Cloudera and Dell Launch Private AI Platform with ObjectScale
▼ Summary
– Cloudera and Dell Technologies have integrated Dell ObjectScale with Cloudera to create a comprehensive Private AI platform for scale, governance, and economic clarity.
– This collaboration allows joint customers to store all their data in one place and access it quickly and securely using Cloudera’s compute engines with Dell ObjectScale storage.
– The platform addresses enterprise AI challenges by enabling organizations to manage 100% of their data, structured and unstructured, wherever it resides.
– It includes tools like Cloudera AI Workbench for building models, Inference Service for deployment, and Agent Studio for automating tasks with governed data.
– The solution helps companies start using AI faster, reduce costs, and trust their AI systems, particularly benefiting highly regulated industries.
A new Private AI platform has been launched through a strategic collaboration between Cloudera and Dell Technologies, integrating Dell ObjectScale with Cloudera’s data services. Announced at the Cloudera EVOLVE25 event in New York, this joint solution provides enterprises with a fully validated, integrated data platform that enables all Cloudera compute engines to operate directly against Dell ObjectScale storage. The platform is specifically designed to deliver scalability, robust governance, and economic predictability for organizations deploying AI.
Many companies struggle with the complexity of managing data spread across different environments, which hampers their ability to implement AI effectively. According to a recent Cloudera survey on enterprise AI and data architecture, IT leaders still rely on multiple storage architectures, 63% use private cloud, 52% public cloud, and 42% data warehouses. Without a secure and efficient way to manage all enterprise data, regardless of its form or location, businesses cannot fully leverage AI to support strategic, data-driven decisions.
To overcome these obstacles, Cloudera and Dell have partnered to let customers consolidate both structured and unstructured data in a single location, enabling fast and secure access. As a platform that brings AI directly to data wherever it resides, Cloudera helps enterprises organize information with clear governance and security protocols. The integration also allows Cloudera users to utilize Dell ObjectScale as an S3-compatible object store for AI workloads, supporting several key components:
Cloudera AI Workbench offers a secure workspace for building, training, and refining AI models using governed data.
Cloudera Inference Service provides a method for deploying and using AI models efficiently and cost-effectively at scale.
Cloudera Agent Studio is a tool for designing and deploying intelligent AI agents that automate tasks across business operations.
By combining Dell’s expertise in AI infrastructure with Cloudera’s secure data platform and AI tooling, the partnership delivers a comprehensive Private AI system with clear business advantages. Organizations can accelerate AI adoption, reduce total costs, and trust their AI systems, an essential requirement for heavily regulated sectors. This integrated solution addresses major AI adoption barriers, including data movement challenges, high costs, and operational complexity, enabling trusted and efficient deployment of Private AI agents.
Abhas Ricky, Chief Strategy Officer at Cloudera, emphasized that businesses require AI systems that scale, secure data, and offer predictable pricing. “Integrating Dell ObjectScale with Cloudera allows organizations to industrialize AI use cases with secure data, deploy solutions efficiently, and build intelligent agents, all with transparent economics and no hidden fees,” he stated. “This is the fastest and most dependable path for large enterprises to operationalize AI and develop smart agents. Cloudera stands apart by unifying governed enterprise data with AI services on modern storage, delivering the only Private AI platform that merges governance, performance, and clear economics at industrial scale.”
Travis Vigil, Senior Vice President of ISG Product Management at Dell Technologies, noted that the collaboration underscores a shared commitment to customer flexibility in data management and scaling. “With Dell ObjectScale now integrated into Cloudera, we’re enabling customers to bring storage and AI closer together, supporting smarter and faster decision-making that fuels business growth,” he said.
Upcoming EVOLVE25 events are open for registration, and further details about the Cloudera Private AI platform with Dell ObjectScale are available online.
(Source: ITWire Australia)