Cloudera has achieved Service Organization Control 2 Type II certification for two of the company’s cloud offerings. The company said Tuesday it received the certification after Coalfire Controls conducted an independent evaluation of Cloudera Director and Cloudera Navigator Optimizer and their compliance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Security Trust Services Principle and Criteria. Cloudera […] More

Bill Sullivan, a nearly two-decade GovCon industry veteran, joined global software services provider Cloudera March 2016 as vice president and general manager for public sector operations in North America to help drive the company’s open source offerings for agencies. Cloudera centers its open source services for government around the Apache Hadoop software framework to help agencies manage and apply large volumes of data […] More

Cloudera and Docker have partnered to develop and offer an integrated platform for government customers to share data through cryptographically secure containers. Palo Alto, California-based Cloudera said Monday the joint offering will work to protect code and data in containerized workloads while in transit, at rest and at runtime. The platform is based on Cloudera’s Navigator Encrypt data encryption tool that runs on […] More

Cloudera has been recognized in Forbes and Bessemer Venture Partners‘ 2016 top 100 list of private cloud companies that lead the cloud technology revolution as well as the rising stars in the field. Cloudera said Wednesday it has ranked 5th on the Forbes Cloud 100 list due to the company’s revenue growth and its Apache Hadoop-based data management and […] More

Cloudera has enlisted user and entity behavior analytics company Niara as a reseller of the former’s Hadoop-powered cybersecurity platform in an effort to help clients detect advanced threats. As a Cloudera Enterprise reseller, Niara will apply its machine learning models across various dimensions of user behavior and send a forensic record of the affected entities to a security analyst […] More

Cloudera will hold its fifth annual conference on data analytics in Washington on March 15 to discuss how agencies execute their decisions and reduce costs through the use of data. The 2016 Cloudera Government Forum will convene public and private sector professionals and government officials such as Rep. William Hurd (R-Texas) and White House’s chief […] More

Cloudera has partnered with Patterns and Predictions to develop artificial intelligence technology for the prediction of military veterans’ suicide risk based on their social media posts and text messages. The companies seek to integrate Hadoop-based predictive analytics architecture into the AI platform with the goal of helping mental health professionals identify suicidality indicators among former service members, Cloudera said […] More

Webster Mudge, senior director for technology solutions at Cloudera, has recommended a series of steps for government agencies to mitigate the risk of cyber attacks and prevent data theft. Mudge wrote in an opinion piece for Federal News Radio published Monday that agencies must adopt a risk management framework to align people and resources needed for data protection […] More

Erin Hawley serves as regional director of national security programs at Cloudera and is responsible for business development and marketing initiatives across the company’s intelligence market area. As part of her role, Hawley also acts as liaison for the company’s data management and open source briefings with members of Congress and their staff. She joined Cloudera in […] More

Deloitte and Cloudera have partnered to offer customers a financial analysis tool designed to help industry fulfill capital analysis and review requirements. The offering incorporates accelerators meant to centralize data selection, data quality, variables conversion, and data ingestion and management, Cloudera said Wednesday. Leveraging Hadoop through Cloudera Enterprise, the financial analysis system will also work […] More

Computer Sciences Corp. has obtained two security certifications for a Hadoop-based managed service offering intended to help organizations manage big data. CSC said Tuesday it collaborated with Cloudera to meet requirements set forth in the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Eddie Satterly, chief technology officer at […] More

Cloudera has been recognized in two categories of Database Trends and Applications magazine’s Readers’ Choice Awards for 2015. The magazine named Cloudera the best Hadoop and big data service for the second consecutive year, Cloudera said Wednesday. “It is an honor to be recognized by DBTA readers as the best Hadoop solution and the best […] More