Hybrid cloud from data gravity to business agility with Cloudera on AWS

This article describes Cloudera's zero-migration hybrid cloud architecture on AWS, enabling on-premises data access from cloud compute without data movement.

• Decouples data residency from compute elasticity for compliance-sensitive organizations
• On-premises data remains secure; cloud instances access it via AWS Direct Connect
• Eliminates migration costs, compliance risks, and data sovereignty concerns
• Cloudera SDX extends on-premises security policies and governance to cloud workloads
• Apache Ranger ensures consistent authentication; Apache Atlas preserves data lineage
• AWS provides elastic EC2 compute and high-speed NVMe storage for burst workloads
• Real-world example: fraud detection model retraining reduced from 2.5 days to 4 hours
• Cloudera Hybrid Data Hubs enable on-demand cloud compute with zero-copy data access

The solution bridges on-premises data governance with cloud AI capabilities, enabling financial institutions and regulated industries to leverage cloud elasticity without relocating sensitive data.