The "What?": Beam is an innovative, long-term solution to homelessness that works by crowdfunding employment training for homeless people and supporting them into stable work.

Cloudera is the modern platform for machine-learning and analytics, optimised for the Cloud.

Confused? Opposites attract...

At Cloudera, we're passionate about using data to drive business transformation.

But our work goes beyond the corporate - and for good reason.

At the root of every successful business is an idea - multiple ideas, even.

Building a business takes hard work, tenacity, and resilience - and behind every successful business are people who have been given the chance to pursue their dreams.

As part of our involvement in this year's Strata Data Conference , we've decided to give back. We've pledged that we'll donate up to £4,000 to help Beam's members forge better lives for themselves.

Everyone deserves a chance - and the stats are stark.

People sleeping on the street are almost 17 times more likely to have been victims of violence.

Homeless people are over nine times more likely to take their own life than the general population.

Source: Crisis, 2018

But it doesn't have to be this way.

Change starts when you want it to start.

Change starts here, now, this second.

Cloudera cares. Do you?