THUG (Toronto Hadoop User Group) is a nonprofit organization uniting people in the GTA area who are interested in Hadoop and all of its related technologies. We hope to create and foster a vibrant community of like minded individuals who are interested in learning together, helping each other succeed with Hadoop technologies and to have some fun in the process. Anyone who is local and has an interest in learning more about big data and Hadoop is invited to join.

Our group is dedicated to users of Amazon AWS and other cloud services. We hold social gatherings where we discuss new service offerings, tools and techniques for using and managing Amazon's IaaS and PaaS services. Come by our next meeting and you'll meet some of the people leading the cloud computing revolution in Toronto, meet fellow AWS users, learn about a new tool, a technique or a design pattern for AWS or just nerd-out with fellow cloud computing enthusiasts and fine wine, beer or scotch. …