EMEA stories - Page 5

NiCE has honoured partners across APAC and EMEA for driving AI and automation excellence in customer service with its 2025 International Partner Awards.

Rob Tomlin has been promoted to Regional Vice President for Northern Europe at Exclusive Networks, expanding his leadership across the Nordics, Benelux, and Baltics.

Barracuda named Phoenix Software and partners as winners of its 2025 Partner Awards for excellence in cybersecurity across the UK and Ireland.

Ignition Technology partners with Claroty to boost cyber-physical systems security in UK and Ireland, targeting rapid growth in OT and IIoT cybersecurity markets.

UK consumers remain sceptical about AI's ability to provide emotionally intelligent customer service, with only 55% believing it can recognise emotions.

Scalefusion has launched in the UK and Ireland, offering unified endpoint management to bolster cyber security amid rising cyberattack risks in the region.

Drew Gardner has been appointed Regional Vice President for Veeam in the UK and Ireland, aiming to enhance data resilience amid rising cyber threats.

Fivetran has appointed Simon Quinton as General Manager for EMEA, with Suresh Seshadri as CFO and Anand Mehta as Chief People Officer, to boost growth.

SonicWall has honoured its top partners at the 2025 Partner Awards, recognising their vital contributions to cybersecurity in the UK and Ireland.

Google Cloud has appointed Maureen Costello as Vice President for the UK, Ireland, and Sub-Saharan Africa, to drive growth across these key regions.

Westcon-Comstor has partnered with Juniper Networks to enhance growth opportunities for channel partners on AWS Marketplace across EMEA and APAC.

Infinigate Cloud has launched a subscription-based service for Barracuda's Email Protection and Cloud Backup solutions, enhancing cybersecurity for channel partners.

Jumpmind has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave report for Point-of-Service Solutions, excelling in 13 key criteria, including customer feedback.

Westcon-Comstor and CrowdStrike have expanded their distribution agreement to Ireland, enhancing the adoption of the CrowdStrike Falcon platform nationwide.

New NIS2 directives are imposing hefty financial strains on EMEA firms, with 95% reallocating budgets to tackle compliance costs.

Wasabi Technologies has appointed Jon Howes as senior vice president of global sales to drive worldwide growth and expand market share.

Alexandra Chiaramonti has been appointed Managing Director of GoCardless's international operations to drive global growth, particularly in APAC regions.

Infinigate Group and CYREBRO are expanding their partnership to enhance cybersecurity services for Managed Service Providers across Europe.

Expel plans to establish a fully remote workforce in Ireland, creating 50 cybersecurity jobs over the next three years, supported by IDA Ireland.

In response to the AI-driven evolution in software security, Veracode has unveiled its upgraded Veracode Velocity Partner Programme.