{"id":9146,"date":"2025-05-16T10:45:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T08:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/?p=9146"},"modified":"2025-05-16T10:45:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T08:45:56","slug":"sophos-asia-pacific-and-japan-2025-partner-excellence-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/2025\/05\/partner-program\/sophos-asia-pacific-and-japan-2025-partner-excellence-award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophos Asia Pacific and Japan 2025 Partner Excellence Award Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9228 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/2025-APJ-P100-Partner-Award-Winners.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"5895\" height=\"2520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/2025-APJ-P100-Partner-Award-Winners.png 5895w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/2025-APJ-P100-Partner-Award-Winners.png?resize=300,128 300w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/2025-APJ-P100-Partner-Award-Winners.png?resize=768,328 768w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/2025-APJ-P100-Partner-Award-Winners.png?resize=1024,438 1024w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/2025-APJ-P100-Partner-Award-Winners.png?resize=1536,657 1536w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/2025-APJ-P100-Partner-Award-Winners.png?resize=2048,875 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5895px) 100vw, 5895px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As a channel-first organization at heart, partners remain at the heart of everything we do at Sophos. We\u2019re proud to work alongside a passionate and committed partner community across Asia Pacific and Japan.<\/p>\n<p>At this year\u2019s <strong>Sophos APJ Partner 100<\/strong> event, we had the pleasure of celebrating the exceptional accomplishments of our top-performing channel partners and distributors. Their strategic focus on cybersecurity, unwavering commitment to delivering industry-leading solutions, and continued success over the past year is truly inspiring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThreat actors are targeting unpatched devices at the edge \u2013 and \u201clogging in\u201d rather than breaking into networks as we can see in our <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/en-us\/2025\/04\/16\/the-sophos-annual-threat-report-cybercrime-on-main-street-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 Annual Threat Report<\/a>,\u201d says Chad Cleevely, Senior Director, Channel Sales \u2013 APJ Sales at Sophos. \u201cWe are proud to recognize this year\u2019s winners for their commitment to and success in protecting customers and delivering superior security outcomes with Sophos. They exemplify a new level of excellence, and together, we\u2019re making a measurable impact in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.sophos.com\/en-us\/2025\/04\/16\/the-sophos-annual-threat-report-cybercrime-on-main-street-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defeating active adversaries<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here are the winners:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9147 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sophos-partner-award-winner-2025-blog-banner-white-1600x960-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sophos-partner-award-winner-2025-blog-banner-white-1600x960-1.png 1600w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sophos-partner-award-winner-2025-blog-banner-white-1600x960-1.png?resize=300,180 300w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sophos-partner-award-winner-2025-blog-banner-white-1600x960-1.png?resize=768,461 768w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sophos-partner-award-winner-2025-blog-banner-white-1600x960-1.png?resize=1024,614 1024w, https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sophos-partner-award-winner-2025-blog-banner-white-1600x960-1.png?resize=1536,922 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANZ<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Partner of the Year: <strong>ASI Solutions<\/strong><br \/>\nMSP of the Year: <strong>Blackbird IT Pty Ltd<\/strong><br \/>\nDistributor of the Year: <strong>Snapper Network Distributors Ltd<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ASEAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Partner of the Year: <strong>JK Technology Pte Ltd<\/strong><br \/>\nMSP of the Year: <strong>RSM Stone Forest IT Pte Ltd<\/strong><br \/>\nDistributor of the Year: <strong>Wordtext Systems, Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>GREATER CHINA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Partner of the Year: <strong>APPLE SOLUTION CONSULTANTS LIMITED<\/strong><br \/>\nMSP of the Year: <strong>WIZON DIGITAL CO., LTD.<\/strong><br \/>\nDistributor of the Year: <strong>ACW Distribution (HK) Limited<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>INDIA &amp; SAARC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Partner of the Year: <strong>TRACE NETWORK &amp; ENGINEERING PRIVATE LIMITED<\/strong><br \/>\nSub Distributor of the Year: <strong>PHOENYX COMMTECH PRIVATE LIMITED &#8211; Mumbai<\/strong><br \/>\nDistributor of the Year: <strong>REDINGTON LIMITED<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JAPAN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Partner of the Year: <strong>NSD CO., LTD.<\/strong><br \/>\nRising Star of the Year (Sophos): <strong>RUSE Co., Ltd.<\/strong><br \/>\nMDR of the Year (Sophos): <strong>SANSHIN ELECTRONICS Co., Ltd.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rising Star of the Year (Secureworks): <strong>IIJ Global Solutions Inc.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nMDR of the Year (Secureworks): <strong>KANEMATSU ELECTRONICS LTD.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to all our winners!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your ongoing support. We look forward to another year of collaboration as we continue to safeguard organisations from advanced threats with innovative next-generation cybersecurity solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are thrilled to announce the Sophos Asia Pacific and Japan Partner Excellence award winners for 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":9148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[259,49,302],"coauthors":[64],"class_list":["post-9146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-partner-program","tag-apj","tag-awards","tag-sophos-apj-partner-100"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sophos-partner-award-winner-2025-blog-banner-blue-1600x960-1.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9146"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9231,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9146\/revisions\/9231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9146"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=9146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}