Demystifying NoOps and Serverless Computing

The purpose of this Whitepaper is to provide an overview of NoOps and serverless computing for CIOs in the federal government and discuss the potential impact of these emerging trends on how agencies develop software and deliver services.

Serverless computing is an emerging cloud computing model whereby cloud providers manage IT infrastructure and users are charged only for the resources they use. The growth of serverless computing has given rise to the concept of NoOps, whereby service providers automate and manage IT infrastructure and operations to such an extent that IT operations staff can focus on higher-value work in the software development life cycle. NoOps is more of a theoretical concept than a development practice at this time, with few commercial IT organizations adopting a development approach that completely automates IT operations.