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Despite the current economic uncertainty, Road Tech Computer Systems is continuing to invest spending £900,000 on a fourth computer server room in order to cope with the projected capacity requirements for its Tachomaster analysis product. This 60-terrabyte server capacity is sufficient to download and store the tachograph data for every truck in Europe for the next 10 years, reveals Road Tech managing director Derek Beevor.

"We need  this level of muscle, because Tachomaster customers are given a much more sophisticated service than a standard analysis bureau has been able to offer," says Beevor. "We don't just analyse your tachographs and give operators a report weeks, or even months later, we serve up real-time information which can give operators a real insight into the efficiency of their business. By monitoring the activity of the driver and the truck, which is what the tacho does after all, we are giving the operator information on their two most valuable, and costly, assets."

Tachomaster, which costs just £1 per driver per week, allows companies to download, store and analyse digital tachograph information. The data is downloaded to the Road Tech servers, analysed instantly and operators can then view their data via a secure website. Different members of a company will have different permissions to see the data, making the information available to everyone, says Beevor: "Head office can see the total  operation at a galance, while each depot will have visibility of its operation and every driver gets a log-in so they can view their records and check on their performance."

The current levels of activity for Tachomaster are impressive, particularly as the service is still less than a year old: "We're downloading in the region of 20,000 records per day," Beevor explains, "and growth remains very strong. Currently, we have approximately 10 new customers per day discovering the benefits of Tachomaster and signing up to join the service."

In addition to overseeing the continued development and growth of Tachomaster, Beevor has also been working on a new version of Roadrunner, the company's successful transport management system. This is a complete re-write of the software and will include a number of new features aimed at giving transport operators the tools to support their customers better. Launch of new Roadrunner is expected in April.