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.

Latest from Nelson Williams

The art of bringing Big Data and the user together | #BigDataNYC

Every digital business knows the importance of Big Data, but there’s a vast gulf between simply collecting lots of information and finding the value in all that data. Tools that make it easier for companies to extract the valuable signal from the digital noise are making an impact on the data world. To help shed ...

Splunk helps power data-driven security | #splunkconf

Security is a major issue in the tech world, as well as a top priority for technology consumers. Tools that allow companies to detect threats before they strike are a vital part of any serious security program. To that end, Splunk Inc. is moving into the security world by using the power of aggregated data to ...

Orion gives a voice to groups in the era of text messages | #splunkconf

The modern Internet world has been a blessing for anyone who has to coordinate large groups and working teams, but getting the message across in real time is still a challenge. Text messages work but can be slow and take focus away from the task at hand. Orion Labs, Inc. hopes to solve this problem ...

Bringing computing, storage, connectivity and access under one roof | #splunkconf

Big Data is the way of the future for any tech business, but all that information has to travel from the source to the user. That means Cisco Systems, Inc. has positioned itself as major player in the networking side of the Big Data revolution. Now Cisco has joined forces with Big Data analytics company ...

Splunk brings data visualization to business users | #splunkconf

Big Data is the engine that drives the modern business world, but data without context is just noise. Making sense of all that information requires special tools and techniques. Because Big Data is so new, the technology behind those tools is still in development. One company focused on making sense of Big Data is Splunk, ...

Data centers positioned to reduce vulnerability | #CCL2015

Networking is a game of connections, forever seeking out the quickest way to move data from one point to another. In the modern digital world, data jumps between nodes and systems on its way from a server to the consumer. The best way to shorten that journey is to serve up the information from right ...

New enterprise solutions in the changing world of networking | #CCL2015

As more businesses and devices go online, the world of networking has had to change and adapt. Not only are customers demanding more service, but they need their networking to be faster, more reliable and more secure than ever before. New solutions such as Direct Connect dedicated connectivity and Cloud services are giving networking companies ...

Network power demands force companies to grow and adapt | #CCL2015

Computer networking is the glue that holds the tech world together, but all those cables and wires don’t run themselves. It takes dedicated companies and expert businesses to bring together the knowledge and hardware that forms the foundation of the networking ecosystem. To explore the business aspect of networking, John Furrier and Jeff Frick, cohosts ...

Making waves with Storage-as a-service | #VMworld

Data storage is fast becoming one of the most vital parts of business in the modern digital world, but not every company has the resources to handle a massive storage array. To help fill this void, a number of companies now offer storage as a service, allowing their clients to buy what they need, as ...

HP unveils strategy for the future of storage | #VMworld

Many major companies have been making moves in the data storage world to position themselves as leaders in the digital revolution. One of those is Hewlett-Packard Co., who comes to the fight with a portfolio of products and services designed to stake their claim in the storage market. To get an inside view on HP’s strategy ...