What is Serverless Computing?

What is serverless computing?

Serverless computing enables companies to develop and run applications in the cloud without having to manage the necessary servers themselves. The servers are not located "in the clouds", but in highly specialized data centers.

The term "serverless" in particular often leads to confusion, as it implies that servers are no longer used.

This is misleading, because "serverless" in this case simply means that developers no longer have to deal with provisioning and managing the server infrastructure.

Thus, serverless architectures allow developers to focus on optimizing applications.

Serverless computing has a high cost efficiency due to its automated and flexible infrastructure and allows to react flexibly to changing workloads.

Source (translated): Gartner