ELEVATE27, Cloudera\u2019s Sales Kick Off, commences today with a focus on building, operationalizing, scaling, and fully governing AI across hybrid data environments<\/p>\n
Cloudera, the only company bringing AI to data anywhere, today reports strong results as it begins FY27 with its annual Sales Kick Off event,\u00a0ELEVATE27. The previous year was marked by strong growth, customer wins, expanded partnerships, and continued innovation to further the company\u2019s position as the industry\u2019s only hybrid data and AI platform.<\/p>\n
Achieving Record-Breaking Financial PerformanceCloudera closed FY26 with a very strong fourth quarter, driven by over 50 percent year-over-year growth in new and expansion business, robust annual recurring revenue growth, and more than 100 percent new logo growth in Q4 across all regions. The company\u2019s performance underscores increasing enterprise demand for flexible, secure data and AI platforms that operate seamlessly across clouds, data centers, and edge environments.<\/p>\n
Advancing the Industry\u2019s Most Flexible Data and AI PlatformCloudera\u2019s momentum is fueled by its unique position as the only data and AI platform vendor supporting deployment anywhere with a unified experience. By enabling enterprises to bring AI to data wherever it lives, Cloudera helps organizations unlock insights, strengthen security, improve efficiency, and power mission-critical outcomes.<\/p>\n
As its third acquisition in two years, Cloudera\u2019s\u00a0acquisition of Taikun\u00a0strengthens its capabilities in managing Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. This has accelerated the vision and delivery of Cloudera Anywhere Cloud, including portable Data Services and AI anywhere\u2013all through a unified control plane.<\/p>\n
Over the past year, Cloudera delivered significant product innovations to advance this mission, including:<\/p>\n
A\u00a0platform update\u00a0integrating Trino, Cloudera Shared Data Experience (SDX), and Cloudera Data Lineage (formerly Octopai), delivering unified data access, enhanced governance, and end-to-end lineage across the entire data estate<\/p>\n
Enhancements to\u00a0Cloudera Iceberg REST Catalog and Cloudera Lakehouse Optimizer, reinforcing Cloudera\u2019s commitment to the most open data lakehouse powered by Apache Iceberg<\/p>\n
The latest release\u00a0of Cloudera Data Services, bringing Private AI Anywhere on premises with secure, GPU-accelerated generative AI capabilities behind the enterprise firewall<\/p>\n
An updated release\u00a0of Cloudera Data Visualization, extending AI-driven analytics capabilities to customers operating in on-premises environments<\/p>\n
In addition, Cloudera achieved critical certifications, including\u00a0TX-RAMP Level 2,\u00a0GovRAMP Authorized at the Moderate impact level, and\u00a0FedRAMP Moderate Authorization, further strengthening its position as a trusted data and AI platform for highly regulated industries.<\/p>\n
Expanding a Global Partner NetworkIn addition to product innovation, Cloudera expanded the breadth and depth of its partner network to help customers accelerate enterprise AI adoption at scale. New and expanded partnerships include:<\/p>\n
ServiceNow, Fundamental, Pulse, and\u00a0Galileo.ai\u00a0all joined Cloudera\u2019s\u00a0AI Ecosystem<\/p>\n
Intel Corporation, advancing enterprise-grade AI adoption across industries throughout Asia Pacific<\/p>\n
Chainguard, making Cloudera one of the first enterprise data and AI platforms to deeply integrate a secure-by-default, shift-left security approach at the container image level<\/p>\n
Amazon Web Services (AWS), serving as a launch partner for the\u00a0AWS European Sovereign Cloud\u00a0and participating in the\u00a0AWS Brazil Distribution Program<\/p>\n
Dell Technologies, integrating Dell ObjectScale with Cloudera to deliver a comprehensive Private AI Anywhere platform designed for scale, governance, and economic clarity<\/p>\n
Cloudera also joined the\u00a0AI-RAN Alliance, reinforcing its commitment to enabling AI innovation across telecommunication environments, and announced work with\u00a0Krutrim\u00a0to power large-scale analytics and data lake workloads for Ola on Krutrim Cloud.<\/p>\n
Growing Enterprise Adoption Across IndustriesCloudera\u2019s platform innovation and ecosystem expansion fueled strong customer growth across regulated and data-intensive industries worldwide including insurance, financial services, healthcare, automotive, telecom and government. Last year, customers Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank and Axis Bank were named winners in the\u00a0IDC Future Enterprise Awards 2025\u00a0for their work with Cloudera. Cloudera also\u00a0deepened its partnership\u00a0with Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) to scale AI innovation.<\/p>\n
Validating Momentum with Industry RecognitionCloudera\u2019s growth and innovation have been widely recognized by analysts, customers, and industry organizations. In FY26, the company earned 45 global awards, including honors recognizing:<\/p>\n
Cloudera\u2019s people: Including the\u00a0Reuters Trailblazing Women Award,\u00a0CRN Women of the Channel, and\u00a0Meritalk Cyber Defenders awards.<\/p>\n
Cloudera\u2019s product capabilities: Including\u00a0Data Breakthrough Awards, inclusion in\u00a0Corinium Global Intelligence\u2019s Top 100 Data, Analytics & AI Innovators, and\u00a0Fast Mode awards\u00a0in the telecom sector.<\/p>\n
Cloudera\u2019s growth: Including\u00a0CRN\u2019s AI 100,\u00a0eWeek\u2019s Top AI Companies of 2025, and\u00a0Ragan Zenith Awards \u2013 Marketing Team of the Year.<\/p>\n
Cloudera was also named a Leader in\u00a0The Forrester Wave: Data Fabric Platforms, Q4 2025, and a Leader in the\u00a0IDC Asia\/Pacific MarketScape\u00a0for Unified AI Platforms 2025 vendor assessment.<\/p>\n
\u201cCloudera\u2019s performance over the past year is consistent with a broader market shift toward trusted, hybrid data and AI solutions that meet enterprises where they are,\u201d said Patrick Moorhead, Founder, CEO and Chief Analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy. \u201cAs organizations transition from proof-of-concept experiments to using AI to drive business outcomes, managing data, governance, and AI deployment across all environments is necessary. Cloudera\u2019s reported growth demonstrates that customers value how Cloudera is delivering on these priorities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Scaling the TeamCloudera opened new offices in San Jose and\u00a0Saudi Arabia, and welcomed over 570 new hires across 30 countries. This included new members of the leadership team,\u00a0Chief Product Officer Leo Brunnick, and Chief Technology Officer Sergio Gago. Cloudera has plans to hire nearly 650 new Cloudera employees over the course of FY27.<\/p>\n
\u201dThis was a defining year for Cloudera,\u201d said Charles Sansbury, CEO of Cloudera. \u201cWe delivered strong performance, expanded our ecosystem, and continued to innovate across our platform, all while staying true to our mission of bringing AI to data anywhere. As enterprises increasingly demand secure, flexible AI across all their environments, Cloudera is uniquely positioned to help them turn their data into trusted insights at scale. We\u2019re entering FY27 with strong momentum and an even stronger roadmap.\u201d<\/p>\n
Powering Leadership for the AI EraCloudera has invested in building an inclusive technology ecosystem through its Women Leaders in Technology (WLIT) initiative, launched in FY25. WLIT connects women and allies in senior technology roles, promoting dialogue, policy insights, and networking that reveal pathways to leadership. In its first year, WLIT engaged over 1,100 professionals across six countries, featuring leaders from various fields, including banking, law enforcement, and academia. The initiative has fostered community through thought leadership, original research, and podcasts, reinforcing Cloudera\u2019s commitment to amplifying diverse voices in AI and data.<\/p>\n
Looking AheadAs Cloudera enters FY27, the company is building on this momentum with continued innovation across its data and AI portfolio. Already this year, Cloudera announced significant updates to its\u00a0AI Inferencing capabilities, extending them to the data center to deliver maximum security while advancing its mission to bring AI to data anywhere.The post Cloudera Reports Strong Fiscal Year, Reinforces AI Leadership first appeared on AI-Tech Park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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