Serverless Architecture: Saas Solutions
Serverless Architecture: Saas Solutions
Serverless architecture
2020 was marked by the enforced work-from-home shift due to the spread of Covid-19. That is
why cloud SaaS solutions have expanded even more during this year. And the Web, as one of the
most rapidly evolving domains, documented a large increase in the demand for serverless
architecture.
The State of the cloud report by Flexera states that 98% of enterprises use at least one public or
private cloud. It only proves that cloud architecture is one of the main future trends in web
development. You can see the illustration below.
Serverless computing, being one of the most interesting current web trends, can boast of many
benefits. The main advantages of this approach are as follows:
Enhanced scalability;
Faster time-to-market;
Cost-effectiveness;
Delegated maintenance.
Do you want to know more about cloud computing? You can clear things up by reading our
article on the main cloud computing models: SaaS, PaaS and IaaS.
Serverless development implies that programmers build and run their web apps without a need to
think about servers. In fact, these apps still run on servers, but they are supported by cloud
providers.
This way, the business logic of serverless software systems is executed by the provider, and the
same goes with server management. Among the serverless computing services providers, we
should mention Amazon, Google, and Microsoft.