LSU 100 Recognizes DQSI as a Fastest Growing Tiger Business

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February 28, 2011                                          

Covington, LA– DQSI, LLC announced today that it was selected as an inaugural member of the LSU 100 (http://www.lsu100.com/).  The first annual LSU 100 program had to select from hundreds of companies nominated for the program.  “As one of the top 100, DQSI is in good company!” said Jarett Rodriguez, LSU100 Associate Director.  The 100 honorees include companies from several states as well as locations outside the United States. The former students representing these companies hold degrees from nearly every college within the University.  It is an impressive list.  

LSU PhD computer scientist Dr. Shelly Stubbs started DQSI in 1998.  In addition to serving as CEO, she is an active principal investigator for a 2011 NASA research project involving cloud computing.  Dr. Stubbs stated, “It’s an honor to be recognized by my alma mater.  Our company has benefited greatly over the years from LSU grads.”  DQSI also collaborates with the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI) which is administered by LSU as well as other partners including University of New Orleans, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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DQSI, LLC (www.DQSI.com) is Louisiana-based women-owned, 8a, small business, providing exceptional professional services to public and private organizations in the Gulf Coast region and beyond.  DQSI conducts research through the DQSI advanced research center (DARC).  Today DQSI provides military, civilian, and commercial clients with a full spectrum of technical,  management, and research services, including: Information Technology (IT); Cloud & High Performance Computing (HPC) Services; Geological, Oceanographic & GIS Services; Environmental Services; Green Energy Services; and Construction Services.

NASA Invests in DQSI for High Performance GIS Research

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 February 25, 2011                                          

Covington, LA– DQSI, LLC. announced today that NASA has awarded the company a Phase I SBIR project, titled: “Distributed GIS Computing for High Performance Simulation and Visualization.”  Under the project, DQSI will be researching and developing high performance computing (HPC) that address NASA’s mission for Earth Science Applied Research and Decision Support. 

“The SBIR and STTR programs help facilitate innovative research and technology development among America’s most creative small businesses,” said Bobby Braun, NASA chief technologist at the agency’s Headquarters in Washington. “These Phase I awards will serve as seed funds for transformative research and technology projects that have the potential to mature new products and services of great benefit to NASA and the nation.”

Today, the ability of sensors to generate geographical data is virtually limitless. Although NASA provides a capability for accessing, manipulating, and visualizing data, an enormous gap still exists between raw and simulated data and the visualization capability.  The challenge addressed in this research is to develop new methods for automating the access and processing of raw sensor data, sharing data and methods among researchers, and integrating visualization throughout the process.  To meet this challenge, DQSI will develop new innovations, particularly Geo-Cloud™ (www.Geo-Cloud.net).   The significance of the Geo-Cloud creation is that it is a highly performing, scalable, network environment that encompasses: 1) a high performance cloud computing (HPCC) environment, and 2) geographical context (HPGIS) whereby users can store, access, and manipulate extensive geographical resources.  Geo-Cloud provides virtualized access to Internet2 and supercomputing resources for processing very large datasets and simulations.

The project will be managed by DQSI’s Advanced Research Center (DARC).  DARC funding comes from a variety of sources including grants from federal and state agencies.  DARC maintains research facilities at the NASA Stennis Space Center through the Mississippi enterprise for Technology (MsET) and the University of New Orleans (UNO) Research & Technology Park.  Collaborators on the project include UNO’s Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Research and the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI).

DQSI President & and CEO, Dr. Shelly Stubbs stated, “This investment is an important step in our continued DARC research in cloud computing and GIS technology.”  DQSI was the sole recipient from both Mississippi and Louisiana of the 1,876 separate 2010 NASA SBIR proposals.  It is rewarding to see our many years of GIS and scientific support recognized in this way by NASA.”   

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DQSI, LLC (www.DQSI.com) is Louisiana-based women-owned, 8a, small business, providing exceptional professional services to public and private organizations in the Gulf Coast region and beyond.  DQSI conducts research through the DQSI advanced research center (DARC).  Today DQSI provides military, civilian, and commercial clients with a full spectrum of technical,  management, and research services, including: Information Technology (IT); Cloud & High Performance Computing (HPC) Services; Geological, Oceanographic & GIS Services; Environmental Services; Green Energy Services; and Construction Services.

UM Center for Traveler Information Selects DQSI for R&D of Geospatial Products for Transit Users

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January 26, 2011                                         

Stennis Space Center, MS– DQSI, LLC. has announced that it was selected by University of Mississippi’s Center for Traveler Information (UM-CTI) for research and development of geospatial products for the traveling public. The research is being funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to develop tools for safely receiving transit and traffic information while traveling. The DQSI project is one of three that UM-CTI will be conducting in conjunction with students and researchers at the University of Mississippi.

Under the project, DQSI’s Advanced Research Center (DARC) will research, develop, test, and evaluate systems that allow Smartphone users to receive geospatial information showing the location of transit vehicles relative to traveler’s location. The research team will also investigate different methods of public access to the transit information, including, public kiosks at key locations. The research will design and test solutions that will provide travelers with location information of transit buses in the City of Oxford, MS. For the project, the buses will be equipped with a GPS system that will transmit tracking information to a cloud computing environment for processing. The location of the buses will be integrated with other geospatial data and information for real-time discovery via Internet, Smartphone and community-based kiosks. A key safety aspect of this effort addresses the need to decrease accidents associated with impaired travelers through integration of a community-based ride service for college students who visit local bars and restaurants after regular transit services have ended for the evening.

“Transportation in the U.S. is a people business with citizens using roads, rail lines, sea lanes, and airports to move about the country every day,” stated Dr. Greg Easson, UM-CTI Director. “The DQSI project will help investigate and develop technology-based solutions that allow travelers to more efficiently use public transportation with, a key aspect of the project being the dissemination of geospatial data to mobile communication devices.”
DQSI President & and CEO, Dr. Shelly Stubbs stated, “This project is an important continuation of our ongoing high performance GIS research. It will allow us to deploy some of our high performance visualization, geospatial, and networking technology developed under our DARC activities.”

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DQSI LLC is Louisiana-based women-owned, 8a, small business, providing exceptional professional services to public and private organizations in the Gulf Coast region and beyond. DQSI conducts research through the DQSI advanced research center (DARC). Today DQSI provides military, civilian, and commercial clients with a full spectrum of technical, management, and research services, including: Information Technology (IT); Cloud & High Performance Computing (HPC) Services; Geological, Oceanographic & GIS Services; Environmental Services; Green Energy Services; and Construction Services. Please visit www.DQSI.com for more information.

For Immediate Release
Friday, April 11, 2008

DQSI Corporation, a leading provider of computer and information technology services, will unveil its new product line, the DQSI Small Business Express, at the West St. Tammany Chamber’s Business Expo on May 7 at the Castine Center.
The DQSI Small Business Express incorporates technology that is already deployed in 100 percent of the Fortune 100 companies but has recently become affordable for small businesses.
Operating with VMware and the Blade Center, the system also allows for the installation of VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) telephone systems. Utilizing Wyse terminals, the Express is wireless, virtual, and easily transportable. Although fewer moving parts mean fewer system failures, the product line comes with a three‐year warranty to protect users.
In other words, the DQSI Small Business Express can meet the needs of virtually any company, regardless of its size or area of specialty.
“We’re very pleased to be participating in the Chamber Expo and to unveil this new product,” said DQSI President and CEO Dr. Shelly Stubbs. “Being the first IT service provider in this market to offer this technology at an affordable level for local businesses is an exciting development for us as a company and for the local business community.”
Business owners and operators are invited to visit the DQSI booth at the Expo from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Castine Center near Mandeville on May 7. Dr. Stubbs and other executives of the company will be on‐hand to demonstrate and explain the DQSI Small Business Express product. Those unable to attend the Expo can call DQSI at 985.871.7472.
“Whether you own a business already or are planning to start one, and whether your company has 1,000 employees or 10, the Small Business Express can meet your needs,” Stubbs said.

In 2008 St. Tammany Parish Sherriff’s Office awarded DQSI to VOIP solution. DQSI built the infrastructure to transparently network all their voice applications over their fiber network.

DQSI  followed the system design and architecture to be capable of accommodating the developing trends and technologies of the telecommunications industry so that the St. Tammany Parish Sheriffs Office can enjoy and deploy new and improved features and services as they become needed and/or desired.  For ease of support and maintenance, all features and functions were integrated with the VOIP telephony system and not made available through third party applications.

In September 2007, MMS awarded DQSI with a contract  provide the MMS Gulf of Mexico Region (GOMR), RE with an open ended service contract for scanning hard copy documents (if required) and geo-referencing digital images. RE generated thousands of hard copy and digital files documenting the decisions made over the past decades.  To support RE strategic mission DQSI imaged hard copy documentation and made digital files usable and easily accessible to employees and management in order to accelerate business process cycle-time, increase productivity by making it easier to find and use information, allowing geoscientists to focus work on value added areas, providing real time information to support quick and reliable decisions making and effectively re-use interpreted data, thus saving critical resources.

DQSI wins the Minerals Management Service Field Studies Digital File Conversion contract. 

DQSI provided MMS’s geoscientists with a complete set of easily accessible digital field study files. RE estimated that their geoscientists spend up to 30% of their time gathering data before they can begin their work processes. Having Field Studies easily accessible and in a digital format would accelerate business process cycle-time, increase productivity by making it easier to find and use information, allow geoscientists to focus work on value added areas, provide real time information to support quick and reliable decision making, and effectively re-use interpreted data, thus saving critical resources. The secondary objective is to provide a working set of digital Field Study files that can be easily backed up and restored in support of the MMS, Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP). Field Study files are unique and the loss of these records would be detrimental to the mission of Resource Evaluation and the MMS. 

The detailed geological, geophysical, and engineering information contained within the 2700 plus Field Studies in the GOMR-RE archives is vital to maintaining reserve and resource estimates, performing tract evaluations (FMV), resource assessments, future production projections, field performance studies, OCS program initiatives, Royalty Management Program functions, and the evaluation of exploration and production incentives and legislation considered by Congress and the Department of Interior.

 The project included:

Geophysical Expertise in Classification of Documents

Provide Documentation

Quality Control (QC) Plan

Knowledgeable Staff

Complete Inventory

A Document Imaging Plan

Digital Image Deliverables

Creation of  a Meta-data Repository (Oracle based database)

Provide a data entry schema form for meta-data capture

Geo-referencing and metadata capture for GOM maps

August 2007, The State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources awarded DQSI with analog to digital  transcription of  seismic profiles. Seismic profiles for AOIs releated to the Alaska DNR strategic mission were scanned and digitized from hardcopy format to digital SEG-Y.

On May 21, 2007 DQSI won a USACE contract to provide work in support of the Hurricane Protection Office including, but not limited to, the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal projects, Permanent Pump Stations projects. Existing Pump Stations projects and the Levees, Flood walls and Armoring projects. DQSI provided support in the areas of Project Management Assistance, Contract Management, and Facilities Management.

Louisiana IT Company Affiliates With MsET Business Incubator

December 19, 2006, 9:54 AM

Stennis Space Center, MS —

Stennis Space Center once again proves itself as an attractive asset to area companies. DQSI Corporation (DQSI), of Covington, La., is the newest tenant of the Business Incubator managed by the Mississippi Enterprise for Technology (MsET) at Stennis.

Formerly DataQuest Software Services, Inc., DQSI is an Information Technology (IT)-based consulting company that provides custom programming, data conversion, and systems integration services for government and several Louisiana companies. Its presence in Mississippi will allow the company to provide a wide range of unique services for GIS Infoimaging, document management, and continuity of operations (COOP).

Dr. Shelly Stubbs, President & CEO for DQSI, said that the Business Incubator at Stennis was an attractive option for DQSI for several of reasons. The most obvious were that the wide variety of State and Federal activities provides an opportunity for DQSI to identify niche markets for its services, and to aid in the development of technical expertise and skill sets for the company.

“MsET has long arms in the State of Mississippi,” Stubbs said. “If we just want to research an area, MsET can provide information, or it can help us get in direct contact with a source.”

Stubbs also said being a part of the environment of Stennis Space Center will help DQSI develop company strategies for breaking into new markets, “We are interested in working with several of the companies at Stennis. We believe that MsET can provide us with lessons learned for different areas,” she said.

DQSI has been a tenant of the MsET Business Incubator since April. However, the company has not yet been able to take full advantage of its services due to the heavy workload that Hurricane Katrina has brought. DQSI has been actively engaged in hurricane restoration and coastal recovery activities for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA, especially in the New Orleans area. While DQSI has the same commitment to excellence in its heavy construction work, the company intends to continue the IT focus it began when Stubbs founded the company in 1998. The company is already 8(a) certified as a Woman-owned Small Disadvantaged Business by the Small Business Administration. DQSI’s relationship to the MsET Business Incubator will only enhance that effort.

“Mississippi has great technological opportunities,” Stubbs said. “Our second-year goal is to really get into Stennis Space Center and Mississippi and grow our company in that area.” DQSI already provides a full range of software development, system integration and system life cycle services. The company intends to expand its services in document management, scanning and GIS applications.

“We are pleased to have DQSI associated with the Business Incubator,” said Charlie Beasley, Vice President of MsET. “The company brings a lot to the table in its quality services and professionalism. We look forward to working with them.”

For more information about the MsET Business Incubator call (800) 746-4699 or visit the web site at www.mset.org.