Press Releases

Price comparison site upgrades database to increase speed, efficiency and conversion rates

London – May, 2013 – 10gen’s non-relational database, MongoDB has helped transform comparethemarket.com’s customer experience.

The upgrade to its Home Insurance offering comes as part of a wider renewal which aims to improve the performance, ergonomics and speed of the website.

New York—May 7, 2013—10gen, the MongoDB company, today announced that MetLife, Inc. selected MongoDB as the data engine for “The Wall”, an innovative customer service application that went live last month.

Similar to the Facebook User Interface, The Wall provides a 360-degree, consolidated view of MetLife customers, including policy details and transactions across lines of business. The Wall improves customer satisfaction and boosts call center productivity.

NoSQL Database Leader Now Offers Cloud-based Backup Engineered for MongoDB

NEW YORK and PALO ALTO, Calif. — April 30, 2013 — 10gen, the MongoDB company, today announced the limited release of MongoDB Backup Service, the reliable and convenient way to backup and restore MongoDB. Now organizations of all sizes can securely protect their data with a monthly pay-as-you-go service.

MongoDB Backup Service joins the free, cloud-based MongoDB Monitoring Service (MMS), which has more than 17,000 users.

New York, NY – April 29, 2013—10gen, the MongoDB company, today announced that its New York City office has moved to a larger space to accommodate its rapidly growing team. The new facilities will hold up to 162 New York staff.

The 29,391 square foot office is twice the size of the company’s previous SoHo space and is located in 229 West 43rd Street. The office was custom-designed for 10gen in a style that encourages collaboration, including an open layout that seats executives and employees together.

New York and Palo Alto, Calif.—April 23, 2013— 10gen, the MongoDB company, today announced that ServiceSource® (NASDAQ: SREV), the global leader in recurring revenue management, selected MongoDB to power its Renew OnDemand cloud application.

NEW YORK—April 9, 2013—10gen, the MongoDB company, today announced the appointment of Sydney Carey as Chief Financial Officer. Formerly the CFO at TIBCO Software, a $3 billion provider of infrastructure software, Carey will lead 10gen’s finance, accounting, human resources and administration. She will be based in the company's Palo Alto office.

NEW YORK and PALO ALTO, Calif.—April 2, 2013 – 10gen, the MongoDB company, today announced that the company was named a 2013 Laureate by IDG’s Computerworld Honors Program. The annual award program honors visionary applications of information technology promoting positive social, economic and educational change.

MongoDB 2.4 Enhances Management, Performance and Developer Productivity to Extend its Position as the Leading NoSQL Database


NEW YORK and PALO ALTO, Calif.—March 19, 2013 – 10gen, the MongoDB company, today announced the general availability of MongoDB 2.4, the newest release of the agile and scalable document database. New capabilities include Hash-based Sharding, Capped Arrays, Text Search, Geospatial Enhancements and a number of other key features.

NEW YORK—March 12, 2013—10gen, the MongoDB company, today launched its Partner Program, designed for software, hardware, cloud, channel and services companies that develop, market, sell and support solutions based on the leading document database. The program includes the Industry’s First NoSQL Validation Program for MongoDB, unique access to 10gen Education intellectual property as well as a wide range of additional technical, sales and marketing resources to officially align partners with the growing ecosystem around MongoDB.

New York—March 5, 2013— 10gen, the MongoDB company, today announced that CARFAX®, the trusted provider of vehicle history information, has selected MongoDB to power its vehicle history database. With more than 11 billion records to date, the database generates CARFAX Vehicle History Reports™ (VHR) and other products that help millions of people buy and sell used cars with more confidence.

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