At MongoDB.local Seoul in September 2023, Sungbin Im of Samsung Electronics' Digital Appliances division discussed how MongoDB Atlas improved work efficiency for his team managing Samsung's SmartHome services, transitioning from the community version of MongoDB to MongoDB Atlas for better performance and reduced management burdens. This migration resulted in significant performance improvements, such as halving the average response time and reducing disk read latency, which enhanced the team's ability to handle increased data traffic, particularly during peak periods. Additionally, MongoDB tackled a security incident involving unauthorized access to corporate systems, emphasizing that no access was gained to Atlas clusters, and reinforced their security measures by disabling the exploited third-party application functionality and enhancing phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication. Meanwhile, MongoDB's leadership transition was announced, with Dev Ittycheria retiring as CEO and Chirantan "CJ" Desai taking over, bringing extensive experience from ServiceNow and Cloudflare to guide MongoDB's future growth, especially in the context of AI and data-intensive applications. Dev expressed confidence in CJ's leadership, emphasizing that the transition is a strategic move to propel MongoDB into its next evolution while he remains involved as a board member, looking forward to a more balanced personal life.