I sort of accidentally stumbled into it when I joined an (at the time) startup as they were just getting into the market. So I don't know that I have anything specific to offer :)
I don't want to name names for companies in the industry, but you can find them in industry publications like Traffic Technology Today, or often as contributors to the standards documents like NTCIP 1202, ITE ATC 5301, etc.
I will say that there are a number of long-standing (40+ years) companies in the industry that seem to still operate the "legacy" way - slow iterations, very small software team, seemingly not much desire for large change. Basically, a hardware company that also happens to sell software.
There are also newer entrants to the market in the past ~decade or so that operate a lot closer to a modern software company - lots of new features coming out, fast-moving software teams, etc.
You sound like me. Stumbled into the industry at a startup (different than the one you're at -- you could probably guess which one) and have been around a while now. The condition of our traffic infrastructure is terrifying, frankly.
I was shocked when I learned that NTCIP was built on top of SNMPv1. To make matters worse, there are actually people in the industry against the adoption SNMPv3. That would at least adds a modicum of security via authentication and encryption. I'd prefer we build around another protocol entirely.
Imagine if folks at IBM knew we still used SDLC as the backbone of our communication in the cabinets...
I don't want to name names for companies in the industry, but you can find them in industry publications like Traffic Technology Today, or often as contributors to the standards documents like NTCIP 1202, ITE ATC 5301, etc.
I will say that there are a number of long-standing (40+ years) companies in the industry that seem to still operate the "legacy" way - slow iterations, very small software team, seemingly not much desire for large change. Basically, a hardware company that also happens to sell software.
There are also newer entrants to the market in the past ~decade or so that operate a lot closer to a modern software company - lots of new features coming out, fast-moving software teams, etc.
(again, all opinions are my own here.)