AWS Lambda Pushes Serverless toward Long-Running Workloads

Renato Losio — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:11:00 GMT

AWS Lambda now allows functions running on Lambda Managed Instances to run for up to 90 minutes, six times longer than the previous 15-minute limit, further blurring the line between a Lambda invocation and a traditional server. The limit remains unchanged for traditional synchronous requests.

By Renato Losio

Presentation: How to Run on Three Clouds at Once, and When Not to

Ross McFarlane, Kevin Holditch — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:00:00 GMT

Ross McFarlane and Kevin Holditch discuss Form3's evolution from a single-cloud setup to a triple active multi-cloud architecture. They share key engineering strategies for cross-cloud networking, distributed databases with CockroachDB and NATS, custom Kubernetes operators, and navigating distinct regional disaster recovery expectations across the UK, Europe, and US financial markets.

By Ross McFarlane, Kevin Holditch

InfoQ - Cloud Computing

AWS Lambda Pushes Serverless toward Long-Running Workloads

Presentation: How to Run on Three Clouds at Once, and When Not to