Elevator Pitch
Forget vendor lock in with AWS Lambda, Azure Functions or Google Serverless. With open source OpenWhisk, you can run your functions anywhere, on any cloud or on premises. Run on Linux or Windows (or Mac) or any mix – you decide.
And it supports every modern programming language.
Description
Serverless computing – they’re functions, but that doesn’t sound as provocative – is here to stay. Some people even think it will take over and be the future of computing. But there’s one problem: Vendor lock in.
Azure Functions, AWS Lambdas, Google Cloud Functions … they will all meet your needs, but do you really want to put all your proverbial computing eggs into one vendor basket? Also; what if you just want to learn (“play around with”) functions without spending money?
Enter OpenWhisk, the open source serverless (“THEY’RE FUNCTIONS!”) computing engine that runs anywhere: Azure, Amazon, Google, your hosting platform of choice, or in-house. Or everywhere. Your choice, you decide, you are in control.
This session will demonstrate how one code base – no matter the programming language! – can run on any platform, avoiding vendor lock in and putting you back in control of your cloud native development.