MindAlign

Parlano MindAlign is a group chat software used as an alternative to email for large enterprises.¹ MindAlign is used most notably in the financial services industry.²

Early history

The software was originally developed at UBS AG³ as an internal group chat solution. The product was sold to Parlano Inc, in the year 2000.

History and Acquisition

Upon the acquisition of Parlano by Microsoft⁴ in 2007. Microsoft sold MindAlign 6 (the latest released version at that time) to Aditi Technologies Ltd in the same year. When Aditi acquired MindAlign in 2007, it inherited 56 of its customers, which included 5 of the top 7 global banks.

References

"MindAlign 6.0 Realigns IM". /www.serverwatch.com. Server Watch.
"CNN.com - Financial firms making, marketing their own IM - May 20, 2002". CNN. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
"Microsoft To Buy Corporate Group Chat Provider". Information Week. Information Week. 30 August 2007.
"Microsoft to Acquire Parlano". Microsoft. 2007-08-29.

[1] "MindAlign 6.0 Realigns IM". /www.serverwatch.com. Server Watch.

[2] "CNN.com - Financial firms making, marketing their own IM - May 20, 2002". CNN. Retrieved 2019-12-09.

[3] "Microsoft To Buy Corporate Group Chat Provider". Information Week. Information Week. 30 August 2007.

[4] "Microsoft to Acquire Parlano". Microsoft. 2007-08-29.

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