The Client

Ennis Knupp, a Chicago investment research firm, provides analysis and recommendations to institutional investors. Their complex information matrix is the heart of the firm. Easy access, secure storage and reliable retrieval of this information is all important. IQ Group, an IT consulting firm based in Philadelphia and the client's primary contact, hired Earl's Towing.com to assist with architecting the more complex parts of the application.

What They Wanted

• A web-based knowledge management system.
• An application to aggregate, secure, and track changes to their manager research data.

What We Provided

Working with Philadelphia's IQ Group, EarlsTowing.com analyzed business goals and designed the technical framework. Our senior web architect worked with the Ennis Knupp project lead, the IQ Group account manager, graphic and interactive design teams, and a third-party database developer in creating the final design.

Deliverables included a high-level object model and entity relationship diagram, documentation on Site Server and IIS configurations, and prototype implementations.

Technologies We Employed

• Microsoft Windows DNA technology
  • Windows NT 4.0
  • Internet Information Server
  • SQL Server 7.0
  • Site Server 3.0

The design relied heavily on Microsoft Transaction Server COM objects to marshal data between the user interface and the data store. Microsoft Site Server manages security and personalization. Extensible Markup Language (XML) is used throughout the system.

What's Next?

IQ Group completed the Ennis Knupp Manager Research System based on Earl's Towing.com's design.