This group is for those interested in the power of social media and web analytics. We will be discussing best practices and challenges faced when managing the vast amount of data now available.

The Analytics Professionals group was created to provide a forum for those in Northern California to share tips, tricks and knowledge about using ParAccel (and other platforms) for analytics.

Calling all Quants, Analysts, Business Intelligence Gurus, Stats folks, and other lovers of using data to power decision making. We'll meet once a month in a casual environment to talk about business, customer, web, and marketing models that drive profitability. Also, we'll take field trips to local area businesses, non-profits, and educational organizations to learn and share our experiences. Let's take analysts out of the closet and help drive better data driven decisions for all. Checkout my …

Druid is a distributed, column-oriented, real-time, interactive analytical datastore. It was created to allow consistently fast, multidimensional ad-hoc drill-down type querying for large quantities of data - in real time. If you're searching for a solution beyond what proprietary column oriented, or in memory data stores offer both in price and capability - then join us. The Bay Area Druid User Group is dedicated to bringing together users and developers of Druid to exchange knowledge, insight …

Welcome To SF Growth Hackers! Growth Hacking: A data-driven approach to marketing, user acquisition and sales funnels. Learn how to leverage user analytics, split testing and modern marketing techniques to improve every step of a sales funnel. As a startup or even a fortune 500 company you can't make informed decision about your product without the right data backing you up. We will discuss how to capture your data, setup experiments and make confident decisions about your business. Come and j …

Core group has worked with new technology startups for over 18 years. How to take a social media or technology start-up company from idea concept through funding and global market. Whether family shoestring budget, angel investment or VC venture capital the principles for success remain the same. With the warp-speed changes in digital, mobile and hyper-localized marketing as well as consumer savvy rewards-based technologies emerging every view days we would love to meet and chat about some basic …

The Big Data Analytics Speaker Series is an Adobe/Omniture sponsored speaker series that is open to the general public. Meetings will be conducted monthly in a workshop style meet-up at Adobe's downtown San Jose headquarters and present expert speakers from academia and industry to discuss topics related to the analysis of big data sets and range from tutorials to expert roundtable discussions and cover analytical models to best practices. There will also be specific topics related to mobile, so …

Do you believe "Data (Big or Small) provides for Infinite Analytics"? Are you from the Insurance Industry Space? Do you want to help the Insurance Industry take full advantage of BIG DATA ANALYTIC SOLUTIONS / SERVICES starting with THOUGHT LEADERSHIP? THEN YOU MUST JOIN US IN OUR MISSION AND REVOLUTION.

This is a group for discussing Big Data Applications, Analytics, Algorithms and Architectures . This group is intended towards big data evangalists, technologists, architects, Hadoop administrators, data mining experts, data scientists, cloud experts, NoSQL , developers, consultants, and experts. The meetup will have product demonstrations, use case discussions, presentations of architectures and implementations. The locations would be in South Bay Area ( Silicon Valley)

This group is for those wanting to get involved in the local social media, SEO, marketing, and social networking community in the San Francisco bay area. Our events consist of either speakers, break away sessions, trainings, panels, or networking parties. We reach out to leading companies and institutions for speakers, sponsorship, and the latest information emerging from the field of social media, search engine optimization, app discovery, and analytics.

A group devoted to the use and development of open source, big data, agile intelligence solutions, for the San Francisco Bay area. Join our group if interested in solving real business problems utilizing open source, big data analytical solutions.

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 portfolio. 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 …

Welcome to the Marketing Roundtable sponsored by Foxxr. We are a discussion group that meets on the third Tuesday of every month at De Laveaga Golf Lodge from 12:00 - 1:30pm.  Cost is only $20.00 and includes lunch. We end our meetings on time every time. Our fun and lively group will hear speakers, share their own marketing experiences and network over lunch. Topics Covered: Brand development Market analysis, segmentation, targeting, positioning & messaging Marketing content & collateral devel …

Internet marketing is powerful. Done right, it can generate more relevant leads, increase your revenue, lower your marketing costs, and improve your online rankings. Done incorrectly, it can waste your time and money. It can even reduce your website's organic rankings. This Meetup focuses on educating business owners and online marketers on how to implement and leverage the latest internet marketing techniques in simple terms. We cover the following topics (and more, of course!): * Link building …

We love big data, analytics, innovation, and strategy. We're dedicated to smarter, more intelligent methods for using big data in analytics, social media, cloud, and business intelligence. To learn more, visit http://future-bi.tv/

This Meetup is for those who have a strong interest in new technology and its application either for profit or the sake of interest in the innovations coming our way. Innovators, Discoverers, Tinkerers, Experimenters and those who want to do more than just consume technology are the backbone of progress in our world. From Android to Zip Cars, 3D Printing to the newest Web Services, Analytics to the X Prize, there is a lot happening around us that is significant, interesting and often profitable …

Traditional marketing sucks! No budget, no resources, just pure creativity and innovation is what startup marketing is all about. You love it. You thrive on it. Join the SF startup marketing meetup group and share your successes (and failures), how you executed them and what you learned with the group. Each meetup we'll pick a new topic and have marketers present their stories. Topics might include acquiring customers, demand creation, blogging, analytics and measuring marketing effectiveness, s …

The Programmatic Advertising & Data group is for Savvy Marketers and Technologists to discuss the latest trends in advertising technologies, advertising tools and more. Though there is a focus on programmatic advertising there are other areas covered like mediation, aggregators, programmatic mobile, search analytics

Join Big Data Marketing in the Bay Area for exclusive invitations to BlueKai hosted data marketing focused events. Audience targeting driven by 3rd party data intelligence is crucial to achieving scale and efficiency for any digital media plan. BlueKai sits at the center of this growing industry as a DMP solution. From this position we interact with agencies, marketers, service and data providers. Our goal is to help cultivate relationships between data buyers and sellers through Bay Area events …

Meet, learn and exchange marketing ideas and resources. We welcome anyone interested in learning or discussing all types of marketing, including Online Marketing, SEO, Social Media Marketing, Webinars, Public Speaking, Email Marketing, Content Marketing, In-Person Networking and much more. Can be part of a corporation, non-profit, startup, small business... or just interested in learning. Events will typically be based in spots like Burlingame, San Mateo, Belmont or Pacifica. Another goal of the …

Do you keep up with the latest trends of web technology?Do new web analytics startups excite you?Are you curious about HTML5, CSS3, and more? We welcome all professionals involved with web technology, including website development, web analytics, social media, mobile apps, CRMs, and cloud. If you're a:- web designer, - web developer, - web marketer, - or anyone else who loves web technology, then this group is for you! We'll talk about the latest trends, share our ideas about what works and w …

The SF Bay Area Big Data Think Tank brings together experts and visionaries from academia and the industry in : - Visualization, data infrastructure, and data science - Applications that leverage Big Data in areas such as advertising, marketing, eCommerce, CRM, security, etc. - Art and design, specially as it relates to data We host periodic talks, panel discussions and hackathons. Join us! Come Learn, Network & Share. Brought to you by The Hive that incubates, funds and launches businesses that …

Silicon Valley Web Builder (SVWB) is a web organization dedicated to providing web builders with useful and informative resources. We promote technological innovations and address technical challenges facing the web community. SVWB invites expert speakers to address important and critical aspects of launching, building and growing successful websites, web applications and web-based businesses. SVWB efforts cover every aspect of web building including user experience design, information architec …

The WebGuild holds monthly events for web professionals in Silicon Valley. If you fall into one of these groups this is the perfect forum for you. 1. User Experience - web designers, localization specialist, qa, web analytics 2. Web Applications & SaaS - developers, architects or technologists and other on the web operations side. 3. Internet Marketing - Search Engine Marketing or Search Engine Optimization, web analytics and social media Our events provide you with a forum to learn about …

Big Data is in vogue, its the new buzzword. But what is Big Data? Do we know all the pieces of the Big Data puzzle? This group will cover all the five pieces of Big Data - Infrastructure, Data Storage/Management, Data Sciences, Visualization and one missing piece. We will cover one piece of the puzzle in every meetup. The idea is to have a holistic view of Big Data.

The Big Big Crazy World of Big Data... The mission of this group is to bring leaders in our community, who are interested in the powers of Big Data together - - Providers, Implementers, Trainers, Analysts, and Key Business Decision Makers (and Techies are invited too) This will be a group effort to learn from each other 'Best Practices' and 'Pitfalls' around Big Data; and help us Navigate the Choices and Confusions

This is a group for anyone interested in big data technologies, machine learning, artificial intelligence, predictive analysis, data visualization, etc. All skills levels are welcome. I have started this group for big data professionals to network and learn the latest in the big data technology. Looking forward to having lively discussions about the cutting edge big data technology and its impact on the business world.

Cloud Mafia is a San Francisco based community group.  Our mission is to bring together everyone that is interested in and working in the cloud technologies. Learn, network, present and meet others in the cloud space.  We have lots of events and tech talks.  Cloud Mafia has 2300+ members, has been featured on Venture Beat and sponsored by companies like Loggly, Salesforce, dotCloud, Boundary, Mulesoft, DataWeek2.0, Swrve, Stormpath, Totango, 10Gen, AppDirect, Pager Duty, Cloudability, Gigaspaces …