Start-Up and Early Stage Development

Overview

You are an entrepreneur with a vision for the next revolutionary Internet application or an owner of a technology-enabled business trying to take your products and services to the next level. We understand your challenges. You have a small number of people wearing a lot of hats and you have no time or money to waste. Aligned Global can help take the pressure off by stepping in and offering a powerful synthesis of technology, marketing, and business expertise in a cost-efficient delivery model.

There's an art to getting pieces of a business to work in harmony - and we've mastered it. We're ready to serve as your partner and mitigate the risks associated with start-up and emerging businesses. We can help you develop a strategic approach that will allow you to make complex decisions quickly, focusing on the most important building blocks of your business and center your needs in the middle of the development process. Our focal point is to get your products and services to the market quickly and affordably.

Initially, you may choose us for the quality of our teams and our iterative outcome-based approach to building products which includes validated visual requirements, rapid prototyping, strict prioritization and a proactive customer engagement process. But once you've engaged Aligned Global, you'll quickly learn that we're able to help your organization in a wide variety of roles. From your strategic development partner to your strategic business partner, Aligned Global empowers you to do more and focus on the core growth aspects of your business.

Web development, mobile device applications, distributed or desktop applications, or a blended multi-media approach, we have the experience to help you bring your idea to the market and compete with the leaders.

Functional Capabilities

Technology, Product, and Project Management

Technology and Product Strategy and Planning
Requirements Analysis and Product Definition
Product Architecture and Design
Virtual CTO

Product Positioning

Target Definition, Analytics and Persona Development
Competitive Landscape Audit
Positioning and Messaging Hierarchy
Copy and Content Development

Software Development

Interactive and Connected Desktop Applications
Applications for handheld and mobile devices
Interactive Online E-Learning Solutions

Web Design and Development

Traditional, Interactive and Social sites
Web Applications and Mash-ups
Web Services and SaaS-based offerings

Search Engine Optimization and Marketing(SEO & SEM)

Globalization and Localization Services

Web site and Application Interface Internationalization
Web site and Application Interface Localization
Web Copy and Content Translation
Documentation Translation

Web Trends

Web-based Usage and Statistics Reporting
System Operational Support and Maintenance

System Operational Support and Maintenance

Installation and Configuration
Preventive Maintenance and Operation
Advanced 24x7 Monitoring and Alerts
Web-based Usage and Statistics Reporting
24x7 Incident Management
Back-up and Restore

Technical Capabilities

Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows Server, Linux, FreeBSD

Applications and Web Servers

Microsoft IIS, Apache, JBoss

Databases

MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle, SQLight

Programming and Scripting

PHP, JavaScript, VBScript, Perl, .NET(C#, VB.NET,
WinForms, WPF) , Java, C/C++, Active Script

Web Technologies

Web Services, SOAP, REST, ASP.NET, WebForms, PHP,
J2EE. HTML/DHTML/XHTML, XML, XSL/XSLT, CSS, AJAX ,
Flash, ActionScript, Adobe Flex, AIR, Silverlight

Content Management Systems (CMS)

Rhythmyx, Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress

Approach

The process of engagement with Aligned Global is very simple. You communicate your requirements and objetives and jointly we define the metrics of success, tailor the team of software engineers, agree on a cost-effective pricing model, and start work. We partner with you from budgeting all the way to delivery, deployment, and maintenance (including porting where required) and support.

Validate. We consider your vision from a business, technical and marketing perspective to ensure that you have a viable opportunity that will succeed in the marketplace.

Position. We create a sustainable and differentiated positioning that is driven by an optimal, go-to-market strategy.

Develop. We embark on an agile, robust development process that is focused on delivering commercial-grade results.

Deploy. We make sure your product is ready and that it gets to the right customers-on time and on budget.

Re-evaluate and iterate. We constantly gather customer feedback, as well as learning from engineering. With this insight, we interate through the previous steps to seek opportunities for improvement.

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