Cloudera and IBM are celebrating eight years of collaboration highlighted by continuous innovation, impressive growth, and real-world impact on enterprise digital transformation across Brazil. Since the collaboration began in 2017, Cloudera and IBM have together generated strong business results—achieving US$100 million in annual recurring revenue by 2020, with growth continuing thanks to the deepening synergy between the two companies.
A Powerful Partnership
Cloudera’s open and scalable data platform, integrated seamlessly with IBM’s advanced technologies such as watsonx, BigSQL, and Cognos, is shaping the future of data and AI for large organizations. Joint engineering and solutions teams from both companies collaborate to provide up-to-date integrations and smooth technical support, supported by robust professional services that are central to the partnership’s success.
Delivering End-to-End Value
By combining their expertise, Cloudera and IBM empower clients with end-to-end solutions across the enterprise data and AI lifecycle—from ingestion to inference—regardless of environment: on-premises, hybrid cloud, multicloud, or edge. The shared mission is clear: deliver a seamless, secure, and scalable customer experience that meets the demands of today’s digital business landscape.
“Our collaboration with IBM is one of our most valuable strategic assets,” says Rubia Coimbra, Vice President of Cloudera for Latin America. “We are helping companies unlock real-time value from their data with intelligence and scalability.”
Marcela Vairo, VP of Data & AI, Americas at IBM, echoes this, pointing to the collaboration’s focus on innovation and customer impact: “Together, we are committed to providing seamless, end-to-end solutions that empower enterprises across all environments to unlock the full value of their data and AI investments, ensuring security, governance, and exceptional performance.”
Joint Services and Solutions
Key offerings through the Cloudera-IBM alliance include:
- Data in Motion (DIM): Real-time data capture, processing, and analytics
- Data Services: Secure infrastructure and intelligent data management tools
- Enterprise AI Integration: Predictive and generative modeling with robust privacy and compliance
- Integrated Support & Professional Services: Joint technical assistance and tailored deployments
- Co-engineering: Ongoing innovation focused on interoperability and performance.
Impact on Key Industries
Both the financial and healthcare sectors in Brazil have particularly benefited. Financial organizations have gained agility to meet regulatory requirements and produce real-time insights, while healthcare providers leverage predictive analytics to improve patient care and operational efficiency.
Cloudera and IBM’s ongoing collaboration demonstrates how working together can set a standard for secure, scalable, and innovative data and AI solutions in complex enterprise environments, now and in the years to come.
