“It’s an evolution of a move toward cloud computing and greater efficiency, which began years ago when physical servers largely were replaced with virtual technology or software.
‘If you’re moving into the next generation of big shifts like [artificial intelligence] and machine learning, the underlying infrastructure that supports that stuff will be serverless,’ said Mr. Drumgoole following a Monday conference hosted by the Open Networking User Group, where business IT leaders advocate for creating open networking standards.”
Source: Look Ma, No Server: Corporate IT Expects ‘Serverless’ Computing to Trigger Big Changes – WSJ