The Forrester New Wave™: Function-As-A-
Service Platforms, Q1 2020
The Nine Providers That Matter Most And How They Stack Up
by Jeffrey S. Hammond
February 27, 2020
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Key Takeaways
Amazon And Microsoft Lead The Pack
Forrester's research uncovered a market in which
amazon and Microsoft are Leaders; Tencent,
Google, cloudflare, alibaba, nimbella, and iBM
are Strong Performers; and oracle is a challenger.
Programming Models, Integration, And Market
Approach Are Key Differentiators
FaaS platforms with global reach, satisfied
production customers, support for a broad array
of popular programming languages, different
types of functions, and easy integration with
important cloud-native services performed best in
our evaluation.
Why read This report
in Forrester's evaluation of the emerging
market for function-as-a-service (FaaS), we
identified the nine most significant providers in
the category — alibaba, amazon, cloudflare,
Google, iBM, Microsoft, nimbella, oracle, and
Tencent — and evaluated them. This report
details our findings about how well each
vendor scored against 10 criteria and where
they stand in relation to each other. application
development and delivery (ad&d) professionals
can use this review to select the right partner for
their FaaS needs.
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