Buddy Punch has received hundreds of accolades and acknowledgements over the years, and we take great pride in earning recognition as we improve our software & service. Today, we’re happy to highlight how we completed 2023 with huge success and accolades from the Gartner Digital Markets brands – Capterra, Software Advice, and GetApp. Our products also got recognized in various flagship reports under multiple software categories in 2023!

It's a bright, lazy Sunday morning. You roll out of bed, and drag your weary self towards the kitchen, heading straight towards your coffee maker. But in place of your old, simple machine, there's a shinier contraption laden with varied brewing options - a meaningful birthday gift from your colleagues. At first, all of the new options look enticing; but, navigating the poorly labeled, illogically placed buttons just to make your coffee the way you like it leaves you frustrated.

We ended the year with a blast! A massive update was released over the holiday season consisting of 400+ new features, improvements, and bug fixes! Here’s a sample of what got published in our latest platform release.

It’s been a couple months since Miro’s acquisition of Freehand, and I want to give you an update on where we’re heading with the combination of Freehand and Miro. We started this journey last fall with a shared vision. We believe the power of visual collaboration goes far beyond just a digital whiteboard. We believe in the potential to truly transform how organizations work — unlocking new levels of team collaboration, productivity, and creativity.

Many of you might only know Miro as the visual collaboration workspace, but we also have a Developer Platform, an ecosystem of tools and services that supports and accelerates app development on top of Miro.

Wire, the secure messaging platform from Berlin, joins industry heavyweights like Google, Meta and Qualcomm in a new initiative aimed at unleashing innovation through open digital ecosystems. Named ‘Coalition for Open Digital Ecosystems’ (CODE), the group will work with actors from academia, policymakers and other companies with an initial focus on the implementation of the EUs ‘Digital Markets Acts’ (DMA).

We’re pumped! Simpplr has just been named a Leader in the prestigious 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Intranet Packaged Solutions. This is big news for the world of internal communications and employee engagement! And we couldn’t be more grateful.

Check out the highlights from our most recent update, Platform Release 650. This is our biggest release so far with 457 features, improvements, and bug fixes.