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What is a Microservice?

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A cloud function is a single function implementing a piece of business logic, and that function is invoked “on-demand” in the cloud by the client application or some event. Cloud functions are often tied into other cloud services that implement some kind of backend application need.

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6 trends fueling the rise of self-service IT

CIO

Today, self-service IT solutions, both purchased and homegrown, target a wide range of activities, from traditional end-user support, to spinning up company-sanctioned cloud instances for new projects and experiments, to data access and analysis on tap. It’s why the cloud is so attractive to developers,” he observes.

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