Cloudera honours 2024 Data Impact Awards winning organisations
MET winners felicitated in Dubai
Cloudera, the Santa Clara, California-headquartered global leader in hybrid data, analytics, and AI platforms, honoured the winners of its 2024 Data Impact Awards at the Middle East edition of EVOLVE24 held at the Museum of the Future in Dubai City on September 12, 2024. The winners hail from the Middle East and Turkey (MET) region.
Established in 2013, Cloudera’s Data Impact Awards celebrate organisations worldwide that leverage data to provide significant benefits in the technology, science, health, lifestyle, and community sectors.
This year, Dubai’s winners were recognised in five categories, including one dedicated to acknowledging organisations committed to advancing diversity, equality, and inclusion in various environments.
At the ceremony in Dubai, Charles Sansbury, CEO of Cloudera; Ahmad Shakora, Group Vice President of Emerging Markets (META) at Cloudera; and Frank O’Dowd, Chief Revenue Officer at Cloudera, presented the crystal plaque awards to the representatives of the winning enterprises for excellence in the various categories.
Shayde Christian, Cloudera’s Chief Data & Analytics Officer, announced the winning organisations’ names.
Global series
EVOLVE24 is Cloudera’s highly anticipated global series of data management and AI conferences, which take place in key cities worldwide. The thematic series aims to empower industry leaders, customers and partners with insights into harnessing the full potential of hybrid data lakehouses and enterprise AI.
The EVOLVE24 series began in Singapore (August 6-7), followed by Dubai (September 12), São Paulo (October 2-3), New York (October 9-10), Milan (October 23), Paris (November 14) and concludes in Madrid (December 10).
In his keynote address at the start of EVOLVE24 in Dubai, Charles Sansbury detailed Cloudera’s strategic plans to enhance its presence in the Middle East, a region to which it is deeply committed. These plans include further investments in regional sales teams, support capabilities, and physical infrastructure.
2024 Data Impact Awards (MET) winners
Modern Data Architectures
Winners: Bank Aljazira, Zain, Türkiye Is Bankasi (Isbank), AK Bank
AI Acceleration
Winners: Arab Bank, Saudi Aramco
Cloud Innovation
Winners: Emirates, ADIB
Leadership & Transformation
Winners: Boubyan, STC, Emirates Bank, FAB
People & Society
Winners: KAFD, Bein Media Group, e&
Featured image: (L-R) Shayde Christian, Charles Sansbury, Frank O’Dowd and Ahmad Shakora at the start of the 2024 Data Impact Awards ceremony on September 12, 2024, at the Museum of the Future in Dubai City. Credit: Arnold Pinto
Last Updated on 3 months by Arnold Pinto
