Parlano MindAlign is a group chat software used as an alternate to

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for large enterprises. MindAlign is used most notably in the

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industry.

Early history

The software was originally developed at

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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

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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

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