PARTNER MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
The Inside Scoop
March 2026
Dear Partner,
Last month at Cloudera’s Sales Kickoff, one theme came through clearly: 2026 is the Year of the Partner. Across product innovation, go-to-market strategy, and customer success stories, partners were the center of the conversation on mainstage and throughout the sessions.
Cloudera continues to expand AI Anywhere with the recent GA announcement of Cloudera AI Inference powered by NVIDIA, enabling secure, Private AI deployment behind the firewall with full data sovereignty, along with the GA of Trino in Cloudera Data Warehouse, delivering blazing-fast, federated and distributed SQL across our open lakehouse architecture on Apache Iceberg. These innovations and more power enterprises at scale and bring AI to Data Anywhere. See details in recent announcements.
I am excited to announce our IMPACT26 just for partners! Join us to hear the latest updates and priorities shaping our partner ecosystem. In just 90 minutes, we’ll align on where we’re headed, where Cloudera is investing, and how our strategy translates into tangible opportunities for you—across Cloud Anywhere, AI Anywhere, and Data Anywhere.
You’ll also find resources below to help you stay connected, build expertise, and turn strategy into action. We look forward to moving into this next chapter—together.
In Partnership,
Michelle
Michelle Hoover | SVP, Global Strategic Partnerships | Cloudera
Highlights
Don’t Miss IMPACT26: Partner Kickoff Event
During next week's 90-minute virtual Partner Kickoff, Cloudera executives will outline the strategic priorities shaping 2026, driven by our vision for Cloud Anywhere, Data Anywhere, and AI Anywhere. Join us to unlock the specific AI sales plays, go-to-market motions, and partner program updates designed to generate demand and accelerate our collective pipeline. Choose from one of two airings—March 25 or March 26. Register here.
Driving Partner Growth: An Interview with Ahmed Tayeh
In this recent interview, Ahmed Tayeh, Partner Account Manager at Cloudera, shares how the Cloudera channel partner program is evolving to better enable, align, and grow with our partner ecosystem—reinforcing our focus on co-selling, specialization, and delivering hybrid data and AI solutions at scale. Read the article.
Cloudera Data Warehouse On Premises with Trino
We’re now enabling faster, more accurate enterprise AI and analytics across multi-cloud, edge, and data center environments with Trino in Cloudera Data Warehouse. Visit our Tech Corner below for technical details. Read more.
Cloudera AI Inference powered by NVIDIA
Cloudera brings AI models to your customers—unblocking intelligence exactly where it’s needed, securing it by design, and scaling it confidently behind your own firewall. Read more here.
Navigating Complex Data Sovereignty and Regulations in EMEA
Speaking with Oman’s Ministry of Transport, Communications, and Information Technology, Cloudera Partner Sales Manager, Dipti Dash, shared best practices on data governance around five key areas—data sovereignty, zero‑trust architectures, unified data platforms, analytics modernization, and secure enterprise AI deployments. These insights can help your customers navigate complex data regulations. See more details here.
Events
Partner Day Boston | April 16
Join our interactive Partner Day Boston roundtable focused on AI, data, and real-world use cases in Life Sciences. The event will cover moderated discussion, peer exchange, and opportunities to explore how we can drive greater impact together. Start time 5PM ET. Seats are limited, register now.
Partner Days in APAC
Seoul, April 14: Partner Day Seoul will be held in sponsorship with Korean distributor Kolon Benit. Registration coming soon!
Accelerate Enterprise & Agentic AI Webinar Series
Don’t miss our seven-part webinar series, designed to move AI innovation from experimentation to reliable production. The series features Cloudera’s top AI experts who will unpack the latest trends, breakthroughs, and real-world strategies in enterprise and agentic AI. Register now.
AI Hackathon in Collaboration with AWS
We're pleased to announce that we'll be running our first Partner AI Hackathon in Australia, from 2 March to 17 April. Participation is by invitation only. There are still a few spots available for partners with exciting use cases to showcase. Our judging panel will select the winner at the end of April. If you are interested in participating please contact Aroon Wadvani.
Content Corner
When AI Moves Fast, Security Can’t Lag Behind
As AI adoption accelerates, so do the risks. In this episode of The AI Forecast, Jessica Hammond—Senior Director Product Management of GenAI at Protegrity—joins host Paul Muller to unpack how organizations can move fast with AI without compromising security, privacy, or compliance. Watch or listen here.
Partner Spotlight: Magnoos
Data fragmentation is the challenge! Magnoos' Stefano El Khoury reveals how their partnership along with Cloudera’s hybrid data platform provide the right foundation for data engineering, AI, and governance. Watch now.
Enablement Corner
SkillUp Sessions: Latest and Greatest | Cloudera 7.3.2.1
Live and on-demand technical training sessions, from pre-sales to post-sales. Don’t miss our upcoming session:
Latest and Greatest in Cloudera - 7.3.2.1
Thursday, April 23, 2026
10:00 IST | 12:30 SGT | 14:30 AEST Register here.
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 February Accreditation leader: Databorn of the UAE.
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
NEW* Community Developer Hub
Here is your centralized, developer-first entry point into Cloudera that brings together our technical content, open standards positioning, and hands-on resources in one place. Visit the Hub.
The Developer YouTube Series
This series explores how data and AI platforms are engineered using open technologies. Topics cover lakehouse architectures, table formats like Apache Iceberg, file formats, compute engines, and emerging GenAI patterns. Watch on YouTube, or find in our Developer Hub.
Cloudera AI Inference and Data Warehouse On Premises with Trino
For more technical details about building a Unified Data Fabric with Cloudera and Trino go to these resources: Community Post, Community-Blog.
Cloudera on Cloud: Latest Release Summary
View our latest release summaries we’ve published.
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