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The Manifest Recognizes Aligned as One of the Most Reviewed Cloud Consulting and Software Development Companies in 2023
We are proud of being publicly recognized by our clients, placing us in the top tier of cloud consulting and software development companies in Canada in 2023, as verified by The Manifest business blog website.

Don't Waste Your Money: Unlock AI's Full Potential through Data Modernization
In today's digital age, businesses want to leverage advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to gain a competitive edge. However, to make the most of these technologies, companies need a modern data practice. So don't waste your money by ignoring this crucial first step!

How to Meet Data Residency Requirements in Power BI
Power BI is Microsoft’s robust business intelligence tool that allows you to create interactive dashboards and reports from various data sources. You may face challenges meeting data residency requirements if you have customers or users in different regions or countries. We explain the options for building a multi-region Power BI environment to address these challenges.

Maximizing Your Business Potential: Why You Should Upgrade Your Legacy Software
Upgrading legacy software applications can improve efficiency, productivity, and security, integrate with other systems, enhance scalability, save costs, future-proof your business, provide end-to-end data governance, and attract new talent. Investing in application modernization helps companies to stay competitive and succeed in the long run.

How to Make Data Modernization Your Winning Strategy
Data modernization should be at the center of any digital transformation initiative, allowing organizations to achieve faster speed to market, competitive advantage, and cost savings. Democratize access to data and empower your workforce to make data-driven decisions.

Identify and Use KPIs to Reach Your Modernization Goals
Before embarking on any application modernization project, it is important to establish baseline performance metrics and KPIs. This will give you a clear understanding of how the applications are currently performing and what improvements need to be made. It will also allow you to track the progress of your modernization efforts and ensure that they are delivering the desired results.

How to Create an Application Modernization Roadmap
If you're like most organizations, you have a mix of applications critical to your day-to-day operations alongside applications that are rarely or no longer used or needed. As your business grows and evolves, it's important to take a step back and assess which applications need to be modernized to keep up with the competition.

Azure Services for Application Integration & Business Process Automation
Azure offers four services that make it possible for organizations of all sizes to integrate their applications and automate their processes without taking on infrastructure maintenance or heavy upfront costs. We help you choose the best service for your applications.

Logistics Management Software Modernization - The Key to Future Success
Many logistics companies struggle to adapt and keep up with the dynamic, post-pandemic, business environment. A big reason for this is being locked in to antiquated processes and tools by the legacy software systems that have served them well-enough pre-pandemic. Businesses that have adopted modern…

Why Canada Is the Cheaper IT Outsourcing Alternative to Asia and Eastern Europe
International outsourcing is a relevant and oftentimes crucial economic endeavor, generating more and more attention from all organizations, from businesses to governments and national and international decision-makers. The matter is of importance and current, given the changes brought by the…

Canada - Teams for Hire and the Outsourcing Landscape
Over the course of the last two decades, the outsourcing of software development has steadily grown, having become a very viable option for business growth. Outsourcing allows your company to continue to focus on its core competencies, and eliminates the upfront investment in hiring and developing a…

How Your Business Can Survive and Thrive during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Last year’s pandemic brought the world to a halt and with it much of the economy, with companies now facing a completely different business environment than even a few months ago. Weeks of confinement forced companies to adopt new forms of communication, a change that will persist well into the…

How to Choose the Best IT Modernization Partner
For most businesses, the modernization of IT systems is often essential to growth, but it often gets overlooked or delayed, amid the challenges of day to day operation. Oftentimes this leads companies relying on multiple systems to store, manage, and retrieve information. These systems grow to…

How .NET Application Modernization Can Help Your Business Save Money
Modern .NET application can offer a variety of advantages and bring your business processes up to speed. To survive and prosper in times of turbulence, businesses need to find ways to reinvent themselves. Extending the portfolio, cutting costs, restructuring personnel and operations, or finding new…

What Is .NET and Why You Should Be Using It to Grow Your Business?
While legacy applications can still be relevant for a business, they often lack the updated performance. In the actual context app modernization becomes a must-do. .NET is a free, cross-platform, and open-source software development platform for building a wide range of applications. You can use…

Microsoft .NET App Modernization Updates and Latest News
Over the last few years there has been a sustained effort to improve the cross-platform reach of the .NET Framework, with the release of .NET Core. However, this has resulted in non-uniform support for each platform, making the .NET Framework cumbersome to use. Will the latest release solve the…

The COVID-19 Pandemic and .NET Application Modernization
The COVID-19 pandemic affected businesses in ways we didn't see before, but opened new opportunities, and App Modernization is one of them. Read all about it here! The global lockdown has encouraged and accelerated experimentation with any number of new organizational practices. The impact of the…