Technology Networking Groups

Do you work in technology? There are many, many networking and professional groups just devoted to this industry here in Indianapolis and beyond.

Agile Games

Agile Games Meetup is a monthly meeting where attendees will participate in an Agile game, engage in discussion around the outcome of the game, and leave with meetup with newfound experience applying concepts associated with Agile, leadership, and organizational effectiveness. They are on Meetup.com at: meetup.com/Agile-Games/

DAMA Indiana

A local chapter of the Data Management Association (DAMA), DAMA Indiana is for data management professionals seekign networking, knowledge sharing, and furthering the data management professions. Attend one of their regular meetings. Details online at damaindiana.org

Indiana Security and Privacy Network

Their mission: To facilitate the sharing of security, privacy and data exchange best practices in health care and related industries. Check them out at inspn.org

Indy IT Directors Council

The purpose of the IT Leaders Council is to bring together IT Directors and Managers for leadership training, educational content from guest speakers, and peer discussions in a vendor-free, collaborative environment. The Indianapolis location website is itleaders.org/indianapolis

Central Indiana, Information Systems Security Association

CI-ISSA is a group of seasoned Information Technology Security Professional’s located in and around Indianapolis, IN, the Crossroads of America. They are “committed to knowledge sharing, consulting, educating, and improving information security within the Central Indiana region.” Visit them at ci-issa.org.

Indiana Chapter of the User Experience Professionals Association

The User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA) supports people who research, design, and evaluate the user experience of products and services. The Indiana Chapter was founded in 2002. Their website is indiana-upa.org/

IndyPASS (Professional Association for SQL Server)

Work with Microsoft’s SQL Server platform? Or, want to learn more about databases and data management? Come to an IndyPASS meeting. Details online at indypass.org

INOUG (Indiana Oracle Users Group)

INOUG is a not for profit organization dedicated to helping, at a reasonable cost, Oracle professionals throughout Indiana increase their knowledge and experience with Oracle and related technologies. Visit them at inoug.org

IT Happy Hour

Over 1,000 local IT professionals are in this networking group, which meets monthly for an informal conversation about technology. Check out the LinkedIn group for details at linkedin.com/groups/IT-Happy-Hour-1821063/about

Central Indiana Linux Users Group (CINLUG)

A group of Linux novices, experts and enthusiasts from Indianapolis and surrounding areas that enjoy getting together to share ideas and solutions, and to learn about Linux. Go to their website at cinlug.org

Indianapolis Indiana VMWare Users Group

The Indianapolis VMware Users Group (Indy VMUG) focuses on educating the IT community on the VMware product offerings, as well as, their partners and resellers through informative technical and social gatherings. They are on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/groups/Indianapolis-Indiana-VMware-Users-Group-1032917/about

Indy NDA

IndyNDA is an organized group of professional software developers open only to those in the Indianapolis area. This LinkedIn group is the modern extension of the IndyNDA User Group that met monthly for 12 years, with the final meeting held on December 13, 2012. See their online presence at linkedin.com/groups/IndyNDA-90360/about

Girl Develop It Indianapolis

This meetup group says: “Want to learn how to code? Have a great idea? Don’t be shy. Develop it. It can be intimidating for women to learn and ask questions when they are in an extreme minority.” Check them out at meetup.com/Girl-Develop-It-Indianapolis/

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Updated Oct 2017