This week in the MongoDB community has seen a variety of exciting events and announcements, including the start of new courses such as M101JS - MongoDB for Node.js Developers on August 12, and the introduction of MyDB: Making MongoDB Documents reactive. The company also made some key hires, including Kamal Brar as Asia Pacific General Manager. Additionally, there have been several upcoming webinars and online education opportunities, including a Thrive With Big Data Webinar Series and new courses such as M101JS and M102. The community has also seen the release of new training programs in London, Palo Alto, and British Columbia. Furthermore, MongoDB has been featured at CloudBeat 2013, where it was announced that "the cloud grows up" and attendees could use code "10gen" to save 20% on registration.