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SOFTWAREGUIDE 2009 Environmental Software Review By Roy Bigham t is generally accepted that computers now control or are necessary for nearly every aspect of our daily routines. Even refrigerators can now scan the food placed inside them and maintain a shopping list. It can then connect to the Internet and have an order waiting for you at your local market. In reality, it is not the computer that is the brains behind all that tiny technology. Rather it is the clever software that deftly maneuvers those itty-bitty electrons down the narrow pathways within the microscopic circuitry of those machines. With the proper software, we can gather data with incredible accuracy, check the data for errors, analyze the data and make decisions all automatically. Then, after the ones and zeros have completed all the assigned tasks, they give us a comprehensive report of what they did and why. I Fifteen years ago, it would take hours to make a presentation graphic of the data collected from monitoring wells to show the water levels and the underground movement of that water across the site. Today, that same data can automatically be ported to a CAD software package and a vastly more detailed drawing is completed in seconds. Additionally, the software probably will not miss a data point. Software capability is improving constantly as new ideas and new algorithms are developed. Here is a list of companies that provide quality products to assist in a variety of ways. Following this list of companies is a chart that will allow a direct comparison of capabilities. Use the charts to find the software provider that has the right mix and then use the contact information here to ask questions. SOFTWARE PROVIDER LISTINGS A V Systems Inc. Julie Lasko, (734) 973-3000 MIRS@MIRSinfo.com www.MIRSinfo.com Auburn Systems Earl Parker, (800) 255-5008 sales@auburnsys.com www.auburnsys.com BEE-Line Software Ryan P. Comes, (512) 258-8855 rcomes@beeline-software.net www.beeline-software.com Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (800) 668-4284 www.ccohs.ca Capaccio Environmental Engineering Inc. Lucy Servidio, (508) 970-0033 lservidio@capaccio.com www.capaccio.com Chemical Safety Software Robert Dunn, (510) 594-1000 ems@chemicalsafety.com www.chemicalsafety.com Dakota Software Corp. Arlene Davidson, (216) 765-7100 info@dakotasoft.com www.dakotasoft.com Dixon Environmental April Uhlenburg, (610) 722-9444 info@dixonenvironmental.com www.dixonenvironmental.com Donely Technology (804) 224-9427 www.donleytech.com/email.htm www.donleytech.com GreenEco Systems Group P. Nichols, (719) 404-1831 www.greenecosystems.com IHS ESP (650) 968-9000 ESPInfoGroup@ihs.com www.esp-net.com Knorr Associates Inc. Mark Odian, (973) 492-8500 sales@knorrassociates.com www.knorrassociates.com Labtronics Inc. (519) 767-1061 info@labtronics.com www.labtronics.com McCoy and Associates (303) 526-2674 rweber@mccoyseminars.com www.mccoyseminars.com Monitor Technologies LLC Scott Bonine, (630) 365-9403 monitor@monitortech.com www.monitortech.com OPS Systems Inc. Melanie, (800) 677-0067 sales@opssys.com www.opssys.com Pavilion Technologies (800) 880-5432 www.pavtech.com Quantum Compliance Systems Inc. Terry Collins, (734) 572-1000 sales@qcs-facts.com www.qcs-facts.com Rockwell Automation Inc. (414) 382-2000 webmaster@rockwellautomation.com www.rockwellautomation.com Scantek Inc. Richard Peppin, (410) 290-7726 peppinR@asme.org www.scantekinc.com Earthsoft Inc. Mitch Beard, (978) 369-2201 mbeard@earthsoft.com www.earthsoft.com Enviance Inc. (760) 496-0200 sales@enviance.com www.enviance.com GAEA Technologies Ltd. Michael Fraser, (905) 666-7527 mfraser@gaeatech.com www.gaeatech.com Golden Software Inc. Patti Dierking, (303) 279-1021 info@goldensoftware.com www.goldensoftware.com Goldsim Technology Group Rick Kossik, (425) 295-6985 rkossik@goldsim.com www.goldsim.com Lakes Environmental Software Julie Swatson, (519) 746-5995 sales@weblakes.com www.weblakes.com Logical Data Solutions Inc. Bill King, (561) 694-9229 bking@Logicalds.com www.logicalds.com Logical Technology Inc. Joe Krakowiecki, (800) 266-7591 sales@comply1.com www.comply1.com FEBRUARY2009 www.pollutionengineering.com 31 http://www.greenecosystems.com http://www.MIRSinfo.com http://www.mccoyseminars.com http://www.dixonenvironmental.com http://www.donleytech.com/email.htm http://www.esp-net.com http://www.donleytech.com http://www.monitortech.com http://www.auburnsys.com http://www.knorrassociates.com http://www.opssys.com http://www.earthsoft.com http://www.beeline-software.com http://www.labtronics.com http://www.pavtech.com http://www.enviance.com http://www.ccohs.ca http://www.qcs-facts.com http://www.gaeatech.com http://www.weblakes.com http://www.capaccio.com http://www.rockwellautomation.com http://www.goldensoftware.com http://www.chemicalsafety.com http://www.logicalds.com http://www.scantekinc.com http://www.goldsim.com http://www.comply1.com http://www.dakotasoft.com http://www.pollutionengineering.com

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