Cloudera named a leader in 2025 Data Fabric Platforms report by independent analyst firm Forrester
Cloudera, the only company that brings Artificial Intelligence (AI) to data anywhere, announced today that it has been named a leader in The Forrester Wave: Data Fabric Platforms, Q4 2025 report. According to the report, “Cloudera is an ideal choice for organisations that want robust data processing, scalable storage, and persistent data management to power modern business use cases.” Cloudera was assessed alongside 13 other data fabric vendors across 26 criteria related to their current offering, strategy, and customer feedback. This recognition marks a significant advancement for Cloudera.
Data fabrics are essential to modern data strategies, providing a unified foundation to connect, manage, and secure data across environments. Cloudera enables organisations to deploy a data fabric that unlocks data anywhere—across public clouds, data centres, and the edge. This approach connects disparate sources, gains deeper insights, and makes data securely accessible in a compliant and self-service manner at scale. The report states: “Cloudera’s unified platform integrates and orchestrates diverse data, delivering the scalability and flexibility needed to drive actionable insights across the enterprise.”
Vini Cardoso (pictured), Chief Technology Officer of Cloudera Australia and New Zealand, stated, “The race to generative AI is creating immense pressure in the ANZ market, which, after significant data breaches, rightly demands higher levels of trust and responsibility. For that, organisations need a unified data foundation that delivers performance, governance, and sovereign control.
“This recognition underscores our commitment to empowering ANZ businesses to manage data where it lives, ensure policy traceability, and unlock real AI value – all while meeting the region’s stringent regulatory, security, and privacy requirements.”
Cloudera received the highest scores possible in seven criteria, including End-to-end Integrated Fabric, Unified Data Catalog, Real-time Performance and Scalability, Vision, Roadmap, Metadata Management, and Agentic AI. Cloudera believes this underscores its commitment to delivering a scalable, intelligent, and connected data ecosystem for modern enterprises.
“For us, being named a Leader reinforces our belief that the future of data management lies in unified and adaptive fabrics that empower organisations to manage and access their data anywhere,” said Leo Brunnick, Chief Product Officer at Cloudera. “We believe our position in this report is validation of our vision and commitment to delivering technology that simplifies data architectures, accelerates innovation, and unlocks trusted AI.”
