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Ep 61 | The AI Shake-Up Telecom Can't Ignore with Mike O'Sullivan

As telecom operators invest billions in next-generation networks, many are racing to deploy AI to cut costs and unlock new revenue. But beneath the push for automation and smarter infrastructure lies the deeper challenge of rethinking how connectivity itself should be trusted.

Beyond the AI Hype: Why Data Management is the Real Secret to 2026 Financial Services Success

Many financial institutions are finding that improving education isn't enough to solve their data management struggles. It’s time to move from “proof of concept” to “intelligence orchestration.” The gap between AI experimentation and real-world ROI is widening. In this video, we break down why a robust, proprietary data foundation is the only way to scale AI safely and effectively. We explore why financial services must move beyond public data and focus on unique, high-value data assets to create a true competitive advantage.

Cloudera Account 360: New Self-Service Administrative Platform Demo

Cloudera Account 360 is designed to resolve this by providing a single pane of glass from which customers can manage their users and accounts. It offers robust, flexible, and secure account as well as user management capabilities, helping you avoid delays by eliminating the need to raise support cases with Cloudera for simple administrative tasks. Foundational Features Available Now Cloudera Account 360 includes two core feature sets.

Ep 60 | How AI FOMO and Lost Focus on Culture Harm ROI with Jen Stirrup

As AI and BI projects race to deliver quick wins, many organizations overlook what truly determines long-term success: the people behind the data. In this episode of The AI Forecast, Jen Stirrup, author, speaker, and founder of Data Relish, joins host Paul Muller to dissect the difference between data literacy (reading the numbers) and data fluency (speaking the language of business). Jen challenges the industry’s obsession with AI FOMO, warning that rushing to deploy models on shaky cultural foundations is the fastest way to derail ROI.

Ep 59 | The Secret to Creating the Cloud-Like Experience Anywhere with Adam Skotnicky

Data complexity is the enemy of innovation. Adam Skotnicky, VP of Engineering at Cloudera and founder of Taikun (acquired by Cloudera), joins host Paul Muller to explain how engineering teams can reclaim simplicity without sacrificing flexibility or control. Together they unpack why most teams are overwhelmed by tooling and operational overhead, how platform engineering can abstract complexity away from users, and what it really means to deliver “cloud-like” agility across hybrid environments.

Frank O''Dowd

AI is reshaping how sales teams find prospects, build relationships, and close deals. Frank O’Dowd, Cloudera’s Chief Revenue Officer, joins to discuss Cloudera’s approach to AI in the sales function. Frank details his philosophy, which is that rather than replacing the human touch, AI is helping sales professionals work smarter, offering insights, personalization, and efficiency at scale. It’s a complementary tool that can help sales teams make themselves relevant to their target audience. As Frank says in the episode, “The person with the most information always wins.”

Hybrid by Design: The New AI Mandate

For the better part of a decade, the enterprise technology mandate was simple: “cloud first,” or more pointedly “cloud only.” Modernizing meant moving to the public cloud, and on-premises architecture was viewed as legacy infrastructure to be maintained until it could eventually be migrated. Fast forward to today, that narrative has shifted dramatically, with AI as the major catalyst.

BBI and Cloudera: Partnering for Data and AI Success

Hussein Ragy, CEO of BBI, discusses their strong, four-year partnership with Cloudera. He highlights how Cloudera's leading data, AI, and platform capabilities, including for sovereign data and agentic AI, help BBI provide the best solutions for customers' cloud and hybrid architecture needs, emphasizing a unified approach to service delivery.