Chesapeake Energy Besieged with Lease Compliance Issues
Oil 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, Chesapeake Energy is losing “its hold as the market leader within the state,” as it reduces drilling by more than half this […]
Neil Duffin says Regulatory Compliance “More Important than Ever”
ExxonMobil 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 service companies who share Exxon’s commitment to regulatory compliance. Duffin noted that while the number of incidents of non-compliance have decreased, the number of high-consequence incidents were alarmingly […]
Entrance Mitigates Impact of Godaddy Outage for one client
Anti-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 2pm, however, our software consultants had created a work-around, and by 3pm users at one of our favorite clients were up and running again.
What is Business Intelligence, or BI?
Business intelligence, put simply, is any technology item that intelligently provides actionable information for business purposes. The phrase encompasses a range of software platforms and solutions that allow business stakeholders and decision-makers to quickly see up-to-date data relevant to their operational roles. The “intelligence” in BI ranges from solution to solution, but the common, overarching […]
2012 INC. 5000 – Entrance brings new meaning to “110%”
Entrance’s Three-Year Revenue Growth of More than 110% Places The Firm At No. 2700 on the 2012 Inc. 500|5000 “Our growth is based on our unique ability to respond to industry needs before anyone else can come up with a solution. As oil and gas technology standards rise, many of our clients are using software portals and dashboards as a differentiator, and I can not be more proud to be on lists like this one with our clients alongside us. And with Windows 8 launching in just a couple months, the best is yet to come for Entrance.” Nate Richards, Entrance President
Risk Mitigation Through Technology
Risks 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 creating custom business solutions that respond to changes impacting the Oil and Gas industry long before anyone else comes to the table. […]
How do we effectively manage data during mergers and acquisitions?
When 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 management perspective. “Mergers and Acquisitions are the lifeblood of growth” (Mike Gorsage for INC. Tech) but “companies that approach such an [IT] integration hastily […]
Why HTML5 is Magic
I 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 with Windows 8, but HTML5 is relatively new. I’d never had any experience with HTML5 […]
The Information Lifecycle of a Well
Using 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 and production. But while the development process is linear, information needs are not. For example, information gathered while drilling a well (mud logs, […]
Oh JavaScript, I’m sorry I doubted you.
In 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 have always been a language that was stuck on the web, and even there it had some stiff competition. My first acts of […]
Why Work At Entrance – Culture Matters
At 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 great culture. In the next few blogs I’ll be breaking down what that means and why you should care. Part 2: Culture Matters
Entrance Sends Software Consultant to IEEE Symposium in Korea
Mike 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 that he developed while attending the University of Houston. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has invited him to speak at their Real Time Systems Symposium in South Korea, and Entrance will be sending him to the conference to represent our team as an expert in real time systems.
Windows 8 Metro is, above all else, a design philosophy.
Metro 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 aren’t meant to update immediately. Metro is, above all else, a design philosophy, and Microsoft might very well mean […]
Entrance Among Largest Information Technology Consulting Firms in Houston
Entrance 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 grown to 30 employees. In fact, we’re teeing up for even more growth heading into the second half of 2012. Based on our accomplishments to date this year, we’re looking to double again.
TG Mercer and Entrance – Engineering Intelligence for Midstream Energy
Our 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 tool that allows thousands of joints of pipe to be tracked, providing customized inventory reports and creating a pipeline status history database. Not only does the software reduce […]
GPS Equipment Tracking for Oil and Gas Services
Entrance 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 wanted to make sure their equipment is being efficiently utilized. In oil and gas services, where equipment is a huge investment and asset, making sure that run times […]
SharePoint 15 Beta this week – are you prepared?
SharePoint 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 is scheduled for this week, with a product release in early 2013, and there is sufficient reliable data for us to believe this is true. […]
Using Technology to Grow Your Business
Growing 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 is the most challenging and rewarding part of being a business owner. At the start, you’re powered by passion. Your group works all […]
Why Work at Entrance – Small, Young Company
At 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 the next few blogs I’ll be breaking down what that means and why you should care. Part 1: Working for […]
Congratulations to Josh, our latest Microsoft Certified Professional Developer
Josh 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 like Visual Studio, the.NET Framework, SQL Server etc. He is certified at the absolute highest level available in Windows Application Development, Windows Communication Foundation Development, Accessing Data […]
