Differentiating Web Portal and Workflow Prepares our Client for Growth
Field 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 consulting services to set itself apart from its competitors. We’ve developed a tailored automation system that accelerates their revenue stream, integrates with accounting and gives their customers […]
Entrance: BBB Business Technology Pinnacle Award Winner 2012!
We 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 dedication to exceeding client expectations, recruiting and retaining the best talent, answering ethical challenges in the industry and bettering our community. Here are some areas highlighted by answers […]
Engineering Intelligence for Pipeline Safety
At 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 challenges for the midstream sector. With the introduction of fracking and horizontal drilling, production has increased beyond the transportation infrastructure’s ability to move those […]
Oil and Gas Spotlight – Geology and Geophysics (G&G) Software
Custom 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 moments throughout industry decision making. Here at Entrance, industry insight drives the custom solutions we develop. We have over a […]
Nate Richards on Technology Debt and Custom Software Modernization
“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 or two support or freelance developers, or even specialized engineers coding on the side. And it’s just worked for the last ten years. The question […]
Where Oil and Gas Expertise Meets True Software Consulting
We 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 thoughts on one particular issue, getting the right talent to develop oil and gas software. Click the image below for the […]
Save users valuable time with custom SharePoint Search
Matthew 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, documents, and anything else you can put into a list, but if you aren’t careful you could end up with unmanageable lists and libraries […]
SharePoint Security – The myths, the facts, and the how-tos
Myths 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 to come from malicious bespectacled hackers using cleverly-written applications to bypass your organization’s firewalls and hardware security measures. In fact, a recent survey […]
Award-winning Software Development!
We’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 of lease jeopardy mitigation software has been a major company-wide strategic effort for our client. And our contribution has not only […]
How to think about software if you’re not a software engineer
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 to break something, I’ll manage to do it – with my aura alone. But being surrounded by brilliant software minds is kind of catching: Even with my […]
The time is now to upgrade to SharePoint 2010
If 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 for Share Point Server 2007 on October 9, 2012. As outlined by Microsoft’s support policy this means the end of non-security relates […]
Custom SSRS Reports – the SharePoint tool you didn’t know you had.
SQL 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 disposal which integrates seamlessly into your SharePoint environment. The most surprising part of this tool is that you most likely have it […]
New Location for Entrance Software
We’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 77008
Shale Royalty Compliance
Brad 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 more complicated. Lease provisions are getting more granular, time-sensitive and more punitive – and all in the land owner’s favor. Lawyers who used […]
Collaborate or die: Business Collaboration as survival of the fittest.
Why 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 sitting next to us, down the hall, on a different floor or clear across the globe we benefit from others’ experience and knowledge. […]
Know it? Prove it! Use SharePoint Drill Downs
Reliable, 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 rolled-up into an at-a-glance format that can be quickly interpreted and consumed by the decision maker. But even with the best team, the most eye-catching charts, […]
InfoPath + SharePoint = Professional, Clean Data Management
InfoPath 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 extract data you care about to create relevant, useful information for decision makers. Basically, InfoPath translates inputs from user information into data points, preparing SharePoint […]
TGIF – Lunchtime Cubicle Golf at Entrance
Peter 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 upset the stakes…
Act: Confirm your kill
Business 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 loop. With faster feedback come faster observations, faster orientation, faster decisions and faster action; in short a faster OODA loop. The faster you can make intelligent decisions the […]
SharePoint Dashboards – Keep your eyes on the road, not an (old) excel sheet!
If 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 spreadsheets that you have to update and re-load on a regular basis throughout the day. I’d wager a […]
