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Polar Express (sub contractor for Top-Floor Design)    Next Case Study >

Business Need:
Top Floor Design contracted SilverSwitch on a website project that they were creating for a multi-day fundraising event sponsored by Citizens Bank and benefitting the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern New England that used the theme of the Tom Hanks Film "Polar Express". This family oriented event was designed for families to take a round trip train ride together to "The North Pole" from Boston during the holiday, and needed to create an e-commerce solutions that would allow users to view train schedules and purhcase tickets. Additionally the developed application allowed administrator to run daily reports on the number of riders on each train (passanger list). The application also automatically closed out trains that sold out.

Solution:
SilverSwitch developed the business logic that allowed for individuals who wanted to register for and purchase tickets online. The application also allowed for the event organizers to keep track of who was attending and to be able to run reports of passenger lists for different trains/cities.


Technologies
Intranet-based application that utilizes the following technologies.
- Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX - Development Technology
- Microsoft IIS - Web server
- Microsoft SQL - DB backend

Three tiered application solution:
- Presentation Tier - HTML/CSS/Telerik (MS IIS Web Server)
- Business Logic Tier - Visual Basic
- Database Tier - Microsoft SQL