We are excited to announce the winners of the 2023 EMEA Partner of the Year awards, presented this month at our EMEA Partner Summit in Lisbon, Portugal.
These awards recognize Cloudera’s EMEA partners who are dedicated to transforming the future of data by leveraging the most complete hybrid, multi-cloud data platform.
- EMEA Partner of the Year: IBM
IBM continues to be a key strategic partner, on track for another breakout year! In FY23 together we delivered record Total Contract Value (TCV) to more than 75 joint customers, across 21 countries within EMEA. Cloudera was named as IBM’s preferred partner of choice for Real-Time Data Movement using Kafka. Additionally, the unyielding support and engagement received from their executive team have played a pivotal role in our shared success.
- EMEA GSI Partner of the Year: Accenture
Accenture is a dedicated partner that has leaned in with Cloudera to pursue and create opportunities for joint success. As a technology partner in their Cloud Innovation Center in Rome, Italy, we work with Accenture to bring clients tested, cutting-edge, and tailored IT solutions. They have worked in collaboration with Cloudera and our other top partners to drive Public Cloud migration and Sovereign AI initiatives, and they have been active participants in our premier Evolve events throughout EMEA.
- EMEA Cloud Partner of the Year: AWS
Our collaboration with AWS continues at an astounding rate, with 200% year-on-year growth in our Amazon Web Services (AWS) business, entry into a multi-year strategic collaboration agreement, and the commitment they’ve demonstrated at our Evolve events, with AWS keynote speakers across 8 events in EMEA alone.
- EMEA VAR/VAD Partner of the Year: TD Synnex
TD Synnex is our single global distributor, with strong collaboration and commitment in each geo. We work vigorously to develop strategies in-market, and in EMEA we continue to look for ways to provide more value-added products to our partner ecosystem.
- EMEA IHV Partner of the Year: Dell Technologies
Dell Technologies has been a crucial partner since Cloudera’s founding in 2008. In EMEA we have recently accelerated our joint Go to Market efforts, working with their Storage and Compute field sales teams, and we’ve also started targeting the High-Performance Computing Market in collaboration with Dell, AMD, and NVIDIA.
- EMEA ISV Partner of the Year: Talend a Qlik Company
Talend by Qlik is a breakout star in our partner ecosystem and drives our joint Hybrid strategy, providing customers with a coordinated solution to maximize their investments in our platforms. Their Data Health and Lineage capability adds business context to data, enhancing data governance and, in turn helping enterprises accurately assess data risks.
Regional Partner Award Winners:
In addition to the overall EMEA awards, Cloudera also recognized the following partners on a regional level:
- North EMEA Partner of the Year: Matrix
MATRIX is the leading technology service company in Israel, with 11,200 employees worldwide. We have had a successful, long-standing partnership that is highlighted by our collaboration on Project Nimbus, a cross-government project intended to provide a comprehensive framework for providing cloud services to the Government of Israel.
- Central EMEA Partner of the Year: SVA
SVA is one of Germany’s leading IT service providers. Winning CEMEA Partner of the Year for the second time in a row not only recognizes our joint success but also illuminates SVA’s high level of expertise in setting up and operating big data projects on CDP.
- South EMEA Partner of the Year: Agile Lab
Agile Lab is a highly trusted partner based in Italy. They have been a Cloudera partner for more than 5 years. Agile Lab produces a technology-agnostic, modular platform, that empowers modern enterprises to discover, elevate, and productize their data both in traditional environments and on fully compliant data mesh architectures.
- Middle East, Turkey, and Africa Partner of the Year: Solutions by STC
Solutions by STC has been a Cloudera partner since 2018. They have operated in Saudi Arabia for over 25 years, providing innovative, integrated technology solutions to enterprises and the Kingdom of Saudi. Our partnership continues to flourish, working closely together to address strategies and solutions across multiple verticals within the kingdom and across the region.
The winners were determined based on revenue, year-over-year growth, resource and certification investment in Cloudera, and technology alignment.
Insuring a Successful Partner Ecosystem
The Annual EMEA Partner Summit is an important component to the collaboration and growth of our EMEA Partner Ecosystem.
Congratulations to each of our EMEA Partner of the Year award recipients. Thank you for a tremendous year, and we look forward to even greater success together in the years ahead!
