ScaleGrid's MongoDB DBaaS to Support Azure Government Cloud

ScaleGrid launched a fully managed MongoDB Hosting on Azure Government Cloud. ScaleGrid provides a fully managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solution and their platform supports MongoDB hosting and Redis hosting on public and private clouds, including AWS, Azure, DigitalOcean, and VMware.

ScaleGrid provides a Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solution used by different organizations including US government agencies, contractors, educational institutions, and non-profits. Its Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) allows US government workloads to meet their extensive regulatory and compliance regulations.

Azure Government Cloud Computing provides unparalleled flexibility and breakthrough innovation for US government agencies and their partners. These are exclusive data-centers with highest security standards for protection and compliance for governmental needs.

The announcement claims that ScaleGrid is the only company to support Azure Government through their MongoDB Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) solution. ScaleGrid platform plans provide advanced DBaaS features of their MongoDB Dedicated and Shared Clusters. Considering the Azure Government cloud support the security and compliance are guaranteed. This helps in simplifying complex IT infrastructure thereby saving taxpayers money.

CEO and Founder of ScaleGrid, Dharshan Rangegowda said, "We've received consistent demand for the advanced regulatory support of Azure Government for MongoDB hosting as US government agencies and partners increasingly trend towards the cloud. Our government customers want to eliminate the considerable burden of maintaining a production deployment and take advantage of both the flexibility and time-saving benefits of fully managed cloud databases, and with ScaleGrid, they can modernize their infrastructure without compromising the security of our nation's data."

ScaleGrid's Azure Government plans include the ability to leverage private Virtual Networks (VNET), Reserved Instances, Hybrid Clouds, Security Groups, and maintain full admin access to MongoDB.  Advanced features of ScalGrid platform include Monitoring Console, unlimited backups, alerts, slow query analysis, high-performance clusters, shell management, disk encryption, dynamic scaling, and monthly reports.

The support of Azure Government Cloud helps federal, state, and local US government agencies to reduce their burden of managing their databases and focus on future innovation, the announcement noted.