Cloudera, Krutrim To Deliver Scalable AI Data Solutions On India's Sovereign Cloud
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7 (Bernama) -- Cloudera, a global data and artificial intelligence (AI) platform provider, has announced a strategic collaboration with Krutrim, India's sovereign cloud platform, to support large-scale analytics and data lake workloads for Ola on the Krutrim Cloud.
In a statement, Cloudera said the solution, currently powering mission-critical workloads for Ola, will soon be made available to other enterprise customers on the Krutrim platform.
The partnership aims to accelerate enterprise AI adoption in India by providing scalable infrastructure and trusted data platforms tailored to local market needs.
'Krutrim's vision to create a robust AI infrastructure for India aligns perfectly with Cloudera's mission to enable trusted enterprise AI through data,' said Cloudera Regional Vice President for India and South Asia, Mayank Baid.
He added that Cloudera is working closely with Ola's teams to enhance data quality, governance, and natural language access, with plans to co-develop solution frameworks that will benefit wider enterprise use.
Meanwhile, Krutrim's Senior Vice President and Head of Business, Navendu Agarwal, said the partnership would empower Indian enterprises with high-performance and cost-effective solutions, enabling secure and scalable data lake capabilities.
'We are focused on building India's cloud with deeply integrated capabilities across infrastructure, data, and AI to better serve the unique needs of the Indian market,' he said.
Krutrim is developing a vertically integrated cloud platform covering compute, storage, data management, and AI applications, tailored to India's linguistic and cultural diversity. Its AI computing stack includes foundational models for text, voice, and video, enabling a broad spectrum of intelligent applications to be developed on a sovereign infrastructure.
By leveraging Cloudera's data platform and consulting services, Krutrim has enabled real-time data processing from multiple sources, enhancing analytics and decision-making capabilities for Ola.
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