Entrance Software
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Houston, TX |
| Key people | Nathaniel Richards |
| Industry | Information Technology Consulting |
| Products | Technology Consulting, Custom Software |
| Website | www.entrancesoftware.com |
Entrance Software is a custom software consultancy founded in 2003 in Houston, TX. Initially engaged in offering software solutions exclusively to the oil and gas industry Entrance now provides agile, high-value software solutions to mid-market and enterprise businesses. Using custom software, Entrance offers its clients a tailored high-value alternative to in-house resources and off-the-shelf products. Entrance offers the flexibility and customizability of in-house development with the scalability, robustness and support of high-end vertical applications.
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[edit] About Entrance
Entrance Software is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in Custom Development Solutions and Business Process and Integration and a focus on the Energy, Manufacturing and Professional Services verticals. Since its founding in 2003, Entrance Software’s steady growth has been supported by continued customer success and their development of industry vertical expertise. Entrance has continued to develop a team of talented consultants, recruiting heavily from Rice University.
Throughout its history, Entrance has maintained a commitment to customer success resulting in a consistent independently measured customer satisfaction index (NSAT) of 198, placing Entrance into the top 3% of Microsoft Partners in the nation. Most recently, Entrance has been awarded the Houston Business Journal’s FastTech 50 award for the fastest growing technology companies in Houston. The management team at Entrance is quick to attribute company growth with client successes and building trusted advisor relationships with customers.
[edit] Clients
The clients of Entrance Software know that working with Entrance is a more efficient, low-risk way to automate their businesses than developing highly technical in-house know-how. Entrance provides the technical expertise needed to skillfully manage the risks associated with software projects. Entrance works independently or in coordination with client resources and other vendors to execute quality software projects.
Clients include:
[edit] Philosophy
The Entrance Software philosophy utilizes a unique approach to software development, which they call the “Three A’s” of custom software: Adaptation, Automation, and Applications.
[edit] Adaptation
Data or Application Integration; creating new value from existing data; reporting across distributed enterprise data warehouses
[edit] Automation
Business Process Automation: mechanizing existing manual business processes
[edit] Applications
Custom Application Development: building tailored applications to drive core business processes
[edit] Awards and Certifications
[edit] Microsoft Gold Partner
Entrance Software attained Gold Certified status in the Microsoft Partner Program in 2006 with competencies in both "Custom Development Solutions" and "Business Process and Integration". As a Gold Certified partner, Entrance has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and proven ability to meet customers’ needs. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits, including access, training and support, giving them a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
As one of the requirements for attaining Gold Certified Status, Entrance had to achieve a Microsoft Competency. Microsoft Competencies are designed to help differentiate a partner’s capabilities with specific Microsoft technologies to customers looking for a particular type of solution. Each competency has a unique set of requirements and benefits, formulated to accurately represent the specific skills and services that partners bring to the technology industry.
The Microsoft Partner Program was launched in December 2003 and represents Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to the success of partners worldwide. The program offers a single, integrated partnering framework that recognizes partner expertise, rewards the total impact that partners have in the technology marketplace, and delivers more value to help partners’ businesses be successful.
[edit] Houston Business Journal's FastTech 50 Award
Entrance 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 FastTech50 awards were presented to 50 Houston-based high-tech companies that experienced the greatest revenue growth percentage from 2004 to 2005. The top executives of the FastTech 50 were honored at the official awards luncheon.
Entrance Software placed number 16 in the Fast-Tech 50 with more than 100% growth in 2005. This rapid growth is the result of our focus on providing high quality consulting companies to small-to-medium sized companies. Entrance Software expects our new software product for retail electricity sales automation, CORE, to put us in the running for FastTech 50 for the 2006-2007 fiscal year.
[edit] Customer Satisfaction
Entrance 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 Microsoft. Nate Richards, President and CEO of Entrance Software, said, "It is difficult to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction while growing a company as much as we have over the past year. I look forward to maintaining the same high level of customer service as we continue to grow through 2006 and 2007."
