MongoDB Inc. has built a successful business on the promise of open-source database software, and the firm’s latest product announcements show that it wants to bring more enterprise users to its database platform. To this end, the company is also wooing enterprise developers with MongoDB Atlas, a fully-automated cloud service for modern applications.

Developers appear to be listening. The company recently reported more than 400-percent growth in its Atlas initiative during the first quarter, accompanied by a 43-percent increase in subscription revenue.

“We’re going direct to developers who want to do self-serve with our MongoDB Atlas product, all the way to the chief information officer and chief technical officer who are trying to digitally transform their businesses,” said Meagen Eisenberg (pictured), chief marketing officer at MongoDB. “It’s definitely a highly engaged group that wants to innovate, and they want to use the hottest technology. They don’t want to be on legacy.”

Eisenberg spoke with Peter Burris (@plburris), host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile livestreaming studio, in Palo Alto, California, to discuss the experience of taking a company public, the importance of data management, and the company’s focus on educational resources for users.

Data tools for app development

The company’s recent results are music to the ears of investors following MongoDB’s initial public offering in October last year. The firm’s stock offering climbed 34 percent on the first day and is currently hovering around $50 per share.

Eisenberg helped take the company public and is now focused on emphasizing not only her company’s role in facilitating migration to major cloud providers, such as Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud or Amazon Web Services inc., but the integration of data services in application development.

“We believe that MongoDB is the natural way and the best way to work with data,” Eisenberg said.

One element of that educational process involves MongoDB University, which offers free online courses and various resources for developers interested in an open-source approach. The company recently reported that over 850,000 people have registered for its educational content.

“We’re doing a lot of work to educate and work with developers and create that digital watering hole so they can learn what they need to build their next app,” Eisenberg said. “We want it to be a frictionless experience when they meet us out in the field or they come to our website.”

MongoDB’s recent release of a new serverless platform and Atlas enhancements for geographically distributed applications are signs that the company intends to press its advantage. “We’re excited about the future of the market,” Eisenberg said. “We’ve got a massive opportunity in front of us.”

Watch the entire video interview with Eisenberg below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s CUBE Conversations.

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