EMC And Cloudera Pull Out From Indiana Big Data Event

It looks like both EMC as well as Cloudera have decided to withdraw themselves from the Indiana big data event, where executives from the respective companies have tweeted objections to religious freedom law. These objections will target the US State of Indiana’s new Religious Freedom Restoration Act, where businesses are now given the choice not to serve others on the basis of sexuality as well as other traits.

It was last Saturday that Cloudera veep of marketing made this announcement, citing that Cloudera will not have a presence at IndyBigData, which is set to happen this May 7th despite being one of the sponsors of the event. Apart from that, EMC president of products and marketing Jeremy Burton, too, tweeted the following, “We intend to take a stand against this discrimination by not attending IndyBigData later this month.”

It remains to be seen the financial consequences that might affect EMC and Cloudera after deciding to boycott the event, since the event’s top sponsorship category, known as ”elephant” happens to cost a whopping $30,000. Well, such sums are normally peanuts to large companies, and just what kind of stand would you take if you happen to be in EMC’s and Cloudera’s shoes? Would you take a similar position, or do things differently?

Edwin Kee
Categories: Computers
Tags: cloudera, emc