Pro Serverless Data Handling with Microsoft Azure: Architecting ETL and Data-Driven Applications in the Cloud

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B. Kettner, F. GeislerPro Serverless Data Handling with Microsoft Azurehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8067-6_2

2. Serverless Computing

Benjamin Kettner¹   and Frank Geisler²

(1)

Berlin, Germany

(2)

Lüdinghausen, Germany

 

The first thing we would like you to think about now is what serverless computing actually is and why we like it enough to write an entire book about it. The term serverless computing might seem contradictory, as software that is accessible in the cloud always has some kind of server involved somewhere. And of course, serverless computing is a misnomer as it does not mean that there is no server involved in running your solution, but rather ...