We’re thrilled to have hosted the Cisco International Buyer Awards: EMEA 2025 at Cisco Dwell 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 trade thought management. 

The awards introduced collectively an impressive crowd of IT consultants and senior leaders. We celebrated distinctive prospects from throughout EMEA, recognising distinguished winners throughout varied award classes. 

We obtained greater than 60 buyer nominations and of these, 26 had been shortlisted. We relied on the experience of 25 judges – a mixture of Cisco leaders, engineers, and technical specialists – to shortlist our nominees and decide the winners.   

Let’s check out this 12 months’s winners from the Cisco International Buyer Awards: EMEA 2025!  

Cybersecurity Defender  

The 2025 EMEA Cybersecurity Defender award went to SAP for his or her revolutionary strategy 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 trade. Their dedication to advancing safety expertise exemplifies their position as leaders in cybersecurity. 

Congratulations to the shortlisted nominees: 

• Constancy Worldwide 
• Paris 2024 Olympic Committee 
• Royal School 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 revolutionary collaboration instruments and worker machine safety fosters flexibility and productiveness, setting a excessive customary 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 information facilities emphasise high quality and operational ease, driving important enterprise transformation. Core42’s forward-thinking strategy to AI integration showcases their position as trailblazers within the AI panorama. 

Annie Hardy, Cisco International AI Architect and one in all our judges for this class, highlighted, “When most individuals take into consideration AI, they’re fascinated with 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 into 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 Information Lead for Cisco’s Chief Sustainability Workplace (CSO), and a part of our judging panel for this class, praised, “an awesome collection of finalists – they’re all wonderful tales!!”. 

Congratulations to the shortlisted nominees: 

• Related Conservation Basis 
• COP29 
• Garanti BBVA 
• NatWest 
• Crimson Sea International
  

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 strategy to enhancing resilience and leveraging vitality administration units a brand new trade customary, showcasing how innovation can sort out frequent trade challenges. Bosch Rexroth’s achievements spotlight their management in technological development. 

Congratulations to the shortlisted nominees: 

• SAMSØE SAMSØE 
• Saudi Electrical energy Firm 
• Tergooi Medical Heart
  

Cisco Insider of the 12 months 

I’m happy to share that Damian Erni from Swisscom has been recognised because the 2025 EMEA Cisco Insider of the 12 months for his exceptional contributions to the better Cisco Insider neighborhood. His management and dedication have frequently enriched neighborhood engagement and sparked vibrant discussions, inspiring others to attach and collaborate. Damian’s affect throughout the neighborhood underscores his essential position in advancing the success of each his organisation and trade friends.  

The passion 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 exhausting to evaluate!”. 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 decide for this class, remarked, “These are all wonderful… Tremendous heartening to see this sort 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 trade thought management. Right here’s to continued success and groundbreaking developments!  

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