{"id":183839,"date":"2026-05-01T08:59:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T08:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sword-group.com\/uk\/?post_type=news&p=183839"},"modified":"2026-10-23T10:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T10:47:16","slug":"sword-acquires-cirrushq-ltd","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.sword-group.com\/uk\/news\/sword-acquires-cirrushq-ltd\/","title":{"rendered":"Sword Acquires CirrusHQ Ltd."},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_custom_heading uncode_shortcode_id=”192044″]Sword are delighted to announce the acquisition of CirrusHQ Ltd.[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”144442″]The team of AWS certified solution architects and engineers work with customers to find the optimum balance of availability, security and affordability for AWS-hosted applications. CirrusHQ have developed unique solutions that deliver our total transparency over cost, and simplify the ongoing management of cloud workloads.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”4″ back_color=”color-154289″ overlay_alpha=”50″ radius=”std” shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”962891″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ row_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”474137″][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text text_color=”color-wayh” uncode_shortcode_id=”661679″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]<\/p>\n

\u201cI am delighted to be welcoming the CirrusHQ team to Sword. This acquisition reaffirms Sword\u2019s commitment to enhance our multi-cloud and hybrid capabilities, particularly in Public Sector
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CirrusHQ joining Sword is a significant step in strengthening Sword\u2019s AI and multi-cloud strategy and aligns with our strategic vision 2028. We are looking forward to drawing upon our synergies in customer engagement and delivery, enabling us to provide greater value across customers.<\/h3>\n

This acquisition highlights our commitment to providing deep domain expertise to our clients. We are genuinely excited about the opportunity the skills and expertise CirrusHQ\u2019s team of specialists will bring to Sword and how this collaboration will drive significant growth and innovation for our combined business.\u201d<\/h3>\n

Kevin Moreton, CEO at Sword[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”962112″][vc_single_image media=”182399″ media_width_percent=”100″ media_ratio=”one-one” shape=”img-circle” uncode_shortcode_id=”181277″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”777469″]James Lucas of CirrusHQ said: \u201cWe are thrilled to be joining Sword who share our commitment to excellence and to our people. We are confident that together we will achieve even more than we could alone.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][uncode_button size=”btn-sm” custom_typo=”yes” font_family=”font-153737″ font_weight=”600″ text_transform=”uppercase” letter_spacing=”fontspace-111509″ btn_border_width=”0″ icon_src=”preset” icon_preset=”arrow-1″ icon_rotation=”0″ icon_animation=”leaving” button_color=”color-210407″ button_hover_solid=”#00315a” button_text_hover_solid=”#ffffff” icon_color=”color-210407″ icon_hover_solid=”#00315a” btn_hover=”yes” button_color_type=”uncode-palette” button_hover_type=”uncode-solid” button_text_color_type=”uncode-solid” button_text_color_solid=”#ffffff” button_text_hover_type=”uncode-solid” button_border_hover_type=”uncode-solid” icon_hover_type=”uncode-solid” icon_wrapper_color_type=”uncode-solid” icon_wrapper_color_solid=”#ffffff” icon_wrapper_hover_type=”uncode-solid” icon_color_type=”uncode-palette” uncode_shortcode_id=”170545″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fcirrushq.com%2F|title:CirrusHQ|target:_blank”]Find out More about CirrusHQ[\/uncode_button][uncode_button size=”btn-sm” custom_typo=”yes” font_family=”font-153737″ font_weight=”600″ text_transform=”uppercase” letter_spacing=”fontspace-111509″ btn_border_width=”0″ icon_src=”preset” icon_preset=”arrow-1″ icon_rotation=”0″ icon_animation=”leaving” button_color=”color-183927″ button_hover_solid=”#ba8b2d” button_text_hover_solid=”#00315a” icon_color=”color-210407″ icon_hover_solid=”#00315a” btn_hover=”yes” button_color_type=”uncode-palette” button_hover_type=”uncode-solid” button_text_color_type=”uncode-solid” button_text_color_solid=”#00315a” button_text_hover_type=”uncode-solid” button_border_hover_type=”uncode-solid” icon_hover_type=”uncode-solid” icon_wrapper_color_type=”uncode-solid” icon_wrapper_color_solid=”#ffffff” icon_wrapper_hover_type=”uncode-solid” icon_color_type=”uncode-palette” uncode_shortcode_id=”215086″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sword-group.com%2Fuk%2Fpartners%2Faws%2F|title:AWS”]Find out More about our AWS Capability[\/uncode_button][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Based in Edinburgh, CirrusHQ, are a specialist Amazon Web Services (AWS) Premier Consulting and Solution Provider partner, providing security and compliance across wide IT estates and ensuring high performance for a range spectrum of businesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":181786,"template":"","class_list":["post-183839","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sword-group.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/183839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sword-group.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sword-group.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.sword-group.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/183839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183917,"href":"https:\/\/www.sword-group.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/183839\/revisions\/183917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sword-group.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sword-group.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}