While working for Dashbird.io I’ve had to pleasure to come in contact with a number of serverless early adopters that included both small companies working on apps or just testing ideas as well as fortune 500 companies with an already established user base. What I’ve found is that a lot the people I speak to think of serverless as a shortcut to developing software but that’s just not the case.

And yes, you’ll hear people tell you things about serverless like You don’t have to run your own server. Great! - You don’t need to worry about maintenance and security is easier to handle. - Even better! - It’s also a cheaper option? - OMG, where has this been all my life? Every small business could benefit from serverless and will cite the cost as being a key driver towards making the switch but here’s the thing. Serverless was not created for small business and cost is but a small reason behind it’s growing notoriety.

The benefits of serverless come from understanding the technology and knowing where to utilize its many amazing features and if done right this can prove to be a great asset to enterprises especially.

Enterprise companies look for more than just a cut in cost or an easier deployment procedure for their applications. In order for them to make the jump to a new technology, they look at it not just from a business or technical perspective but from a combination of the two. A perspective that shows the agility it provides for their development team, data privacy and security while taking into account the all the cost benefits they might get.

Coca-cola North America mentioned that before they made the switch to serverless they talked to their executives about virtualization, scalability and all the benefits that serverless brings to the table and they couldn’t care less about all of that. What they cared for were these 4 things.

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