{"id":4677,"date":"2018-06-18T15:08:23","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T15:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roadxs.com\/?p=4677"},"modified":"2024-08-07T14:38:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T13:38:34","slug":"the-power-of-cloud-refresh-and-the-impact-on-community-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roadxs.com\/product\/the-power-of-cloud-refresh-and-the-impact-on-community-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Cloud Refresh and the Impact on Community Transport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Road XS community transport software has come a long way since 20<sup>th<\/sup> September 2016 \u2013 yep <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadxs.com\/support\/kb\/whats-new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">version 100<\/a>! (or 1.0).\u00a0 Through our Cloud Refresh programme we are constantly improving the software, moving it forwards, reacting to how your community transport services evolve.\u00a0 It\u2019s part of makes sure Road XS adapts to an ever changing requirement to better serve you.<\/p>\n<p>Our software releases focus on delivering requested features from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadxs.com\/10-practical-uses-road-xs\">Road XS community<\/a> as well as improving existing workflows and processes in the existing software and squashing those pesky bugs, sometimes with a sledgehammer!\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadxs.com\/product\/paper-to-cloud\/\">Cloud Refresh ensures anyone who joins Road XS<\/a> doesn\u2019t end up with the same software they started with \u2013 to be honest why should you!\u00a0 Technology is all about doing more with less so that you get time to focus on more important tasks.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 20pt;\"><strong>We update via the clouds but always reach for the stars<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks to Cloud Refresh, transport providers can now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadxs.com\/automate-your-invoicing\">automate their invoicing<\/a>, reschedule journeys, spot important tasks, provide a driver\u2019s portal, manage journey schedules, get detailed reporting, increased security and more \u00a0&#8211; all of which are processes and modules built around specific requests from the transport providers.\u00a0 None of this existed back in 2016 I can assure you, but that was the first step, the first step to building the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadxs.com\/community-transport-services\">transport software that will help support your services<\/a> at a price which works no matter how large or small your services.<\/p>\n<p>If any of you have read our report \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadxs.com\/downloads\/\">3 Dangers Facing Community Transport Services<\/a>\u2019 you will see how Road XS saves you thousands of pounds, and hours of time \u2013 essentially time which would be money wasted by staff managing mundane tasks which Road XS handles with ease.<\/p>\n<p>With the introduction of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadxs.com\/the-immediate-impact-of-the-gdpr\/\">GDPR<\/a> on May 25<sup>th<\/sup> earlier this year, we set about going above industry standards and increasing security throughout Road XS, without disrupting your day to day activities.\u00a0 Not all volunteers have smart phones for example, so not all of you can use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roadxs.com\/product\/understanding-two-factor-authentication-a-comprehensive-guide\/\">two factor authentication <\/a>easily.\u00a0 Use email I hear you say!\u00a0 But not all volunteers have emails either.\u00a0 Ah, a problem then given how modern two factor authentication generally works without increasing costs to the customer.<\/p>\n<p>Well it\u2019s not a problem with Road XS.\u00a0 We all have a responsibility to protect driver, passenger and staff data so we set about building in some new security features to counter the users who do not have access to two factor authentication or struggle with advanced computing tasks.\u00a0 It means you will be able to gain greater control who has access to your information and at what time without over-complicating matters (something security generally does).\u00a0 We can\u2019t go into too much detail about security features, but you will soon be able to set how you access the software, from where and for how long.\u00a0 In an early test we tried logging in whilst having a coffee off-site.\u00a0 We were well and truly booted-out and were locked out of Road XS, just like we had designed the security feature to work.<\/p>\n<p>The Road XS approach to software is quite unique, but we realised early on if we don\u2019t listen to what you need, we\u2019ll never be able to build you the software you need to work better with less resources.\u00a0 Technology never stands still, so neither do we.\u00a0 Whilst we update via the Cloud we are always reaching for the stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Road XS community transport software has come a long way since 20th September 2016 \u2013 yep version 100! 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