NoSQL is the new normal (the video!)
As enterprises become more data-driven, NoSQL is increasingly the "new normal" for data infrastructure. 10gen vice president Matt Asay presented on this topic at QCon in London (video and slides...
View Article"Big" isn't driving Big Data
NewVantage recently surveyed a range of data professionals at large enterprises, and reached a somewhat ironic conclusion:Big Data has very little to do with "big volume" at most companies. Instead,...
View ArticleThis Week in MongoDB: April 22-28
Learn MoreFree Online Course MongoDB for DBAs begins April 29 First Open Chemistry Beta Release of "MongoChem" powered by MongoDBMonk: A tiny abstraction layer for working with MongoDB and...
View ArticleThis Week in MongoDB: April 29-May 4
Learn MoreFree online course MongoDB for DBAs begins today! Sign up to get your first week's course materialAnother Thing About Python's ThreadlocalsDynamic TTL Collection in Mongodb for MarconiWe have...
View ArticleSpeaker Lineup for MongoDB San Francisco
MongoDB San Francisco, 10gen’s most popular event of the year, is coming up on May 10. San Francisco has become a stronghold of tech innovation, and our lineup of exceptional speakers is testament to...
View ArticleTwo Ways to Get Access to the MongoDB Backup Service Limited Release
This week, 10gen announced a limited release of MongoDB Backup Service, our cloud-based backup offering engineered specifically for MongoDB deployments. With MongoDB Backup Service, you can reliably...
View ArticleWhy Open Source Is Essential To Big Data
Gartner analyst Merv Adrian recently highlighted some of the recent movements in Hadoop Land, with several companies introducing products "intended to improve Hadoop speed." This seems odd, as that...
View ArticleThis Week in MongoDB: May 6-12
Learn MoreManaging MongoDB Clusters on AWS with ChefMongoDB AuthorizationIntroducing Flip-flip: A MongoDB seplica set demonstration and experimentation serviceMongo-Watch: Watches for changes in...
View ArticleWhy It's the Right Time to Learn MongoDB
There are a number of technical considerations involved in choosing a database for a new project, but if you’re looking to learn a new technology, you need the reassurance that there is traction in the...
View ArticleProvisioned IOPS On AWS Marketplace Significantly Boosts MongoDB Performance,...
One of the largest factors affecting the performance of MongoDB is the choice of storage configuration. As data sets exceed the size of memory, the random IOPS rate of your storage will begin to...
View ArticleThis Week in MongoDB: May 13-19
Learn MoreMongoDB Indexing Best PracticesMongoDB, Build Parties and Deploying Your Web App at 11amMongoDB Profiling TipsMongoDB for Java Developers Begins May 13. Sign up and get the first week's...
View ArticleSponsored Post: From Cloud to Clear Strategy - GigaOm Structure
Structure • June 19 & 20, 2013 • San FranciscoFROM CLOUD TO CLEAR STRATEGYIf your business depends on the cloud, then you need to be at Structure as we explore the best approaches for implementing...
View ArticleMongoDB March Madness Recap
There are 76 MongoDB User Groups (MUGs) around the globe that all share the same mission: to grow their MongoDB skills by networking with other like-minded developers, architects and engineers. This...
View ArticleData Scientist Shortage? There's An App For That
Big Data is all the rage, but apparently will come to a crashing halt due to a shortage of data scientists. As I've argued elsewhere, this is mostly a sham. Context is critical for making use of a...
View ArticleThis Week in MongoDB May 20-28
Here's what's going on in the MongoDB community this week:Learn MoreFree Online Class, MongoDB for Developers, Begins June 17Using MongoDB for @Groupon's Place DataRelease r2013.05.19 of the mgo...
View ArticleBig Data Is A Matter Of Speed, Not Size
Finally the market is getting over its initial BIG Data fixation. Unfortunately, in the process we may be inclined to throw away the Big Data signal in an attempt to rid ourselves of all the noise.The...
View ArticleInvite Your Boss to the Business Track at MongoNYC
MongoDB Days have traditionally been focused on the developer community, with lots of technical talks on application design, deployment best practices, and ops war stories. MongoNYC will carry on the...
View ArticleWhat Are You Doing With Your Data?
Data presents new opportunities and challenges, and developers are at the forefront of these changes. At 10gen, we interact with users building new applications to support the growing need to collect,...
View ArticleThis week in MongoDB May 28 to June 1
Here's what's going on in the MongoDB community this week:Learn MoreBuild your own lead capture page with Meteor and MongoDB in minutesFree Online Class, MongoDB for Developers, Begins June 17MongoDB...
View ArticleMaking Sense Of NoSQL: A Layperson's Guide
Despite how simple MongoDB is to learn and use for application development, it still comes burdened with lingo that outsiders can find abstruse. Actually, this is a problem common to a lot of great...
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