EarthSoft News for the Week of November 26, 2011
November 23, 2011
EarthSoft CEO Mitch Beard is in Prague, Poland, Copenhagen, and Paris for his annual Thanksgiving week trip and for Pollutec. – November 23, 2011
EarthSoft has a new server in Calgary for our fast-growing Alberta client base. – November 23, 2011
EarthSoft continues to hire! check out our openings: http://www.earthsoft.com/about/careers/ - November 22, 2011
EarthSoft has several new staff, please welcome Jennifer Carroll, Gordon Jeppson, and Mark Perry. – November 21, 2011
EarthSoft News for the Week of November 19, 2011
November 18, 2011
EarthSoft announces record month, several major new contracts, new products, new staff; see: http://goo.gl/E3KJo – November 18, 2011
Michal and Jo will be in Poland Nov 22-24 for SGS Training. EarthSoft will be skeleton staffed November 24-27. Happy Thanksgiving! – November 18, 2011
Office Hour: Getting Started with RockWorks, presented by RockWare’s Alison Alcott. Thurs Dec. 1. Register at officehours@earthsoft.com – November 17, 2011
New Office Hour video: Getting Started with EDP. View here: http://youtu.be/k8iuVU-HZFI – November 15, 2011
EarthSoft Accelerates Development of EQuIS™ Live and Alive Modules
November 18, 2011
EarthSoft announced today that its new EQuIS Enterprise Version 6, EQuIS
Alive, and EQuIS Live modules will be released in spring 2012.
EarthSoft has received several new large contracts for EQuIS in September and October, including
multi-server sales to SGS and Barrick Gold in multiple languages. Other new clients include
TransCanada, Brown and Caldwell, Black & Veatch Water, Marcellus Shale Coalition, Nexen
Energy, and the US National Park Service.
EarthSoft also announces record revenues for third quarter 2011 with significant growth in both
licensed and hosted product lines. License fee revenues increased 79% over 2010 and hosted
revenues increased by 51%. As a result of the large amount of new business, EarthSoft is hiring
multiple new staff, creating a dedicated QA department for software testing, and is offering
significant additional international training services in multiple locations including Asia, Australia,
Africa, and Poland.
EQuIS Enterprise Version 6, free to Enterprise clients with current Maintenance, offers a Silverlight
client supporting SOAP and REST web services. GIS is further integrated and is a combined
application, allowing users to create multiple dashboards that are each URI-accessible. Additionally,
multiple dashboards can be opened in multiple browser windows. Different dashboard types will
include ArcGIS Silverlight API Map and a basic dashboard (non-spatial, blank or image
background).
EQuIS Live is an optional extension to EQuIS, supporting Data logger/sensor data including:
- Sensor data dashboards
- Data structures optimized for high volume/high frequency data
- Collaboration with multiple data logger hardware vendors
EQuIS Alive adds support for ecology data such as:
- Vegetation
- Biology
- Soil
- Habitat
- Strong customer service/support skills including active listening, excellent verbal and written communication; ability to research and resolve technical problems using a variety of resources and tools; experience in a support environment desirable.
- Strong software application aptitude; experience with EQuIS tm required.
- Project/client management experience highly desirable.
- High initiative with an ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Able to manage and prioritize multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Superior interpersonal skills.
- Experience conducting training courses highly desirable.
- Ability to work from home with access to a high-speed internet connection.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Environmental or Geological Sciences (or similar), Computer Science, Engineering, or Geography.
- Basic Microsoft Windows Platform knowledge required. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Spanish communications skills a plus.
- Locations: Texas (Houston, Dallas), Mid-Atlantic US (Pittsburgh), Northeastern US, and Calgary
- Compensation: Commensurate upon Experience
- Principals only. Recruiters please don’t contact this job poster.
- Please, no phone calls about this job!
EQuIS Live and Alive will be optional, additional modules in EQuIS, extending the EQuIS Schema.
Additional EDD formats for EDP will be developed for each additional module, and additional
reports and graphics will be delivered in Professional and Enterprise EZView.
EarthSoft’s EQuIS is the most widely used environmental data management software system in the
world. For more information, visit www.earthsoft.com or email info@earthsoft.com.
Getting Started with EQuIS Data Processor – November 2011
November 14, 2011
Download EarthSoft Office Hour: Getting Started with EQuIS Data Processor_Nov 2011
[length 21:04] [101MB]
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This EarthSoft Office Hour video will review EDP operations, including format descriptions, generating blank EDDs, loading EDDs, fixing data errors, and creating and committing data to EQuIS databases.
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Table of Contents
00:37 Install EDP
01:49 Register EDP
03:47 Definition: EDP Format File
04:10 Format Files
04:25 Format File Section Names
04:48 Data Columns
05:38 Column Color Coding
06:20 Format File Types
07:07 Link: EDP Display Documentation
07:45 Check Data for Errors
09:14 Link: EDP Data File Documentation
09:38 Comment Rows
10:44 Data Errors Color Coding
12:26 Reference Values
15:20 EDP Tools
19:11 Q1? Do I correct errors in Excel or EDP?
20:15 Q2? If I download EPA tables, do I need to register?
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EarthSoft News for the Week of November 12, 2011
November 11, 2011
Janet and Susan will be at EPA Region 2 next week, and Susan will then visit New York State DEC. – November 9, 2011
EarthSoft is hiring multiple staff! Check out our careers page for more information: http://www.earthsoft.com/about/careers/ – November 11, 2011
EarthSoft Seeks Multiple System Engineers
November 9, 2011
As a member of the EarthSoft System Engineer Organization, you will be providing support for our many software clients. This support will be provided via email, telephone, and/or remote conferencing tools. You will be asked to use cloud-based software tools for project management, case tracking, and communications with a remote team of professionals for resolution. Some travel is required. A broad range of troubleshooting skills is required in order to support the installation, implementation, and use of EQuIS, EarthSoft’s Environmental Quality Information System. EQuIS is the most widely used environmental data management system in the world. EQuIS is used by many government agencies, Industrial property owners, over 300 consultants, and over 400 analytical labs around the world. Many US EPA regions, state regulatory agencies, Army Corps, and other government organizations use EQuIS. EQuIS interfaces with ArcGIS for advanced environmental decision support and data analysis. Many other software products are integrated with EQuIS, and System Engineers must support, test, and problem-solve for complex, multi-system configurations.
An ability to interface with professionals on tight deadlines in complex network configurations is critical for this job.
Skills Required:
To apply for this position, please email a cover letter and resume to resumes@earthsoft.com.
EarthSoft News for the Week of November 5, 2011
November 4, 2011
EarthSoft had a record month in October, with large orders from SGS and Barrick Gold! Several development projects are now fast-tracked. – November 4, 2011
EarthSoft seeks supplemental tutorial data sets. Please contact support@earthsoft.com with any public domain data you can share. – November 4, 2011
Office Hour: Getting Started with EDP. Thursday Nov 10. Register at officehours@earthsoft.com – November 1, 2011
