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 …

svDevOps (Silicon Valley DevOps) is a group of both Dev & Ops professionals (managers, engineers & hackers) and entrepreneurs that meets roughly once per month to discuss topics related to DevOps and whatever it means. Topics that seem to interest us are: - improving the working relationship between dev & ops - constraints within operations and dev within regulated environments - helping developers get visibility into monitoring - systems life-cycle automation (the line between systems & apps …

Here you can track MeeGo related activities in San Francisco Bay Area. Propose genuine MeeGo meetups or casual meetings after interesting events. MeeGo is a platform for mobile devices developed under the auspices of The Linux Foundation - see http://meego.com

The Qt (pronounced "Q-T" or "cute") Meetup group covers everything Qt: roadmap information, deep architectural discussion, best practices, gotchas and hands on technical support. We will cover the logistics of Qt app deployment to desktop, embedded, tablets and mobile devices including tooling requirements/behavior/usage. Linux is the dominant operating system in the embedded space and it is where Qt5 has made numerous inroads into various verticals. All are welcome.

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).

CLINE was established to encourage and facilitate the scientific exploration of the intersection of computation, language, information, complexity, and intelligence as they are influenced by, and influence, the process of evolution. Of particular interest to this group is the development of self-evolving systems. The assumption is that apex systems evolve toward greater and greater complexity-handling capacity. Some call this "artificial intelligence," but we have trouble with the term as it: 1 …

For people who are interested in embedded systems and hardware: Microcontrollers (ARM, PIC, AVR, MSP), Wireless (WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, GSM/GPRS), DSP (TI) FGPA (Altera, Xilinx, Lattice, Actel, VHDL, Verilog) Sensors (MEMS, Image, Fingerprint, RFID) Operating systems that are used in embedded systems like Embedded Linux, Android, iOS, WinCE, TinyOS, uCOS) New product ideas in embedded systems. We will have regular talks on those topics. Please join us and grow together.

#LSPE Meet-up has been an invaluable platform for engineers responsible for the reliability, scalability and efficient operation of large scale systems! LSPE-W is a much awaited extension of #LSPE providing a collaborative network and learning platform for women in technology. Our Vision: Build a vision for women in technology, and spotlighting thought leaders within the industry Provide problem solving for issues and challenges in Highly Scalable Environments Create a platform that would allow …

Hi I'm the new organizer for the group and I am excited to take on the responsibility. Currently I work with the HandsOn Tech Silicon Valley program. We have worked with Google, Microsoft, and Baynetwork volunteers on a number of nonprofit IT projects and hope to recruit more skill-based volunteers. I want to use this meetup as a way where nonprofits, community volunteers, business leaders can come together and make a difference using technology. Just like my predecessor, I am hoping to bring to …

Our Community Theatre is available 7 days a week during our operating hours and can scale between 10 -30 people and is free of charge. We offer this in our state-of-the-art theater, equipped with a 103" touchscreen TV, podium, microphones, and amazing audio system. To coordinate a booking, please reach out to msolari@microsoft.com Here are a few examples of our events: •Business meeting •Class Field Trips •Meeting space for technology and non-technology groups •Group workshops on our product off …

The Cisco Users Group of Silicon Valley meets once a month to discuss products, services, and technologies to simplify network management with Cisco Prime products for enterprise and service providers. Cisco is truly dedicated to customer success. Our mission is to shape the future of the Internet by creating unprecedented value and opportunity for our customers, partners, shareholders, and employees. Built for the human network. Disclaimer: The Cisco Users Group of Silicon Valley is an independ …

BAFUG ( Bay Area FreeBSD Users Group ) is a users group for Open Source Unix like operating systems, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our primary emphasis is on FreeBSD but enthuist of other Open Source Unix such as FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, NanoBSD, DragonBSD, etc. are welcome. Since BSD is the preferred base operating system for companies like Apple (Apple OS), Juniper, NetFlix and their products, BSD truly is one of the most robust and popular operating systems in the world. Companies, de …

Hello! This is a group for IT and Network security professionals in the US SouthWest (CA, AZ, NV, NM, TX, UT) to network and keep apprised of current security issues, threats, solutions etc. Feel free to post educational webinars, local events or other shindigs. Please keep all discussions and meetings to IT and network security related topics.

Free Software = free society!  Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) is sweeping earth bringing freedom to people everywhere.  Our little corner of the Libre Planet is the San Jose / Bay Area.  Come join the FLOSS evolution! GNU/Lindepence Hours Have an hour or so now and again to spend advocating for FLOSS? Want to get things fired up in your area? Want to raise awareness for both FLOSS and the Free Software Foundation's Libre Planet in Silicon Valley? Start an GNU/Lindepence Hour! They are …

Hello and Welcome to CodeChix-BayArea!! Please join us here and on any of our social media (FB, G+, LinkedIn, Twitter) if you are a: Female developer (please join us also on http://groupspaces.com/codechix) Female or Male Project/Program/Product Manager Supportive and open-minded MALE developer Young person (>8 years old) aspiring to learn coding NO RECRUITERS OR RECRUITING ALLOWED. NO SOLICITATIONS For Personal or Business needs. And now a little bit about us (also check out our Skill-Levels …

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 …

In this meetup we'll talk about the practical considerations of acquiring, holding, and spending BitCoins. Anyone interested in BitCoins is welcome, from nube to expert. The organizers of the group run a large BitCoin mining operation and will be happy to answer questions about the logistics required to setup & maintain an effective BitCoin mining operation.

BASPIG is a systems-programming interest group for folks in the Silicon Valley area. If you're into programming that maxes out machine perf, works against the bare metal, self-modifies, hypervises, takes in a language, compiles, blits, message passes, saturates available bandwidth, routes, scales, replicates, reaches consensus, dispatches kernels to cores, interprets, JITs, or self-hosts, this is the group for you. We intend to have regularly scheduled talks on prodigious systems-programming top …