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December 2024

Key Takeaways from AWS re:Invent 2024

AWS re:Invent is one of my favorite trade shows. It is one of the biggest technology conferences of the year and is an opportunity to have hundreds of conversations with customers and prospects, listen to their priorities and challenges, hopes, and give them a Cloudera tote bag or a pair of orange sunglasses. What follows is a collection of just a few things I learned and observed during my week in Las Vegas.

EP 4: Bridging the Gap: Data Professionals, AI, and Real Business Outcomes

Data professionals are at the forefront of today’s digital economy, driving organizational transformation through AI. Yet, despite the vast opportunities AI presents, many data professionals encounter challenges that hinder their ability to lead effectively in this space.

Telco Enterprise Data Platforms: Key Success Factors in Building for an AI Future

Since 5G networks began rolling out commercially in 2019, telecom carriers have faced a wide range of new challenges: managing high-velocity workloads, reducing infrastructure costs, and adopting AI and automation. Because data management is a key variable for overcoming these challenges, carriers are turning to hybrid cloud solutions, which provide the flexibility and scalability needed to adapt to the evolving landscape 5G enables.

Cloudera's Take: What's in Store for Data and AI in 2025

In the last year, we’ve seen the explosion of AI in the enterprise, leaving organizations to consider the infrastructure and processes for AI to successfully—and securely—deploy across an organization. As we head into 2025, it’s clear that next year will be just as exciting as past years. Here, Cloudera experts share their insights on what to expect in data and AI for the enterprise in 2025.

A Visionary Future with Enterprise GenAI

An overview of how GenAI empowers Cloudera customers to drive impactful business outcomes, and how Cloudera AI makes it easier for organizations to deploy and scale AI successfully. We dive into powerful tools like Accelerators for Machine Learning Projects (AMPs), Cloudera AI Inference service, AI Assistants, and end-to-end GenAI platforms, all designed to accelerate your AI journey.

Cloudera Commits to CISA's "Secure by Design" Pledge, Strengthening Security for Our Customers

We’re proud to announce that Cloudera signed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) “Secure by Design” pledge, joining a network of industry leaders dedicated to embedding security at every stage of the product lifecycle. To be good stewards of our customers’ data, it is critical for security to be a fundamental component of every product and service we offer–not just an afterthought.

Ep3: Data, AI, and the Hybrid Hustle: Connecting the Dots in a Fast-Paced World

Technology in the enterprise is evolving at a record pace, making it increasingly difficult to keep up with the latest "tech du jour." AI has only accelerated this evolution, bringing about a data reckoning—especially as more organizations adopt hybrid models to manage their data. Both users and organizations are seeking data platforms that can connect the dots of their data today while adapting to tomorrow's demands. This shift underscores the growing demand for open standards. But what does that kind of platform experience look like today?

Scaling AI Solutions with Cloudera: A Deep Dive into AI Inference and Solution Patterns

As organizations increasingly integrate AI into day-to-day operations, scaling AI solutions effectively becomes essential yet challenging. Many enterprises encounter bottlenecks related to data quality, model deployment, and infrastructure requirements that hinder scaling efforts. Cloudera tackles these challenges with the AI Inference service and tailored Solution Patterns developed by Cloudera’s Professional Services, empowering organizations to operationalize AI at scale across industries.

Introducing Accelerator for Machine Learning (ML) Projects: Summarization with Gemini from Vertex AI

We’re thrilled to announce the release of a new Cloudera Accelerator for Machine Learning (ML) Projects (AMP): “Summarization with Gemini from Vertex AI”. An AMP is a pre-built, high-quality minimal viable product (MVP) for Artificial Intelligence (AI) use cases that can be deployed in a single-click from Cloudera AI (CAI). AMPs are all about helping you quickly build performant AI applications. More on AMPs can be found here.

Cloudera announces 'Interoperability Ecosystem' with founding members AWS and Snowflake

Today enterprises can leverage the combination of Cloudera and Snowflake—two best-of-breed tools for ingestion, processing and consumption of data—for a single source of truth across all data, analytics, and AI workloads. But now AWS customers will gain more flexibility, data utility, and complexity, supporting the modern data architecture.

Fueling the Future of GenAI with NiFi: Cloudera DataFlow 2.9 Delivers Enhanced Efficiency and Adaptability

For more than a decade, Cloudera has been an ardent supporter and committee member of Apache NiFi, long recognizing its power and versatility for data ingestion, transformation, and delivery. Our customers rely on NiFi as well as the associated sub-projects (Apache MiNiFi and Registry) to connect to structured, unstructured, and multi-modal data from a variety of data sources – from edge devices to SaaS tools to server logs and change data capture streams.

Cloudera AI Inference Service Enables Easy Integration and Deployment of GenAI Into Your Production Environments

Welcome to the first installment of a series of posts discussing the recently announced Cloudera AI Inference service. Today, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are more crucial than ever for organizations to turn data into a competitive advantage. To unlock the full potential of AI, however, businesses need to deploy models and AI applications at scale, in real-time, and with low latency and high throughput. This is where the Cloudera AI Inference service comes in.

EP 2: Beyond Just Data in Today's Market

Airports are an interconnected system where one unforeseen event can tip the scale into chaos. For a smaller airport in Canada, data has grown to be its North Star in an industry full of surprises. But in order for data to bring true value to operations–and ultimately customer experience–those data insights must be grounded in trust. Ryan Garnett, Senior Manager Business Solutions of Halifax International Airport Authority, joins The AI Forecast to share how the airport revamped its approach to data, creating a predictions engine that drives operational efficiency and improved customer experience.

Secure Data Sharing and Interoperability Powered by Iceberg REST Catalog

Many enterprises have heterogeneous data platforms and technology stacks across different business units or data domains. For decades, they have been struggling with scale, speed, and correctness required to derive timely, meaningful, and actionable insights from vast and diverse big data environments. Despite various architectural patterns and paradigms, they still end up with perpetual “data puddles” and silos in many non-interoperable data formats.

Cloudera and AWS Partner to Deliver Cost-Efficient and Sustainable Infrastructure for AI and Analytics

As organizations adopt a cloud-first infrastructure strategy, they must weigh a number of factors to determine whether or not a workload belongs in the cloud. Cost has been a key consideration in public cloud adoption from the start. Today, energy efficiency is gaining importance, not only for cutting costs but also as a vital step toward sustainable business practices. By optimizing energy consumption, companies can significantly reduce the cost of their infrastructure.