Don’t underestimate the complexity behind choosing new software. Let a trusted consultant lead you through the process! THE CLIENT Our client is a large pipeline construction company with…
Read MoreHiring many employees remotely can result in confusing piles of paper. Get control today with an automated system! THE CLIENT Our client is a leading provider of pipeline, facilities,…
Read MoreIn a growing company, keeping track of burgeoning HR documents can be a hassle. With SharePoint, it doesn’t have to be! THE CLIENT Our client is a mid-size E&P company with stakes in many…
Read MoreTHE CLIENT Our client is a leading provider of midstream services in North America. Entrance was engaged by this client to unify a disorganized structure that spread data across many sources,…
Read MoreFor long-standing clients for which we have created custom software applications, the process of improving and adding features is continuous, with new additions several times a year. For one…
Read More"Information is a source of learning, but unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit." - William G Pollard,…
Read MoreDuring a recent SharePoint migration, Entrance software consultants decided to try out a new tool that might help speed up the process of installation, called AutoSPInstaller. The description on the…
Read MoreThe merger of two companies became a whole lot easier with the help of a SharePoint portal. THE CLIENT Our client is a private upstream oil and gas company focused on exploration and the…
Read MoreWhen it comes to software, every company has to evaluate whether an off the shelf or custom software option makes the most sense. Off the shelf products are often cheaper, but they may not be able to…
Read MoreLast week, I shared some of insight I've learned as a software consultant about branching and merging. Specifically, I shared some of the complexities than can arise, such as increased complexity,…
Read MoreThe past few weeks, we've been blogging about some interesting topics related to data management from PNEC's annual conference. This week, I'd like to share what we learned from a Petroleum Engineer…
Read MoreAs a SharePoint consultant, I get the chance to work through a lot of interesting problems. In this case, programmatically accessing BCS External Lists in SharePoint is a bit like working in a…
Read MoreLast week, Entrance covered an article that shared statistics around the usage of collaboration tools like SharePoint, and how most people mistake social collaboration for Facebook or Twitter.…
Read MoreAt the PNEC conference two weeks ago, one of the sessions, "Information Management in Shale," by Fred Kunzinger, senior principal, Noah Consulting, highlighted some interesting ideas about data…
Read MoreWhen it comes to good software consulting, Entrance spends a lot of time on maintaining good best practices so that we can produce awesome custom software for our clients. To that end, I'd like to…
Read MoreWe meet new prospective clients on an almost daily basis, and one way or the other they all come to us with the need for custom software or consulting. What separates the clients with super…
Read MoreNine out of 10 IT staff and about two-thirds of managers and users say they are using social-networking technologies at work, according to a global study by Microsoft- and Accenture-owned services…
Read MoreLast week, several of Entrance's software consultants attended PNEC's 17th Annual Conference, "Petroleum Data Driven Decisions for Higher Returns." There were a number of interesting sessions…
Read MoreAt the P2 conference last week, I had the opportunity to chat with a land administration systems controller from an upstream company here in Texas about data management. Her company is in the process…
Read MoreThe Houston Business Journal posted an article yesterday about Barnett Shale owners suing Chesapeake Energy over mineral rights. The dispute involves 4000 acres of land, and "the complaint says…
Read MoreAs a SharePoint consultant, I run into and fix bugs all the time. One of my recent custom SharePoint 2010 projects required the use of HighCharts.js and jQuery. I'd like to share how I fixed one…
Read MoreThis week, several of Entrance's software consultants are attending P2's ASCEND user conference to go live with our “Frac Your Data” campaign for the energy industry. Yesterday I attended one…
Read MoreHouston Software Consulting Promotes Data Management and Integration for Texas Energy Companies At this week’s P2 Energy Solutions conference, ASCEND 2013 in San Antonio, Entrance reveals its…
Read MoreWe recently ran across a video from BP that shared a number of interesting facts about America's energy future. Due to technology improvements like hydraulic fracturing and the addition of oil…
Read MoreWhat to Love and What to Hate (Or at least be annoyed at) Ok, I’m a big fan of SharePoint. I’ve been drinking the cool aid for years and have been super excited to be deploying SharePoint 2013…
Read MoreIn the past few weeks, Entrance’s software consultants have been focusing on SQL server tuning as part of an internal lunch and learn series. Last week we covered how maintenance plans can be…
Read MoreAs we've discussed in a previous post, hydraulic fracturing has become a repeatable process that more and more resembles a factory assembly line. The challenge, however, is to find ways to use data…
Read MoreEntrance president Nate Richards presented to HAPL on how the oil and gas industry can learn to leverage their largest untapped asset, information. For more on lease compliance download our white…
Read MoreFor the past few months I have been working on and blogging about SharePoint 2013 and new functionality that allows safer code development as a result of client-side code and SharePoint…
Read MoreGetting their application under control put one client back in the black. THE CLIENT Our client specializes in pipe unloading, handling and installation for the oil and gas industry. Because they…
Read MoreThe San Antonio Business Journal released some interesting numbers today. "Oil production in the Eagle Ford Shale was up 74 percent in February compared to one year ago to set an all-time…
Read MoreAt this week’s Houston Association of Professional Landmen Technical Workshop, Entrance President and CEO Nathaniel Richards will share insights from his energy software consulting practice with…
Read MoreLast week, I started a list of the top ten things you didn't learn at SharePoint Saturday, like better site retention and using metadata to improve the user experience. Now for the other…
Read MoreIn order to become Gold certified with Microsoft, a company is required to have a certain number of Certified Solution Experts. Five Entrance software consultants have made strides recently towards…
Read MoreI received a "Revert to template" notification bar recently when I modified an aspx page in SharePoint Designer. It was rather frustrating trying to get rid of this without clicking "Revert to…
Read MoreLast week, we shared part one of our internal lunch and learn series led by our software consultants covering SQL Server tuning. This week's session covered best practices for improving SQL…
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Read MoreSharePoint Saturday in Houston was a great event, but it did not cover a lot of the latest and greatest things we can do with SharePoint 2013. So I’ve created a list of the top ten things I think…
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I discussed some new developments related to SharePoint 2013 that have made custom SharePoint implementation and development much safer. To build on that topic, there is another way…
Read MoreSharePoint 2013 leverages some powerful new tools to help business users continue to collaborate, manage documents, leverage business intelligence tools, and more. Wondering if it's time to upgrade?…
Read MoreA research firm focused on the display supply chain, NPD DisplaySearch, recently predicted "a rapid expansion of the touchscreen-enabled notebooks over the course of the year. Last year, the company…
Read MoreThis past Saturday Entrance took part in the Houston SharePoint Saturday. We had a booth at the event because we are always looking for great SharePoint consultants! Several members of our team also…
Read MoreIn the April Oil and Gas Journal, an interesting article entitled 'Tempering the Revival with Regulation,' discusses changes as a result of the surge of activity in West Texas. "With new levels of…
Read MoreAs we've mentioned before, Entrance recently started a lunch and learn series where our software consultant share custom development best practices with their teammates. We are currently doing a…
Read MoreTraditional methods of managing the flow of information from the field to the office often require a paper trail a mile long. This manual, time consuming practice often results in errors and outdated…
Read MoreIn an article from Oil and Gas Journal's April edition entitled, 'Permian production pushes U.S. crude output to 15-year high,' the author discusses the huge increases in production from September…
Read MoreOur customer is one of the world’s leading logistics companies. They provide supply chain solutions, and specialize in global integrated solutions. Currently they are ramping up relationships with…
Read MoreVisual Studio 2012 update 2 was released yesterday and it contains a variety of new features that I thought might be notable to some of you. In particular: Microsoft Fakes (powerful test mocking…
Read MoreThe Face of Your Company Nowadays, almost every business has launched an application or app of some sort. Customers log in for a number of reasons, like purchasing products or checking on the status…
Read MoreIn the past few weeks we've been discussing Agile methodology to iteratively develop custom software that better meets the need of our customers. Probably more important than this concept, however,…
Read MoreI've been reading "Exploring Microsoft SharePoint 2013" these past few weeks to get an idea of the many new features in SharePoint. One thing that caught my interest today is how to get more social…
Read MoreI recently attended the 6th Annual Marketing Symposium at the Rice Jones Graduate School of Business, and while I was there to sharpen my marketing skills, one of the panel sessions covering how oil…
Read MoreHere are Entrance,we're not quite as clever as Google with their new "Google Nose." But we do like to have a little fun in the spirit of the day. One of our developers colluded with a manager at the…
Read MoreIn a recent feature in the Independent Petroleum Association of America's (IPAA) Winter 2013 magazine covering oil technology, one of the key points highlighted is that although oil and gas companies…
Read MoreBuilding applications in SharePoint 2013 represents a huge leap forward for Microsoft. Listen to this short clip of our consultant Ron discussing some of the benefits. You can also listen to a three…
Read MoreWhen it comes to complicated engineering problems, such as determining the the ideal pressure for an oil well or analyzing structures, having the right tools can make all the difference. For one…
Read MoreLast week, I covered what Waterfall Development is. Before we made a big push to implement Agile Methodology, we used this more traditional method, which can work well for projects that have very…
Read MoreAs organizations go back to the Gulf for exploration and allocation of liability in E&P projects become more vast, the oil and gas industry needs to pay more attention to the quality of their…
Read More“Plans are nothing; planning is everything.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower. During a recent upgrade of SharePoint 2007 to 2010 for a national organization with thousands of users, planning paid…
Read MoreTG Mercer and Entrance have partnered to create SpreadBoss, a logistics support tool that automatically tracks the status of each of thousands of joints of pipe, providing customized inventory…
Read MoreEvery custom SharePoint environment requires and a lot of thought and planning before actual coding or implementation ever takes place. Without taking this vital first…
Read MoreThank you for downloading our Safety Management Kit, you can get the file here. For more on compliance, visit our Knowledge…
Read MoreLast week, our consultant Josh, discussed some of the reasons why Windows 8 has been slow to launch. I'd like to take the topic a step further and cover some of the challenges any company faces when…
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I shared a statistic from Gartner stating 30% of businesses will be monetizing their information assets by 2016. But many data management projects are unsuccessful because the…
Read MoreLack of integration can cause work outside of contract, audit scrambles and more. Get clean today! THE CLIENT Our client explores and produces oil and natural gas. Headquartered in Houston, they…
Read MoreFor the uninitiated, Waterfall and Agile Development probably sound unimportant, and you probably don't care what the difference is. In one recent survey, only 2% of the respondents said management…
Read MoreEntrance recently hosted a lunch and learn covering lease compliance. Our president, Nate, discusses the six steps to a "system of systems" approach to complex shale leases. Download the complete…
Read MoreEntrance recently completed a national SharePoint migration for a national non-profit. The client had been using SharePoint 2007, and they decided it was time to upgrade to SharePoint 2010. Across…
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Read MoreWe appreciate the time you took to share what you’re interested in. For more on mergers and acquisitions, check out our resources! Or read our case study on data management during a…
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Read MoreWe appreciate the time you took to share what you're interested in. For more on web portals, check out our resources! Or read this post on leveraging the power of web…
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Read MoreWe appreciate the time you took to share what you're interested in. For more on electronic field ticketing, check out our resources! Or check out our case study on how one oil and gas services…
Read MoreOne of the difficult aspects of working with SharePoint solutions in Visual Studio is the dastardly list Schema.xml file. This file maintains the structure and views of lists and libraries and is a…
Read MoreWe mentioned a few weeks ago that Windows 8 has taken its time ramping up compared to other Microsoft launches in the past. I ran into a provocative article this past week saying that Windows 8 has…
Read MoreSoftware consulting and custom software development requires that we keep up with new technology. As such, I wanted to share a best practice related to Visual Studio and Code Review. The basic…
Read MoreAs a SharePoint consultant, I work with code in the back-end on a daily basis to customize our client's user experience. Now that SharePoint 2013 is out, we have been experimenting a lot with…
Read MoreWe recently posted two new videos that I wanted to highlight for our readers: First off, SharePoint consultant Kyle shared some best practices in an internal webinar called, "SQL Server…
Read MoreEntrance recently hosted a lunch and learn discussing the business drivers of software modernization, and the steps to take once you've decided if modernization is the right choice. In this video,…
Read MoreEvery year, Gartner creates a report reviewing major market and industry trends for Business Intelligence and Analytics. This year Tableau was listed as a leader for the first time in their magic…
Read MoreEntrance regularly holds internal lunch and learn events where one consultant presents to their team about a topic of a topic of interest. Recently, Sharepoint consultant Kyle presented on the…
Read MoreAs a software consultant, I am always learning novel ways to create dashboards and data visualizations that provide value to my clients. SharePoint 2013 provides a valuable framework for surfacing…
Read MoreA recent survey on Agile development methodology reported adoption is on the climb. This is great news, but "Management has no idea what Agile is, or what it's supposed to accomplish." From my time…
Read MoreEveryone seems to agree that the talent or generation gap in oil and gas is one of the largest worries facing the industry today. The energy industry is booming and their biggest worry according to…
Read MoreA frequent problem when using the MVVM (Model View ViewModel) pattern is how to send messages to an object far away in the object graph. For example- a view model for the main window opens a…
Read MoreThis is week three of a series covering the different components of a business intelligence solution. Get caught up on part one, covering data integration, and part two, covering data cubes and…
Read MoreIn addition to providing awesome custom software development and SharePoint consulting services, Entrance has made it a goal to share our knowledge with customers so they can learn from our…
Read MoreYou may not realize it, but employees at your company are probably wasting time on tasks a custom software solution could perform for them. For one Entrance client in particular, winning a big…
Read MoreEntrance recently hosted a lunch and learn focusing on complex shale lease provisions. Get a quick recap of the event from Entrance president Nate…
Read MoreSharePoint is an investment for your company. If you don't think of it that way, consider the difference it can make for business collaboration, document management, compliance and more. A recent…
Read MoreCustody Transfer In the oil & gas industry, custody transfer refers to the transactions involving transporting physical product from one operator to another. Examples would include petroleum…
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Read MoreEntrance participated in the ConocoPhillips Rodeo Run this past Saturday. We all had a great time, with some employees doing the 5k and some the 10k. Nearly 15,000 people participated, raising…
Read MoreWindows Services are a bit of a pain to develop. They can't be run through the debugger, and by default they can't be run on the command line either. They have to be installed and then run. When…
Read MoreEntrance uses proven methodologies to help our clients effectively implement software solutions within their organization. Each of our clients begins with varying levels of project management…
Read MoreAs a best practice, we use the Agile methodology for developing software. Because of this, our process of moving through the below five phases is very iterative. For example, just because we do…
Read MoreIf you have decided to move forward with replacing an outdated software product, or if perhaps you're looking to fill a need that was previously unmet, it can seem overwhelming to choose from the…
Read MoreData management can seem like a headache, but putting it off for the long term can lead to immediate financial and legal risk. The six steps in this download will help you develop an…
Read MoreI started a series last week on what a business intelligence solution should look like. Part one covered integration and the data warehouse. This week, I'd like to cover data cubes and…
Read MoreI ran into some problems today when attempting to package and deploy a custom Document Set content type in SharePoint. This had negative side effects that carried over to other areas of my solution,…
Read MoreLeveraging SharePoint's powerful tools within your company can result in big payback in the areas of business collaboration, process management, document management and workflow. If your current…
Read MoreI've discussed in a previous post the impact that the oil and gas industry has on jobs in the United States. I took note this past week of an article in the Oil and Gas Financial Journal regarding…
Read MoreEntrance prides itself on fostering an environment of learning for all of our employees, so we have recently started a monthly brown bag lunch sessions where our consultants take turns sharing…
Read MoreData entry and client invoicing can be very time consuming and often takes up more bandwidth than a company would like for such a menial task. Entrance implemented an electronic…
Read MoreFor those who need software, the first question is often whether to buy or to build a custom software application. If you are unsure, our Professional Software Consultants will assist you in a need…
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Read MoreOne of our most successful projects is for a client called TG Mercer. We created a pipeline logistics system for them that automates the tracking and management of their inventory for its entire…
Read MoreEntrance loves that our employees are super smart, fun people. And because our growing company is always in need of good developers, we participated in the Rice Career Fair this past week. While…
Read MoreThere are many different technical frameworks available for implementing a business intelligence solution, all offered by a variety of vendors. In a general sense though, there are three overarching…
Read MoreHere at Entrance, I was once known as a SharePoint power user. I was excited about everything SharePoint 2010 had to offer. Then we upgraded to Office 365 (O365) and I got a little scared of the…
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Read MoreWe're glad you're interested in Oil and Gas Business Intelligence! Download our planning kit here. If you’d like more information, please visit our Knowledge Base or request a…
Read MoreYesterday, I started sharing a list of five strategies for successful data management from the Harvard Business Journal's article "Why IT Fumbles Analytics." Their main point is IT staff will…
Read MoreA project I'm working on uses a set of WCF RESTful services to retrieve data for a Silverlight application. The main driver for using REST is to minimize the size of the data coming back- the…
Read MoreThe Harvard Business Review (HBR) wrote about data and information management in their January/February 2013 issue in an article called, "Why IT Fumbles Analytics." Their insights on how to move…
Read MoreI've discussed recently how mergers and acquisitions are a key play for oil and gas companies. A report from Ernst & Young, "Dynamic dealmaking in oilfield services," confirms these predictions,…
Read MoreIt's hard to miss evidence of oil and gas and the associated pipeline industry here in Houston. Driving down the highway yesterday, I saw a truck carrying a load of pipe bound for the field…
Read MoreI noticed an article in the news this week about Windows 8 and the slow gains it has made on the PC market. According to an article on zdnet.com, although the gains have been steadily growing each…
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Read MoreCompanies requiring custom software often make a number of mistakes that, unbeknownst to them, limits what they are getting out of their investment. In this series, we covered five of them: The…
Read MoreWe shared earlier this week about a presentation some of our consultants made to the company explaining what unit testing is, and how, correctly implemented, it can translate to better custom…
Read MoreI'm using Silverlight for the first time. It's fundamentally the same as WPF in the way code is written, so I was tempted to use a lot of WPF techniques and tricks. Alas, Silverlight and WPF are…
Read MoreTop 10 New Records Management Features in SharePoint 2013 It’s an awesome feeling when a brand you love makes positive strides and investments in the things you already love about their product.…
Read MoreWildcatter A wildcatter is an American term for a person who drills wildcat wells, which are exploration wells drilled in areas not known to be producing fields. How it’s important to us…
Read MoreCDP (Central Delivery Point) A central delivery point, or CDP, is used to refer to a gas processing plant shared by several wells and leases. The hydrocarbons arrive by pipeline and are then…
Read MoreThis morning at Entrance, we got the low-down on making standard chunks of code into modular blocks from Kenny, Josh, Patrick and Brad. We have seen a lot of software come in the door that…
Read MoreYour engineers are smart, and time counts. Don’t let the wrong technology slow them down! THE CLIENT Our client is a growing engineering consulting company. Much of their focus lies…
Read MoreSharePoint’s ROI It’s not always straight forward, so make sure to check under the cushions on your couch! I hang my spurs in Houston, Texas and around here, people tend to love ‘one stop…
Read MoreEarlier this week in a post about streamlining engineering with custom software development, I discussed how lack of scalability and poor planning can mean the failure of a great engineering idea…
Read MoreI recently gave a presentation to students at Rice University on the topic of careers in software, with a particular focus on software engineering and software consulting. In addition to outling…
Read MoreHelp your engineers do what they do best, by letting Entrance do what we do best. We can capture and use knowledge to create a productivity multiplier that will have your engineers working on new…
Read MoreJIB (Joint Interest Billing) Joint interest billing is a form of accounting particular to the oil & gas industry. It is the process of distributing the costs to well completions and…
Read MoreOil and Gas Software Surfaces Your Information Assets The energy industry is changing rapidly, and as a result, many companies like yours are looking to keep up and get ahead with oil and gas…
Read MoreWe've talked a bit lately about key performance indicators (KPI) and how they can be used internally to measure things like customer retention, capital expenditure, loan loss, refinery capacity and…
Read MoreMud In the oil and gas world, mud refers to the drilling fluid circulated through the drill pipe and back to the surface during rotary drilling and workovers. How it’s important to us…
Read MoreLiving here in Houston, I can't help but know a lot of smart engineers. They do some incredibly awesome things that are over my head, like structural analysis or developing better ways to get oil…
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Read MoreI took notice yesterday of a release by Gartner stating that 30% of businesses will be be monetizing their information assets by 2016. FierceBigData also highlighted in an article covering the…
Read MoreI wrote a few weeks ago about environmental regulations and how the difficulty of keeping up with these regulations can shut down business. Another article I read recently, called "Dealing with…
Read MoreTraining management can represent a challenge if there is no system set up to automate it. What used to be a highly manual process has been converted to a SharePoint environment that is easy to…
Read MoreFor any company with a large paper trail, the sheer amount of work and extra steps necessary to complete tasks every day can be overwhelming. For one Entrance client, a training management company…
Read MoreCasing Point The casing point is the point in a drilling project when well drilling operations cease and the well owners must decide whether the well should be completed or plugged &…
Read MoreIf you have completed or are nearing the end of a software project, you may be wondering how to ensure that your application that will provide value for years to come. When scoping a project it's…
Read MoreGas Lift A gas lift refers to a method of well production that involves injecting gas (or sometimes air) directly into the fluid in the casing to extract oil. How it’s important to us A…
Read MoreSince we got back from the Total Energy USA conference last month, I have been thinking a bit about renewable energy and the role it will play in coming decades. In a session called "The Big…
Read MoreEntrance has a few predictions for technology in the energy world, watch our video to see them all. Or read our blog post for the written…
Read MoreEntrance's president, Nate Richards, and his wife were caught in action at a Houston Symphony event recently, dressed up in their…
Read MoreFarmout Farmout refers to transferring all or part of the operating rights from a working interest owner to an assignee, who assumes all or some of the burden for development in return for an…
Read MoreWhen it comes to making informed decisions these days, it really is about surfacing the right subset of information at the right time, with the right purpose. We all know that Business Intelligence…
Read MoreDual Completion A dual completion refers to a well that simultaneously drains two reservoirs of oil or gas at different depths with the production from each zone separated by tubing. How it’s…
Read MoreWe were pretty excited about the launch of Windows 8, and as a proof of concept we took publicly available well data and used it to create an application that shows how an energy company might be…
Read MoreGOR (Gas-Oil Ratio) The gas-oil ratio is a measure of the volume of gas produced along with oil from the same well. How it’s important to us Gas-oil ratio is a measurement typically…
Read MoreEntrance is happy to announce that we are now an official K2 partner. This partnership will allow us to provide more of the great services that our customers have come to expect! K2 BlackPearl…
Read MoreWe all know what folders are and have opinions about whether we love or hate them. End Users LOVE folders, it reminds them of the good ole days of file shares where governance was absent and…
Read MoreNon-Op (Non Operated) This is a classification for wells that a particular E&P company does not manage the operations of. Non-Op wells will still be tracked, however, if the company owns a…
Read MoreDownload our slidedeck that guides you through a week in the life of each of the characters from our Oil and Gas Information Management infographic. Learn how data management can…
Read MorePlugged and Abandoned (P&A) When a well hits the end of its lifecycle, and the hydrocarbons being pulled out of the ground are not sufficient, the well is plugged and abandoned. This…
Read MoreAmong the new features of SharePoint 2013 announced at the recent SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas, we’re particularly excited about what’s new with List Views. As any SharePoint 2010…
Read MoreEntrance's president was playing with a MaKey MaKey kit recently on our new Surface. See how he hooks up some fruit to make a mouse! For more fun with MaKey MaKey check out their video on…
Read MorePayout A condition that occurs when revenues to a given interest in a well equal all land, acquisition, drilling, completing and operating costs allocated to that interest. How it’s important…
Read MoreThis past month, we attended the Total Energy USA conference here in Houston, and one of the most interesting sessions included speaker Alexandra Pruner CFO, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. on the…
Read MoreEntrance's president, Nate Richards, shares a few reasons why custom reporting is so…
Read MoreRun Ticket Record of the quantity of oil removed from a stock tank into a pipeline or tank truck. A run ticket will generally have measurements such as opening and closing volumes, observed…
Read MoreEntrance's president, Nate Richards, discusses what to look out for with SharePoint…
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Read MoreEntrance's president Nate Richards discusses how Entrance's long experience helps us do great engineering software…
Read MoreThis has been a great year for Entrance. Here are our top ten accomplishments: 1) Entrance product SpreadBoss featured in Pipeline and Gas Journal The software solution has become a…
Read MoreStarting with Carol Donnelly, our SharePoint Senior Manager, Entrance gained 5 new SharePoint Consultants in 2012! We've also developed some techniques for managing this growing team that we think…
Read MoreEntrance's director of consulting, Chad Modad, talks about what makes Entrance…
Read MoreEntrance recently completed the envision phase of a project that will lead to implementation of SharePoint 2013 for a local energy focused insurance company. We wanted to share how some of the new…
Read MoreOver the past six years, Entrance has worked for a large midstream services company to develop a field ticket management system. Previous to the system, the client billed their customers based on…
Read MoreA ScrumMaster serves as a facilitator within a software development team, managing the information exchange process. In agile software development, team members have a daily standup, during…
Read MoreFTP The static pressure in the tubing when the well is flowing into delivery lines. How it’s important to us FTP is one of the typical daily measurements that production engineers look…
Read MoreSITP The surface force per unit area exerted at the top of a wellbore when it is closed either at the Christmas tree or the blowout preventer stack. How it’s important to us SITP can…
Read MoreEvery day your company produces lots and lots of information, and yet most managers feel like they don't have the insights they need. Advanced business intelligence, with either custom reporting…
Read MoreORRI ORRI refers to a royalty in excess of the royalty provided in the oil & gas lease. Usually an override is added during an intervening assignment. How it’s important to us Along…
Read MoreNRI NRI denotes the share of production after all burdens, such as royalty and overriding royalty, have been deducted from the working interest. It is the percentage of production that each…
Read MoreIn large enterprises with more than tens of thousands of documents, it is typically required to create site templates with complex folder/document set structures. While these highly complex file…
Read MoreMaster(ing) Data Management for Better Decision Making June 19th, 12:00 pm, Location TBA As small companies grow into bigger ones, their data inevitably accumulates, often in systems and databases…
Read MoreGWI Gross Working Interest refers to an interest in a well that bears the operating and drilling expenses. How it’s important to us In the United States, it is more common than not…
Read MoreAt Entrance, we're excited about what 2013 brings for information technology in Oil and Gas, because we're seeing the industry starting to really commit to and invest in data , information and…
Read MoreI ran into this article a few weeks ago about Windows 8 tablets and the healthcare industry, where the author wrote about how, "Windows 8-based tablets might also have a very substantial role to…
Read MorePIG A PIG tool is used for a variety of functions within a pipeline, often for cleaning or taking measurements as it traverses the pipe. How it’s important to us PIGs are a critical…
Read MoreDOI Division Of Interest is frequently-used as an umbrella term to capture the joint ownership and how responsibilities and rewards for a given oil & gas asset (i.e. well) are split. Who…
Read MoreOur most recent SharePoint consultant new hire, Stephanie, shared the story of how she found a job at Entrance with Jim Adcock, a SharePoint Administrator and the writer of a blog called Working it…
Read MoreLOE Lease operating expenses refer to the costs of operating the wells and equipment on a producing lease, many of which are recurring. How it’s important to us The term “LOE” is…
Read MoreWhen we think about BI, typically what we’re trying to do is to focus managers’ time. The reason we want to focus their time is because we want to change the conversation they are having to the…
Read MoreBusiness Intelligence can be a boon to businesses of all sizes, but BI solutions come at a cost. There are both tangible costs—like the cost of procurement, development and implementation of the…
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Read MoreAFE An AFE is a budgeting and approval form used during the planning process for a well about to be drilled (and for other projects). It includes an estimate of costs to be incurred during the…
Read MoreAPI Well Number A distinct 12-digit number assigned to a U.S. well. Digits 1 and 2 are state codes, 3-5 are county/parish or offshore codes, digits 6-10 identify the well and digits 11-12…
Read MoreMicrosoft announced today that new versions of their productivity suite, including SharePoint 2013, are now available for Enterprise level users. They will be available to consumers in Q1 of 2013.…
Read MoreMy team and I are excited about the capabilities of the Microsoft's latest update, SharePoint 2013. We decided to get an instance set up in-house to give it a test drive. The “farm" we are…
Read MoreCore In the oil & gas world, a core refers to a cylindrical sample of rock taken from a formation during drilling for purposes of determining the formation’s permeability, porosity, …
Read MoreToday is the last day of November, so our Movember participants cleaned up their mustaches to show off what they got. I'd say it's an impressive show all around! Isaac (back right) gave in a bit…
Read More"Over 35% of the company's wells produced more than 1,000 boe/d in Q3" EaglefordShale.com reported this week that Chesapeake Energy has recently seen a huge growth in production rates for 2012.…
Read MoreSharePoint is all about integration. After all, it integrates your office documents, business data, day-to-day processes and employees in one searchable, navigable location. But to SharePoint…
Read MoreWorkers in the oil and gas industry deal with masses of data every day. If there is no central repository for data, what often happens is that information is shared and stored via email. During a…
Read MoreHorizon A horizon is an underground geological formation which is a portion of the larger formation possessing sufficient porosity and permeability to constitute a reservoir. How it’s…
Read MoreEntrance's director of consulting, Chad Modad, was interviewed live by Trevor Lohrbeer, the CEO of Lab Escape and creator of the blog Lean Decisions. Trevor covers issues related to lean start-ups.…
Read MoreTrevor Lohrbeer, of Lean Decisions, interviewed Entrance's director of consulting, Chad, on choosing a new vendor after Entrance had outgrown an old software product for business management. "I…
Read MoreRegulations make or break for some area's key industry TIPRO recently published an article in their Fall/Winter edition of Upstream Texas discussing environmental regulations in the United States.…
Read MoreShale Shale is a type of sedimentary rock from which oil and gas may be produced by utilizing different extraction techniques. Shale is fine-grained and made up of a mix of clay minerals and…
Read MoreOil Sands Oil sands refer to any porous reservoir (generally sandstone) containing oil. The term may refer to formations close to the surface containing heavy hydrocarbons whereby the sands are…
Read MoreOperators in the Eagle Ford have had a rig count of over 250 rigs for more than a year, drilling faster and faster. But where is the pressure for that pace coming from? As shale activities turn…
Read MoreCompletion Completion refers to the work performed and the installation of permanent equipment for production of oil or gas from a recently drilled well. How it’s important to us It is…
Read MoreSour Crude Oil / Sour Gas Oil or gas with a high sulfur content. The typical standard for sour gas is 5.7 milligrams of hydrogen sulfide (or more) per cubic meter of gas. How it’s important…
Read MoreNatural Gas Liquids Natural gas liquids are hydrocarbons that can be extracted from wet natural gas and liquefied under various combinations of pressure and temperature. NGLs consist primarily…
Read MoreEntrance attended the Oil Comm conference recently and one of the big topics of discussion surrounded how to manage data even as it proliferates more and more every day. During the keynote, “The…
Read MoreBbl Abbreviation for barrel. The standard measurement for liquid petroleum and crude oil products. This is the equivalent of 42 U.S. gallons. BOE Abbreviation for barrels of oil…
Read MoreHere is our week three update for Movember. Ben is still winning! We will post two final pictures on the 30th, as we will all be out to celebrate Thanksgiving next…
Read MoreMcf: Thousand cubic feet MMcf: Million cubic feet Bcf: Billion cubic feet MMBtu: Million British thermal units - The amount of energy or heating value when burned (for natural…
Read MoreEntrance adds new certified ScrumMasters to its software project management arsenal “Instead of focusing on the technical design minutia, scrum shifts our design to Who, What and Why of a…
Read MoreEarlier this week, some of Entrance’s consultants attended the SharePoint 2013 conference to learn about best practices and find out about new features for the 2013 release. SharePoint…
Read MorePossible Reserves The SEC defines possible reserves to include those additional reserves that are less certain to be recovered than probable reserves. When deterministic methods are used, the…
Read MoreThe Houston Chronicle reported on Tuesday about the ongoing investigation into BP’s well blowout that caused an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. At the time of the spill, there was a lot of…
Read MoreFor many of the new clients we see coming in these days, one of their top questions is, "Can you build us a web portal?" There are a lot of good reasons why web portals are a big deal. For one thing…
Read MoreProbable Reserves The SEC (Securities & Exchange Commission) defines probable reserves as those additional reserves that are less certain to be recovered than proved reserves but which, in sum…
Read MoreEntrance specializes in K2 Consulting, and is able to build upon the platform to quickly produce business process automation workflows that save our clients time and money. Why K2 Consulting? K2…
Read MoreDuring a merger, getting data integration right the first time is key to success. THE CLIENT Our client is a privately owned, Houston based oil and gas exploration and production company. THE…
Read MoreGood information is important for the success of a merger. How would you measure up? THE CLIENT Our client is a natural gas exploration and production company located in Texas. They have drilled…
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Read MoreEntrance has added 7 new ScrumMasters to its Agile Software Project Management arsenal. At Entrance, we believe our success relies on great People, Process and Tools. We already had a few…
Read MoreWhy join the Entrance Team? The best thing about working at Entrance is our smart+fun culture. Some team members’ favorite part of that culture is our state-of-the-art tools and software, while…
Read MoreProved Reserves Proved reserves are quantities of reserves that appear with reasonable certainty to be recoverable in the future from known oil and gas reserves based on geologic and engineering…
Read MoreMicrosoft announced today that they are getting close to releasing an application that will allow users to get updates on the people and documents they follow through the SharePoint Newsfeed. A…
Read MoreReserves Reserves are those quantities of petroleum anticipated to be commercially recoverable by application of development projects to known accumulations from a given date forward under defined…
Read MoreFor the past few weeks, I've been talking about compliance in Energy. A growing area of concern in the industry, compliance crosses many areas of an oil and gas company - the constant set of…
Read MoreJust a quick update for week 2 of Movember. Some of our men have more noticeable growth than others. We think Ben (second from the bottom) has the best 'stache so far. Their wives and girlfriends…
Read MoreWhen a company is facing M&A, the necessity of merging two IT systems can sometimes raise some interesting issues surrounding compliance. As you examine the data, you may discover gaps in the…
Read MoreAreas and Blocks For the purposes of categorizing the location of wells within the Gulf of Mexico, the body of water is divided into Areas and Blocks. Areas refer to large, asymmetric regions of…
Read MoreWell By technical definition, a well is a hole drilled in the ground to obtain geological information, find and produce oil or gas, or provide service to the operation of an oil and gas…
Read MoreField Geologic area consisting of a reservoir or set of reservoirs all grouped on or related to the same individual geologic structural feature or stratigraphic feature. How it’s important to…
Read MoreReservoirs Reservoirs are porous and permeable underground formations that contain natural accumulations of producible hydrocarbons. These formations are confined by impermeable rock or water…
Read MoreWhat information do we collect? We collect information from you when you register on our site, place an order, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey, fill out a form or view content on…
Read MoreI have been working on a Windows 8 app for a while. Given that creating a Metro Style app is new territory for us, there has been a bit of a learning curve along the way. One place this…
Read MoreIf your company has issues managing compliance, the good news is you're not alone. In oil and gas, there are many causes for the consternation around compliance. Here are a few common causes lurking…
Read MoreSoftware that is outdated and unable to scale means that you can’t keep up. Find out how we fixed the problem for one client. THE CLIENT Our customer is an industry leader in the world of…
Read MoreHydrocarbon Hydrocarbons refer to a group of organic compounds which consist entirely of hydrogen and carbon. The oil and gas industry focuses on the discovery and recovery of a particular set…
Read MoreKey performance indicators are metrics that let you know how your business is doing. Most people are collecting this information already somewhere within their company. But generally it is not broken…
Read MoreEntrance recently attended the Rice Energy Finance Summit (REFS), and there were two big topics of discussion, the need for personnel and chronically low natural gas prices. According to REFS…
Read MoreThere is a lot of facial hair going on at Entrance, what with all the guys we have working as consultants (22 at my last count!). This month, in honor of Movember, a few of our awesome men are…
Read MoreEntrance attended the Rice Energy Finance Summit (REFS) this week to get a closer look at how the finance world is viewing the effects of oil and gas on the economy and our businesses. Across the…
Read MoreEntrance got the news today that we ranked number 20 on the Houston Fast Tech 50, in addition to winning the Enterprise Champion award. This award is given to the company that stands out to the…
Read MoreWindows 8 represents a big shift for PC users. Many businesses aren't sure whether they can or should make the switch. Choosing to upgrade any part of your infrastructure can have a larger impact…
Read MoreEntrance's director of consulting, Chad, participated in a panel discussing knowledge management this week at the Houston City Club. The main driver of the conversation was a central issue that most…
Read MoreWe talk a lot about software modernization. Other terms for the “modernization” concept include: rewrite, re-architect, re-engineer, retool, rework, re-implement, rethink, update and…
Read MoreEntrance celebrated Halloween this year with a potluck and costume contest. Just to name a few, we had some visitors from the popular show Archer, a loofa, and a robot from South Park that one not…
Read MoreWould you believe that the list of the "12 Windows 8 Starter Tips and Tweaks" from Maximum PC includes, wait for it, bringing back the start button? "If you want to bypass the Windows 8 Start…
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Read MoreEntrance's president, Nate Richards, participated in an a panel focusing on mergers and acquisitions this week with a group of professionals related to the topic, including a lawyer, CPA, valuation…
Read MoreToday, Entrance's president Nate Richards presented a session for The Entrepreneur's Institute (TEI), "Measuring Success: Executive Dashboards." The hands-on workshop covered key performance…
Read MoreA software portfolio assessment can help you answer questions like: What are we going to do with Sharepoint 2013? If we upgrade the operating system, will our server also be affected? What…
Read MoreLast week I wrote about what makes compliance a dirty word in Oil and Gas, as well as the drivers behind its current urgency in the industry. As we dive deeper into compliance, what's interesting is…
Read MoreIf your company is anything like ours, the release of Windows 8 has gotten you wondering what the ramifications are for your company. The question becomes not if you should switch, but when? If your…
Read MoreCut user time in half! Engineering intelligence reduces error and increases productivity. THE CLIENT Our customer is an industry leader in the world of piping. Compared to their competitors, they…
Read MoreOur senior architecture specialist put together an in-depth article explaining how Windows 8 works, and what your business might want to think about before taking implementation any further. Do you…
Read MoreThe Windows 8 buzz just goes on and on, and you may be wondering, “Is this operating system even appropriate for an enterprise situation like mine?’ The answer is, maybe, depending on what you…
Read MoreWe were excited to hear today that the long awaited Windows 8 operating system launched a day early. The reports have been rampant from early adopters of the product detailing the good- increased…
Read MoreWhen regulations are built right into the back end, maintaining compliance becomes easy. THE CLIENT Our customer is an industry leader in the world of piping. They focus their efforts exclusively…
Read MoreBad data can lead loss, accidents and mistakes. How confident does your data make you feel? THE CLIENT Our client specializes in pipe unloading, pipe handling and pipeline logistics for the…
Read MoreEntrance had a great time at the HBJ's Best Places to Work lunch last week. And our own little mascot, Nate's son, attended as well. In the HBJ's recap of the event, a picture of the cute pair was…
Read MoreAccurate compliance reporting can make or break your business. How do you measure up? THE CLIENT Our client is a leading provider of pipeline services in North America. Their focus is on…
Read MoreCompliance is a big word. For the next couple weeks we'll be posting a series on compliance as a solvable information problem in Oil and Gas. Everything from safety, tax, engineering, contracts,…
Read MoreWhen it comes to tax risk, a little extra effort on the front end can save headaches later. THE CLIENT Our client is a leading provider of midstream services in North America. Their focus is on…
Read MoreOut of control spreadsheets and lost data can create risk. Sound familiar? THE CLIENT Our client is one of the leading producers in the Eagle Ford shale in South Texas. They produce 28,000…
Read MoreEntrance works hard to be a great place to work, from competitive benefits to a fully stocked fridge and regular company happy hours. We had a bit of validation today at the Houston Business…
Read MoreEntrance is excited to announce that we are one of the recipients of the Houston Business Journal's "Best Places to Work" award for the first time! The exact rankings were revealed at lunch…
Read MoreGet the complete picture with software that merges data across departments. THE CLIENT Our client is one of the leading producers in the Eagle Ford shale in South Texas. They produce 28,000 barrels…
Read MoreHere at PDI, we just heard from Dennis Cameron of WPX Energy and Pam Williams of Shell, who spoke on the impact of federal unbundling on royalty compliance. As of April of 2012, unbundling audits…
Read MoreWe’ve all been hearing the hype about the Windows 8 launch. The reports so far point to a UI that will be foreign territory to most users, who are very familiar with the old desktop environment. A…
Read MoreWe look at software as both an art and a science. In order to build good software, you have to have true designers involved along the way. If you don’t you could end up with a tool that doesn’t…
Read MoreFuel Fix reported this week that there has been an uptick in natural gas prices the past few weeks- 20% to be exact. But companies involved in Shale drilling aren’t out of the woods yet, as prices…
Read MoreLast week, I covered the pressing need for the oil and gas industry to start implementing data management to gain operational efficiencies and extract more value from all their assets. This week,…
Read MoreEntrance employee Kyle recently presented a webinar on the work we are doing for our client, KIPP. KIPP is a national network of charter schools serving low-income students and families that…
Read MoreEntrance is excited about the coming launch of Windows 8. At Tech Fest, there was some buzz about how it will change how we use technology and what it means for Microsoft. Entrance's marketing…
Read MoreThe Houston Chronicle reported today that the years of activity in Eagle Ford are expected to be a sweet 16 at least, particularly as drilling capabilities improve. There has been a lot of active…
Read MoreWhat's special about BI for Oil and Gas? Everyone who works at an oil and gas company is focused on collecting, storing, analyzing, interpreting, or consuming some form of data. And unlike other…
Read MoreMerging two companies can feel overwhelming. With help, it doesn’t have to be. THE CLIENT Our client is a Norwegian producer of oil and gas. As the Norwegian continental shelf has become…
Read MoreLast week we covered some of the reasons a company would use create a Metro Style application in the business world. This week, we'd like to cover why you might choose Windows 8 as the platform for…
Read MoreA Case Study in Process Efficiency and Business Intelligence Our client is a Norwegian-owned producer of oil and gas located in Houston, Texas and based out of Oslo, Norway. With more than 80…
Read MoreOil and Gas RFID Software We are all pretty familiar with RFID technology, as most big ticket items we see at the store are protected by them. When it comes to the oil and gas industry, the uptake…
Read MoreWhen we saw this news item we were excited to see the impact that shale has had on the local economies in South Texas. Noteworthy, however, is that law offices are listed among the next industries to…
Read MoreA Closer Look at Metro Style Apps Last week, we covered what Metro-style apps are, how they relate to Windows 8 and how they can be useful for quickly consuming information. This week we would like…
Read MoreNot all Business Intelligence is created equal, and there's no simple plug and play solution. The key to impactful business intelligence dashboards is understanding and connecting your information…
Read MoreNate Richards, President of Entrance, presented a case study on lease compliance at the conference, "Managing Regulatory and Legal Issues in Shale Plays" in Houston, Texas. Nate shared the…
Read MoreKodak recently announced a scanning and workflow product that is based in Sharepoint 2010, called Info Activate Solution. According to their release, the product will help businesses with paper…
Read MoreMetro style apps and your business Companies creating a new custom Windows application or considering an update of an existing Windows application should at least consider the unique features of…
Read MoreIt might need modernization if it... has multiple versions in production has had many different authors has a data platform that regularly crashes has recurring quality issues has reached…
Read MoreThe Houston Business Journal reported recently that compared to other cities within the United States, Houston is a great place to invest in a business. In fact, Houston never suffered the same…
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Read MoreThis week, the Houston Business Journal ranked Entrance number 35 on their 2012 Houston Fast 100. To make the list, Houston-based companies were required to be a minimum of five years old and have…
Read MoreOil and gas companies often struggle with the vast amounts of information inherent in day to day business. We took notice last week of an article in The Examiner reporting that in Pennsylvania,…
Read MoreExxonMobil Development Company President Neil Duffin spoke at the Rice E&C forum this evening in Houston, Texas, focusing on managing today's changing regulatory environment and choosing oilfield…
Read MoreAnti-hacking at Entrance When Anonymous took Godaddy's servers down earlier today, millions of sites went down, including one of our clients' user portals that gathers information from the field. By…
Read MoreOur Lease Compliance White Paper explains how to: Mitigate Risks – Manage lease compliance intelligently with early warnings and custom reports. Reduce Oversights – Get an at-a-glance…
Read MoreBusiness intelligence, put simply, is any technology item that intelligently provides actionable information for business purposes. The phrase encompasses a range of software platforms and…
Read MoreA Case Study in Process Efficiency and Data Governance Our customer is a government-owned producer of oil and gas located in Houston, Texas. With more than 60 producing off-shore wells, they are a…
Read MoreA Case Study in Process Efficiency and Data Management Petrobras is one of the world’s largest publicly traded oil companies, with total global daily production of 2.3 million barrels of oil…
Read MoreEntrance's Three-Year Revenue Growth of More than 110% Places The Firm At No. 2700 on the 2012 Inc. 500|5000 NEW YORK, August 15, 2012 -- Inc. magazine today ranked Entrance NO. 2700 on its…
Read MoreRisks are a part of daily life in the oil and gas industry. And because they are many, varied and unpredictable, software product companies cannot keep up with industry needs. We specialize in…
Read MoreWhen I received a notification that Robbins & Myers and National Oilwell Varco had announced a merger, it seemed like perfect timing to talk a bit about Mergers and Acquisitions from a data…
Read MoreI talked up JavaScript a lot in my last blog entry, but the true hero in my time working with Windows 8 has been HTML5. JavaScript has been around for a while, even if it is somewhat improved for use…
Read MoreUsing Linear Data for Ad-Hoc Decision Making In E&P information about an asset is usually set up to flow directionally as that asset moves from being an identified prospect through to drilling…
Read MoreA Case Study in Ticketing Systems Enhancements Entrance Software launched a custom SharePoint implementation with ticketing systems enhancements for a national network of charter schools serving…
Read MoreA Case Study in Integration, Reporting, and Web Portals Entrance is often asked to upgrade or update existing applications to support more features or better integration. Often, as in this case…
Read MoreA Case Study in Software Modernization and Actionable Intelligence Our client specializes in renting equipment, re-renting third party equipment, and managing clients’ equipment inventory. Our…
Read MoreIn this series, Entrance's Metro application intern gives his perspective on getting his feet wet with JavaScript + HTML5! It's not hard to find programmers poking fun at JavaScript. It seems to…
Read MoreAt Entrance Software, we hire smart people with strong skills. But why do the best and the brightest choose us? What makes Entrance different? We’re a small, young consulting company with a…
Read MoreMike Walston, a Software Consultant at Entrance, has published a paper in the Journal of Systems Architecture: Embedded Software Design (SCIE), describing a linear real time logic verification system…
Read MoreMetro is brand new. I have to hope that, in the final release of Metro and Windows 8, there will be an "Update" method for ListViews. I may be wrong, though, because it's possible that ListViews…
Read MoreEntrance moved up a spot to #12 on the Houston Business Journal's list of Houston area Information Technology Consulting Firms. At this time last year we had 18 employees, but today Entrance has…
Read MoreAre you passionate about software development and solving interesting problems that will challenge you professionally and expand your skills? We are looking for you! ABOUT US The best thing about…
Read MoreOur partnership will push the entire midstream forward in efficiency and safety compliance with strategic software. TG Mercer and Entrance have partnered to create SpreadBoss, a logistics support…
Read MoreEntrance just launched a custom software solution that integrates GPS tracking with the information systems our client already has in place in order to improve equipment-use efficiency! Our client…
Read MoreA Case Study in SharePoint 2010 Business Intelligence Our customer is one of the world’s leading logistics companies. They provide supply chain solutions, and specialize in global integrated…
Read MoreA Case Study in Data Management Our client explores for, develops and produces oil and natural gas. Headquartered in Houston, they own approximately 4,800,000 gross leasehold acres in major oil and…
Read MoreNathaniel Richards Entrance Software 1001 McKinney Houston, TX 77002 Dear Nate: I would like to thank you and your staff for the wonderful job you did in creating our Customer Portal. Prior to…
Read MoreNathaniel Richards Entrance Software 1001 McKinney Houston, TX 77002 Our company was introduced to Entrance Software by the outsourcing firm handling our IT management. The people at Entrance have…
Read MoreNathaniel Richards Entrance Software 1001 McKinney Houston, TX 77002 We began using Entrance on the recommendation of a colleague, Hugh Sazegar, of Techcess. Since then we have extensively used…
Read MoreNathaniel Richards Entrance Software 1001 McKinney Houston, TX 77002 After struggling for over a year to get our provider data in a format that would be usable for a web search, we hired Entrance…
Read MoreAt Entrance Software, our mission is to maximize the value of business software investment. We envision being universally recognized as Professional Software Experts in the software consulting…
Read MoreOur participation in the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner program indicates that we have agreed to maintain a level of training, as well as a level of ongoing customer contact, that distinguishes…
Read MoreMicrosoft Certified Solution Developer The Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) for Microsoft .NET credential is the certification for advanced developers who develop enterprise solutions…
Read MoreAs a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Entrance Software has a wealth of experience developing applications with Microsoft technologies. Our software experts are skilled in data management and…
Read MoreAs a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Entrance Software has a wealth of experience developing applications with Microsoft technologies. Our software experts are skilled in building custom software…
Read MoreAs a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Entrance Software has a wealth of experience developing applications with Microsoft technologies. Our software experts are skilled in building web applications…
Read MoreSharePoint 15 – Better, Faster, Stronger! SharePoint 2010 is old news, forget everything you know and start over! Ok, enough drama. Indeed the rumor mills are saying the SharePoint 15 beta…
Read MoreEntrance Software can help your company strengthen its business development by streamlining operations through business process automation and data integration. A reliable system for documentation…
Read MoreGrowing a business is challenging. What used to work in the ramen days with two people in your garage suddenly doesn't work anymore as the company grows. Understanding what drives your productivity…
Read MoreAt Entrance, we hire smart people with strong skills. But why do the best and the brightest choose us? What makes Entrance different? We are a small, young consulting company with a great culture. In…
Read MoreThrough working closely with Providers, Aggregators, Brokers and Consultants in the Texas, New York, and Maryland deregulated electricity markets, Entrance Software has developed a strong skill set…
Read MoreEntrance Software develops custom web applications for a number of industries. Advances in software development technology have made web applications more desirable for businesses seeking new…
Read MoreWe've all seen it before: by the end of the week, you're left wondering where your time went. Even with lots of reports coming in, urgent questions from others in the organization are still hard to…
Read MoreRisks are a part of daily life in the oil and gas industry. And because they are many, varied and unpredictable, software product companies cannot keep up with industry needs. We specialize…
Read MoreEntrance partnered with TG Mercer to create software for the midstream services sector that automates pipeline…
Read MoreWe're small, but our benefits are big! Health, dental & life insurances The company pays 100% of employee’s Health, Dental and Life/AD&D benefits Health Insurance is provided by…
Read MorePeople people training certifications development tracks We get it. You need a partner who understands your needs. That's why we bring intelligence and flexibility to the table in…
Read MoreAt Entrance, you'll find the best minds with the best solutions When we think about how Entrance delivers software, we break it up into 3 distinct areas. Chad explains us here the three main…
Read MoreCustom applications are vital to the daily operations of most businesses. But as industries, technologies and goals change over time, it may be more beneficial to modernize your application than…
Read MoreBefore a project: Do you have the right requirements? Do you have the right architecture? Do you have the right implementation? During a project: Does your cost of maintenance and/or…
Read MoreWe will look for features like: Quality Scalability Security Usability Maintainability System…
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Read MoreJosh Apple has just received his certification as a Windows 4, Microsoft Certified Professional Developer. This certification gives unbiased proof of his skills using Microsoft platforms and tools…
Read MoreSolving Business Problems Software platforms are springboards that can be used to accelerate technological innovation for your company. But there are so many choices out there! Let a partner like…
Read MoreLeveraging the right technology and tool for your business can make the difference between success and failure. If you are in search of something to fit a specific business need, you don't need to do…
Read MoreEntrance uses proven methodologies to help our clients effectively implement software solutions within their organization. Each of our clients begins with varying levels of project management…
Read MoreAt Entrance, we understand that business drivers are what qualifies a project as successful - not how pretty our code is. While we (of course) employ the highest level of certified software…
Read MoreOur professional project management processes are essential to our ability to execute, and with ten years of experience running software projects, we estimate accurately, not competitively. Our…
Read MoreEntrance's president Nate Richards discusses what to look out for during a software…
Read MoreEntrance's president Nate Richards explains how custom reporting can generate value for your…
Read MoreField Ticket Management Go-Live Update: Entrance just issued a go-live of the latest functionality update for our client's Field Ticket Management System. Our customer is using our software…
Read MoreAt Entrance, we believe it takes great people to provide great software. And keying in on what clients need comes first. Are you passionate about sales and solving interesting problems that will…
Read MoreAt Entrance, we believe it takes great people to build great software. That’s why we’ve assembled a team of Professional Software Engineers and Consultants to serve our clients and meet their…
Read MoreAt Entrance, we believe it takes great people to implement great SharePoint. That’s why we’ve assembled a team of Professional SharePoint Consultants to serve our clients and meet their…
Read MoreAt Entrance, we believe it takes great people to build great software. That’s why we’ve assembled a team of Professional Software Engineers and Consultants to serve our clients and meet their…
Read MoreAt Entrance, we believe it takes great people to build great software. That’s why we’ve assembled a team of Professional Software Engineers and Consultants to serve our clients and meet their…
Read MoreFinding what you're looking for on the first try saves valuable time and resources. Find meaningful results quickly and accurately with SharePoint search features. Search Features Relevance -…
Read MoreExtend business intelligence capabilities to your company's employees to help them make more informed decisions using SharePoint business intelligence features, including the business data catalog,…
Read MoreBusiness Process Automation can eliminate repetitive tasks that are taking up your employee's valuable mind-share. You probably already have the tools to make business process automation work for…
Read MoreProviding your team a platform for sharing information enables them to work together more efficiently and streamline your people-driven business process. Improve communication to increase your team's…
Read MorePersonalize the SharePoint experience for your users and make content relevant by implementing SharePoint People and Personalization features including user profiles, my sites and audience…
Read MoreSharePoint Consulting for Enterprise Content Management You and your co-workers do not need to be overwhelmed by the management of content anymore. Whether you are struggling with documents,…
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Read MoreWe received the Pinnacle Award in the Business Technology category from the BBB for surpassing the standards put forth by the Better Business Bureau. We distinguished ourselves by showing…
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Read MoreTechnical training We have a technical development track where our consultants can grow in as porfessionals, from junior developer to senior architect. With specialists in technologies like…
Read MoreWe maintain a staff of business and industry oriented software and SharePoint consultants with degrees from top of the line computer science programs. Our consultants are all either certified or…
Read MoreAt Entrance, all of our software and SharePoint consulting is completed in house, by knowledgeable, experienced professionals. This sounds like something that should be basic, but anyone who's ever…
Read MoreWe believe in quality of hours over quantity of hours, and know that relevant tools produce great results. Our consultants always have the best tools available, so that our clients benefit from the…
Read MoreEntrance uses proven processes to help our clients effectively implement software solutions within their organization. Below, you can find out more about what makes Entrance's approach to software…
Read MoreWe take pride in the intelligence, experience and curiosity of our consultants. When you work with an Entrance consultant, you will find that they actually care about your business. Be prepared to…
Read MoreCustom Professional Services Solutions Entrance Software can help your company strengthen its business development by streamlining operations through business process automation and data…
Read MoreA successful educational experience is built upon an administration with a strong infrastructure and faculty with adequate resources so they can focus on educating rather than searching. At Entrance…
Read MoreKeep Up With Manufacturing Software The environment for getting products to market is very competitive. As a result of online shopping, customers expect a quick, reliable and easy ordering process,…
Read MoreThe collective brain power of your organization is probably off the charts if you work at an engineering services company. But creating a streamlined application that is easy to use and scalable…
Read MoreMaintaining the integrity of patient record databases and accurately programming customized applications to automate billing processes are top priorities for our software consultants. Medical…
Read MoreManaging Industry Challenges with Automation Without services, oil and gas companies wouldn't be able to complete many of their day-to-day operations. And because they are out in the field every day…
Read MoreAs oil and gas technology consultants, we have worked all the way through the energy industry’s value chain. And downstream is experiencing major changes right now. As the shale boom pushes through…
Read MoreWe connect the systems that keep your pipeline connected! Drive business decisions by surfacing data where you need it most. A Booming Industry Requires Technology that is Equal to the…
Read MoreMaximize Efficiencies and Stay Connected with Custom Software Businesses in the Upstream sector deal with a diverse set of challenges across departments from geology and geophysics through…
Read MoreThe oil and gas field has a lot to gain from better oil and gas software, but players in the industry are often behind due to cost, difficulty of implementation or lack of expertise. But you…
Read MoreEntrance's Software Audit is designed to measure the overall quality of a software application. Our consultants take an in-depth look at your application then document and assess the contents on a…
Read MoreAt Entrance, we believe that any tool worth having is worth using well. To this end, we’ve devised a SharePoint audit that gives you an unbiased perspective on your SharePoint…
Read MoreUsing Data to Control Risk Are you tracking well production data in Excel and a succession of Access databases? Where do you put information from drilling logs, production numbers, well logs…
Read MoreIn Oil and Gas there’s nothing more frustrating or more frequent than changes in regulations and contracts. Unfortunately the information needed to ensure compliance with these changing…
Read More50% - 70% of merger and acquisition transactions fail to ultimately create incremental shareholder value. One reason for this is failed post-merger integration. IT integration is a big deal, and it…
Read MoreIn our experience, Exploration & Production (E&P) firms spend far too much time and money tracking down the key data that validates revenue sharing because they are lacking good energy…
Read MoreConnecting the field to the corner office is one of the oil and gas industry's prime concerns. While there is a vast amount of information available, it is not always communicated in the right place…
Read MoreField Ticket Management Close the gap between the field and the corner office. Connecting the field to the corner office is one of our specialties at Entrance Software. Oil and Gas industry is rich…
Read MoreIndustry-Specific Software oil and gas healthcare engineering services manufacturing education professional services Why teach a technology firm about your industry when you can…
Read MoreAbout Us people company locations culture We’re a company of intellectuals who strongly believe in the ability of technology to turn businesses’ largest worries into drivers for…
Read MoreEntrance designs and builds insightful software solutions that unlock the value of your assets. Our Software Consulting group addresses changing industry needs as they occur, rather than as they…
Read MoreTHE CLIENT Our client is a leading provider of pipeline services in North America. Their focus is on providing safe and efficient oil and gas transport, from pipeline construction and maintenance…
Read MoreWhen creating a strategy for getting actionable business intelligence to decision makers, custom reporting offers a tailored ability to get the right information to the right person in the right…
Read MoreEntrance creates custom software systems to help your business manage its data efficiently. Our database administration services include: Database Audits Database Migrations Database…
Read MoreIn-House Programming Gone Wrong? We get it – engineers are smart! We’re engineers too – but we don’t do mechanical engineering, and mechanical engineers should not make software. There is…
Read MoreWe are specialists in software modernization and, with Windows 8 hitting the professional market recently, we’ve got the skills to move your business to the most exciting platform Microsoft has…
Read MoreStop Wasting Time Looking for Valuable Data When it's time to generate a report or your boss asks you a question related to metrics, does it take minutes or hours to come up with the answers you…
Read MoreAnswering Your Most Pressing Questions with Data Management The business world if filled with an overwhelming influx of information. As you go about daily business, you probably have asked something…
Read MoreYou probably have a range of software at your disposal for word processing, checking email, managing reports, etc. But it's important to think beyond those individual components towards a suite or…
Read MoreSoftware Strategy At Entrance, we see software not as individual components, but as a suite or portfolio solution that manages the data you need to make informed decisions. We work with our clients…
Read MoreHOW WE WORK people process tools Our People, Process and Tools translate to intelligent consultants and proven methodologies that get you results. We're 100% local, dedicated and…
Read MoreCustom Software Designed to Save Time and Frustration Do you find yourself performing lengthy and repetitive tasks such as copying and pasting or importing and exporting accounting data and…
Read MoreLeverage Unused Tools If your workplace is anything like those of most companies we know, SharePoint implementation, if it has occurred at all, has consisted so far of installing the software and…
Read MoreAchieve Your Goals with Software Consulting Software is what connects people with information. So when thinking about software systems, there's more to success than just delivery of a…
Read MoreSoftware Consulting Entrance provides industry leading software consulting services. Whether you are looking to buy or build a technology solution for your business, we combine industry and…
Read MoreWhat We Do services capabilities solutions Entrance Software is your source for business strategy on data management. We are a software consulting firm dedicated to connecting industry…
Read MoreEntrance's president, Nate Richards, shares a few thoughts on what software modernization really…
Read MoreAt a recent industry breakfast, a panel of speakers from Embridge, TerraFina, Plains All American, and the Bauer College of Business discussed their perspectives on both the boom and the coming…
Read MoreCustom Software and SharePoint Consulting for Oil and Gas Software is an unsung hero when it comes to the Energy Market and the Oil and Gas Industry. Custom software plays a key role at crucial…
Read More"As we’re getting to know them and talking about building new applications or modernizing old applications, clients are surprised at how much this will cost. For years they’ve had one…
Read MoreBringing business intelligence and process efficiency together to eliminate busy work. Entrance Software frequently encounters patterns in the software that we are asked to write. Every case is…
Read MoreWe attended TIPRO this past week, and the discussions here have confirmed a lot of what we are hearing from our clients. In the video below, Entrance Software's president, Nate Richards, shares a few…
Read MoreMatthew McDermott, a Microsoft SharePoint MVP, believes that every hour a developer dedicates to working on search saves 100 hours of end-user time. SharePoint is a great tool for managing files,…
Read MoreMyths about SharePoint Security Data security is not nearly as exciting as Hollywood or the media at large would have you believe. Most of the threats to your organization’s data aren’t going…
Read MoreWe're proud to say that our Royalty Compliance project team has been given an award for their performance developing a critical system for one of our Upstream Oil and Gas clients. The complex system…
Read MoreSoftware by Osmosis I'm not Entrance's typical employee. I love technology, but don't consider myself technical. Ask any of our programmers – I’m the canary in the mine here. If there’s a way…
Read MoreIf you are using SharePoint 2007 or older, and are wondering whether and when you should upgrade, the answer is a resounding “Yes and now!” Microsoft is advertising an end to mainstream support…
Read MoreSQL Server Reporting Services is an amazing tool which creates feature-rich reports customized to match business and user needs. With a little time and effort, SSRS can become a viable tool at your…
Read MoreWe've moved! We're setting up shop at a new location! Please update your addresses to: 2500 E TC Jester Blvd Suite 500 Houston, TX…
Read MoreBrad Harris, Senior Manager – Oil and Gas. Get a warning before you're ever out of compliance. With the advent of fracking and horizontal drilling, onshore lease contracts are getting more and…
Read MoreWhy Business Collaboration is kinda a big deal: No matter what industry we find ourselves in, we can all benefit from collaborating with other people in our business, whether those people are…
Read MoreA Case Study in Custom Application Development Successful businesses rarely start out with the financial and intellectual capital required to develop a strong technological infrastructure capable of…
Read MoreReliable, accurate, verifiable Business Intelligence is key to making good decisions as a business. Ideally at the strategic level, the information you live and breathe on is lower-level data…
Read MoreInfoPath is key to getting clean, useful information from users into SharePoint. Your valuable information can easily be gathered at a granular level with InfoPath forms, and SharePoint can then…
Read MorePeter Bui is the reigning champion of cubicle golf, having mastered the uneven carpet of our current location. But uncertainty is rampant! As we move to a new office in February, a new course could…
Read MoreBusiness intelligence with military tactics. The most important aspect of taking action is tracing the follow-through, measuring the result and then creating an efficient and effective feedback…
Read MoreIf you’re at work and you’re getting things done, then chances are you have a lot of windows open on your desktop. You probably have an instance or two of Excel open, each with a few different…
Read MoreI’ve always been a lover of all things technology related, but in 2006, when I first learned about SharePoint, drive for efficiency with technology became an ever increasing part of my life. This…
Read MoreConsistent observation: If a person is idle for more than 5-10 seconds, the odds are very high that they will produce a mobile device of some kind and bury their attention in it. My point? …
Read MoreA Case Study in Database Integration and Software Modernization Entrance Software was asked to integrate with a back-end Oracle database storing millions of records and billions of relationships…
Read MoreA Case Study in Software Modernization Entrance was asked to step in and support a custom electronic health record and insurance billing application for a local Drug and Alcohol Treatment…
Read MoreA Case Study in Custom Dashboards and Portals As a cutting edge emerging technology company, our customer wanted to make an impression on the market when it unveiled its new real-time rock property…
Read MoreA Case Study in Application Integration The Problem This client is one of Texas’ largest wholesale energy brokers. Prior to engaging Entrance Software, this client used QuickBooks to capture…
Read MoreEvery company has ‘that guy’ who you go to when you need information about ‘x’. But then ‘that guy’ moves on and suddenly a wealth of knowledge goes with him. Good companies have…
Read More"We react to what's in front of us, whether it truly matters or not." Tony Schwartz, Harvard Business Review Blog. Know what is most important, and keep that front and center at all times. Your…
Read MoreIt’s incredible that we’re now over a decade into the 21st century and e-mail—a standard that was first developed and implemented in the 1970s—still reigns as the king of business…
Read MoreYour data at-a-glance and flagged for action with SharePoint 2010. You’re busy. The faster you can make informed decisions, the better. Every moment you spend poring over charts and numbers is a…
Read MoreIt's safe to say that SharePoint is a framework which lies in the technical arena. I would like to argue that its success, however, often lies in a psychological realm – winning the hearts and…
Read MoreEvent receivers are a great tool for expanding SharePoint from its baseline functionality. When used correctly, it can help with everything from data validation and security to automatically…
Read MoreBeat the competition with Custom Applications and SharePoint 2010. If you look at the way you gather and maintain information about your business, and it involves multiple users entering data by…
Read MoreThere’s a popular phrase in science and engineering that I’ve always loved: “Garbage in, garbage out.” It’s used to impress upon system developers that even the best code or software…
Read MoreFast, good decisions can make or break your company. If you don’t have actionable data all the way down the line, then your business processes are inefficient, and you are losing money. Your…
Read MoreDo you know the value of your business records? Does your business need to comply with federal regulations such as HIPAA or Sarbanes-Oxley? Do you stand ready for an audit without pulling…
Read MoreSo, you have been taking advantage of all the features of SharePoint for several months now; running workflows, updating lists, and maintaining a vast document library. Some off-the-shelf web-parts,…
Read MoreWe love to eat at Entrance, and with all the foodies around, we decided to have a potluck Thanksgiving today! When the idea first started the rounds as an email, our SharePoint team went, “Oh no,…
Read MoreAs a SharePoint consultant, there’s no way I can overstate the power and value of setting up a business intelligence solution in SharePoint 2010. Being able to both visualize business data and make…
Read MoreMicrosoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 offers out-of-the-box web forms for data entry and maintenance with each list and library you create. These forms are sufficient for most tasks, but do…
Read MoreEntrance Software has just opened a new office in Denver, Colorado. Our new location is in the heart of Denver’s Central Business District, and includes views of the breath taking Rocky Mountains…
Read MoreEntrance has just launched an exciting field testing phase of a custom software product for TG Mercer that will revolutionize pipeline inventory tracking, saving the company hassle and money, and…
Read MoreEntrance Software has received another award from the Houston Business Journal. Previously recognized for being in the FastTech50, Entrance is now established as one of Houston's largest information…
Read MoreFast Growth at Entrance Software Entrance software has added ten brilliant minds to our team since May 2011! As one of the fastest growing companies in Houston, Texas, we know that great people…
Read MoreIt’s been a long journey, but today we delivered the Release Candidate 1 for the software modernization project we announced back in 2009. Our client, a pipeline supplier, now has new and improved…
Read MoreSharePoint is all about integration. After all, it integrates your office documents, business data, day-to-day processes and employees in one searchable, navigable location. But to SharePoint…
Read MoreSome Best Practices for Content Databases in SharePoint 2010 (or: Attack of the 32-Character GUIDs) One of the coolest things about SharePoint's platform (and one of its biggest selling points, if…
Read MoreThe basic power of SharePoint stems from centralization—being able to put all of your business-related data, documents, information, and knowledge in one easy-to-browse, searchable place. That…
Read MoreEntrance Software just successfully launched a customized Sharepoint Kit that will help take students at KIPP further. KIPP is a national network of charter schools serving low-income students and…
Read MoreSOFTWARE CONSULTING ESTIMATE ACCURACY Yesterday we covered the dangers of hourly consulting and what to avoid with "free" estimates. Today I would like to share some advice on how to keep costs…
Read MoreGetting the Most for Your Money Most professional services offer a la carte or all-in-one billing models. Software consulting is no exception. You may be worried about getting ripped off, and it…
Read MoreSharePoint 2010 is a rich and fully-featured software platform right out-of-the-box, ready to tackle any organization’s document management, workflow, and intranet-oriented tasks. Many…
Read MoreOne of my favorite things about being a consultant in Houston is the variety of different-sized clients I get to meet with from week to week. One day, I may be running a SharePoint installation and…
Read MoreA Case Study in Asset Data Management Asset Management software will help Entrance’s customer add value to their own clients by storing asset-related documents, work schedules, and anomaly reports…
Read MoreWork is coming along on the engineering software development project we announced last spring. The re-vamped software is progressing nicely, and our software engineers are feeling good about an…
Read MoreThe right people must have the right tools to be productive. Custom software can be a tool that helps a business reduce the barriers for communication between departments and teams, encouraging…
Read MoreMorale of skilled employees is directly proportional to the challenges available to those employees. Often inappropriate technology results in engineers and accountants performing clerical "copy and…
Read MoreLoyalty is important in two groups: Customers and Employees. Employees will not be loyal to an organization where it is "hard" to get one's job done. Technology can enable employees to complete the…
Read MoreWe increase profit by reducing the human cost of business decision-making. Custom software automates manual processes and surfaces timely data. This helps decision makers work that much faster,…
Read MoreThe sales of a company are often driven by how well the company can justify its cost through demonstrating its value. In the complex business world of today, this is often a challenge without…
Read MoreWhat is Cloud Computing ? First off, It's important to understand that cloud computing is fundamentally about resources: Structured and Unstructured Storage (kind of a hybrid of what you may…
Read MoreEntrance Software is excited to announce the opening of our Dallas location. We now have a location in The Crescent which will allow us to better service customers in the Dallas area with software…
Read MoreGenerics in C# are classes, structures, interfaces, and methods that have type parameters for one or more of the types that they use. For example, instead of using a collection class that allows any…
Read MoreEntrance Software purchased a table for the "Evening in the Garden of Life" Gala held on October 10, 2009 at the Westin Oaks Galleria. Over $100,000 was raised at the event for LifeHouse - a charity…
Read MoreOn September 26th, Entrance Software attended the Houston TechFest 2009 event. Despite taking place on a Saturday, some 850+ tech-hungry participants met at the University of Houston campus to learn…
Read MoreEntrance software is relocating. As of September 21, 2009 our new office will be located at: 3555 Timmons Lane Suite 1450 Houston, Texas 77027 Our phone and fax numbers will remain the…
Read MoreEntrance Software made the 2009 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. Entrance earned the rank of 972 overall and was in the top 30 companies in Houston, Texas.…
Read MoreWhile this is not a universal truth, developers who have academic backgrounds have been trained on and understand the fundamentals of how software and computers work. This gives them a deep…
Read MoreOn July 22, 2009, Nate Richards, President of Entrance Software, will be giving a presentation at the CEO Network Partners meeting in Houston at the Houston City Club. In our business, we come across…
Read MoreSilverlight is a Rich Internet Application framework developed by Microsoft. Like other RIA frameworks such as Adobe Flash, it enables developers to create applications that have a consistent…
Read MoreVS Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR is a component of the Visual Studio Team System suite of tools. It was formerly known as “DB Pro”. As the General Distribution Release, it is a…
Read MoreTest-driven development is a development pattern which is characterized by the use of pre-written test cases which are continuously validated via an iterative, incremental development process. The…
Read MoreEntrance Software achieved the Microsoft Small Business Specialist certification. Qualifying as a Small Business Specialist means that Entrance Software proved competency in planning and building…
Read MoreTo give you an idea of what Linq looks like, and how it compares to SQL code, below are some very simple queries in both SQL and Linq. This assumes a Customer table with columns ID and…
Read MoreEntrance is excited to announce signing a new client today for a large software modernization project. The client is a leader in the pipeline industry, and as a service to customers, they provide a…
Read MoreThe Peer-to-Peer Blog in the Business Center of PC World has a new contributor. Nate Richards, President of Entrance Software, recently accepted a writing position for a PC World Blog, where he will…
Read MoreI want to share some resume writing tips. These are all based on actual things I have personally seen in resumes that I've reviewed for software developer positions. However, almost all of these…
Read MoreChances are, if the firm excels at a particular skillset, they are profitably doing business as specialists and will not need to overly diversify their technology offering. However, some firms offer…
Read MoreEntrance Software held its annual Holiday Party on December 13. The event was a nice way to celebrate the season with good food and company. The night included a White Elephant gift game and…
Read MoreNate Richards, President of Entrance Software, presented a talk on Web Portals at the Houston City Club on December 10, 2008. He discussed how portals can improve your business for both customers and…
Read MoreOne of the calling cards of poorly or hastily developed custom software is lack of flexibility: it cannot easily be reconfigured, enhanced or adapted to changes in your business. Rigid software can…
Read MoreOn Friday October 31 Entrance Software held its annual Halloween Party Pot-Luck Lunch. The event was a fun time for employees and family to get together and see one another in their not-so everyday…
Read MoreSecurity is an important component of your application's design. Unfortunately, in many systems it is a secondary consideration – if it is a consideration at all – and is often implemented as an…
Read MoreEntrance Software would like to extend a welcome to Timothy Bussmann, our newest software consultant. Timothy began working at Entrance in late August and has quickly become a valuable member of the…
Read MoreEntrance Software and Cameron Management are parterning up to sponsor a Holiday Food Drive benefitting the End Hunger Network. The drive will start with a kick-off event on October 21, 2008 at the…
Read MoreAn offshore software company is not a wholesale bad idea. Offshore developers are not any less talented or capable on an individual basis than any given US programmer. However, several factors,…
Read MoreHurricane Ike hit the Texas coast early Saturday September 13, 2008. Galveston was devastated and the Houston metro area had extensive damage as well. However, we are happy to report that Entrance…
Read MoreYou may never directly see the underlying database structure that holds your company's valuable data but what you can't see may be unnecessarily costing you time and money. Database "normalization"…
Read MoreMany clients do not understand why they should pay for an up-front "scoping" exercise that does not directly result in software being delivered. "Scoping" allows both the software buyer and the…
Read MoreThis summer Eric Peterson has been working at Entrance Software as our Software Consulting Intern. Eric is a senior at Rice University, majoring in Computer Science. He is a member of Jones College.…
Read MoreThis can be the most dangerous of all warning signs in software consulting. Picture the following very real world scenario: You engage with a firm because of their "unique software platform" which…
Read MoreEntrance Software's President, Project Managers and Software Consultants attended Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference July 7-10 in Houston, Texas. This annual event offers keynote speakers,…
Read MoreThe Microsoft platform is the most pervasive platform in business circles for building web applications. For companies professing to develop solutions built on the .NET platform, look for a Microsoft…
Read MoreMost applications today are web-based or have a significant web-based component. Given this fact, it is important that a software consulting firm provide depth of expertise on one of the major web…
Read MoreThere is a variety of firm size in the software consulting industry, but it is important to understand the risks and benefits of each. Freelancing Software Consultants Typically working from home,…
Read MoreIt is important to distinguish software consulting from other similar service offerings like contract programmers, or staffing agencies that involve software development resources. There are several…
Read MoreEntrance Software exhibited at the Offshore Technology Conference held in Houston, Texas on May 5-8, 2008. This is the world's largest event for professionals and industries involved in offshore…
Read MoreBusinesses are faced with a choice when selecting the software that will help run their business for the next five to ten years: elect for low cost and short-term flexibility – at the expense of…
Read MoreNate Richards, Founder and CEO of Entrance Software, is a member of the Entrepreneurs' Organization in Houston, TX. His experience starting a custom software consulting business has led him to face…
Read MoreEntrance Software now has an account on Rent-A-Coder. Read our Custom Software Consulting bio to learn how Entrance can help your business with its software needs. Our software consultants can find…
Read MoreRice University's Career Services Department held their Spring Career Fair on January 29, 2008. The event featured an afternoon session for full-time opportunities and an evening session for summer…
Read MoreHTexas Magazine recognized Nate Richards, founder and CEO of Entrance Software, as a "Top Professional on the Fast Track" in their December 2007 publication. The list includes young Houston area…
Read MoreToday Entrance Software received a FastTech 50 award from the Houston Business Journal. For the second consecutive year, Entrance Software was recognized as one of the fastest growing…
Read MoreEntrance Software has achieved Small Disadvantaged Business Certification with Houston METRO. Entrance will be listed in METRO's directory as a small business program participant and in the City…
Read MoreEntrance Software is pleased to announce our new office space on the 7th floor of 1001 McKinney Street. The new space more than triples our available workspace, relieving pressure created by our…
Read MoreEntrance Software was recognized today as one of the fastest growing technology-based companies in Houston, at the annual Fast Tech 50 awards luncheon hosted by Houston Business Journal. The 2005…
Read MoreEntrance Software has been ranked as one of the top 3% of Microsoft Certified Partners in the US for customer satisfaction, according to a Customer Satisfaction Survey administered each quarter by…
Read MoreEntrance Software is pleased to announce the release of our new company website. The new site, designed by Erin Dunn and her crew at Design Candy. The new website is more complete, more expandable,…
Read MoreEntrance Software has attained Gold Certified status in the Microsoft Partner Program with a competency in Business Process and Integration Solutions, recognizing our expertise and total impact in…
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