mLab (originally MongoLab) was a San Francisco-based[1] cloud database service which hosted fully-managed MongoDB databases. mLab ran on cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, as well as various platform-as-a-service providers.
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| Formerly | MongoLab (2011–2016) |
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| Industry | |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Founder |
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| Defunct | January 31, 2019 |
| Fate | Acquired by MongoDB Inc. |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Owner | MongoDB Inc. |
| Website | mlab |
History
editIn May 2011, MongoLab secured $3 million in first-round funding from Foundry Group, Baseline Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Freestyle Capital, and David Cohen.[2]
In October 2012, MongoLab received a follow-on investment of $5 million[3] and shortly thereafter, mLab was named by Network World[4] as one of the 10 most useful cloud databases along with Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud SQL, Microsoft Azure, Rackspace, and others.
In June 2014, MongoDB Inc. announced a fully managed MongoDB-as-a-Service add-on offering on the Microsoft Azure store, delivered in collaboration with Microsoft and MongoLab.[5]
In February 2016, MongoLab changed its name to mLab.[6]
In October 2018, mLab announced that it would be acquired by MongoDB Inc..[1] All engineers at mLab were invited to join MongoDB Inc and existing customers will be transitioned to MongoDB Atlas instances. The acquisition closed on January 31, 2019.[7]
Data centers
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Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
editPlatform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "MongoDB Strengthens Global Cloud Database with Acquisition of mLab". MongoDB. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
- ^ Cloud Database Provider MongoLab Raises $3 Million From Foundry, Baseline, And Others – TechCrunch
- ^ MongoLab explains why everyone loves MongoDB (and raises $5M) – Gigaom
- ^ "10 of the most useful cloud databases". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-11-07. 10 of the most useful cloud databases
- ^ "MongoDB Announces Fully-Managed Service on Microsoft Azure | MongoDB". Archived from the original on 2014-06-30. Retrieved 2014-06-29. MongoDB announces fully managed service on Microsoft Azure
- ^ MongoLab Changes Its Name To mLab As It looks Beyond Database Management
- ^ Sawers, Paul (10 October 2018). "MongoDB to acquire cloud database provider MLab for $68 million". VentureBeat. Retrieved 4 March 2024.