A community of women in technology where we talk tech in a non-judgemental friendly environment. Goals: A monthly happy hours where we will talk about a pre-decided topic based on group suggestions. Eg: technology(Hadoop, Ruby-On-Rails etc.), latest start-up trends, use of latest technology in our daily lives etc.. Please don't feel you have to be an expert on that topic or for that matter know anything about it. If you are just interested in knowing more about it this is the place for you. We a …

Cloud Computing and Virtualization are transforming the technology industry. The SVForum Cloud Computing and Virtualization SIG meets monthly to discuss the impact these new technology platforms is having on infrastructure, operations, and applications from a user and vendor perspective. For more information visit: http://www.svforum.org/cloudsig. The cost to attend is $20.00 (note: it is free to attend if you are an SVForum member with proof of membership).

API Management meet-up group will help create a community of API practitioners and implementors who can come together to share their experience and learnings on defining, designing, building, launching and managing Web APIs based on SOAP/REST/JSON/XML technologies. The group welcomes audience from various industries with diverse skills with below roles - API Architect - API Developer - Engineering Manager - Engineering Director - Product Managers - Mobile Architect & Developers

The Entertainment Storage Alliance puts on events and distributes publications on digital storage technologies and their applications.  You should join if you are interested in digital storage technology and its use in consumer or professional media and entertainment applications.  You should also join us if you would like to network with or meet other folks with similar interests in digital storage technology and its applications.  We put on quarterly Storage Valley Supper Club meetings as well …

Data Center Technologies? Technologies Flowing Through Data Centers? How Does A Data Center Make Their Money?

The Silicon Valley Monthly Mobille Meetup, brought to you by PhoneNews.com, is an informal mixer-meets-town hall. It's aimed at people who have a passion for mobile gadgets, devices, and technology. Enjoy free food, drinks, networking, presentations, and giveaways!

As web developers, we are often faced with tough decisions when trying to decide which web development technologies to adopt. Every application is different and each technology has its own set of ideal use cases so wouldn't it be nice to hear directly from multiple experts during a session and have them debate the pros and cons of different approaches?  Instead of having attendees sit through a long talk—and only hear one point of view—we want to foster an interactive discussion that allows ever …

Our mission: To offer the International mobile technology and services sector an unbiased discussion dialogue on emerging technologies. Analyze their commercial, economical, social and political impact for an audience of senior business executives, researchers, financiers, policy makers and our loyal software developers. In keeping with SVForum’s history of innovation and leadership, we have decided to commit to I.P. protocol technology and the distribution of information associated. Enabling co …

This Meetup group supports the SF Bay ACM Chapter.  You can join the actual SF Bay Chapter by coming to a meeting - most meetings are free, and our membership is only $20/year ! The chapter has both educational and scientific purposes: - the science, design, development, construction, languages, management and applications of modern computing. - communication between persons interested in computing. - cooperation with other professional groups See official bylaws at http://www.sfbayacm.org/?at …

The Vertica Professionals group was created to provide a forum for those in the SF Bay Area to share tips, tricks and knowledge about using Vertica and it's ecosystem for analytics.

The Mobile Guild fosters information exchange, Professional development, and networking amongst its members. Discussions & trends on Mobile Apps (iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Windows Phone 7), New opportunities, Monetization and business models created by the convergence of cameras & Sensors in smartphones and more.. Mobile Guild is a platform - a table to talk. What is being discussed here? - Tips and tricks for successful Monetization of Mobile Apps - New Business models and opportunities …

This group is for Firefox add-on developers and enthusiasts to discuss issues they face and interact more closely with Mozilla contributors and staff in the area. Whether you want to get advice from experienced add-on developers, talk with Mozilla about your platform or website, or just learn more about add-ons, this is the place to do it. Everyone is welcome to discuss add-ons for any browser platform.

TechXploration is PayPal's free, tech-focused speaker series that occurs monthly in San Jose. Hear from Valley-based tech luminaries while sampling the finest craft beer and local eats! All are welcome. Join us!

Meet with other engineers responsible for the reliability, scalability and efficient operation of large scale systems. Sessions will typically involve a free technical presentation and open forum to ask questions.  Target Audience:  Engineers & Sys Admin's who are interested in topics such as scalability, monitoring, troubleshooting,  solving tough web operations issues, Unix/Linux, LAMP and automation. See a video introduction to the group here:  http://bit.ly/c59MWE Follow us on Twitter …

The Silicon Valley Startup Incubation and Acceleration Networking is a meetup group created for startup entrepreneurs to attend networking sessions, seminars, workshops, coaching and mentoring programs organized by incubators and accelerators. Entrepreneurs, innovators, developers, executives, startup founders and business owners, please join us if you want to get help with business basics, participate in networking activities and cofounder mixers, find marketing resources and strategic partner …

The Autotech Council gathers auto manufacturers, vendors, distributors, startups, and investors every other month for a 1/2 day, deep dive on one segment inside the auto industry where lots of innovation is taking place. These meetings are open to the public and introduce dozens of companies to new ideas, new companies, and new opportunities. They include insight into to what the major vendors and manufacturers are doing as well as exposing them to a handful of new products and services. Startup …

Plug and Play Tech Center's official Meetup.com page. We run Meetup style events once or twice per month. Expect great speakers, great demos, great refreshments, and great networking in a startup friendly environment. Open to the Plug and Play community and registered Meetup group members. Plug and Play Tech Center's Meetups happen at our Sunnyvale headquarters, home to over 250 startups trying to change the world. Or at least their industry. Video from past event feat. Rich Wong of Accel: ht …

A group dedicated to learning and mastering the Play! web application framework. The group was started by engineers in the Silicon Valley to help foster and learn from the local Play! and Scala communities. As we dived deeper into this amazing web framework, we wanted to be able to connect with other engineers in the area to share our experiences, evangelize, and learn. No matter if you're a Play! expert, a Scala beginner, or just interested in what makes this web framework different, the Play! …

A meetup for people with a product or service looking for alpha/beta users - only one rule - you use mine, I use yours! And we share tips on helping each other find more users. Looking forward to a tasty treat! Our first meetup is expected to happen in March. I'll update as soon as I have a location and time - stay tuned! In the meanwhile, you can participate by choosing your day/time preferences and by voting on what kind of place you want to meet at.

This is the official Evernote Meetup group.

This is a forum and meetup for people interested to learn more about Payment Systems, Programming API, Processors, Gateways, Terminals, PCI Compliance, Consumer and Enterprise solutions and Payment Ecosystem overall. We will have technical discussions by industry leaders and speakers from Paypal, Google, CardSpring and many other companies.

Welcome to the Bay Area meetup Pinterest group! We welcome all those 'power users' of Pinterest, and if you are a Pinterest addict, you are at the right place! We'll meet, we'll chat about Pinterest, compare boards and even check out cool tools for Pinterest users!

Bay Area Web Performance is focused on making the Web faster and smarter! Our members are passionate about the user experience and the Performance community here in Silicon Valley. We'll meet regularly to discuss, delight, and inform ourselves on the hot topics and industry happenings in the Web Performance world! Join us!

Compelling content is key to many entrepreneurial ventures in Silicon Valley. Whether you are a content creator, agregator, or broker, you realize that content is king. Our calendar will have an array of activities and programs to help content entrepreneurs create, package, and market content online.

When your startup is gaining momentum, you need Heroes. Who/what is a 'Startup Hero'? Heroes are talented people who want to get involved in a promising startup. Heroes take something from good to great or from great to amazing. Heroes are marketers, developers, engineers, designers, enthusiasts, data scientists, executives, mentors, business people, angels, evangelists or anyone who can make a difference for a startup. Heroes drive innovative and creative projects to make it happen. Join us to …

Events organized or facilitated by Dave Nielsen in the SF Bay Area

Meetup for Silicon Valley IT (Computer and Telecom) Resellers, Distributors, Brokers.

MechaWorks is proud to host the first WordPress event group in Silicon Valley. We love WordPress, it has helped our business grow tremendously. So, we felt that we need to give back to the WordPress community. We'll be hosting monthly events to help bloggers meet up and chat about the platform that they use everyday. Share cool tips, new uses, and commiserate when WordPress isn't feeling well.