MongoDB Launches Innovation Awards to Recognize Novel Applications

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Apr 3, 2014) - MongoDB, the best database for modern applications, today announced the launch of its MongoDB Innovation Awards, a new program to recognize organizations and individuals with groundbreaking MongoDB deployments. Winners will be announced at MongoDB World, the premier global event for developers, IT professionals and executives, taking place at the Sheraton Times Square Hotel in New York City on June 23-25, 2014.

MongoDB World will feature more than 80 in-depth sessions, including new speakers from Bouygues Telecom, Citigroup, Expedia, Genentech, LinkedIn and Sanofi-Aventis. An after-party will take place on June 24 at one of New York City's most unique venues, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. For the full itinerary including speakers and topics, please visit: world.mongodb.com/sessions.

"While we've seen tens of thousands of innovative applications created with MongoDB, the MongoDB Innovation Awards will recognize for the first time the most impressive deployments that are enhancing businesses and people's daily lives using our database," said Max Schireson, CEO at MongoDB. "MongoDB World is a must-attend event, with industry giants like Amazon and Citigroup speaking, record ecosystem support, and much more still to come."

The Innovation Awards will recognize modern, data-driven applications that are transforming businesses, enabling organizations to actualize trends like Big Data and the Internet of Things, and attain serious scale and business agility. MongoDB customers, community members or partners can nominate their organization online and winners will be announced live at MongoDB World. Submissions are now open.

Super early bird registration for MongoDB World ends April 4. To register for the event, and for regular updates on the agenda, tracks, speakers, sponsorships and other conference details, please visit world.mongodb.com/register.

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