The Cloud Applications for Business meetup group was established to educate end-users and IT Professionals on best-of-breed SaaS products on the market. We will provide knowledge-based presentations on various SaaS products The Cloud Applications for Business meetup group is sponsored by The Chicago Cloud Coalition, a finite group of seasoned professional service firms that have deep expertise & knowledge in best of breed Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, benefits for business, and how …

The Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup Group is an informal professional group focused on developing relationships, exchanging ideas, and fostering cloud computing innovation. We provide an open, comfortable environment for fellow cloud computers and newcomers alike to meet and discuss related news, best practices, tips and anything else that might arise in this exciting and rapidly evolving technology niche. We welcome people from all backgrounds, not just IT, to come learn and network in the commu …

This group is dedicated to understanding how Cloud computing effects your organizations security plans.

This group is forum to gather and share experiences around Cloud Computing, especially Amazon Web Services. If you have used EC2, S3, Amazon Payments, Mechanical Turk or are interested in learning more about how others have, come join our group. Cloud Computing is changing rapidly so if you are involved in the cloud or interested in learning about how Enterprise companies are leveraging the cloud, stop on by.

This group is for users of Microsoft Office and other office productivity software. We will encourage one another in building skills with current software as well as examining alternatives that may be in the near or more distant future. Certainly cloud computing and mobile computing are two directions in which our explorations will lead.

Data 2.0 Chicago is the Midwest arm of the DataWeek.co and Data2Summit.com events in San Francisco. We host over 500 innovative data companies from Google, Microsoft, and Salesforce to MongoDB, Kaggle, and InfoChimps at our yearly conferences & summits. Topics cover big data, cloud data, NoSQL, API's and mashups, open data initiatives, and data platforms.   The Data 2.0 meetup group is for entrepreneurs, data scientists, investors, engineers, database admins, data architects, and professionals i …

Small Business Technology of Chicago is dedicated to helping small businesses, professionals, and nonprofits learn about information technology. We provide a place for you to learn about new technology, get answers to your questions, and share your experiences. And you will meet others who are interested in information technology for small business. Our presentations include information technology, cloud computing, software, disaster recovery, technology service providers, Internet marketing str …

Heroku User Groups (HUGS) are a casual gatherings of developers who are interested in learning about Heroku technologies. It provides developers an opportunity to explore Heroku (a polygot platform), as well learn how to run and scale any type of app, written in Java, Ruby, Node.js, Clojure, Python or Scala. This is a great place to meet Heroku experts and network with peer.

A group for those in Chicago who develop or implement enterprise search software. We'll discuss new search solutions, specific products (Autonomy, Endeca, Fast, Dieselpoint, Lucene, Solr, Google Search Appliance), ideas, and maybe a bit of "big data" technology like Hadoop as it relates to search. Folks into text analytics also welcome. Great for developers or academics who work in information retrieval.

An independent user group for Ping Identity customers and other interested parties. This group is driven by customers; supported by Ping Identity. If you are interested in federation identity, identity and access management, or Internet-scale identity, this might be the group for you.

WHY SHAREPOINT 2010?  LATEST UPDATE Many organizations are doing quite well with their 2007 and 2003 SharePoint farms. However, Microsoft is expected to announce the next version of SharePoint some time late this year.  Additionally, Microsoft will discontinue formal support of SharePoint 2007 in October 2012. This can be a huge push to 2010, depending upon the size of an organization’s SharePoint installation. If it’s small and not utilizing much of the complexity of SharePoint, it might not be …

Share and learn IT stuff in a relaxed and close to home environment: Linux, Windows, MySQL, SQL Server, scripting (Perl, Python, Shell, whatnot), network, storage, programming, Oracle, cloud computing, and whatever else. Swap and test out ideas, new (new is a relative term that is different for each individual) technologies.

“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.” - Unknown “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” - Robert Frost --------------------------------------- Do you love Hiking and Adventures? Welcome to the Chicago Hiking, Outdoors, & Social Meetup Group. We strive for adventures, fun, and friendships. This group is for people who en …

*Membership for this group has closed*     This meetup group is for young, professional women in the West Town area (or people willing to take the blue line!) We are a group of young women who want to talk deeply about books and issues--over a glass of wine or three! Possible topics include: Love Sex Religion Gender relations Politics History Race Relationships Death Next Books: June: In the Woods by Tana French July: The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht August: Swamplandia by Karen …

Chefs getting together to cook the whole infrastructure. No chefs will be eliminated during the cook-offs.

Meet others in your local area interested in PostgreSQL: The World's Most Advanced Open Source Database. Discuss this open source database and share the tips and tricks you've learned using it.