We're a group of folks who use / are interested in scalable computing technologies, mostly Hadoop, HBase, and "NoSQL" platforms. We've had attendees and speakers from Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Visible Technologies, Drawn to Scale, U.S. National Labs, and many more! Groups are usually 75-150 attendees. We've been meeting since August 2009, and encourage anyone to attend! Usually we have: 1 or 2 ~20 minute "Feature" presentations Up to 4 "lighting talks" Friendly and helpful group discussion …

This is a group open to all in Bellingham and the surrounding area on both sides of the border. It is a real life counterpart to http://groups.drupal.org/bellingham/. We meet once a month, eat pizza, and talk Drupal. We often have informal talks, especially if someone steps up with a topic they're excited about. Mostly a low-key get together.

VanLUG Meetup is for IT professionals and others interested in Linux operating systems and Free/Libre Open Source Software. VanLUG Meetup is relatively new but VanLUG - Vancouver Linux Users Group - has been serving the Vancouver Linux community for over ten years. Mutual help and topical discussions take place in the VanLUG mailing lists. You are welcome to subscribe to any or all of the mailing lists. Subscription links can be found at www.vanlug.bc.ca .

Join us for an evening of discussion and beers about Puppet and DevOps. If you are using or want to learn about Puppet, configuration management, DevOps practices, etc, please stop by.

Welcome to the Eucalyptus Cloud User Group! We are here to bring together developers, architects, sysadmins, devops people, enterprises, start-ups... basically anyone interested in various possibilities of private and hybrid cloud solutions. Being an Open Source IaaS cloud platform means not only open source code but also open source ideas and communication. We will organize hackathons for code and hackathons for ideas. Eucalyptus is the world's most widely deployed open source cloud computing s …

This is a group for computer experts who spend enormous amounts of time trying to legally breach the security of networks, web servers, email servers, and who are interested in hacking, IT security, incident handling, pen testing, information assurance, privacy, etc. All skill levels are welcome. If you exist in a reality beyond the alternate reality that normal people don’t think exists then this group is for you. I started this group because I am interested in forming a specialized Red Team. W …

A group designed to talk about and discuss the dangers of the connected online world such as spam, physhing attacks, identity theft, malicious hackers and steps to help defend against and try to put a dent into stopping as much as we can. Through the use of the linux operating system tools & programs can be used to aid in protection from such attacks. For anyone thats used them can share their ideas, for anyone learning the field can get a chance to help protect themselves from such online threa …

Security and beers is an informal gathering of IT Security professionals in the Seattle area to unwind, network, chat and drink beer with like-minded people in the industry. Come and join us for a drink, some laughs and some conversation. No name tags, no cheesy presentations - just Security and beers.

Want to learn Linux but don't know where to start? Come join us for a casual atmosphere where we'll help you through the tough stuff. This meetup is perfect for novices looking to start a career or just want to try it at home. If you're more experienced and want to pay-to-forward and help others looking to advance themselves, please join in. This will be open source learning environment- learn, and pass it on to others in need free of charge.