Top 48 (and counting) LinkedIn Groups for IT Operations
LinkedIn groups are one of the prime social media venues for IT professionals from a variety of industries. Yet with more than 16,000 IT-related groups on LinkedIn -- you could spend a lifetime sorting through this resource. So we understand that it can be difficult to select the best among them.
Below is our handpicked list of IT Operations – focused groups, listed alphabetically, that we want to share with you.
We've compiled this list of groups based on their relevancy to IT Operations and that boast large numbers of followers. Not all groups will be for everyone, but that's the beauty of this -- with a wide offering of groups to choose from, you're bound to find the right place to answer your pressing questions and meet your needs. In the comment section below, feel free to share your thoughts and, of course, any other groups that you've found useful and would recommend.
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Contribute and share Agile knowledge and Resources, to get answers to questions and collaborate with peers.
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14400 // Abbas Mirza
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Description
Application Support, Technical Support, Technical Support Engineer, Business Support Engineer, Solution Analyst.
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3150 // Rokibul Hasan
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Association of Information Technology Professionals.
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6000 // Rokibul Hasan
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For professionals with a genuine interest in Business Continuity Management (BCM/BCP), Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP), COOP, Emergency Preparedness and Crisis Management.
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7360 // Denis Goulet
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For professionals interested in collaborating on proven practices for maximizing the quality of the service desk.
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4250 // Eric Zbikowski
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For Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Professionals to meet and exchange ideas, techniques and related information.
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4600 // John Fernandes
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A community of Change Management professionals and practitioners, to encourage networking and collaboration.
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6000 // Jim Hazboun
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For CIOs and executive information technology leaders, at Director, VP and CIO levels.
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39000 // Miles Jennings
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For end users and institutional investors (VC/PE, mutual & hedge funds) for custom research in real-time and networking.
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2500 // Thomas DelVecchio
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For Cloud Computing, covering technology, business models, industry experiences, legal aspects, research, development and innovations in the world of cloud computing.
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101500 // Khazret Sapenov
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For Cloud Computing & Virtualization professionals covering VMware, SaaS, PaaS, Cloud Security, Cloud Computing & Server Virtualization technologies.
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CloudCamp was formed in order to provide a common ground for the introduction and advancement of cloud computing.
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5800 // Reuven Cohen
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For "Configuration and Build & Release Management" field, to facilitate sharing of Best Practices being followed.
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4700 // Vivek Kumar
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Description
Version and change control, reporting and auditing on the configuration of software and hardware systems, build, release and deployment management, quality assurance.
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50000 // Janusz Prusaczyk
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Collaboration group for the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Role within the enterprise.
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5300 // Aaron Hiniker
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For Data Center Architects to discuss, share experienced views and comment upon emerging technologies and trends.
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6350 // Sony Anthony
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Members are corporate/non-profit/government professionals, who are (in)directly connected with the Data Center industry.
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4700 // Brady Lambert
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For Operators, Technicians, Managers, Directors, Facilities, etc, to share experiences for the benefit of ALL.
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14000 // Patrick Howard
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Exclusive to SMS and SCCM and other technologies for deployment & distribution.
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3300 // Alfredo Marchena
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Description
For engineers and managers interested in removing the bottlenecks between development and operations.
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2600 // Damon Edwards
Description
For different ERP/CRM Applications (SAP, Oracle Apps, Oracle Retail,JD Edwards,BAAN,Siebel, Peoplesoft, Hyperion, Microsoft Dynamics etc.,) -
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8140 // Krishna Kishore Pingali
Description
Discuss Industry Frameworks, new advances on Enterprise Architecture, the role of SOA, IT Transformation.
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7484 // Valter Medina
Description
Experience with MOM, Tivoli, Netcool, BMC, CA or HP - for Sales or Technical.
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3800 // Phil Chandler
Group
Description
Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) is an independent technology and market research company.
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5770 // Erika Wong
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Build a professional network with Enterprise Architecture colleagues with similar EA opportunities and challenges.
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2530 // Pascal Winckel
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Focused on Enterprise and IT architecture as a specialty, where the architecture know-how becomes more personal.
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22000 // Sunil Dutt Jha
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Focused on all things related to all areas of information technology audit, compliance, quality assurance.
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27500 // Adam Tice
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The IT Admins Network is for all IT Administrators. Even IT Management will find the group of interest.
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5800 // Charles Williams
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Connect talented IT engineers focused on core infrastructure technologies.
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24000 // Jeff Nussbaum
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Help each other with IT related decisions by accessing research, peer expertise and sharing their knowledge with others.
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8500 // Caty Kobe
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IT Infrastructure Experts is a forum to connect talented IT Experts focused on Core Infrastructure technologies.
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2440 // Yukkie Ngay
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A global professional group for ITIL thought leaders, practitioners, and providers.
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3900 // Faisal Ansari
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For Information Technology professionals specializing in the Infrastructure & Technology realms.
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3900 // Jack (Yaakov) Bezalel
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For information technology professionals, focuses on network engineering, software development, information security.
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57500 // William Jeansonne, MBA
Description
All experts with an ITIL or other ITSM certification. For discussion, news, shortlisting of tools.
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10000 // Jan van Bon
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For tooling in IT Service Management, discussions, news, shortlisting of tools, and for relevant content.
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3630 // Jan van Bon
Description
For those professionals involved in refining and implementing ITIL
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7100 // Mike Hatfield
Description
ITIL v2, v3 & itSMF ISO20000 group. ITSM, processes, software, jobs, exams, templates, events, blogs.
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Description
For practitioners, using ITIL & ITSM best practices. Independent from any formal organization, free speak.
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8480 // Jan van Bon
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Description
Aims to promote good practice in IT Service Management through forums, discussions, papers and other support material.
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3600 // Keith Aldis
Description
For people into Enterprise Architecture (CIO, CTO, Enterprise Architects, Business Architects, Information Architects.
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65000 // Serge Thorn
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For professionals with an interest in architecture - technology (IT) architecture, enterprise architecture.
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27500 // Amer Mahroof
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For ITIL qualified professionals and those interested in the ITIL methodologies and framework.
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20500 // Daniel Winfield
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A venue for C level Executives to exchange their ideas and seek solutions for their business challenges.
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17000 // Pushpa Latha
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Project Manager Social Media Group & Community. Discuss methodology, management of projects.
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237000 // Miles Jennings
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An exclusive group for Virtualization & Cloud Computing professionals to network and discuss industry related topics.
