The Atlanta Big Data User Group is a community dedicated to promoting the technologies, practices and innovations needed for organizations to get maximum value from massive amounts of data. With over 2.5 trillion bytes of data accumulating around the world every day, we are at the epicenter of the Big Data revolution. Through an exchange of BIG ideas, education and fresh thinking from employees, contractors and technologists, Atlanta Big Data aims to focus on the specific Big Data issues, archit …

Welcome to the Atlanta HTML5 User Group (@atlhtml5 on twitter). HTML5 is the new hotness and it's time for the Atlanta development community to be a part of the fun. We are enthusiasts of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and related cutting-edge web technologies. We meet monthly with the industry's leading experts who talk about, present, and demonstrate the latest concepts, features, APIS (you name it!) in this cool new world, and answer all your burning questions. To post to this group's mailing list …

Welcome to the Atlanta Salesforce Platform Developer User Group!!! This meetup group is for people interested in developing on the Force.com platform, people who want to gain in-depth technical knowledge of the Force.com technology stack and those who would like to become great developers on the Force.com platform. This meetup group allows developers to get together and discover great development practices, get to grips with new features, give feedback on APIs & the development experience. By do …

The Atlanta Business Farm MeetUp Group's vision is to assist business owners, entrepreneurs, entertainers and professionals grow their businesses using technology solutions. This group will be informational and educational although business owners may pass referrals this group will be open to several business owerns  in any spefic industry. Our Meetings will be Streamed live to create a simultaneous online and offline community We will focus on Business Technologies: Live Internet Televisio …

Atlanta Technology Group is place for Atlanta area technology professionals, entrepreneurs, business owners, students or anyone who may want to keep up with Web Technologies may join this group and learn, share ideas, experience,  opportunities, collaborate, network  or just join in for tech gathering.

Goal is to give a forum for new expression of ideas and business (5 minute pitch model), but also give entrepreneurs a forum to discuss roadblocks and moving forward in a fun, friendly, inclusive environment. This group is focussed on startups, not just technology startups to broaden exposure and realize that all startups use technology and can benefit from one another.

IxDA Atlanta is the local chapter of the Interaction Design Association. Since 2009, we've put on design slams, socials, film screenings, UX show & tells, and hosted local and national speakers from the professional and academic communities. If you're into user experience, design, technology, strategy, or just want to learn more, we invite you to join the conversation.

The world is becoming more connected as businesses add internet connectivity and apps to various types of products and devices. This is a group for people interested in developing applications that will run these internet connected devices. Most of the information discussed will be cutting edge so all levels of software development experience levels are welcome.

PrestaShop is an Open-source e-commerce software dedicated to innovative technology and providing online success for merchants. We always want to grow our community and reach out to e-commerce lovers. We are looking to connect with PrestaShop users, web developers, web designers, open-source advocates, start-ups, and technology organizations. We welcome all individuals interested in providing suggestions, encouragement, or simply have questions about e-commerce. It is our goal to educate, spark …

IgniteATL is a series of events designed to bring together interesting people from a variety of backgrounds and put together evenings of education. Passionate people will give 5 minute talks, consisting of 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds on their area of expertise or experience. Join us for some fun, educational evenings over the next few months - and expand your horizons, meet new people, and learn more in the process! Door prizes include 32GB Apple iPad,  Hawks Playoff tickets, Br …

This group is for people interested in new technology and tools, rapid application development, API's. This group focuses on the power of Associative Information Technology. In this group we will: Discuss issues surrounding application development particularly why tables slow down development. What would be the ideal solution. Discuss the boundaries surrounding conventional data storage methods. Why select statements and stored procedures are a hassle. Discover tools available that makes appli …

Are you looking for a Microsoft related networking group that meets monthly inside the perimeter? Veredus is sponsoring and hosting a monthly user group in Buckhead that focuses on Microsoft technologies. The group will meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.

Website: http://atlantanodejs.org/ So I think it's time that Atlanta catches up with the rest of the innovative cities in this country and dive into the world of Node. The focus of this group will be to learn node js through a practical approach. We will have keynote introductions of meetings, followed by discussions, and then hacking/development sessions where we will learn to rapidly build applications. While we may have the occasional outside expert speaker, our goals are to promote knowledge …

This group is dedicated to hardware startups and their unique issues in funding, support and development. Our goal is to share information that can help startups to develop the connections and support they need to be successful. We hope to increase exposure of hardware startups in Atlanta and develop a network of support.  A hardware startup is developing a new technology or service that is based on developing an actual device. We will start by determining how much interest there is in this grou …

A group of IT professionals and enterprise open source users that include Unix system administrators, developers, security professionals and enthusiasts. See our main website at: auug.org

This Meetup provides an online space for Microsoft app builders to come together and build apps with the help of Microsoft and our Community of Developers and Designers.

This group is for Information Technology professionals looking to also stay healthy and fit. I started this group because I have been in the Information Technology field for 15 years and many of those years I spent sitting in an cubicle for 8-12 hours a day. I ate all types of foods and rarely did any physical activities. My health took a hit due to lack of exercise and having a horrible diet. For the past year, I have been training on a daily basis and now I am in great shape, I'm healthy and s …

Mobile Marketing is the next frontier and it offers the biggest opportunity for business owners to increase their profitability. The purpose of the Atlanta Mobile Marketing Meetup is to mastermind, learn and network with other mobile marketing professionals and entrepreneurs interested in leveraging mobile marketing technology. Come join us to learn, share and network!

Meet local people interested in the Semantic Web, ontologies, linked data, NLP, AI, and related topics of interest. Please join if you are a practitioner or interested in the semantic web, semantic technologies or Web3.0. We address technologies such as RDF, RDFS, OWL and applications that help to develop or that use ontologies, controlled vocabularies and rules systems in the enterprise and on the World Wide Web.

The Atlanta Java Users Group (AJUG) is organized by Java Developers for Java Developers in order to: Provide a forum for exchanging information and for brainstorming with other developers on how to successfully implement new Java solutions. Deliver monthly technical presentations on the latest Java/JVM technologies. Support the needs of both newbies and experts through related Study Groups targeted at Java Certification and Java-OO architectural issues. Promote the advantages of Java as a devel …

Hello World! Have you spawned? Do you hail from the land of Dragon*Con? Do ANY of the following phrases have meaning or resonate in your heart?: Han shot first; Captain, we are being hailed; Cylons and Daleks and goram reavers; In brightest day, in blackest night; Kneel before Zod!; all your base are belong to us; Android, Apple, ubuntu (or any *nix); nes; binary; Why so serious? Excelsior True Believers! Then you're one of us! Join your comrades in this Guild of Calamitous Intent to soci …

AtlantaPHP is the Southeast's premier PHP community. We are dedicated to building up the PHP community, providing networking opportunities, and developing the skills of our members. Find us on-line! * Website: http://atlantaphp.org/ * Twitter: http://twitter.com/atlantaphp * Announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/atlantaphp-announcements * Discussion Forum: http://groups.google.com/group/atlantaphp * Freenode IRC: #atlantaphp

The Atlanta PC Users Group (AtlPCUG) provides a place for new Users, old hands, and pros to share their experiences using the personal computer. The Atlanta PC Users Group was founded to provide help to its members through the exchange of experience and skills. Members continually bring problems with software and hardware to meetings. Usually another member has the solution and more. Members range from software developers, LAN administrators to the novice home user.

The Atlanta Internet Video Marketing Association is designed to keep its members up to date on all the latest techniques for video search engine optimization and generally improve the marketing capability of video on the internet. It is especially useful for video production companies, internet developers and marketers. It's a great place for those representatives to network and collaborate. ATIVMA brings in speakers of interest to video marketers. Please visit the ATIVMA web site to find out m …

This project is to serve as a campus mapping system. The system would provide campus event information, and available parking spaces to those driving on campus. The system includes software, mobile positioning hardware and networking components. The usage of mobile positioning in each user’s device will provide the service manager with constant and accurate information on parking area occupancy, which is saved into external server resources. This allows for keeping the parking lots at full capac …

Social changemakers, non-profit workers, volunteers and technological forerunners come together at Net Tuesday events to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, skills, and reinforce the online NetSquared (http://www.netsquared.org) community. Join us as we explore how social media and recent innovations on the web can be used to empower and mobilize communities for social causes!

This is a group for people who genuinely enjoy learning, sharing, creating and designing anything data. It's about telling a story, and how data visualization is becoming more important than ever. So if your creative, obsessed with data visualization, and love infographics, come join the rest of us!