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We have chosen three clients to demonstrate how we applied our approach to help each client. Other samples are available upon request.
| CLIMBINGBOULDER
Challenge
A site devoted to rock and ice climbing in the area around Boulder, Colorado. The climbing community required an interactive, intuitive, scalable, and easy-to-maintain web site.
Form
ClimbingBoulder.com desired a professional yet fun web site that would appeal to both beginner and advanced climbers.
Solution
Komar Consulting Group designed a professional look and feel through complex interactive features. We used bright colors and funky fonts to create a fun feeling for the site.
Function
The climbing community intended to browse the site and contribute content in an intuitive, easy-to-use manner. ClimbingBoulder.com needed strong functional tools across the board to accomplish the site's goals. |
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Solution
To accomplish the client's goals, Komar Consulting Group delivered these aspects:
- Utilized Task-Centered design principles (cognitive walkthroughs, mock ups, hueristics, surveys) to develop powerful and effective interface to make user experience simple.
- Developed functional tools for storing, editing, and indexing user comments.
- Designed methods for uploading multiple file types and associating them intelligently with objects already in the database.
- Initiated security measures.
- Developed reporting tools to allow site to sell advertising.
- Applied search engine optimization techniques to maximize visibility.
Flexibility
ClimbingBoulder.com needed a long-term, scalable solution without increased hardware costs.
Solution
With its original hardware, the client incurred a 1000% growth in traffic and site size over the last two years. Additionally, Komar Consulting Group delivered architecture supporting the current franchise operations of six sister sites.
Summary
Komar Consulting Group developed one of the most effective climbing database sites on the Internet allowing climbers to interact, browse and contribute content, and create other sister sites across the country.
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| C-LOANS
Challenge
C-Loans is the largest commercial loan site on the Internet. C-Loans wished to improve the code base and user experience of its already functional web site.
Function
C-Loans needed to implement interactive changes allowing lenders and borrowers to use the system more effectively. The client also desired to track, analyze, and report on deals through the system.
Solution
Komar Consulting Group not only built the functionality but greatly extended it:
- Took code base from legacy jumble to clean and refined status.
- Introduced proper code management devices such as versioning and documentation procedures.
- Initiated task management and web-based administration toolkits to facilitate efficient site administration.
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Flexibility
C-Loans moved servers three times for various financial and security reasons.
Solution
Komar Consulting Group supported the client through each transition by making hardware design decisions for optimal long-term scalability and redundancy.
Summary
Komar Consulting Group worked with C-Loans's non-technical staff to explain options and to deliver a technical solution that addressed the client's business needs and improved profitability.
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| GATLIN EDUCATION SERVICES
Challenge
Gatlin Education Services is an online educational testing application. Gatlin needed to greatly improve it's application
engine.
Function
Gatlin's legacy application residing on outdated hardware and software needed to be moved in a timely manner from a server with a failing hard drive. |
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Solution
We moved legacy application to updated hardware and software applications and refined the system architecture to allow 300% growth in number of classes.
Flexibility
The client's web application was fundamentally limited due to its original set up.
Solution
Komar Consulting Group delivered these aspects:
- Proposed a fundamental re-work of the application.
- Shrank code base to 1/20 of original size for easier maintenance thus greatly extending functionality.
- Reduced database requirements to 1/10 of original.
- Created greater flexibility, scalability, and extensibility for future growth.
Summary
Big win for the client, as the overall application is much more scalable and flexible than before.
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