SAN DIEGO, Oct. 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Cubic
Corporation (NYSE:CUB) today announced that its Cubic
Transportation Systems (CTS) business division was awarded a
$6.5 million contract from the
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) to
migrate the Cubic-operated back office system for the Breeze Card
to the cloud. The migration will be implemented through Cubic's
collaboration with Microsoft and the Microsoft Azure cloud
platform.
"Throughout the years, Cubic has successfully helped MARTA and
the Greater Atlanta area with many
of its transportation challenges while continually improving the
transit experience in the city," said Matt
Cole, president of CTS. "Moving the Breeze Card system to
the cloud will not only provide MARTA with enhanced functionality,
but it also marks an important step in the journey to provide the
best-in-class, next-generation transit service in Atlanta."
Under the contract, Cubic will also upgrade the Breeze Card
system to the latest release of its NextFare® central
system software. The upgrade will improve user experience and
operational efficiency by optimizing the database performance and
data warehouse capability. This will make it easier for MARTA to
maintain payment card industry (PCI) compliance and will provide
enhanced network security and disaster recovery features.
"Our relationship with Cubic keeps us moving forward and into
the future," said Torrey Kirby,
interim assistant general manager of technology and chief
information officer, MARTA. "Moving to the cloud will allow MARTA
to leverage all of the new storage and security features, while
becoming less dependent on often vulnerable, on-premises solutions
– all to the benefit of Atlanta's
travelers."
"We are happy to support Cubic and the City of Atlanta as they work to upgrade
Atlanta's transportation systems
to meet the demands of their growing urban community," said
Mike Donlan, vice president of U.S.
state and local government at Microsoft. "This collaboration is a
great example of how cities are leveraging our modern cloud
platform, Microsoft Azure, to help cities expand their smart city
capabilities and serve citizens where they work, live and
play."
CTS designed and delivered MARTA's Breeze Card, a card-based
automated fare collection (AFC) system that utilizes Cubic's smart
card ticketing technology, in 2006. Since then, Cubic has been
providing maintenance and onsite support to MARTA and maintenance
support to its regional partners, the State Road and Tollway
Authority (SRTA), Cobb and
Gwinnett counties and the Atlanta
Streetcar. The Breeze Card system currently generates more than 106
million rides annually.
About Cubic Corporation
Cubic Corporation designs, integrates and operates systems,
products and services focused in the transportation, defense
training and secure communications markets. Cubic Transportation
Systems is a leading integrator of payment and information
technology and services to create intelligent travel solutions for
transportation authorities and operators. Cubic Global Defense is a
leading provider of live, virtual, constructive and game-based
training solutions, special operations and intelligence for the
U.S. and allied forces. Cubic Mission Solutions provides networked
Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence,
Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities for defense,
intelligence, security and commercial missions. For more
information about Cubic, please visit the company's website
at www.cubic.com or on
Twitter @CubicCorp.
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