August 2011
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MongoDB 2.0.0-rc0 Released
MongoDB 2.0.0-rc0 has been released and is ready for testing. This is the culmination of the 1.9.x development series.
2.0 Release Notes: http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/2.0+Release+Notes
Downloads: http://www.mongodb.org/downloads
Change Log: https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER/fixforversion/10596
We appreciate any time you can give to helping us test this release.
MongoDB at NoSQL Now! Conference
This week 10gen is participating in the first NoSQL Now conference in San Jose. Yesterday CEO Dwight Merriman gave a keynote on Why NoSQL Makes Sense. The video from his talk is already available:
Why NoSQL Makes Sense, Dwight Merriman, 10gen View more videos from DATAVERSITY
Dwight’s presentation was also featured in an InfoWorld article on enterprise adoption of NoSQL and...
Introducing Micro Cloud Foundry for Developers
Now it’s even easier to build Ruby, Java, and node.js applications with MongoDB. Our partners at VMware today announced the beta availability of Micro Cloud Foundry™ as a free download at http://micro.cloudfoundry.com.
Micro Cloud Foundry is a downloadable version of Cloud Foundry that can run on a developer’s laptop. The first version of Micro Cloud Foundry supports the Spring, Ruby...
A week of MongoDB events in New York City
Last week was busy for MongoDB users in New York City! We had several humongous events, ranging from a talk about using MongoDB for the Art Genome Project to an afternoon visiting MongoDB-powered startups in the city. For those of you that were unable to attend, here is an all-things-MongoDB wrap-up for the week.
New York MongoDB User Group – 8/16
The New York MongoDB User Group is the largest...
MongoDB 1.8.3 Released
MongoDB 1.8.3 has been released. This is the latest release in the 1.8 stable branch. It is a recommended upgrade for anyone running 1.8.x. Notable changes include:
Lower default stack size on linux
Improve mongos SLAVE_OK processing
Command timing no longer includes initial lock acquisition time
Reduce impact on the doner shard during shard migration
Increase javascript heap size from 8 to...
10gen Expands Management Team With Veteran...
10gen today announced three new appointments to its seasoned executive team including Vishy Karra, vice president of engineering, Lily Teng, vice president of finance, and Steve Francia, chief solutions architect. These key additions to the leadership team will help the company scale operations to keep pace with its tremendous growth. This year 10gen’s customer base has increased 150% over...
Announcing the fall MongoDB conference calendar
We are very excited to announce our schedule of events for the fall. We have many speaking opportunities if you would like to share your MongoDB experiences with the rest of the community. You can submit sessions via our talk proposal form.
MongoUK London, UK - Sept 19
CFP closes on August 15
Mongo Raleigh
Raleigh, NC - Sept 22
A free meetup hosted by Lulu
Mongo Torino Torino, Italy - Oct...
Steve Francia joins 10gen as Chief Solutions...
About two years ago a friend introduced me to a different kind of database. It was one of the many new NoSQL solutions entering the marketplace. I spent the next month vetting it along with the other NoSQL databases and concluded that MongoDB would be the solution that would change the way development happened and in a big way.
Over the past two years I led OpenSky to pioneer e-commerce with...