What is FaaS (Functions as a Service)?

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Learn more about Functions as a Service → https://ibm.biz/functions-as-a-service-guide Learn more about Serverless → https://ibm.biz/learn-serverless-guide Check out the "What is Serverless?" lightboard video → https://youtu.be/vxJobGtqKVM​ Watch “SaaS Explained in 5 minutes” → https://youtu.be/20QUNgFIrK0 Watch "Scaling without an API Gateway" lightboard video → https://youtu.be/OAdOa31EH4o Check out IBM Cloud Functions → http://ibm.biz/try-ibm-cloud-functions Get some experience with IBM Cloud Functions tutorials → http://ibm.biz/ibm-cloud-functions-tutorials ► Earn a badge with FREE interactive Kubernetes labs → http://ibm.biz/free-k8s-interactive-tutorials What is Functions as a Service (FaaS), and how is it related to Serverless? In this lightboard video, Jason Goode with IBM Cloud, explains how cloud computing has evolved over the years from Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) to this new event-driven compute paradigm, the differences between both Serverless and FaaS, and then walks through a FaaS use case example for an eCommerce storefront. Timestamps 0:00​​ - Intro 0:30​ - IT Software Stack 1:56​ - IaaS 2:37​ - PaaS 3:21​ - FaaS 4:27​ - SaaS 4:50​ - Serverless vs. FaaS 5:06​ - FaaS Use Case in Serverless Application Architecture 8:24​ - API Gateway 9:07​ - Benefits of FaaS Get started on IBM Cloud at no cost → http://ibm.biz/try-free-tier-cloud-acct Subscribe to see more videos like this in the future → http://ibm.biz/subscribe-now​ #FaaS​ #BaaS​ #Serverless

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