Together We Grow.

🎉 Cloud People end-of-year meetup

Join us for our last Cloud People meetup of 2026, right before re:Invent ‘26. We’ll cover industry, AI and community updates, hear the ISV perspective on what to know before you go, and walk through the AWS Partner Guide to re:Invent.

Come learn, share your experience, and connect with fellow cloud and industry leaders.

📅 Save the date: Monday, November 9 | 16:30
📍 AWS offices, Sarona Tower, Floor 28, Tel Aviv
AWS x Cloud People 2026: The Partner’s Guide to re:Invent

Agenda:
16:30-17:30 | Food & Networking
17:30-17:40 | Industry, AI and Community Updates
17:40-17:50 | re:Invent ‘26 Know Before You Go (the ISV Perspective)
17:50-18:15 | The AWS Partner Guide to re:Invent ‘26

We’d love to see you all 🙌

The registration link was shared in the community WhatsApp group.

Thank you to Amazon Web Services (AWS) for hosting and to CONNACT for supporting our community.
See you there!

☀️ Our summer Cloud People meetup took place in July 2026 in Tel Aviv – one last gathering before the summer break!

The question in the room: what does it actually take to turn Partner Marketing into revenue in the Gen AI era? ☁️🤖

Partner marketing. Still one of the most underused levers in the cloud ecosystem – the difference between a logo on a slide and real pipeline.

Gilad Barzilay opened with the ecosystem shifts. Maya Avitan took us deep on it:
🔹 Market to your partners first. If their reps don’t see how you help them hit quota, your external campaigns fall flat.
🔹 Use agentic AI as your partner marketing “intern.” Automate the admin (MDF, portals, lead entry), elevate the relationships.
🔹 In the age of “AI slop,” trust is the premium. OpenAI and Anthropic are expanding in-person teams for a reason: the physical room is where deals accelerate.

Nadav Tzuker went deeper on the fundamentals, and Alon Steinmetz shared Orca’s own partner journey.

Thank you to Gilad Barzilay, Maya Avitan, Nadav Tzuker, and Alon Steinmetz, to Orca Security for hosting, and to CONNACT for supporting our community.

Enjoy the summer ☀️☁️

As part of our Cloud Women series, we hosted a morning session focused on personal and professional growth, bringing together members of our community for a thoughtful and meaningful conversation.

The session was led by Noa Kroll Keter, Senior Director Channel & Alliances at Coralogix, who joined us from the UK to share her perspective on career development, leadership, and self-awareness.

During the workshop, Noa explored the concept of career dissonance – the gap between external success and internal fulfillment — and how organizational dynamics often reflect our own patterns of thinking and behavior.

The session invited participants to reflect, realign, and approach their professional journey with greater intention, creating space for a more honest and personal dialogue within the community.

We would like to thank Noa for leading such an insightful and meaningful session.

A special thank you to Native for hosting, and to Naama Yanko and Yael Militscher for their support in making this event happen, thank you to CONNACT for supporting the Cloud People community.

We kicked off 2026 with our annual Cloud People New Year event, bringing together members of our community for an evening of connection, celebration, and a fresh start to the year ahead.

The event took place at HaAchim Restaurant, where community members gathered for great food, meaningful conversations, and the opportunity to reconnect and build new relationships.

As part of our annual tradition, we celebrated the individuals who made a significant impact on the community over the past year.

Cloud People – People of the Year 2025:
Jiyeon Ha (Mend.io)
Jonathan Nativ (Silverfort)
Nadav Lotan (Noma Security)

This year, we also introduced a new recognition: PDM of the Year, selecting one outstanding professional from each cloud ecosystem.

PDMs of the Year:
Inbal Dovrat (AWS)
Ira Oren (Google Cloud)
Gal Avital (Oracle Cloud)
Lior Lavid (Microsoft)

The evening reflected the strength of the Cloud People community – bringing together professionals from across the ecosystem to share experiences, celebrate achievements, and start the year with new energy.

A big thank you to everyone who joined and contributed to such a special event.

Special thanks to GlobalDots and Cequence Security for sponsoring the event, and to CONNACT for their continued support of the Cloud People community.