What is serverless computing?

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Network World Virtualization Alert Apr 03, 2017 Video What is serverless computing? In this animation, Network World explains some of the concepts of serverless computing, and how it represents the next phase of cloud computing for Internet of Things applications and products. Watch Now ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Review: VMware vSphere gets much-needed facelift • How virtualizing BLE Beacons will change the indoor mobile experience • Virtual beacons challenge Wi-Fi for in-building, location-based supremacy • VMware patches critical virtual machine escape flaws • F5 to buy Brocade's virtual ADC business? • This company is turning FAQs into Alexa skills • Serverless computing: Freedom for devs at last • Cisco HyperFlex's some data center muscle, fuels HCI war White Paper: AppNeta 3 Challenges of Moving to a Cloud-Based Infrastructure Moving applications and services to the cloud means you'll be offloading some daily tasks and maintenance, and ideally saving time, space and money. But remember that those SaaS or hybrid cloud apps still belong to your organization and are still part of IT. When there's downtime or slowdowns, users will still be coming to IT's door to get help. Read More ▶ Review: VMware vSphere gets much-needed facelift vSphere 6.5 is easy to install, sports a new VM management console and takes a stab at Docker integration. Read More ▶ How virtualizing BLE Beacons will change the indoor mobile experience Unsupervised machine learning in the cloud eliminates site surveys and ensures consistent user experience across mobile devices and space Read More ▶ Virtual beacons challenge Wi-Fi for in-building, location-based supremacy Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons from Mist Systems and Cisco could revolutionize the consumer experience in retail, healthcare, hospitality. Read More ▶ VMware patches critical virtual machine escape flaws VMware has released critical security patches for vulnerabilities demonstrated during the recent Pwn2Own hacking contest that could be exploited to escape from the isolation of virtual machines. Read More ▶ F5 to buy Brocade's virtual ADC business? The latest piece of the Brocade IP product suite hanging in the balance Read More ▶ This company is turning FAQs into Alexa skills People looking for an easier path to integrating with Amazon's Alexa virtual assistant have good news on the horizon. NoHold, a company that builds services for making bots, unveiled a project it's working on that can turn a document into an Alexa skill. Read More ▶ Serverless computing: Freedom for devs at last Strip away your infrastructure headaches with our clear-eyed guide to serverless and the public cloud and on-premises options fueling its possibilities Read More ▶ Cisco HyperFlex's some data center muscle, fuels HCI war Cisco makes some HCI noise and introduces new capabilities for its HyperFlex 2.5 Systems that triples the VM density of its first-generation products. Read More ▶ White Paper: AppNeta 3 Reasons Why Network Ops Needs to Focus on Application Performance IT/Network Ops teams need to build out an application performance team to measure and monitor the end-user experience of the business critical apps these organizations use every day. Read More ▶ Join The Network World Communities As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook ▶ Network World on LinkedIn ▶ SLIDESHOWS Terrible computer pranks that could get you fired New products of the week 4.3.17 Read More ▶ Most-Read Stories 1. Cisco issues urgent reboot warning for bug in ASA and Firepower appliances 2. Google April Fool's jokes for 2017 – graded for additional humor 3. 11 hidden tips and tweaks for Windows 10 4. Government domain seizure notice on Kodi TV was April Fools prank 5. 10 practical privacy tips for the post-privacy internet 6. 18 free cloud storage options 7. April Fools from the tech industry 8. iPhone 8 Rumor Rollup: Button in the rear, true tone in front, inside Jony Ives head 9. Being a Linux user isn't weird anymore 10. Terrible computer pranks that could get you fired

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