A Superior Court judge has ordered Hewlett Packard Enterprise to continue its disputed work on the DMV computer system.

Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein issued a temporary restraining order requested by the state. That means Hewlett Packard Enterprise, or HPE, must legally keep working on the long-delayed multi-million dollar computer system for the DMV.

Silverstein ruled the state would suffer immediate and irreparable harm if work on the DMV computer system ground to a halt. He scheduled further arguments in the case for December 1.

A contract to update the state’s 1980s-era DMV computer system was awarded in 2008. But work on the project has been marked by a series of delays and changes in the company responsible for the work.

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