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September 28, 2018

Achieving vendor choice in a serverless world

by Nicholas Gottlieb

Presented at Functions 2018 / ServerlessDays Toronto

https://functions.events/2018/toronto/nicholas-gottlieb/

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  1. Achieving vendor choice in a serverless world ServerlessDays Toronto Achieving

    vendor choice in a serverless world Nicholas Gottlieb
  2. Nicholas Gottlieb [email protected] Current: VP of Growth and founding team

    at Serverless Inc. Former: First product/growth employee at CircleCI and CircleCI Enterprise product lead DevOps and enterprise cloud strategy consultant
  3. What was Serverless in 2017? “FaaS offerings across various cloud

    platforms as well as other auto-scaling, low configuration managed services”
  4. What is Serverless today? “serverless is a software development pattern

    that focuses on utilizing managed cloud services and SaaS, allowing the developer to focus on the unique business value in their application.”
  5. Why is serverless valuable? 1. Speed 2. Efficiency 3. Reduced

    complexity 4. It’s a serviceful world
  6. Why is serverless valuable? 1. Speed 2. Efficiency 3. Reduced

    complexity 4. It’s a serviceful world
  7. Why is serverless valuable? 1. Speed 2. Efficiency 3. Reduced

    complexity 4. It’s a serviceful world
  8. Why is serverless valuable? 1. Speed 2. Efficiency 3. Reduced

    complexity 4. It’s a serviceful world
  9. Build a data center? How do we mitigate this risk

    of lock-in and get the most out of serverless?
  10. Build a data center Portability? How do we mitigate this

    risk of lock-in and get the most out of serverless?
  11. Build a data center Portability Vendor choice How do we

    mitigate this risk of lock-in and get the most out of serverless?
  12. What is vendor choice? “the capability to choose the proper

    tools and vendors to address the use case and solve the problem you’re working one”
  13. Why is vendor choice valuable? 1. Right tool for the

    job 2. Developer ownership and morale 3. Agility
  14. Why is vendor choice valuable? 1. Right tool for the

    job 2. Developer ownership and morale 3. Agility
  15. Why is vendor choice valuable? 1. Right tool for the

    job 2. Developer ownership and morale 3. Agility
  16. How to achieve vendor choice Build a culture that values

    choice, experimentation, and ownership.
  17. In Summary “serverless is all about utilizing managed services to

    move fast. Vendor choice lets us do the the risks of lock-in and remaining flexibe”