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Google has released an alpha version of its serverless platform, which is called Google Cloud Functions,<ref name='vb-gcf'>{{cite web|url=http://venturebeat.com/2016/02/09/google-has-quietly-launched-its-answer-to-aws-lambda/|title=Google has quietly launched its answer to AWS Lambda|date=9 February 2016|accessdate=10 July 2016|last=Novet|first=Jordan|website=[[VentureBeat]]}}</ref> and supports Node.js.<ref name='forbes-gcf'>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/janakirammsv/2016/02/09/google-brings-serverless-computing-to-its-cloud-platform/#5391a66525b8|title=Google Brings Serverless Computing To Its Cloud Platform|date=9 February 2016|accessdate=10 July 2016|last=MSV|first=Janakiram}}</ref>

IBM announced [[Bluemix|OpenWhisk]] as an open source serverless platform of its own at [http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2016/02/22/ibm-and-vmware-join-forces-to-move-millions-of-workloads-to-ibm-cloud InterConnect 2016]<ref name='wsk-pressrelease'>{{cite web|url=http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/49158.wss|title=IBM Unveils Fast, Open Alternative to Event-Driven Programming|date=23 FebFebruary 2016|last= Zimmerman|first=Mike}}</ref><ref name='wsk-redmonk'>{{cite web|url=http://redmonk.com/fryan/2016/02/29/swift-openwhisk-and-apis-reflections-on-ibm-interconnect/|title=
Swift, OpenWhisk and APIs – Reflections on IBM InterConnect|date=29 February 2016|last=Ryan|first=Fintan}}</ref>. In addition to supporting functions as a service, OpenWhisk offers features that include user-defined triggers, function execution rules, function composition via sequences, and a model for sharing assets via packages. OpenWhisk may be hosted on premise or hosted as a service as is the case with [http://ibm.biz/openwhisk IBM Bluemix OpenWhisk]. The source code is available on [https://github.com/openwhisk/openwhisk GitHub]. At launch, OpenWhisk included support for [[Node.js]] and [[Swift (programming language)|Swift]], as well as black box functions (in any language or runtime) via [[Docker (software)|Docker]] containers. It now officially also includes support for [[Python (programming language)|Python]] and [[Java (programming language)|Java]] as well.

Microsoft followed up in 2016 by announcing Azure Functions, an under-development technology planned to be usable in both the Azure public cloud and on any other cloud environment, public or private.<ref name='techcrunch-azure'>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/03/31/microsoft-answers-aws-lambdas-event-triggered-serverless-apps-with-azure-functions/|title=Microsoft answers AWS Lambda’s event-triggered serverless apps with Azure Functions|date=31 March 2016|accessdate=10 July 2016|last=Miller|first=Ron|website=[[TechCrunch]]}}</ref>