Cloudera names 2026 Global Partner Awards winners

Cloudera named winners of its 2026 Global Partner Awards at its annual partner kickoff event, citing partner contributions across its ecosystem over the past year. The awards include strategic categories focused on cloud, Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and IMPACT-related work.

In the company’s description, partner activity involved deep technical integrations, joint go-to-market initiatives, and global services expertise. Cloudera said the partner program supported efforts to build and run data and AI solutions across clouds, data centers, the edge, and hybrid environments while maintaining governance and control.

The awards list included Cloud Partner of the Year: Amazon Web Services (AWS); OEM Partner of the Year: IBM; Technology Partner of the Year: AMD; AI Partner of the Year: NVIDIA; and IMPACT Partner of the Year: Dell Technologies, along with ISV Partner of the Year: Protegrity. Cloudera also named regional winners and emerging partners by geography.

Regional Partners of the Year were Compwire for AMER, IBM Consulting for APAC, Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) Data for EMEA, and ThunderCat Technology for Public Sector. Emerging Partners of the Year were Codename37 in AMER, Novare Technologies in APAC, and Engineering Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A. in EMEA. “Enterprise-grade AI demands a strong data foundation,” said Travis Vigil, senior vice president, ISG Product Management, Dell Technologies. “Protegrity takes a data-centric approach—protecting sensitive data itself so it can be safely used across analytics, machine learning, and generative AI. Our partnership with Cloudera brings this capability directly into modern data platforms at scale.”