Case Studies: ASP.NET

A nationwide printer of newspapers, inserts and catalogs contacted Saturn Systems to replace an online portal used by chain retail advertising customers to design and customize weekly inserts. The system to be replaced was a heavyweight Java application with client PC and bandwidth requirements that frequently exceeded those of their customer base. Saturn Systems designed a new lightweight, purely web-based solution that supported online markup and annotation, page additions using approved templates and prototype generation. Significant back-end enhancements were made, adding workflow to ensure advertiser edits were routed, approved and processed. The resulting system has significantly simplified the weekly process of design, approval and publishing advertising circulars for Saturn’s customer and their advertising customers.

A regional provider of chemical dependency services contracted with Saturn Systems to provide support and enhancement of an existing web based secure forms solution used for tracking of all patient information and case activity. The site uses IBM Forms technology, formerly PureEdge, to accept information and integrate with attached smartcard readers to verify electronic signatures of staff and patients. The original system was developed using Microsoft Classic ASP which had become difficult to support. Saturn Systems redesigned the system to use ASP.NET and improved the usability of the interface. The resulting system has greatly simplified maintenance and reduced development costs.

The Electronic Security Systems Integrated Management System (ESSIMS) application is a large scale enterprise web development initiative sponsored by SPAWAR code 743, responsible for providing physical security for Marine Corp bases throughout the world. ESSIMS is a powerful and intuitive web based project management tool that allows project engineers, program managers and USMC sponsors and site managers to manage USMC Physical Security projects. Users are able to track and manage project finances, milestones, documentation, tasking and problem reports. Saturn Systems leads a group of software engineers for this project and is responsible for project management, requirements gathering, software design and quality assurance.