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Highways England selects new IT infrastructure hosting for SRN

Highways England which operates and maintains England’s motorways and major A roads, has selected UK company Advanced as its IT partner in a multi-year contract which sees Advanced provide Highways England with secure and compliant IT infrastructure hosting for the country’s strategic road network (SRN).
July 12, 2017 Read time: 1 min

8101 Highways England, which operates and maintains England’s motorways and major A roads, has selected UK company Advanced as its IT partner in a multi-year contract which sees Advanced provide Highways England with secure and compliant IT infrastructure hosting for the country’s strategic road network (SRN).

Highways England is moving to a new advanced traffic management system (ATMS) software solution which is provided by 81 Kapsch. As Highways England’s technology partner, Advanced will provide IT infrastructure hosting for the ATMS solution that adheres to stringent performance and availability targets.

The company’s approach encompasses 24x7 infrastructure management, backup and disaster recovery services in the event of an emergency, whilst also being agile enough to embrace ongoing innovation and be as cost effective as possible. The services are delivered through Advanced’s infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) environment.

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