NEW YORK, April 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Each year,
nearly $200 billion is spent on
transportation-related infrastructure1. With this
kind of money at stake, it's critical that Department of
Transportation (DOT) authorities responsible for the construction,
management and maintenance of the main arteries that traverse this
country are equipped with the most comprehensive decision-making
tools available. That's why transportation CIOs are quickly moving
from analog car-counting sensor strips to digital data streams
captured by Internet of Things (IoT) devices on every light pole –
and now, to sophisticated networks of hundreds of thousands of
cameras delivering a constant stream of visual data to a
centralized control and command center. While the future of
transportation depends on embracing these technological changes,
according to Logicalis US, an international IT solutions and
managed services provider (www.us.logicalis.com), it's essential
for transportation departments to also employ superior data
analytics to effectively analyze traffic patterns; reduce
congestion, accidents and collisions; predict changes; and prepare
their cities and states to handle "connected" transportation
initiatives such as driverless vehicles.
"When it comes to DOT projects, data drives the decision," says
Adam Petrovsky, GovEd Practice
Leader, Logicalis US. "As public organizations with the tremendous
responsibility of planning, managing and maintaining our most vital
roadways, DOT executives are making funding decisions that carry
almost unimaginable price tags. To spend responsibly, they not only
need access to significant amounts of data, but they need that data
to be captured by sophisticated IP video surveillance cameras like
Cisco's 7000 Series and turned into usable information by top
computing solutions like IBM's Watson that can help them make reliable
predictions and prepare our transportation systems for the
incredible technological innovations on the horizon."
Clearly, technology is becoming an increasingly important part
of the fabric of America's transportation system. Where highways
once grappled with how to create a flashing "detour" sign with a
single data stream, today's most traveled roadways will soon
require full Internet connectivity, which means industrial-grade,
fully functional, ruggedized, Internet-ready networks uniquely
housed either underground or sparsely protected from the elements
by freeway overpasses will need to be designed, deployed and
managed. It's a whole new level of technological sophistication
that requires streaming massive amounts of live data from traffic
systems throughout the country to the cloud, then using data
analytics to help make sense of what has been captured.
"This is where an experienced solution provider like Logicalis
becomes invaluable," Petrovsky says. "We can help state and local
DOTs with everything from camera installation to managing the video
data they're collecting. As a Cisco Gold Partner, we excel in
designing and deploying connected cameras like the vandal-resistant
7000 Series as well as Cisco's Video Surveillance Manager software
solutions and the networks – both wired and wireless – that are
needed to take advantage of them. And we understand how to apply
data analytics to deliver the information DOT professionals need to
make informed decisions. In fact, as a Premier IBM Business
Partner, we are already implementing Watson analytics services into smart
transportation initiatives."
Three Reasons Technology Will Drive Smart
Transportation
Logicalis experts say the following three truths can help DOT
decision-makers capitalize on the vast amounts of information their
organizations need to access.
- Strategic thinking delivers long-range plans: Resist the
urge to buy technology reactively; always think three to five years
into the future. How, for example, will you prepare your state or
municipality for driverless cars and other automated transportation
initiatives? Will you employ IoT devices and sensors to deliver
data from street lights, stoplights and train crossings – and what
role will IoT play in helping driverless vehicles recognize
landmarks, guard rails and street edges? If you invest
strategically today, your budget will stretch farther
tomorrow.
- Connected transportation makes your job easier: Cameras
and IoT devices are weaving a giant connected, "smart" network
throughout America's system of highways. Not only will these
devices help you with state and local traffic analyses and
predictions, but they'll provide a web of eyes and ears that can
alert you to broken bridges, congested off-ramps, and emergency
repairs that require immediate attention, allowing DOT employees to
be used more strategically.
- The public dictates change: The way citizens choose to
travel dictates the need for roadway expansions, new high-occupancy
or toll lanes, or driverless vehicle infrastructure adaptations. As
a result, DOT CIOs need to understand public demand in order to
accommodate it, and technology can help deliver the information
required to make the needed decisions about transportation
change.
Want to Learn More?
- When most people look at highways, they see cars and trucks
going by, but we see data – vast amounts of data. Learn how
Logicalis can help DOT CIOs securely capture, transmit, store,
manage and apply data analytics here:
http://ow.ly/h54k30anMIV.
- To find out how Logicalis can help government CIOs embrace
digitization, explore the Logicalis US GovEd website:
http://ow.ly/m4Il30anMbV.
- Read Logicalis' recent GovEd news as well as its expert blogs:
http://ow.ly/xC6h30anMmA.
1According to the American Road &
Transportation Builders Association.
About Logicalis
Logicalis is an international multi-skilled solution provider
providing digital enablement services to help customers harness
digital technology and innovative services to deliver powerful
business outcomes.
Our customers cross industries and geographical regions; our
focus is to engage in the dynamics of our customers' vertical
markets including financial services, TMT (telecommunications,
media and technology), education, healthcare, retail, government,
manufacturing and professional services, and to apply the skills of
our 4,000 employees in modernizing key digital pillars, data center
and cloud services, security and network infrastructure, workspace
communications and collaboration, data and information strategies,
and IT operation modernization.
We are the advocates for our customers for some of the world's
leading technology companies including Cisco, HPE, IBM, NetApp,
Microsoft, VMware and ServiceNow.
The Logicalis Group has annualized revenues of over $1.5 billion from operations in Europe, North
America, Latin America and
Asia Pacific. It is a division of
Datatec Limited, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the
AIM market of the LSE, with revenues of over $6.5 billion.
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