Indra's Davinci System Receives IBM Beacon Award for the Best Industry Solution in Travel and Transportation
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o The DaVinci platform, developed by Indra and intellectual property of Adif, is recognized as an international benchmark solution for railway traffic control and management
o The ceremony was held on February 16th in Orlando, within the framework of the PartnerWorld Leadership Conference organized by IBM
o The DaVinci system manages High-Speed rail in Spain has been implemented in rail systems in the UK and Colombia, and was chosen by Morocco and Lithuania to manage their railway networks
Indra, the premier IT company in Spain and a leading IT multinational in Europe and Latin America, received the IBM Beacon Award for the Best Industry Solution in the Travel and Transportation category, at a ceremony organized by IBM.
The award recognizes the huge effort of the company in creating a highly innovative solution, the DaVinci platform, and reaffirms the solution as an international benchmark in the railway transportation sector.
William Martinez, Director of Business Development of Indra in the USA, accepted the award at the ceremony held on February 16th in Orlando during the IBM PartnerWorld Leadership Conference.
The DaVinci system permits the complete integration of all the operation and control elements of a railway network, the integrated management of several railway lines in addition to facilitating the automation of the network. Its flexibility, features and high-technological level make DaVinci the industry's most advanced solution. In its core IBM's technology is utilized, among others.
The IBM Beacon Awards were created over 10 years ago in recognition of IBM Business Partners worldwide who have raised the standard for delivering innovative solutions and exemplary client satisfaction as well as extraordinary achievements in the provision of IBM technology-based business solutions to its clients. The awards are evaluated by a team of specialized IBM journalists, analysts and executives who appoint the winners and finalists in over 40 categories.
The DaVinci System
The DaVinci system, which manages the High-Speed networks of Spain, has been developed by Indra in cooperation with Adif. The system is a product of a significant investment in R&D&i and the work of 150 people during four years. The system is continuously undergoing upgrades in order to meet new requirements and incorporate improvements.
DaVinci has proved its effectiveness not only in the management of Spain's High-Speed network but also networks with different characteristics such as the Metro of Medellin - where the system has governed both the traffic and the rest of associated systems since 2005; or the London Underground.
Last year, DaVinci was chosen to manage Morocco's railway traffic, and Indra is currently including the Da Vinci system in important train control center bids in various countries such as China, Saudi Arabia, etc.
From a functional standpoint, the system envisages the integration of all remote systems (interlockings, power, ERTMS, detectors, etc), operational planning, a real-time traffic monitoring system, traffic predictions, automatic routing of trains, a geographical information system, delivery of data to train drivers, traffic regulation, statistics, passenger information, invoicing, simulation and reconstruction of incidents. It also allows the dissemination of information via internet and the remote monitoring of all systems.
Indra is the premier Information Technology company in Spain and a leading IT multinational in Europe and Latin America. It is ranked as the second European company in its sector according to investment in R&D with nearly Euros 500 M during the last three years. The company employs more than 30,000 professionals and has clients in more than 100 countries.
