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Cloudera, the leading hybrid platform for data, analytics, and AI, is set to demonstrate its latest innovations at GITEX Global Dubai 2024. The company aims at meeting the growing demand for scalable, secure, and efficient data management and AI solutions across the Middle East. As the region’s digital economy continues to expand, businesses are increasingly adopting hybrid cloud environments to boost productivity, comply with regulations, and unlock the potential of their data.
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A recent Cloudera study revealed that 71% of organizations in the Middle East already utilize public cloud services, with 86% planning to migrate more data to the cloud in the coming years. This shift is driven by the need for flexibility, data sovereignty, and robust security measures.
Cloudera AI Inference Service
At GITEX 2024, Cloudera will present cutting-edge solutions, including the newly launched Cloudera AI Inference Service, which is integrated with the NVIDIA AI Enterprise platform. This service significantly accelerates the deployment and management of large-scale AI model. It is offering a 36x performance boost, enabling enterprises to scale AI-driven projects from pilot to full production.
Cloudera’s key innovations showcased at the event include:
- Cloudera AI Inference Service: Utilizing NVIDIA’s Tensor Core GPUs and embedded NIM microservices, this service delivers up to 4x higher throughput compared to traditional CPUs for large language models (LLMs) and AI applications, facilitating the development of AI-driven chatbots, virtual assistants, and natural language processing solutions.
- True Hybrid Cloud Vision: Cloudera’s unified data, analytics, and AI platform allows seamless movement of data and workloads across on-premises and cloud environments, ensuring compliance with local data regulations while maintaining scalability and security.
- Open Data Lakehouse Architecture: By combining the flexibility of data lakes with the high performance of data warehouses, Cloudera’s lakehouse architecture supports hybrid and multi-cloud environments, simplifying data management across an enterprise’s entire data estate.
- Enhanced Security and Governance: Cloudera prioritizes privacy and governance with features like access control, service accounts, auditing, and lineage management, ensuring secure deployment of data and AI models.
GITEX 2024 reinforces our commitment
Karim Azar, Regional Vice President of Cloudera for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa, commented, “The Middle East is experiencing rapid digital transformation, with hybrid cloud playing a crucial role in driving efficiency and enabling new business models. Our participation in GITEX 2024 reinforces our commitment to empowering regional enterprises to harness their data’s full potential with our hybrid platform, advanced AI capabilities, and scalable cloud technologies.”
Cloudera’s presence at GITEX underscores its dedication to advancing digital transformation across the Middle East, providing solutions that drive business growth, enhance productivity, and ensure data-driven innovation.
