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 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 …

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.

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 …

The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to filter …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

Come and discuss topics related to the exciting new Ember.js and Ember-Data JavaScript frameworks in Midtown Atlanta. Hosted and sponsored by PrimeRevenue, inc. which produces Software as a Service for Supply Chain Finance and related markets under the OpenSCi brand.

A branch of the edX Global Community for people who live near Atlanta, GA, USA! Meetup with other people taking edX courses, have study groups at local coffee shops and libraries, and celebrate your successes!

The AWDG is for anyone who makes Websites. Markup, style, code, typography, SEO, e-commerce, Web apps, and social networking are all valid topics here. We aim to provide a place for Web professionals to meet new people, exchange ideas, learn new things, and have a little fun. We generally have two events each month: one for learning, one for socializing. The group features some of the best talent in the Web industry from all over the country (previous speakers include Molly Holzschlag, Dan Rubin …

Meet with other website developers, designers, system administrators, and business people who all want to improve the user experience, lower abandonment rates and raise conversation rates by making their websites fast! Other Web Performance Meetup Groups:

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!

We're the official Flex and Actionscript user group for the Atlanta, GA area and have been active since Jan 2007. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is dedicated to the education and discussion of Flex and Actionscript technologies. We are the only Flex user group in Atlanta to be sponsor by Adobe, and membership is completely FREE.

Dedicated to growing Businesses through New Media Marketing (Neuromarketing) Placed based digital and Mobile Promotions. Technology is the Rocket Content delivery is the fuel Analytic's is the guidance system

The entrepreneurial board members of Atlanta meetup group was created to help current entrepreneurs take their original ideas to the next level by providing and suggesting resources for legal, technology, financial, networking, marketing, supply chain, operational, and business development for entrepreneurs in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Our members will serve as your temporary board of directors. Our goals will be to understand your business, present solutions to the challenges you are curre …

A call to all Oracle cert holders and enthusiasts in the Atlanta area! Oracle is a growing company which is posturing itself to innovate the world of information technology. Certifying in Oracle technology is not an easy task and certainly is a milestone achievement. However, our task is never complete in a never-ending technologically evolving world which exhorts us to constantly update our knowledge and network apparatuses. In regard to the latter, perhaps this group may aid in clarifying pers …

We are a group of internet marketers who get together to discuss internet marketing Stomper-style. We discuss topics such as website design, e-commerce, PPC advertising strategies, keyword analysis, outsourcing techniques, and general business building strategies. Whether you're a seasoned veteran, or internet newbie just thinking of starting an online business - you're a welcome visitor.

The Black Book Conversations is a series of Artist workshops focused on Artist career development where professionals come to share business tools and advice. All Black Book Conversations will be Streamed Live at www.ustream.tv/channel/tbbcatl TBBCAtl is at Binders Art School unless otherwise noted, check each individual event for venue. BINDERS ART SCHOOL 3330 Piedmont Rd #18 Atlanta GA www.bindersart.com

AADBUS is dedicated to the development of data-centric applications for the desktop, web, and mobile. We explore programming languages, back-ends, and the tools used to put it all together into an application for our employers and clients.