The implementation of serverless architectural patterns is becoming more prevalent due to the advent of Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS), Backend as a Service (BaaS), Mobile Backend as a Service (MBaaS), and Functions as a Service (FaaS) cloud-based offerings. Serverless architectural patterns are simply patterns that do not incorporate dedicated on-premises servers.
The term on-premises refers to components that physically reside at an organization's actual location.
This does not indicate typical server-side scripting, and that functionality does not exist; rather, these components are managed by third-party services such as cloud-based services. The largest providers of these services are Amazon, Google, Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle.
The benefits of implementing a serverless...