Nelson Williams

Nelson is a beat writer for SiliconANGLE's premier video production team theCUBE. He covers theCUBE events worldwide, spanning expert commentary on the hottest trends in IT.

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Wrangling data for public benefit at the Department of Transportation | #MITCDOIQ

It is a truth of the Modern Age that any successful business will live by its power to use data. However, this truth does not apply only to business. Government agencies share the same need for data as the enterprise world, and their mandate can affect millions of people. To manage the massive data flow ...

Behind the scenes at Inforum 2016 | #Inforum16

Business conferences don’t appear out of nowhere. Someone has to put them together. Lining up the presenters, wrangling sponsors and making room for all the guests is a serious job. The Inforum 2016 conference in New York City is no different, although it does have the unique twist of appearing every two years.  This year, the ...

The terrors of racism: Survivors and champions discuss the struggle for human rights | #Inforum16

The poisons of institutional racism affect economies, disrupt families and destabilize nations. Understanding the destruction racism causes is an essential step in resisting its power. To shed some light on this universal struggle for human rights, the software company Infor provided an unusual forum at its Inforum 2016 conference in New York City. Dave Vellante ...

Practical cloud experience for superior student outcomes | #Inforum16

There is a huge difference between the lessons learned in a classroom and those learned on the job. While education can prepare a student with theory and some degree of practice, the workplace is its own unique world, and no two workplaces are the same. Practical experience with the tools and techniques that employers demand ...

Why an international sports betting and gaming operator uses open source | #RHSummit

Enterprise business is one thing, but most people live down in the trenches. The common business doesn’t have a budget or staff to match the big dogs, but they do have the same needs. One of these needs is for solid, reliable server and data operations. The open-source movement has become a refuge for smaller ...

Is Hadoop ready for the enterprise world? | #HS16SJ

There is a chasm in the tech world. On one side stand the developers, those who create and explore technology. The other side is the home of business, where executives ponder what is right for their companies. For a product to be successful in the enterprise world, it must cross this chasm, going from a ...

Solving business issues with a Big Data approach | #HS16SJ

Big Data is a journey. Not every company is equipped to make that journey, even though the future belongs to those who do. This issue is one of experience; only those who have made the transition to a Big Data business know the needs and pitfalls of crossing over. There is a business opportunity in ...

Is Hadoop becoming the center of gravity for data? | #HS16SJ

Data is like unprocessed ore; a company spends a lot of money to mine it, but then the ore itself just takes up space unless something is done to extract the value. In the data world, Hadoop is becoming a serious tool for extracting that value, enough so that it has become the center of ...

Don’t let your data lake turn into a data swamp | #HS16SJ

Data does not move easily. This truth has plagued the world of Big Data for some time and will continue to do so. In the end, the laws of physics dictate a speed limit, no matter what else is done. However, somewhere between data at rest and the speed of light, there are many processes ...

Catching the increasing flow of data with an expanding ecosystem | #RHSummit

There is more data in the wild now than ever before. That data has value, but only to those who can catch it. As people go digital and the Internet of Things ramps up, the amount of data to catch is also growing exponentially. There is no way a single company can develop and manage ...