operate .”
“ Speed is everything in today ’ s competitive global market . Cloud by its very nature provides businesses with the agility and speed they need to meet the digital demands of customers and end-users . As serverless requires zero hardware maintenance , engineering teams are freed up to focus on innovation . As a result , new applications and enhancements to existing ones can

“ One particular drawback of serverless is the cost of running in the public cloud ”

CRAIG KITTERMAN VP PRODUCT MANAGEMENT , DATASTAX be spun up at a faster rate and on a more regular basis . Not only does this provide developers with greater job satisfaction , it also means that business can stay ahead of the competition ,” he added .
The pay as you go approach The pay-as-you-grow pricing model that ’ s enabled by serverless database services is extremely attractive to cost-conscious enterprises , as they only pay for consumed storage and database operations that are actually executed . You can use serverless so that complexity gets taken care of in the backend automatically . Any developer can achieve
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