Skip to main content

Yotta expands with Mayrise acquisition

British software house Mayrise, which produces street service management programs for local authorities has been taken over by Yotta, well known for its highways surveying and consultancy services and associated software for highways condition management. Yotta has also developed the Horizons asset management system. Though the two will continue to operate separately for some time, there is an obvious synergy in the software and cross development possibilities. Mayrise has already been working with Yott
August 22, 2013 Read time: 1 min
British software house 2606 Mayrise, which produces street service management programs for local authorities  has been taken over by 5153 Yotta DCL, well known for its highways surveying and consultancy services and associated software for highways condition management. Yotta has also developed the Horizons asset management system.

Though the two will continue to operate separately for some time, there is an obvious synergy in the software and cross development possibilities. Mayrise has already been working with Yotta at many local authorities and in many cases integrating its program with Horizons.

For more information on companies in this article

Related Content

  • Variable message signs deliver real time travel information
    April 10, 2012
    Variable Message Sign systems are helping ease traffic congestion and keeping drivers better informed on key highways across Europe and the rest of the world. Guy Woodford looks at some of their recent applications By coupling its Intelligent Travel Time System (ITTS) with Bluetooth technology, Alcatel-Lucent is measuring traffic flow in real time and conveying it seamlessly to local authorities in the French city of Vélizy-Villacoublay. The city, a major business enterprise hub 14km south-west of central
  • Tackling winter maintenance
    May 8, 2012
    Winter weather often brings traffic chaos, and authorities have to be ready to tackle it as Patrick Smith reports. Good winter maintenance is rarely noticed, and it is only when things go wrong that it becomes a public issue. "When sudden bouts of cold weather bring traffic chaos, icy roads receive high-profile coverage and local authorities are criticised, often unfairly, for not affording greater protection," says the Highways Term Maintenance Association (HTMA), the UK's top trade body for road mainten
  • Fugro organising road maintenance event in UK
    May 16, 2013
    Survey specialist, Fugro Aperio is organising the one day Developments in Highways Assessment (DIHA 2013) conference. This event takes place on July 16th, 2013, at the Midlands Engineering Centre in the UK city of Birmingham. The use of survey data in predictive modelling for improved highways asset management will be a particular focus at the DIHA 2013 conference in July. Richard Barnes will highlight Stockport Council’s work to develop a model for strategic road maintenance investment integrating local co
  • Global growth in machine rental
    May 20, 2015
    The machine rental sector is undergoing significant expansion worldwide – Dan Gilkes reports. Plant hire, equipment rental, leasing, call it what you will, being able to use a machine when and where you need it, with no further concerns relating to ownership costs, depreciation or sudden repair bills, remains a compelling argument for many contractors. Which is one of the main reasons for the continued growth in popularity of equipment rental across the world. Rental has been big business in the UK, the US