AWS Lambda Launch

Amazon Web Services launched Lambda, the first widely available serverless computing platform, fundamentally shifting expectations for cloud application development.

Significance

Lambda created the FaaS category, demonstrating the viability and demand for serverless architectures, and spurred other cloud providers, including Google, to develop their own offerings.

Key facts

Date
2014-11-13
Type
invention
Location
AWS re:Invent, Las Vegas, USA