When beginning its data science journey in 2016 , the first partner that Telkom collaborated with was Cloudera for a formal Big Data platform and the alliance remains strong today . “ Cloudera has played an influential role and assisted in shaping the roadmap and strategy for expansion , as well as increasing capabilities in tandem with BCX . As part of that , there is a strong partnership with BCX and Cloudera from an external marketing facing perspective ” explains Coetzee . “ For our cloud-based solutions we use Google Cloud Platform to develop and host most of our data science and analytics cloud-based applications and proprietary tools . Paired with this and the drive to rapidly prototype and deliver solutions faster we required a strong local partner that can assist with leading technology and for this we use Slipstream to manage our Tableau and Alteryx licencing , support and training relationships .” Coetzee understands the importance of forming sustainable and mutually beneficial partnerships . “ We ’ re typically seeking a collaboration with someone that has the capabilities to support us , because if we do run into
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