The Google Technology and Developer Group (GDG-DC) is a developer group designed to discuss, discover and distribute Google technologies. This will cover Washington DC Capital Suburban area including Northern Virginia and Maryland. GDG-DC meets on as often as we could find good topic, location, sponsor and interested techies! Please visit our website and join our groups to participate and register in Meetup to attend. Oh.. don't forget to follow us on  Twitter Check out http://developer.google.c …

This group is for anybody who is interested in cloud computing. The purpose of this cloud is to provide a forum and in-person social networking opportunities for who are working with cloud computing within both commercial and government organizations in the Washington DC Metro Area. This is about the free flow of information around approaches and cloud computing technology, what’s working and what’s not.

This group is for people who have passion and love for illustration, animation and graphic and fine arts in Northern Virginia area. We try to have a once-month gathering to meet, exchange ideas, arrange drawing sessions (indoor and out-door), exchange news, jobs, new technologies, critic each other works, have workshop and tutorials in digital and traditional illustration and animation, trips for visiting museums, shows, exchanging news, in a fun, relaxed group to support each other, enjoy and l …

This meetup group is dedicated to organizing Washington DC -based events for the Alfresco Open Source Enterprise Content Management System (http://www.alfresco.com). Users of Alfresco Open Source Enterprise Content Management to exchange information, code, use cases, case studies, demos, ideas and friends. Leverage the transparency (of code and conduct) and community of Open Source.  The group welcomes technical and non-technical users with the goal of creating a network of people who can be a …

Map/Reduce, specifically Hadoop is revolutionizing several areas of computing. This group is for those that are investigating this technology or perfecting their skills with it. Hopefully it will be a mix of introductory material and hands on labs. Meeting in Northern Virginia, usually Reston.

Hello Agent & Investor Friends, This day in age, it's nearly impossible to be successful in the world of real estate without utilizing (and dare I say, embracing) some level of technology and/or social media platform. In fact, most of us are already online and using some type of tech device on a daily basis. The question is - how effective are we, really? Ask yourself: do you have an online strategy? Are you taking advantages of technological resources available to either promote or streamline y …

This is a group of professionals living or working in Reston. Our group meets at Kalypso's on the First Tuesday every month. We are a community focused on developing business opportunities and building relationships. Join our group and attend our $10 dollar events if you are interested in building your business, developing quality relationships and helping others be successful.

The NOVA Makers meetup is dedicated to creating and supporting a Maker community in Northern Virginia. Everyone with a passion and interest in making things is welcome to join!

Meetup group for those in Northern Virginia who are enjoy mapping and spatial technology. Pretty much anything to do with space and time on, beneath, or above the planet.  Come on out and share stories, tech, or just to chat with people who share your interests.  Find us on Twitter @ge0n0va

This is to be the inaugural meeting of NoVA Networkers, a discussion group for computer network engineers and administrators of all skill levels. (Please note that this group is NOT for interpersonal networking.) The goal of the group is to facilitate the free exchange of ideas and experiences among like-minded professionals. The group was founded by Jeremy Stretch of packetlife.net, and is not sponsored by any commercial entity. (This means that all vendors and technologies are fair game!)

Reverse Space (RS) is a maker community, with a ‘space’ in Herndon, VA, currently sponsored by Cortona Academy. The community began in October 2010 by accumulating members of the Information Technology field, such as Network Security, Information Forensics, and the like. Now, the community supports many subgroups, ranging from 3D Printing, CNC, and any MakerSpace project members would like to build. Revese Space has the largest 3D printing capabilities and technology for MakerSpaces on the east …

This is a group for anyone interested in discussing great business startup books such as The Lean Startup, The $100 Startup, Rework, and The Dragons' Den Guide to Assessing Your Business Concept. As the author of The Dragons' Den Guide to Assessing Your Business Concept I started this group to discuss leading edge business startup concepts.

This group is for anyone interested in Ethical Computer Hacking.

The group is for AWS users group to provide a forum for users to share experiences, best practices, and lessons learned from using AWS. There will be a special focus on using AWS to support the Federal Government.

We are a locally focused website and mobile app that combines user generated reviews with expert business surveys. We host monthly events and feature guests speakers to help Small Business Owners market and promote their businesses.

This is a group for anyone interested in web design and development living in Reston and Herndon area.  If you are a web designer, web developer, full-time or part-time freelancer, or someone very interested in learning how to make great websites and web applications, then this is the right group for you. Regardless of level of expertise and experience in web development, we all can learn from each other by sharing new tips, news on latest technologies, best practices, new tools, and much more! …

ClusterDC aims to bring together the Washington DC area's brightest developers, data scientists, analysts and big data fanatics to form a collaborative and hands-on group to solve the world's data problems. OK, that's a stretch, but this group is by invite and application only and for people interested in hacking and developing novel and intelligent solutions around Big Data, NoSQL and distributed computing technologies. Be ready to teach and to be taught and to collaborate with your peers. Plan …

The Reston SharePoint User Group is hosted at the Microsoft offices in Reston, Virginia. The group was brought to fruition by Dan Usher and Scott Hoag, realizing the need for a user group in the Reston area that met during the day so as to provide a place for practitioners, professionals, and enthusiasts to learn and share ideas during the work day. If you’re interested in speaking, sponsoring or for more information, contact Dan and Scott at info@restonspug.org. Looking to attend? We meet on th …

The OWASP Northern VA Local Chapter meetings are FREE and OPEN to anyone interested in learning more about application security. We encourage individuals to provide knowledge transfer via hands-on training and presentations of specific OWASP projects and research topics and sharing SDLC knowledge. The chapter is committed to providing an engaging experience for a variety of audience types ranging from local students and those beginning in app-sec, to those experienced and accomplished profession …

This is a group for people who are tired of "groups". In the Reston, VA area there are many talented people who work with software every day and enjoy exchanging ideas. All around Reston new solutions, products and even companies are being created in the building next door every day. It’s time for a forum where interesting concepts and ideas are presented to interested people. Large and small software and tech companies office, live and play here. Software pros work hard and play harder. The mis …

This group is for persons interested in Fusion-io technologies, including existing users and people who just want to learn more about it.