Partner Spotlight: Cloudera

Company Overview

Cloudera is the only hybrid data and AI platform company that large organisations trust to bring AI to their data anywhere it lives. Unlike other providers, Cloudera delivers a consistent cloud experience that converges public clouds, data centres, and the edge, leveraging a proven open-source foundation.
Cloudera empowers businesses to apply AI and assert control over 100% of their data, in all forms–whether it is in Cloudera or anywhere in the entire data estate–delivering unified security, governance, and real-time insights. The world’s largest organisations across all industries rely on Cloudera to transform decision-making and ultimately boost bottom lines, safeguard against threats, and save lives.

Cloud Solutions and Services

Our cloud platform helps customers manage the entire data and AI lifecycle, from ingesting and governing data through to analytics, machine learning and AI deployment. We specialise in hybrid cloud, real-time data movement, modern data architectures and trusted AI. Customers rely on Cloudera to modernise legacy platforms, simplify complex environments and deliver secure, enterprise-grade AI. Whether they're building data products, improving customer experiences, or meeting new regulatory requirements, our platform provides a consistent experience across any cloud. Built on open standards, Cloudera gives organisations the flexibility to choose the infrastructure, cloud and AI models that best fit their business without sacrificing governance or performance.

Customer Success Story

A leading Australian government organisation needed to modernise its data platform while maintaining strict security and sovereignty requirements. Working with Cloudera, it consolidated multiple data environments into a single governed platform, improving data quality, accelerating access to trusted information, and reducing operational complexity. Teams that previously waited for days for data could now make decisions faster with greater confidence. The organisation also established a secure foundation for AI, allowing it to explore new use cases without compromising compliance. This project wasn't just about replacing technology. It created a modern data platform that continues to support digital transformation, operational efficiency, and better outcomes for citizens.

Industry Expertise and Innovation

We believe successful AI starts with trusted data. That's why our approach combines open architecture, strong governance, and enterprise-grade security from day one. Rather than asking customers to fit into a proprietary ecosystem, we support open technologies that give them flexibility and choice. Our platform provides consistent security, metadata, lineage and governance across hybrid environments, making it easier to scale AI responsibly. We also work closely with our partners and customers to accelerate adoption through practical use cases that deliver measurable business value. For us, innovation isn't about chasing the latest trend. It's about helping organisations deploy AI with confidence, while maintaining control of their data and meeting evolving regulatory expectations.

Future Vision

The future of cloud isn't about choosing one cloud over another. It's about giving organisations the freedom to run workloads wherever it makes the most sense, whether that's public cloud, private cloud or on premises. We call this Cloud Anywhere. As AI adoption accelerates, businesses need the flexibility to bring AI to their data, not move sensitive data to AI. At the same time, data sovereignty, security, cost optimisation and avoiding vendor lock-in have become board-level priorities. Cloudera's open hybrid platform is built for this reality, enabling customers to innovate faster, adopt new AI capabilities with confidence and future-proof technology investments without sacrificing control of their data.

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