Serverless computing has become a term for how we build software. It has gone beyond ‘compute’. It is a mindset. A DataDog survey in 2020 stated that 50% of AWS users had serverless components. And container users are flocking to Lambda. Lambda is one of the AWS Serverless Services.
Experts and leaders are not convinced that Serverless will lead to the Future of Work and Emerging Technology. People don’t make the connection. What part does it play in the Future of Work and the 4th Industrial Revolution? We explore this to help you learn in our blog.
We believe serverless is a gateway into many new ways of working. A 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 if you could combine that with the ability to create a fast feedback flow. And have an unlimited selection of tech to use? This is what Serverless means 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 don’t make me spend loads of 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 quite opinionated. It’s explored in this article by Ben Kehoe.
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 and will continue to redefine our workplaces into the ’20s and ’30s. Unthinkable new business capability can be co-created with a Serverless mindset. This leads to different ways of working, 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.
Scale down to scale up
Technical Change for this future has already happened. Organizational change is falling behind. We move more slowly than technology does. This is fact and not a criticism. The days of having 300 people in a massive programme of work 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 expands weekly, touching every industry. Connectivity and networks invent every few years as standards evolve. Computer interfaces, originally created in the 1960s are starting to revolutionise. It has taken us around 50 years to get voice to a state that it 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 in 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 needs a Voice Assistant? Are you looking to connect many disparate systems? Serverless can make all of this a lot easier.
The Serverless Edge
The Serverless Edge title implies that we will keep on the leading edge of business. We will:
- focus on business
- explain how the latest technology is evolving and join the dots for you
- make predictions about the Future of Work and how new technology will change the game, and
- comment on the ever-complex challenges of running efficient engineering functions.
Serverless brings all this together as it’s a mindset. A serverless edge mindset that 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 business and engineers and the impact of new technology. We will look at all of this through the lens of business value and (hopefully) use plain English.
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