title: Why are AWS Lambda functions well suited to IOT applications?
body: <p>According to the AWS Solutions Architect labs that I am currently following, AWS Lambdas are ideal for IoT applications.</p>
  <p>I'm unclear on why this is.</p>
  <p>Is it because the compute capacity of such devices are typically very limited so it makes sense to offload processing to the cloud?</p>
  <p>If this is the case, why is Lambda more effective for the purpose than a more typical server running on EC2 or EKS?</p>
  <p>Is this assessment based purely on the costing model?</p>