SonicWall honours 2025 Partner Award winners in UK, Ireland

SonicWall has announced the winners of its 2025 Partner Awards, celebrating the achievements of partners and distributors who have significantly contributed to enhancing cybersecurity in the UK and Ireland.

The awards recognised a variety of partners for their roles in providing effective cybersecurity solutions amidst the increasing complexity of cyber threats. This year's winners included Xerox as the UK Partner of the Year, Utilize as the EMEA MSP Partner of the Year, and Nostra as the Partner of the Year in Ireland.

Spencer Starkey, EMEA Vice President of Sales, commented on the significance of the awards: "The 2025 SonicWall Partner Awards celebrate the outstanding dedication and innovation of our partners who continually raise the bar in cybersecurity excellence. This year's winners have demonstrated exceptional commitment to protecting businesses against the ever-evolving threat landscape, leveraging SonicWall's solutions to deliver proactive, strategic security. Their success is a testament to the power of strong partnerships in driving growth, resilience, and trust in today's digital world."

The selection of winners was based on numerous criteria, including revenue growth, partner count, and overall performance. SonicWall noted that the criteria aimed to identify partners who have shown consistent excellence and exceptional service over the past year.

Utilize was highlighted for its outstanding commitment as SonicWall's EMEA MSP Partner of the Year. The firm was praised for its use of advanced threat protection and strategic defences to help businesses navigate the evolving cyber risk landscape.

Renaissance Contingency Services Limited was honoured as the Distributor of the Year for the UK and Ireland, reflecting its significant contribution in delivering SonicWall's cybersecurity solutions to a broad range of clients.

SonicWall also recognised individual achievements within its partner organisations. Daniel Shone of Apex Computing Services was named the UK Partner Sales Hero of the Year, while James Obank from Utilize earned the UK Partner Technical Hero of the Year title. In Ireland, Dan Kenny from Infinity IT was awarded Partner Sales Hero of the Year, and Justin Archer of Leaf was recognised as Partner Technical Hero of the Year.

SonicWall's Chief Executive took the opportunity to acknowledge the importance of its partners, stating: "Partners have been the key ingredient in SonicWall's success for over 30 years. Yet our transformation over the last two years is directly attributable to SonicWall leaning in even more and taking a more relentless focus on the needs and opportunities that our partners face as they look to grow their businesses. That has meant listening to and acting upon their direct feedback, which has in turn shaped our roadmaps, the delivery of technical support, how we charge for our products and services, sales resource alignment, and much, much more. Many of our partners posted record years in 2024, and we couldn't be more pleased about that. These awards are a small token of thanks and recognition of the strategic value SonicWall's partners have played and will continue to play in shaping and driving SonicWall's success."