MongoDB Inc. surprised investors and analysts today by smashing quarterly earnings and revenue forecasts as well as providing a better outlook for its current quarter.For its second quarter ended July 31, MongoDB reported adjusted earnings per share of 93 cents, up from a loss of 23 cents per share in the same quarter of last year, on revenue of $423.8 million, up 40% year-over-year. Analysts were expecting a far more modest 46 cents per share on revenue of $393.68 million.Subscription revenue in the quarter jumped 40% from a year ago, to $409.3 million, and service revenue rose 20%, to $14.5 million. MongoDB did report a net loss of $37

The developer-led data platform isn’t new at MongoDB Inc., but what is new is the advent of artificial intelligence — something that led the company to spring to action.But in some ways, the company’s developer data platform was “prescient,” according to Mindy Lieberman (pictured, right), chief information officer of MongoDB. “It’s all about data and applications on top of data,” she said. “I look at it, for IT, as a portfolio. There’s some that is built; there is some that is bought. When you can’t go to the market and find things that are fit for purpose, you have to build. And to have a developer platform available, and I get good pricing, that can’t be beat