Carol on SharePoint: Our New SharePoint Team Lead’s Perspective!
I’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 software first caught my attention because a close friend was consulting for the 2003 version, and by the time SharePoint 2007 was […]
SharePoint Mobile – The now (and the future) of professional collaboration!
Consistent 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? Mobile devices are here to stay and growing ever more quickly. In fact, Flurry.com found that in June 2011, consumers […]
Knowledge is Power – Keep yours.
Every 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 strategies and methods for capturing and retaining knowledge capital. Great companies use state-of-the-art tools to guarantee that their strategies achieve practical results. […]
Decide: Your most courageous decisions are your most informed
“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 success comes from being one step ahead of the competition and, at the same time, being prepared to react to […]
SharePoint and E-mail: Never lose an attachment again
It’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 communication. Invoices, meeting invitations, contracts, and automated alerts are just a few of the critical items that might be sitting in your Outlook inbox right […]
Orient: Don’t fly blind
Your 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 moment that could have gone to changing your business for the better. Even with the absolute best data available, if it’s not in […]
Herding your Flock to SharePoint
It’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 minds of your target audience. Forcing a SharePoint solution on an unwilling audience is an uphill battle that will be […]
Event Receivers – add compelling functionality to your SharePoint
Event 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 triggering custom functionality. The uses are endless. For example, they can help automatically push key, chosen information out to other databases based on user actions. Imagine automatically notifying […]
Observe: Good Data = Good Decisions
Beat 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 hand, a complicated excel sheet with variants owned by different people, or a highly trained engineer chugging through data for days to create a […]
Managing a SharePoint Migration
There’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 solution can’t create good information from bad input. And the same applies for robust, enterprise software solutions like SharePoint 2010. Though this software is an […]
Decision Making Optimization
Fast, 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 company needs to get the right data to the right people, at the right time and in the right form. Make good decisions from the field […]
Records Management in SharePoint
Do 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 manpower from daily operational tasks to hunt through piles of unorganized information? An often overlooked business process is that of records management, and […]
SharePoint Branding
So, 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, a few custom made web-parts, and a portfolio of slick-looking dashboards make up your SharePoint site collection. So what’s the problem? For one, out of the […]
Happy Thanksgiving! SharePoint Thanksgiving at Entrance Software.
We 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, we don’t want a thousand turducken jokes clogging our inboxes!” So before we were done laughing about various combinations […]
SharePoint 2010 and Business Intelligence SQL Server Reporting Services
As 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 decisions based on that information transforms the software from a document management and collaboration web app to a full-fledged Intranet portal. And […]
InfoPath 2007 In-Browser Filtering for SharePoint Server 2007
Microsoft 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 not offer much in terms of intelligence nor do they offer the flexibility to infuse your own intelligence into the form. If you are […]
Entrance Software Opens a Location in Denver, Colorado
Entrance 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 – a stark contrast to the gulf coast where we began! Location We’ll be located at Denver Place, which is a city within […]
Entrance Software Launches Field Testing for SpreadBoss
Entrance 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 passing huge savings on to their customers.
Entrance Software included as one of Houston’s largest Information Technology Consultancy Firms!
Entrance 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 technology consultancy companies. Positioned at #12, Entrance is a trusted local business. We are also one of the youngest companies to make the list. Growing steadily since […]
Great People = Great Software
Fast 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 are the key to a great product. We pride ourselves in our array of experts from top 20 computer science programs from […]
