BookTrust
Client Profile
- Grown from serving 170 students in Colorado to 30,000 children in eleven states
- Helped children choose and own 2.6 million books
- Invested $6.5 million in books for children in need
With a cloud based solution built by T4Bi BookTrust were able to increase the number of States and Schools that they fund and support.
The Challenge
To enable Book Trust to scale the number of Schools and Students they could support, through traceable transactions, and to improve the effectiveness of their funding.
Highlights
T4Bi developed BookMark, a system which allows BookTrust to fund the purchase of books for qualifying students and schools, and track and reconcile the donated funds allocated to this use. The system is used by Teachers, ordering books for their students, School Principals and by BookTrust Program Managers.
BookTrust were able to increase the number of States and Schools that they fund and support.
Highlights of the solution are:
- Transactional self-service website
- Extensively configurable controls
- RESTful Application Architecture (implemented with Java Services)
- Hosted in the cloud
Technologies Used
- MySQL 5
- Java 6
- Apache Tomcat 6
- Adobe Flex
- Jasper Reports
Ready to Modernize?
Modern IT systems aren’t just about compliance — they’re about enabling agility, scalability, and cost efficiency. They’re also about making the right judgment calls: preserving and evolving what makes your business unique, while integrating or
standardizing what is simply a table-stake capability.
Every year, code maintenance costs average 25% of the original build. The opportunity cost of not modernizing is even higher. The real challenge is making architectural decisions that avoid over-engineering or platform lock-in — and ensure systems remain sustainable.