Cloudera and AWS Partnership, Customer Stories and Future of AI

Cloudera and AWS Partnership is extraordinary!!!! At AWS re: Invent, I stopped by the Cloudera booth to sit down with Michelle H., who leads Global Alliances and Channels worldwide for Cloudera. She sits right at the intersection of Cloudera, AWS, and the customers who are trying to move faster with data and AI.

A few highlights from our conversation

• Cloudera x AWS as a strategic bet

This is not a surface-level partnership. There is a Strategic Collaboration Agreement in place with AWS that goes deep into joint roadmaps and hands-on POC workshops, all focused on delivering more value for customers.

• AI, but with control and flexibility

Customers want AI, but they also want to de-risk it. Cloudera is helping with offerings like AI Studios, while still giving customers an open base and control over their data in their own AWS environment.

• Hybrid as a real differentiator

Cloudera is becoming a true “bridge to the cloud” for many teams, helping them move workloads between cloud, on-prem, and even the edge instead of locking them into a single pattern.

• Real impact, not just slides

We talked about work with Mercy Corps, where data and AI are helping save lives in crisis zones like Sudan and Gaza, and about a major pharma company running 100-plus GenAI use cases on Cloudera AI to bring drugs to market faster.

• Innovation and sovereignty

Cloudera is also leaning into Sovereign Cloud, including being a launch partner for the EU Sovereign Cloud in AMIA and working in regions like the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Michelle’s advice to enterprise leaders was simple and practical: lean on your partners as trusted advisors, and do not wait for the perfect plan. Get started today with one use case and learn from it.

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