SWORD Group is an international technology company that delivers high value business applications to the world’s largest companies globally. We had a chat with the CEO of Sword Lebanon, Mr. Nasser Hammoud, and here is what he told us about his company.
 

Ghada Moubarak : How long has SWORD been in business? How did this venture start?

Nasser Hammoud : Sword Lebanon is a software development company committed to delivering best quality of IT Offshore services to its customers across the world. Sword Lebanon was established in October 2000 by Linkvest group (a Swiss IT company).
In 2005, Linkvest Group (including Lebanon affiliate) became part of the Sword Group. Headquartered in France and with offices in 16 countries, Sword Group is an international technology company specializing in the delivery of software to regulated industries (Telecom, banking, governments, etc.)

GM: What are the services provided by your company?

NH: Sword Lebanon offers bespoke (tailored) development services including services to develop applications from scratch as well as re-engineer existing applications.
Sword offers application management support services for existing applications that we can take over from clients or those that we build ourselves.
In term of technologies we provide Customized Solutions Development with J2EE, .NET and Open Source technologies, Standard Solutions Integration (GIS, EAI ECM, etc.) and Testing: Functional and Stress testing with HP/Mercury Products

GM: Who are your principal customers?

NH :Orange Telecom, Omega, Swatch Group, the Ministry of Economy, Nestlé, SGS , RATP which all are in Switzerland & France.

GM : What major challenges are you currently facing?

NH :Since we are working for customers in Europe, therefore we are impacted by the international economical crisis. On the other side, the geopolitical situation in Lebanon during the last years didn’t help us develop our business abroad. The stability of the country is a major factor for all companies willing to export services starting from Lebanon.

GM : Where do you see yourself in five years?

NH : Since our group is operating in several countries around the world, we are aiming to offer services for countries like Belgium, UK and USA.

GM: Has Berytech provided you with a convenient environment to develop your company?

NH : Yes for sure, first of all, Berytech facilities give a good and professional image to our visitors who come from Europe. Moreover, the reliable infrastructure services and the services as well as all the events are very appreciated by all of us.