Cloudera teams up with Amazon Web Services

Cloudera, a prominent player in enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, has recently inked a significant Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS). This strategic alliance solidifies Cloudera's longstanding partnership with AWS and underscores its resolute dedication to expediting and amplifying cloud-native data management and data analytics solutions on the AWS platform.

Under the terms of this agreement, Cloudera will harness the vast spectrum of AWS services, harnessing their potential to foster a culture of ongoing innovation and cost-efficiency. This, in turn, will bolster the implementation of Cloudera's open data lakehouse on AWS, a trusted platform designed to empower enterprises with cutting-edge generative AI capabilities.

As an AWS Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Workload Migration Program (WMP) Partner who also has a Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) Public Cloud listing available in AWS Marketplace, Cloudera makes it easy for customers to utilize credits to accelerate migrating workloads to the cloud and purchasing CDP on AWS.

Cloudera, in pursuit of delivering an enhanced open data lakehouse, has opted for AWS as the trusted infrastructure to host the most critical facets of the Cloudera Data Platform (CDP). These pivotal components encompass data in motion, data lakehouse, data warehouse, operational database, AI/machine learning, master data management, and comprehensive end-to-end security.

This strategic choice empowers customers with the seamless opportunity to swiftly transition to CDP on the cloud, all while circumventing the need for extensive application refactoring and accommodating hybrid deployment scenarios.

Furthermore, Cloudera's engineering prowess is evident in the intricate integration of CDP with AWS services, including but not limited to Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS), Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2).

This synergy creates a tightly knit platform that not only curtails operational costs but also capitalizes on the cutting-edge innovations emerging from AWS. The symbiosis between Cloudera and AWS ultimately translates into tangible benefits for Cloudera's customers, who can seamlessly leverage AWS native services without the complexities of managing integrations themselves.

“Deepening our collaboration with AWS gives customers even more reasons to choose to run the Cloudera Data Platform on AWS. With tighter hardware and AWS service integration, customers get the best possible experience with strong security and governance, along with new cost reduction options to support their most critical analytical workloads,” said Paul Codding, Executive Vice President of Product Management, Cloudera. “Together, Cloudera and AWS give organizations the tools required to build and run data applications in the way that can best meet the unique and changing needs of their business.”

“Our move to CDP Public Cloud on AWS for Be The Match’s search and match platform has resulted in significant cost savings for the organization and a reduced infrastructure maintenance expense measured in millions of dollars. As a non-profit, this affords us tremendous operational flexibility that was not previously possible,” said David Wroe, Principal Software Engineer, and Solution Architect for Be The Match, a global leader working to save lives through cell therapy.

AWS will collaborate with Cloudera to scale cloud-native data management and analytics on AWS. In addition, they will be working together on marketing and co-selling programs for customers.

Cloudera has been a trusted AWS Partner in the cloud-native data management and data analytics space for years and continues to innovate to deliver a seamless user experience for customers.

“Cloudera has strengthened their collaboration with AWS for shared customers to leverage their existing investments in CDP and accelerate their modernization to the cloud,” said Chris Grusz, General Manager of Technology Partnerships and Marketplace at AWS. “Cloudera continues to innovate on AWS across its data management platform to deliver real data analytics and insights for customers.”