Sword is a Platinum Dell Technologies Partner delivering server compute, enterprise storage arrays, and client hardware solutions for CNI and business-critical operations across the UK.

Dell Technologies Infrastructure Capabilities

As a Dell Technologies Platinum Partner, Sword designs, delivers and supports modern, AI-ready infrastructure, from the data centre to the desktop. We combine Dell compute, storage, data protection and client technologies with Sword's procurement, lab staging and 24/7 managed services. That gives organisations resilient infrastructure that is faster to deploy and easier to run.

Dell PowerEdge environments built for virtualisation, data-intensive applications, HPC and AI workloads.

  • Infrastructure sizing and design around your workloads and growth
  • Latest-generation PowerEdge servers for consolidation and performance
  • AI and HPC infrastructure, including Dell AI Factory solutions
  • Security-hardened builds, tested in our lab before deployment

Dell storage and data protection that keep critical data available and recoverable.

  • PowerStore and PowerScale for block, file and unstructured data
  • PowerProtect backup with automated, policy-based protection
  • Isolated cyber recovery vaults with immutable copies of critical data
  • Recovery planning and testing to prove you can restore when it matters

Modernise your data centre with private cloud infrastructure that gives you cloud-like agility under your control.

  • Dell Private Cloud design and deployment
  • Migration from legacy infrastructure with minimal disruption
  • Automation to simplify day-to-day operations

From competitive procurement to secure retirement, we manage the full lifecycle of your Dell estate.

  • Optimised solution design and competitive pricing through our Dell relationship
  • Lab pre-configuration, asset tagging and secure delivery
  • Client device provisioning and deployment at scale
  • 24/7 support, maintenance and secure end-of-life data erasure

Case Study

Enterprise Data Centre Modernisation

Context


Modernising core data centre infrastructure for a regulated client requiring high compute performance and predictable costs.

Solution


Sword staged, configured, and deployed a high-density Dell PowerEdge server environment layered with Nutanix HCI software.

Outcome


Delivered a 30% performance increase, lower power consumption, total operational reliability, and freedom from legacy hypervisor lock-in.

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Leadership Spotlight


Stephen McLaughlin

Hybrid Cloud Sales Lead

Stephen’s strengths lie in building strong relationships with key customer, channel and strategic partners across all sectors of business but particularly within the Public Sector, Health, Education and Enterprise marketplaces. Many of these relationships have been established and developed over a 20 year period working in IT.

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More Information

Sword provides an end-to-end infrastructure service, bringing together competitive commercial terms, pre-deployment configuration and testing, specialist integration expertise and ongoing 24/7 support through our Managed Services offerings

Sword can coordinate the staging, configuration, rack integration and testing of server infrastructure prior to deployment, helping ensure systems arrive ready for efficient installation into the customer’s data centre environment

Dell combines PowerEdge server technology with the Nutanix Cloud Platform to provide a turnkey HCI appliance – single, holistic Support

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