Mountain View, Calif. – December 1, 2010 – Membase, Inc., the company behind the Membase NoSQL database, today announced the first five meetups of 2011, following on the success of this quarter’s widely attended events. More cities will be added during the next few months. The events, organized in conjunction with local development community leaders, are designed to introduce developers to the simple, fast and elastic Membase NoSQL database, and provide in-depth information about technology architecture, use cases, development strategies and more. Membase is designed for interactive web applications where high performance and predictability are required.

Upcoming Meetups:

• San Diego – January 5, 2011 from 6-8 p.m. PT at North University Community Branch Library (co-hosted with the San Diego NoSQL Meetup Group)
• Denver/Boulder – January 12, 2011 from 6-9 p.m MT at the University of Colorado (co-organized by the Denver/Boulder BigData Group)
• Seattle – January 17, 2011 from 6-9 p.m. PT at Northwest Film Forum (co-organized by the Seattle Google Technology Users Group)
• Vancouver – January 18, 2011 from 6-8:30 p.m. PT at The Network Hub (co-organized by the Vancouver Ruby/Rails User Group)
• Chicago – January 24, 2011 from 6-9 p.m. CT at Morningstar (co-hosted by the Morningstar Tech Talk series and ChicagoDB)

Supporting Quote:

“As Membase developers and key contributors to the open source project, we appreciate the opportunity to visit local communities for an in-person exchange of information and ideas about non-relational technology in general, and Membase in particular,” said Matt Ingenthron, Membase developer and community manager. “We’re grateful to local community leaders for their support in organizing these meetup events, and are excited to meet developers face to face. It’s great to see accelerating interest in Membase within these vibrant technical communities.”