We’re thrilled to have hosted the Cisco World Buyer Awards: EMEA 2025 at Cisco Stay Amsterdam yesterday! Now in its sixth 12 months, this program celebrates the Cisco prospects who’ve gone above and past in demonstrating technological innovation and business thought management.
The awards introduced collectively an excellent crowd of IT specialists and senior leaders. We celebrated distinctive prospects from throughout EMEA, recognising distinguished winners throughout varied award classes.
We acquired greater than 60 buyer nominations and of these, 26 have been shortlisted. We relied on the experience of 25 judges – a mix of Cisco leaders, engineers, and technical specialists – to shortlist our nominees and choose the winners.
Let’s check out this 12 months’s winners from the Cisco World Buyer Awards: EMEA 2025!
Cybersecurity Defender
The 2025 EMEA Cybersecurity Defender award went to SAP for his or her modern method to cybersecurity. By implementing a complete future-ready safety answer, SAP has ensured their digital infrastructure stays resilient and safe, setting a benchmark for others within the business. Their dedication to advancing safety expertise exemplifies their function as leaders in cybersecurity.
Congratulations to the shortlisted nominees:
- Constancy Worldwide
- Paris 2024 Olympic Committee
- Royal Faculty of Surgeons in Eire (RCSI)
Office Warrior
The 2025 EMEA Office Warrior of the Future is awarded to BBVA for his or her distinctive hybrid work technique. Their funding in modern collaboration instruments and worker gadget safety fosters flexibility and productiveness, setting a excessive normal for the way forward for work. BBVA’s dedication to enhancing the work surroundings displays their management in office innovation.
Congratulations to the shortlisted nominees:
- adidas
- The British Military (Ministry of Protection)
- Iberdrola
- Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG
Synthetic Intelligence Pioneer
The 2025 EMEA Synthetic Intelligence Pioneer award recognises Core42 for his or her pioneering AI infrastructure options. Their safe, AI-ready knowledge facilities emphasise high quality and operational ease, driving vital enterprise transformation. Core42’s forward-thinking method to AI integration showcases their function as trailblazers within the AI panorama.
Annie Hardy, Cisco World AI Architect and one in all our judges for this class, highlighted, “When most individuals take into consideration AI, they’re enthusiastic about ChatGPT and DeepSeek. However the community’s necessities are basically totally different. Core42 invested in a imaginative and prescient for AI’s future, constructing a service to rapidly and effectively spin up new concepts. They’ve turn out to be an AI-ready useful resource for the UAE.”
Congratulations to the opposite shortlisted nominee:
Sustainability Changemaker
Celebrating dedication to environmental sustainability, the 2025 EMEA Sustainability Changemaker award is offered to adidas for advancing environmental sustainability with Cisco options, adidas receives the Sustainability Changemaker Award – recognising a dedication to vitality effectivity and carbon discount. As Colin Seward, Know-how and Knowledge Lead for Cisco’s Chief Sustainability Workplace (CSO), and a part of our judging panel for this class, praised, “a fantastic collection of finalists – they’re all wonderful tales!!”.
Congratulations to the shortlisted nominees:
- Related Conservation Basis
- COP29
- Garanti BBVA
- NatWest
- Purple Sea World
Business Innovator
The 2025 EMEA Business Innovator award is offered to Bosch Rexroth for his or her excellent use of Cisco and Splunk options. Their method to enhancing resilience and leveraging vitality administration units a brand new business normal, showcasing how innovation can deal with widespread business challenges. Bosch Rexroth’s achievements spotlight their management in technological development.
Congratulations to the shortlisted nominees:
- SAMSØE SAMSØE
- Saudi Electrical energy Firm
- Tergooi Medical Middle
Cisco Insider of the Yr
I’m happy to share that Damian Erni from Swisscom has been recognised because the 2025 EMEA Cisco Insider of the Yr for his exceptional contributions to the larger Cisco Insider neighborhood. His management and dedication have regularly enriched neighborhood engagement and sparked vibrant discussions, inspiring others to attach and collaborate. Damian’s affect throughout the neighborhood underscores his essential function in advancing the success of each his organisation and business friends.
The keenness of my fellow judges for this award was palpable! Jenny Hooks, Director, Buyer Lifecycle Engagement Advertising, shared, “This award celebrates our prospects that actually step as much as share their experiences and experience, tirelessly advocating for Cisco all year long… It was actually laborious to guage!”. Equally, Lucas Betés, Director, Buyer Lifecycle Journey Advertising, echoed this sentiment, saying “I can’t consider how a lot these Insiders do for Cisco!”.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees, who’ve all demonstrated excellent dedication this 12 months. As Todd Shimizu, VP, Buyer Lifecycle Advertising and one other fellow choose for this class, remarked, “These are all wonderful… Tremendous heartening to see this type of advocacy for us.”
- Irmtraud Lorenz, Kotányi
- Joacim Wicander, Conscia Sverige AB
- Jyrki Halonen, Netox
- Wouter Hindriks, Avit Group
Congratulations to all our 2025 EMEA award winners and shortlisted nominees! We applaud your ardour for innovation and invaluable contributions to business thought management. Right here’s to continued success and groundbreaking developments!
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