PARTNER MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
The Inside Scoop
September 2026
Dear Partner,
We recently hosted a partner-exclusive Cloudera Anywhere Cloud™ webinar, where we discussed how to use Anywhere Cloud together to unlock immediate pipeline opportunities across public clouds, data centers, and the edge. This is our most significant advancement yet, so if you missed it live, make sure to watch on demand.
In other important news, we are proud to announce our strategic partnership with Mistral AI, uniting Cloudera's hybrid data platform with Mistral's frontier open models to bring specialized, sovereign intelligence directly to where your enterprise data lives. Read the Press Release.
Fresh off an incredible EVOLVE26 in São Paulo, Brazil, we're building full momentum as we head to New York and Madrid. These flagship events are your premier opportunity to connect directly with Cloudera executives, industry leaders, and peer partners.
Read on for more details on EVOLVE26, Anywhere Cloud, and our Mistral partnership, along with other key updates.
In Partnership,
Michelle
Michelle Hoover | SVP, Global Strategic Partnerships | Cloudera
AI Success Starts With Data | EVOLVE26 APAC and AMER
EVOLVE26 São Paulo delivered on every front, with real breakthroughs in enterprise AI and hybrid data strategy and an ecosystem of sponsors and partners who made it happen. Thank you all!
EVOLVE26 New York and Madrid are up next, and they are shaping up to be our biggest events yet. Register now: New York, D.C., and Madrid.
Cloudera Anywhere Cloud™ Webinar On Demand
Missed the live session last month? Catch the replay and see how Anywhere Cloud delivers cloud-native speed and flexibility while keeping your customers' sovereign data and AI agents fully under their control — plus what it means for your pipeline. Watch On Demand.
Capitalize on Sovereign AI: Cloudera and Mistral AI Partnership
Help your customers overcome their strictest data privacy hurdles with the new Cloudera and Mistral AI integration, designed for on-premises and air-gapped environments. Tap into lucrative revenue streams across highly regulated sectors like financial services and healthcare. Read the article.
What does it actually take to architect data for AI at scale?
The next era of AI starts with data architecture. We asked 1,500+ enterprise leaders - find out what’s driving the great AI re-architecture. Read on.
Unlocking a $60B+ Market: Sovereign Cloud
Please welcome Marenza Altieri-Douglas, who joins Cloudera as our new VP of Sovereign Cloud Strategy to spearhead our EMEA initiatives. She will collaborate with core cloud providers to help you deliver secure, locally-governed AI and data solutions to your customers in a rapidly growing $60B+ market.
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EVOLVE26 Reel: Looking Back
From customer conversations to executive face time, these highlights from EVOLVE26 Singapore capture just how invested this ecosystem is in its partners. Watch now.
Content Corner
Scale AI Anywhere: The Enterprise Advantage
One-size-fits-all AI infrastructure doesn't scale with real enterprise needs. See how AMD and Cloudera are giving customers flexible, governed infrastructure that works across private, cloud, and edge environments. Read the Blog
Build AI Factories Without the Data Complexity
Cloudera and VAST Data are removing the friction between data and AI, making it simpler to build and scale production-ready AI. Read VAST Data's Blog
Ready to Help Your Customers Drive Purposeful AI?
MIT visiting lecturer Paul McDonough-Smith joins The AI Forecast Podcast to unpack how to help customers set a clear data strategy — and steer clear of fragmented AI. Listen Now
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