{"id":183973,"date":"2026-11-04T13:36:30","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T13:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sword-group.com\/uk\/?post_type=news&p=183973"},"modified":"2026-11-04T13:41:02","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T13:41:02","slug":"sword-recognised-as-cisco-scotland-partner-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.sword-group.com\/uk\/news\/sword-recognised-as-cisco-scotland-partner-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Sword Recognised as Cisco Scotland Partner of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_single_image media=”183974″ media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”125727″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”156490″]Sword is delighted to be named Cisco<\/a> Scotland Partner of the Year, recognising the strength of our growing partnership and our shared commitment to helping customers achieve greater operational excellence, security and sustainable growth.<\/p>\n

The award, announced at Cisco\u2019s Global Partner Summit, recognises the strength of our Cisco capabilities and the work of teams across Sword in helping organisations maximise the value of their technology investments.<\/p>\n

As a trusted Cisco Partner, we work with customers from initial requirements and solution design through to implementation and ongoing managed services. This end-to-end approach helps organisations build secure, resilient technology environments that support both their immediate operational needs and long-term ambitions.[\/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=”450757″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing awarded Scotland Partner of the Year by Cisco is a testament to our long-standing partnership and the success across all our teams, from requirements-gathering stages in pre-sales to sustainable implementation by our solutions architects. Being named as award-winning, end-to-end preferred partner is recognition of our early investment in AI infrastructure and security, helping customers to build operational resilience.\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=”119842″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”110227″]Operational resilience is at the heart of Sword\u2019s work with critical national infrastructure and other organisations operating in complex, highly regulated environments.<\/p>\n

Strong technology partnerships play an important role in this. By combining Sword\u2019s expertise and understanding of our customers\u2019 environments with Cisco technology, we can help organisations strengthen security, resilience and operational performance while continuing to realise value from their technology investments.<\/p>\n

Winning Cisco Scotland Partner of the Year is a fantastic recognition of the teams behind that work and another important milestone in the continued growth of our partnership.[\/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=”161770″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sword-group.com%2Fuk%2Fpartners%2Fcisco%2F|title:Discover%20more%20about%20our%20Cisco%20partnership”]Discover more about our Cisco partnership[\/uncode_button][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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