This document summarizes a presentation about MongoDB given by a Business Development Director from 10gen. Some key points include:
- MongoDB is a scalable, high-performance, document-oriented NoSQL database that is open source and written in C++. It offers features like schema-less document storage, full text indexing, replication, auto-sharding and high availability.
- Many organizations are adopting MongoDB to address challenges with handling large volumes of data, new data types like semi-structured and unstructured data, and needing faster agile development. MongoDB provides a flexible data model, rich query language and ability to scale horizontally on commodity servers.
- MongoDB is seeing widespread adoption across industries for use cases like