Buchanan Cloud Services

An integrated cloud-based service providing the complete solution to managing your traffic orders and on-street parking infrastructure.

Designed to simplify and enhance the management of static and moving traffic orders, Our Traffic Order Service will help you address everything from initial scheme design, public engagement, consolidation of orders, legal document generation, through to the sharing of information online. 

This service will facilitate cross-departmental working with users from multiple locations being able to access it.  The service also will allow you to publish controlled datasets to other stakeholders, and the wider public.

Buchanan Cloud Services Traffic Orders    

Available service applications:

• ParkMap
• SignPlot
• LineMap
• Traffweb:
  • Standard
  • Public Consultation
  • Fault Reporting
• Moving Traffic orders

Available services:

• Initial population of your traffic orders
• Review of existing traffic orders
• System upkeep and adding of new and amended orders
• Training
• Support desk
• Traffic order consultancy and advice

If you already have an existing ParkMap system, why not optimise your use of it by hosting it in one of our private clouds. Our clouds provide a secure environment to hold your traffic order data and are used by many local authorities throughout the UK. The advantages include:

ParkMap in the cloud    

• Availability: access to your data is available to whoever you authorise, whether they are in your office, working remotely or even on-site.
• Reliability:  we provide a highly resilient environment backed by a comprehensive Service Level Agreement.
• Data: ample storage is provided along with a robust 3-tier back-up of your traffic order data.
• Performance: comparable with running ParkMap on a local workstation.
• Highly Scalable: ability to increase both the number of users and data storage.
• Time savings: avoid the complexity and skilled resources needed to set-up and maintain your own servers locally or off-site.
• Cost savings: avoid the cost of obtaining and maintaining your own servers, and remove the need for expensive hardware service agreements and maintenance contracts.
• Managed service: includes installation of all upgrades and patches required for the smooth running of your applications.
• Security: our private clouds are built upon robust physical and system security, limiting access to designated staff.
• UK data centres: comply with data protection requirements even for sensitive information.

Optional enhanced support services:

• Initial population of your traffic orders
• Review of existing traffic orders
• System upkeep and adding of new and amended orders

Optional services:

• Public or restricted Internet access to your traffic order data with Traffweb
• Publish and consult on your proposed traffic orders with our on-line public consultation application.
• ParkMap software supplied and supported as a subscription service.

Optimise your use of AccsMap by hosting it in one of our private clouds. Our clouds provide a secure environment to hold your STATS19 and other data and are used by many local authorities and police forces. The advantages include:

AccsMap in the cloud    

• Availability: access to your data is available to whoever you authorise, whether they are in your office, working remotely or even on-site.
• Reliability:  we provide a highly resilient environment backed by a comprehensive Service Level Agreement.
• Data: ample storage is provided along with a robust 3-tier back-up of your collision and other data, which will be held on an encrypted disk set.
• Performance: comparable with running AccsMap on a local high-end desktop.
• Highly Scalable: ability to increase both the number of users and data storage.
• Time savings: avoid the complexity and skilled resources needed to set-up and maintain your own servers locally or off-site.
• Cost savings: avoid the cost of obtaining and maintaining your own servers, and remove the need for expensive hardware service agreements and maintenance contracts.
• Managed service: includes installation of all upgrades and patches required for the smooth running of your applications.
• Security: our private clouds are built upon robust physical and system security, limiting access to designated staff.
• UK data centres: comply with data protection requirements even for sensitive information. 

Optional services:

• Public or restricted Internet access to your collision data with Traffweb
• AccsMap software supplied and supported as a subscription service

Other cloud providers struggle to achieve the necessary performance for high-end and memory hungry applications. We understand the requirements of GIS and other graphical and processor intensive software, so can both assess your requirements and provide you with a suitable solution. The advantages of using a private cloud from us include:

• Availability: access to your data is available to whoever you authorise, whether they are in your office, working remotely or even on-site.
• Reliability:  we provide a highly resilient environment backed by a comprehensive Service Level Agreement.
• Data: ample storage is provided along with a robust 3-tier back-up of your data, which can be held on an encrypted disk set.
• Performance: comparable with running on a local workstation or high-end desktop.
• Highly Scalable: ability to increase both the number of users and data storage.
• Time savings: avoid the complexity and skilled resources needed to set-up and maintain your own servers locally or off-site.
• Cost savings: avoid the cost of obtaining and maintaining your own servers, and remove the need for expensive hardware service agreements and maintenance contracts.
• Managed service: includes installation of all upgrades and patches required for the smooth running of your applications.
• Security: our private clouds are built upon robust physical and system security, limiting access to designated staff.
• UK data centres: comply with data protection requirements even for sensitive information.