MongoDB Poaches Top Amazon Executives to Compete With AWS
- The database provider has hired eight senior AWS leaders
- AWS, Microsoft and Oracle have rival database products
MongoDB headquarters in Palo Alto, California.
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Database vendor MongoDB Inc.’s strategy to compete with Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud division is becoming clear: hire away executives.
Over the past two years, MongoDB has poached eight senior leaders from Amazon Web Services to help guide its own technology, sales, marketing, developer relations and hiring efforts.