A group for users of Apache Cassandra to meet and discuss the popular "NoSQL" database. If you use Apache Cassandra in a production environment, or you are thinking about using it, you should come along to learn from others in the same boat. http://cassandra.apache.org/

A forum to explore all aspects of managing and analyzing big data: Hadoop and related techologies, nosql, MPP databases, data mining, machine learning, etc.

Meet local people interested in the Semantic Web, an initiative by the W3C [ http://www.w3c.org] to make the web "one giant database": The Web of Data &  Linked Open Data. We address technologies such as RDF, RDFS, OWL and applications that help to develop or that use ontologies, controlled vocabularies and rules systems in the enterprise and on the World Wide Web. The purpose of the group is to provide a process for new members to quickly understand the technologies behind the Semantic Web, an …

Developers interested in learning about and working with graph databases for social, spatial, hierarchical or other highly connected data sets. We host hands-on lab sessions, technology reviews, topical lectures, and plenty of social beer nights. Curious about graphs, want to pimp your non-RDBMS skills? Join us! more at http://www.neo4j.org

A place for Madisonian developers interested in learning more about MongoDB: the open-source, document database from 10gen. Hopefully the group can expand the use of MongoDB at companies within the area, as well as provide a place to share knowledge and experience.

Big Data Madison promotes the understanding and adoption of technologies used to acquire, store, and analyze the tsunami of data created by social media interactions, mobile devices, website clickstreams, retail transactions, computer log files, embedded processors, and sensors. Everyone is encouraged to join, no level of experience is too basic to join and participate. We'll cover technologies like Hadoop, BigTable, Kafka, Cassandra, Lucene, and more!

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 in …

We will look at practical, real-world scenarios that leverage Riak, exploring best-practices, pitfalls, and strategies. Our goal is to bring in speakers from the community as well as from Basho itself, to help share experiences and solutions to help members get the most out of Riak and learn from each others' approaches and mistakes.

This group is a place for developers and database administrators to learn more about the non-relational, open source, document-oriented database MongoDB, the leading NoSQL database. As this group is brand spanking new, please bear with us as we try to get this thing off the ground!

This is an IBM sponsored Big Data meetup group.  Geared towards developers, data scientists and all Big Data enthusiasts, our meetups provide an opportunity to work hands on with the solutions and tools in our Big Data platform. Our Meetups typically include a 45-60 min (max) presentation that serves as an introduction and overview for a specific Big Data technology.  It is followed by ~3 hours to collaborate with fellow developers and apply your Big Data skills.  We provide a cloud environment …

A meet-up for tech-enthusiasts and users of the BSD Unix Family of Operating Systems including Linux and Illumos. Discussions may include Project Ideas, Problems/Solutions, Implementations, &c. Based on interest, specific articles from the excellent BSD Magazine can be explored and speakers can also be scheduled to present. Ideas for location or program topics always welcome.

This group is for professionals, thought leaders and researchers dedicated to Big Data, Big Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Business Analytics, BI, Cloud Analytics, Cloud BI, Social Media Analytics, Sensor Data Analytics, Data Integration, Data Warehouse Appliances, Data Visualization, Data Management, etc. In short, this is a networking community focused on emerging technologies (Hadoop, NoSQL, etc.), and strategies that allow enterprises to leverage their data assets so they may better …