Business Intelligence (BI) is the exciting new discipline of skills, processes, technologies, applications and practices used to support decision making in every organization. The Business Intelligence Special Interest Group (SIG) is a forum for discussing advances in BI. Talks range from industry and process trends, through the software tools that enable BI to best practices and issues that arise from their application. Our mission is to create a community of Business Intelligence professionals …

The original organizer has had to leave as organizer so now we are in the process of deciding if and with what focus this group should continue on. Please feel free to make suggestions on the main mailing list or discussion forum.

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 …

This group is for anyone interested in log management and data analysis. Developers, devops, IT, marketing, sales, anyone that deals with logs can benefit from this group as well as professionals that would use log data for analysis of business processes.   We will have lightning talks and guest speakers, including customers with real-world stories, industry luminaries and more. At heart, this is an informal, social gathering of like-minded enthusiasts that think logs are cool. Who Should Join t …

The SF Data Mining meetup focuses on all aspects of the data pipeline--from data acquisition and big data storage to machine learning and data visualization. Current Goals Host speakers Host educational workshops Host volunteer events Highlight existing events around the bay area and organize transportation, etc Spread awareness of rising data mining technologies Who is this meetup for? Data engineers, analysts, scientists, and other practitioners Data visualization developers and designers J …

This is a group for all Big Data professionals to include programmers, architects, platform specialists like Hadoop, MongoDB, GreenPlum, Cloudera, Hortonworks etc. We welcome Engineers, IT Professionals, Architects, Data Scientists, Analytics Experts, Sales and Marketing Professionals, Entereneurs. We will be holding lectures, tutorials, panel discussions, demos, hackathons and networking for all professionals. We will feayure local, regional and international conferences with world famous …

This group is dedicated to organizing discussions, meetups, and events around data 2.0. The focus of data 2.0 is about utilizing the new avalanche of online data and new data-centric business models. The Data 2.0 organizers are also the producers of DataWeek.co Sept 22-27 in San Francisco as well as the Data 2.0 Summit (data2summit.com) We view "Old Data" is the practice of closing off your data, and data 2.0 hosting data online and making it accessible by other organizations. That includes big …

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/

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This is a group for SAP HANA (in-memory database technology) adopters and hackers. This includes programmers, architects and experts who work on SAP HANA or are looking to learn more about it. The goal of this group is to share experiences with working on SAP HANA, or any other Big Data (Hadoop, MongoDB, GreenPlum, Cloudera, Hortonworks) integration scenarios. We will be holding lectures, panel discussions, demos, hackathons and networking for all members.

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

This is a group to connect Big Data start ups and entrepreneurs in San Francisco for networking, pitches, workshops, demonstations and much more. This group is ideal for: * Big Data Startup Companies * Entrepreneurs * Developers and Programmers * Investors * Big Data Recruiters * Big Data Service Providers

Big Brains is a speakers series with some of the top minds in Silicon Valley. All are welcome. Just bring your Big Brain along! We'll be hosting at least every other month, if not monthly. Look forward to seeing you at our office for one of our upcoming events in Mountain View.

March 21 · 5:30 ContextLogic Wish along with John Wu would like to welcome everyone to our 3rd Tech Talk. Tentative Agenda: ° 5:30 - 6 Welcoming & socializing with refreshments ° 6 - 7 First Presentation - guest speaker John Wu, Distinguished Scientist of ACM & a Senior Member of IEEE, for a discussion on Fastbit indexing & its use cases involving large-scale scientific applications. ° 7 - 8 Second Presentation - Wish.com engineering on indexing techniques in mongodb ° 8 - whenever - Q&A & socia …

We're tired of talking among ourselves about all thinks digital marketing. We need to hear form the outside world. Come and share your thoughts with us on digital marketing - SEM, SEO, PPC, display, mobile, web site development, etc. Bring your strategic game, because that's where we like to start.

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 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.

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.

Data is more difficult to understand than text, let alone Big Data, and Big data is driving cloud computing now. Computation virtualization is not enough for big data, both data virtualization and communication virtualization are also necessary in order to make true Real-time Big Velocity Stream Computing happen We believe the true innovation lies on algorithmic innovation, not just hardware innovation or software innovation. Right now algorithm creation is an art instead of a science, and we f …

This meetup is about sharing knowledge & learning the latest developments about statistics, machine learning, math, analytics, parallel algorithms, distributed systems.

This is an organization dedicated to supporting an intellectually challenging and creative environment for anyone working in or interested in Analytics. The goal is to create a creative hacking culture within the Analytics community where people can have fun, feel challenged, learn and support one another, and network! When this group gets to five members I will organize the first meet up.

Stay on top of the skills needed to increase conversion rates of the online business you care about most. We will have show & tell sessions in all the fields that relate to increasing conversion rates. Seasoned professionals, and rookies are welcome to come network and learn the skills that will help you beat that control version in your next split test and make you a rockstar at conversion rate optimization.