PARTNER MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
The Inside Scoop
January 2026
Dear Partner,
Happy New Year, and thank you for your continued partnership and trust. It is the foundation of the momentum we are carrying into 2026.
This year, our focus is clear and intentional. Everything we do is anchored in Cloudera’s AI-powered data lakehouse for private AI with data services, delivering real business outcomes for our customers. From platform innovation to how we engage, enable, and go to market together, our priority is helping customers securely turn data into trusted AI at scale. Faster decisions, operational efficiency, governed AI, and enterprise-grade security are the core of what our customers need, and where we will win together. There’ll be lots more on Cloudera's AI strategy in future partner newsletters.
As partners, your role is critical. Strong alignment around the Cloudera AI data lakehouse, outcome-driven use cases, and differentiated data services will unlock new growth opportunities and customer impact. This monthly newsletter will share the insights, updates, and resources you need to stay aligned, informed, and ready to translate opportunity into results.
We are excited to continue building with you and delivering meaningful AI-powered outcomes for our customers throughout the year ahead.
Warm regards,
Michelle
In Partnership,
Michelle Hoover | SVP, Global Strategic Partnerships | Cloudera
Highlights
Top Takeaways from AWS re:Invent 2025
More than 60,000 technology professionals gathered at AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas to share best practices and discuss the latest innovations in cloud, data, and AI strategy. Read our blog.
Industry Insights: 3 Ways Telcos Can Use AI to Monetize Data
Customer Zain KSA showcased its journey at TM Forum DTW Ignite 2025, detailing how modern data architectures and private AI drive revenue, operational efficiency, and the successful management of massive real-time events. Watch the interview.
Events
IMPACT: Virtual Partner Kick Off 2026
A Shared Vision for Data-Driven Innovation
Save the date for our annual, partner-exclusive event designed to accelerate our mutual success in data and AI. This virtual event will take place March 25 and March 26, and will feature mainstage-style presentations from executive leadership on where we are seeing momentum and how to accelerate deals in the new year. We’ll dive into the next wave of enterprise innovation and share exclusive growth insights to strengthen our shared future. Registration coming soon!
Accelerate Enterprise & Agentic AI Webinar Series
We’re excited to announce our upcoming seven-part Webinar Series, designed to move AI innovation from experimentation to reliable production. The series will be hosted by Robert Hryniewicz, who will be joined by Cloudera’s top AI experts to unpack the latest trends, breakthroughs, and real-world strategies in enterprise and agentic AI. Register now.
Partner Days Canada: Toronto, January 21
Explore Cloudera's latest product innovations, gain practical insights to drive your business growth, and network with industry peers. Register now.
EVOLVE25 Recap Reel
Watch our EVOLVE25 Sizzle Reel to celebrate the collective strength of our partner ecosystem. The reel captures valuable thought leadership, exhibit hall energy, and meaningful networking that empowers us all to bring AI to data—anywhere. Watch now.
Content Corner
Migrating to Apache Iceberg for Dummies: For What’s Next
Apache Iceberg is an open table format that powers dynamic workloads at scale. Iceberg is built to overcome Hive’s bottlenecks with support for schema evolution, time travel, and cross-engine interoperability. Our experts have pulled together this step-by-step blueprint for migrating your customer’s workloads to Iceberg. Download the new ebook.
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The AI Readiness Gap: Is Your Data an Asset or a Liability
Marcela Vairo, IBM’s Vice President of Data and AI for the Americas, joins The AI Forecast to explore one of the most persistent challenges in enterprise AI: why strong data foundations remain the exception, not the rule. Watch or listen here.
Partner Spotlight: GIOS Technology
GIOS Technology’s CRO Stephen Masefield explains why Cloudera's “data freedom” is key to AI adoption. He also discusses balancing cloud vs. on-premises strategies and defending against threats using agentic AI and security features. Watch now.
Partner Spotlight: Protegrity
Protegrity’s Jessica Hammond, Sr. Director of Product, joins Cloudera to discuss their data-centric approach. Learn how the partnership secures unstructured data and LLMs, enabling frictionless, automated AI and analytics on the Cloudera platform. Watch now.
Enablement Corner
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New Sales Plays | Cloudera Octopai Data Lineage
The Cloudera Octopai Data Lineage Partner Sales Play provides prescriptive guidance on what to know, what to say, and what to share. Browse this Sales Play in the Partner Portal.
SkillUp Sessions: Cloudera Data Visualization
Live and on-demand technical training sessions: from pre-sales to post-sales training. Register for our upcoming session:
Thursday, January 29 | Unlocking Insights with Cloudera Data Visualization
Accreditations
Learn at your own pace, from anywhere, and at no cost.
Accreditations validate your proficiency in the value of Cloudera products and solutions. Register for accreditations here.
Congratulations to our December Accreditation leader - Smartavya Analytica Private Limited of India.
Partner Academy Learning Catalog
On-demand learning, available anytime, anywhere.
Browse the Partner Academy Catalog to find e-learning paths you can apply across your business.
Cloudera Education and Certification Website
Fee-based learning paths for post-sales services.
Meet data and analytics professionals’ learning and development needs with customized learning paths. Explore now.
Tech Corner
Essential Partner Resources
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