{"id":23863,"date":"2020-04-06T09:54:16","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T07:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intellias.com\/?p=23863"},"modified":"2024-07-23T10:16:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T08:16:34","slug":"cloud-transportation-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intellias.com\/cloud-transportation-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Transportation Software for Routing and Smart City Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Business challenge<\/h2>\n

Our client is a German provider of world-class supply chain and logistics technology that optimize the movement of passengers and products. Their current\u00a0transportation solutions<\/span> were based on diverse technologies, and they manually set up solutions on customers\u2019 premises. However, this posed challenges in terms of maintenance and updates.<\/p>\n

To overcome these challenges, our client decided to develop a cloud platform on which they could deploy their innovative cloud transportation software<\/span>\u00a0using a standardized set of tools and infrastructure instead of maintaining different technology stacks for different products and services. This cloud transportation software<\/span> would help them reduce setup and maintenance costs while giving their customers a unified way to find, learn about, consume, and pay for cloud services.<\/p>\n

Our client looked for an experienced partner to consult with<\/a> about building a large-scale cloud platform from scratch using the cloud in transportation planning<\/span>. This platform needed to support the migration of existing cloud transportation technologies<\/span> and facilitate the development of new services.<\/p>\n

Having developed and scaled a location data platform<\/a> for one of our biggest clients, we were able to offer expertise in Cloud Development<\/a> and DevOps practices along with the knowledge required to consult on all aspects of platform development<\/a> at scale and IoT for smart cities.
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Cloud transportation software delivered<\/h2>\n

We have supported our client in moving their core business to the cloud with the microservices software development<\/a>. Working closely with our client, we designed a detailed roadmap and planned a series of workshops in which Intellias specialists could share knowledge of cloud transportation platform development and our client\u2019s specialists could share functionality that needed to be migrated to the platform.<\/p>\n

Initially, our client decided to build a unified cloud transportation management\u00a0<\/span>platform based on MS Azure cloud services. Intellias DevOps consultants set up and configured a scalable and reliable cloud infrastructure with a set of readily available tools for running software as a service (SaaS) solutions and public APIs for managing them. After the platform infrastructure was up and running, we proceeded to migrating the client\u2019s legacy monolithic apps and brand-new microservices apps to the cloud platform and refactoring them.<\/p>\n

Solutions we\u2019ve migrated to the cloud<\/h3>\n

The first solution we migrated was a truck routing service based on enriched map data. We also migrated a service for traffic modeling, route optimization, and smart city planning.<\/p>\n

Truck routing service<\/h4>\n

This cloud transportation management<\/span> service allows customers to smartly build truck routes based on maps enriched with real-world data collected from public sources, municipalities, and third-party providers. This includes data on tolls, low-emission zones, truck transit restrictions, and pedestrian and suburban areas. Customers receive up-to-date maps to plan routes considering working hours and costs of tolls, avoid areas with truck restrictions during particular hours, and find alternative ways of getting to the destination.<\/p>\n

Smart city planning<\/h4>\n

The second transportation solution we migrated is a monolithic smart city application that simulates infrastructure development scenarios for municipalities. Customers can upload data and maps to create a 3D model of an area and simulate traffic considering the construction of a new building, bridge, or other object. This app allows city planners to reduce risks associated with construction-related traffic jams, plan repair works to minimize traffic disruptions, and adapt city infrastructure to citizens\u2019 lifestyles and businesses\u2019 needs.<\/p>\n

As the next steps of this ongoing project, we plan to migrate the following solutions using the cloud in transportation planning<\/span>:<\/p>\n