Cloudera, the only data and AI platform company that brings the cloud anywhere, is announcing its acquisition of Taikun, a leading platform provider for managing Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Combining Cloudera and Taikun’s strengths, Cloudera forwards a truly complete platform, designed to deliver simplicity and agility for highly complex environments.
Butting heads with the demands of AI workloads is the growing complexity of enterprise IT environments, defined by distributed architectures in need of reliable, scalable data infrastructures. Cloudera’s acquisition of Taikun directly addresses this challenge, now delivering a fully integrated compute layer unifying deployment and operations across the IT stack—whether hybrid or in the multi-cloud.
“Our acquisition by Cloudera marks a pivotal moment for us,” said Adam Skotnicky, former CEO of Taikun. “Our advanced cloud-native computing platform will enable customers from across the globe to deliver and deploy services and applications seamlessly, whether that’s in the data center or in multi-cloud environments. Only Cloudera is the right organization for us to join during this critical moment for data and AI.”
Taikun’s acquisition by Cloudera brings a multitude of benefits to the Cloudera platform, including:
- Run data and AI workloads anywhere with flexibility and control—including the data center, in the cloud, or in hybrid environments—with support for highly regulated environments such as GovCloud, Sovereign Cloud, and air-gapped data centers
- Streamlined operations with seamless, zero-downtime upgrades and tighter resource optimization, increasing efficiency, reducing operational risk, and lowering TCO
- Faster adoption of Cloudera and partner technologies via its “bring your own engine” approach, enabling frictionless integration of tools and databases
- Future-aligned, cloud anywhere architecture that preserves choice and expands deployment options for long-term flexibility and support for customers’ evolving needs
“Organizations are suffering more than ever from fragmented data and application management across diverse infrastructures, increasing complexity, costs, and limiting data/AI initiatives,” said Sanjeev Mohan, principal, SanjMo. “The result: compromise on workload placement and data analysis. With Cloudera’s acquisition of Taikun and integration in Cloudera's platform, organizations can now run AI and analytics anywhere their data lives—from cloud to edge—accelerating insights, empowering smarter choices, and driving real-time responses throughout their organization.”
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