{"id":1345,"date":"2019-05-03T11:59:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T11:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cloudnowtech.com\/blog\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2021-10-18T16:20:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T10:50:38","slug":"serverless-architecture-and-why-you-need-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cloudnowtech.com\/blog\/serverless-architecture-and-why-you-need-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Serverless Architecture and Why you Need it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Serverless architecture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and its associated technologies have been around for about five years now. In these five years, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">serverless architecture<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has gained significant traction as the go-to operational model for small and medium-sized businesses looking to build applications, with multiple benefits for your business as well as for your clients and users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Function as a Service<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, let\u2019s make one thing clear. \u201cServerless\u201d does not mean the complete lack of a server. Running your application still requires the capabilities of software hosted on a piece of hardware. The application you are building is simply hosted by a third-party service provider, eliminating the need for server management by your developers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The applications and software being built are event-triggered and run in stateless compute containers which are managed by third-party service providers. Amazon Web Services\u2019 Lambda is a popular example of providing Function as a Service, where the applications built are run without the provisioning or management of servers by the organization building the application. You will only have to pay for the computing power used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In terms of responsibilities at the front-end of the application, the developer is required to build the user interface and the client side capabilities. In the back end, he\/she is required to build the server side logic. The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FaaS providers<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, on the other hand, are required to provide hosting, scaling, optimization and modularity for the application built.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FaaS<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the developers simply have to upload their code on to the service and the service providers take care of provisioning resources and instantiating virtual machines. By providing developers with the opportunity to focus on the front end functionalities instead of the backend architecture, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">serverless architecture<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is making the job of developers much easier. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At CloudNow Technologies, we provide comprehensive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudnowtech.com\/cloud-advisory-services.html\">cloud consultation services<\/a> including analyzing your current workflow and operational flow to determine if your applications require a <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">serverless architecture<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. For more information about <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">serverless architecture<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and how we can help you get there, do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudnowtech.com\/contact-us.html\">get in touch<\/a> with us now. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serverless architecture and its associated technologies have been around for about five years now. 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