A special evening for our customers and our team
Two clients, two innovative software solutions, and one reason to celebrate: Together with BERNINA, we won the bronze award at the 2026 Best of Swiss Software Awards. We also made it to the finals with our business process application for the visoparents Foundation.
We look back on a special Award Night
What a night! At the Best of Swiss Software Awards 2026 ceremony, we had the pleasure of cheering on two of our clients. We celebrated BERNINA’s bronze medal win and were thrilled that the visoparents Foundation made it to the finals.
For us, this double success is a special recognition of our joint efforts. Behind both projects are people who have contributed ideas, challenged the status quo, and broken new ground. We are united by our commitment to developing software that supports people in their everyday lives. We are proud that we were able to impress the competition with our work.
Why We Are Especially Pleased to Receive This Award
Best of Swiss Software recognizes outstanding custom software and system integration projects implemented by or for Swiss companies. The award highlights innovative solutions and honors the teams behind them.
The evaluation takes place in two stages: First, the Institute for Business Informatics at the University of Bern reviews the submitted projects for quality and innovation. Next, the nominated teams present their solutions to a panel of experts consisting of ICT specialists and representatives from client organizations. The panel awards gold, silver, and bronze medals in the respective categories.
For us, this rigorous selection process makes the bronze medal with BERNINA and the spot in the finals with visoparents particularly valuable. We’re delighted that we were able to impress the jury with both projects.
With BERNINA, we’re shaping the digital future
Together with BERNINA, we are helping to shape part of the digital future of a Swiss global market leader: with the AI agent “BERNINA Mate” and a global dealer platform based on the Microsoft Cloud.
In doing so, we combine the capabilities of artificial intelligence with the needs of an internationally active company and its dealer network. Our focus is on how we can use new technology in a way that provides tangible benefits to the people who work with it every day.
The bronze medal is a special recognition of this collaborative effort. We are proud of what we have achieved with BERNINA and share in the joy of this success with everyone involved.
The Bernina iPortal brings together what used to be spread across many different systems: sales, ordering, service, knowledge, and training. Over 2,000 authorized dealers worldwide use it on a shared digital platform. With Bernina Mate, an intelligent thread has now been added that quickly guides users to the right information.
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Best of Swiss Software
With visoparents, we’re breaking new ground in software development
Together with the visoparents Foundation, we developed a full-fledged business app—and made it to the finals of the Best of Swiss Software Awards 2026.
For this project, we also broke new ground in development: Using modern Agentic AI and Vibe Coding approaches, we integrated AI as an active tool into our development process.
For us, this project demonstrates the potential inherent in these new ways of working. At the same time, it remains crucial how we combine our subject matter expertise, our technical experience, and close collaboration with our customers. Because even as our tools change, we always start with people and their needs.
We are therefore particularly pleased that we made it to the finals with this business app.
What our two projects have in common
With BERNINA and visoparents, we work in different environments and on different projects. For both solutions, we rely on the Microsoft Cloud. And with both, we pursue the same goal: We want to work with our customers to make meaningful use of the possibilities offered by new technologies.
At BERNINA, we integrate artificial intelligence into our digital solutions. At visoparents, we also use it to reshape the software development process. In both projects, we seek the approach that best suits our customers and their needs.
This is how we bring our mission to life: Building digital solutions people love.
We’re celebrating together—and saying thank you
We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to BERNINA and the visoparents Foundation for their trust, their openness, and our wonderful partnership. Together, we’ve refined ideas, overcome challenges, and made these successes possible.
A big thank you also goes out to our project teams. With your expertise, creativity, and dedication, you’ve turned ideas into working solutions. We’re proud of you and of what we’ve achieved together.
The day after the Awards Night, we continue the celebration with the whole company: with champagne and Uschi’s delicious, homemade pumpkin soup, cooked over an open fire. We take the time to toast together, enjoy the moment, and reflect on what we’ve accomplished. After all, many people have contributed to our success—with ideas, active support, and their daily dedication. That’s exactly why we want to share this moment with everyone. And thanks to Uschi, this celebration will also remain a fond memory for us in culinary terms.
