This document discusses running data analytic workloads in the cloud using Cloudera Altus. It introduces Altus, which provides a platform-as-a-service for analyzing and processing data at scale in public clouds. The document outlines Altus features like low cost per-hour pricing, end-user focus, and cloud-native deployment. It then describes hands-on examples using Altus Data Engineering for ETL and the Altus Analytic Database for exploration and analytics. Workload analytics capabilities are also introduced for troubleshooting and optimizing jobs.