Syncrony offers BoardCloud Board Portal for better board meeting governance

Syncrony Digital Launches All-New Version of BoardCloud Board Meeting Software

Leading software development specialist Syncrony Digital has launched a completely redesigned version of its BoardCloud Board Meeting Management software.

The latest release is a full rewrite of the original board pack system, which has been in use since 2016. With a strong focus on governance for board meetings, the new version delivers improved management of virtual meetings and enhanced security. Features for the distribution, version control, and tracking of meeting engagement have also been significantly upgraded.

From the perspective of company secretaries, BoardCloud now includes a new drag-and-drop agenda builder that seamlessly ingests Microsoft Office files, images, and PDFs. Entire agenda templates can also be auto-populated by importing a structured ZIP archive. New tools for recording attendance, managing votes, and tracking document revisions are now built in.

Board and committee members will benefit from a new, integrated board pack reader, designed to make reading and annotating documents intuitive—even for non-technical users.

“We learned valuable lessons from our earlier attempts to roll out iOS and Android reader apps,” says Dr Howard Rybko, CEO of Syncrony Digital. “In many cases, adoption was delayed because IT departments had to procure new devices specifically for running the board pack reader app. This turned into a logistical challenge, involving procurement processes, app installations, and device distribution.”

To address this, the team developed a responsive web-based reader that can be accessed on any device, following proper user authentication. This approach allows board members to read board packs using their existing devices, removing the need for new hardware and significantly reducing both costs and IT complications.

“In today’s remote and hybrid work environment, BoardCloud is the ideal tool to support board meeting governance,” adds Rybko. “We’ve built features that promote near-automatic compliance with requirements such as attendance tracking, voting records, and document revision history.”

Free One-Month Trial Now Available

“We’re incredibly proud of the new SaaS multi-tenant platform we’ve built to power applications like BoardCloud,” says Rybko. “Our system allows us to offer a fully functional, free one-month trial to any company or non-profit organisation. If your organisation has a board, you can try BoardCloud at no cost.”

BoardCloud is available as a cloud-hosted solution and can also be deployed on-premise for larger enterprises or organisations with specific compliance needs.