Summary
Compose was a private, Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) platform for securely hosting and managing shared and dedicated MongoDB instances. Compose was used by a majority of the cloud hosting service Heroku's MongoDB users, being the only remote Mongo host for over a year.[1]
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| Type of business | Private |
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Type of site | Database as a Service |
| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | , United States |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Ben Wyrosdick Jason McCay Kurt Mackey |
| Parent | IBM |
| URL | compose |
| Registration | Required |
| Current status | Public |
History edit
Compose was an alumnus of the Y Combinator business incubator, Summer 2011 class.
In July 2011, Compose announced it received its first round of angel investment of $417,000 from Y Combinator, Lerer And SV Angel.[2] Shortly thereafter, MongoHQ acquired the competing Mongo host and automated provisioning software of MongoMachines.[3]
Compose currently integrates with 4 PaaS providers, with more slated in the future.[4]
They were named #4 in the top "10 Enterprise Cloud App Services of 2011" by Read Write Web.[5]
In August 2014, Compose renamed their company from MongoHQ.[6]
In July 2015, Compose was acquired by IBM [7]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ MongoHQ Add-on Public Beta | Heroku Blog | Apr 30, 2010
- ^ MongoHQ Raises $417K From Y Combinator, Lerer And SV Angel | TechCrunch | June 24, 2011
- ^ MongoHQ Acquires MongoMachine | Y Combinator News | July 28, 2011
- ^ Platform (PaaS) Partners | MongoHQ Partners | Jan 14, 2012 Archived 2012-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Top 10 Enterprise Cloud Apps and Services of 2011 | Read Write Web | Dec 26, 2011". Archived from the original on January 17, 2012. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
- ^ PR Newswire Aug 6, 2014
- ^ "Compose is Joining IBM". 23 July 2015.
External links edit
- Official website