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Cisco Customer Achievement Awards 2025

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About the Awards

In today's evolving IT landscape, organizations embracing cutting-edge technologies set the standard. The Cisco Customer Achievement Awards honor those leading in AI-readiness, future-proof workplaces, digital resilience, and sustainability. The awards also celebrate companies using Cisco’s Customer Experience (CX) offerings and recognize individuals from the Cisco Insiders community.

Cisco customers are transforming the world through remarkable innovation and resilience. The Cisco Customer Achievement Awards shine a light on extraordinary industry contributions and unwavering commitment to driving positive change.

2025 Award Categories & Finalists

AI-Readiness

The AI Readiness Awards celebrate customers transforming their organizations to power AI workloads seamlessly across clouds, on-premises, and edge, using Cisco's advanced solutions.

AI Infrastructure Innovation Award Finalists

  • HCLTech
  • NTT-West
  • State Bank of India

The CX AI Trailblazer Award Finalists

  • Cognizant
  • KDDI Corporation
  • University of Otago

Future-Proofed Workplaces

The Future-proofed Workplaces Award honors customers modernizing work environments, ensuring secure access, immersive collaboration, hybrid work, and innovations in smart building tech and secure networking.

Excellence in Workplace Modernization Award Finalists

  • Adani Airport Holdings Limited
  • Canberra Institute of Technology
  • Melbourne Cricket Club
  • Tech Mahindra

CX Visionary Workplace Award Finalists

  • Charles Sturt University
  • LTIMindtree Limited
  • University of Otago

Digital Resilience

The Digital Resilience Award honors customers excelling in security, reliability, and performance with advanced threat prevention, connectivity, and observability for optimized services and user experience.

Digital Resilience Distinction Award Finalists

  • Transport for NSW
  • TPG Telecom Limited
  • Vicinity Centres

CX Distinguished Digital Resilience Award Finalists

  • Cognizant
  • HCLTech
  • LTIMindtree Limited
  • Reserve Bank of Australia

CX Customer Hero of the Year

The CX Customer Hero of the Year award honors the customer with the strongest outcomes from Cisco Customer Experience, including those in AI-Ready Data Centers, Future-Proofed Workplaces, and Digital Resilience.

Finalists

  • Pragash Subramanian, Cognizant
  • Ramana SV, HCLTech
  • Takumi Nakamatsu, KDDI Corporation
  • Ramesh Kumar T, LTIMindtree Limited
  • David Van Niekerk, Reserve Bank of Australia

Cisco Insider of the Year

The Cisco Insider of the Year celebrates the customer with the greatest impact on the Cisco Insider community, recognized for mentorship, advocacy, and supporting others through events and case studies.

Finalists

  • Elvis Chong Tzy Chun, Bursa Malaysia Berhad
  • Nirav Acharya, Comcast India
  • Daniel Hosking, NEC ANZ
  • Vishal Bhandari, Software Solutions

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