Visier Recognized as a Strategic Leader in 2025 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Cloud HR for the Third Consecutive Year

Continued recognition underscores Visier's innovation, customer advocacy, and impact in
shaping the future of AI-driven Cloud HR for European enterprises

VANCOUVER, BC and LONDON, Oct. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Visier, the globally recognized leader in workforce AI solutions, today announced it has been named a Strategic Leader in the 2025 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Cloud HR for the third consecutive year. This recognition highlights Visier's sustained market leadership and innovation in an EMEA Cloud HR market that is rapidly being reshaped by the advancement of artificial intelligence.

Strategic Leaders in the Fosway 9-Grid™ are distinguished as high performers that provide a rich suite of features and sophistication for complex enterprise-scale customers. They are chosen for their excellence in market performance, customer advocacy, and meeting the needs of enterprise organizations.

"To be recognized as a Strategic Leader for a third consecutive year is a powerful validation of our mission, especially as AI fundamentally reshapes the world of work," said Ben Harris, VP, EMEA, Visier. "The market is moving past baseline AI. The new frontier is 'work design' and leveraging advanced, agentic AI to solve critical business challenges like frontline retention. Our focus is on delivering Workforce Intelligence that empowers our customers to make faster, fairer decisions and drive significant business outcomes."

The Fosway 9-Grid™ provides a critical HR market analysis model for European-based companies. This year's analysis highlights that as organizations invest heavily in AI, the focus is shifting from standard features to more transformational capabilities. Generative AI copilots are emerging, and the industry is pushing towards agentic AI that can redefine how HR shapes the nature of work itself.

"The Cloud HR market in EMEA continues its trajectory of growth, albeit slowly, but it's clear to most providers that AI will be the key to unlocking persistent business challenges," said David Wilson, CEO of Fosway Group. "Visier's prebuilt, AI-powered analytics models and templated approach allow buyers to adopt the solution more quickly, along with the ability to roll it out to managers at speed too. Visier's continued growth and innovation sees them named as a Strategic Leader again in 2025."

This recognition from Fosway reflects Visier's deep commitment to helping customers not only adapt but thrive in an AI-first world. By providing AI-powered people insights, Visier enables organizations to build more inclusive, equitable, and high-performing teams ready for the future of work.

Leading enterprises across EMEA like Standard Bank, GSK, IQVIA, Merck, bpost, and more around the globe partner with Visier to embed data-driven decision-making into the flow of work and enhance HR's strategic impact across the entire organization.

"We realize that the ultimate beneficiary of people data is not the HR organization, but people leaders," said Ampie Swaneopel, Head: Workforce Insights Value Management, Standard Bank Group. "They are responsible for leading the teams to the level of business goals and creating a positive people experience. To do this well, they need to be empowered to become more data-driven in their decision-making process."

For a full summary of the latest cloud HR market and solution trends download a copy of the 2025 Fosway 9-Grid™ for Cloud HR report, visit the site here.

About Visier 

Visier is the global leader in Workforce Intelligence that powers every people decision. Our award-winning, agentic AI technology surfaces the insights leaders need to plan, decide, and act with confidence in the moments that matter most. As the market leader in people analytics, workforce planning, organizational design, and manager effectiveness solutions, we fuel smarter decision-making for organizations across the globe. Our mission is to help businesses lead with insight at scale as they continuously transform.

Founded in 2010 by the pioneers of business intelligence, we have over 65,000 customers in 75 countries—including enterprises like BASF, Panasonic, Domino's Pizza, Experian, Amgen, eBay, and Ford Motor Company.

Discover more at visier.com.

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