The cloud video aggregation networking system runs uninterruptedly, and a total of 35,000 video streams guard the tranquility of the whole district. Behind this system, there is a "guard" in the silent guardian - the performance testing software Xrunner produced by the palm intelligent company, the system for 7× 24 hours of automatic duty, once the system defects are found immediately alarm, its work efficiency reached 100,000 times / sec data detection, monitoring data throughput of 136TB / day.
In just 7 years since it entered the field of test software, palm intelligent has been selected as a national-level specialized special new small giant enterprise, which is one of the "youngest" enterprises among the 68 Guangzhou enterprises selected, and last year it was also selected into the second batch of national key small giant enterprises public list. Dr. Xu Hao, the founder and chairman of the company, said that this is because Palm Intelligence has gathered a group of core teams that have been deeply engaged in the field of testing software for 20 years, and has continuously invested in and adhered to it at a point, and in the face of the huge opportunity of the state to vigorously promote the localization of basic software, there is no reason not to sprint with all its might.
Palm Smart Company
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Hope to specialize in domestic blank or backward technical fields
As large as whether the mobile banking system of a bank is stable, as small as whether there are intelligent defects in the smart home appliance products launched by a certain electrical appliance brand, there are palm intelligent high-performance test software "escort" figures. "Palm Intelligence is committed to the development of intelligent test software, high-performance test computing power and other key technologies of reliability test systems, aiming to break the monopoly of developed countries and help build a manufacturing power and a software power." Xu Hao explained to reporters, "For example, the production of a car requires a production line, and after the production and assembly is completed, test instruments are required to debug and test the various properties of the car, such as engine pressure, physical properties of the car, etc." In the software field, software development tools are like production lines in the industrial field, and software test tools are like test instruments, which test the quality of software such as function and safety. Many tests, which previously required a lot of human intervention, can now be automated and intelligently monitored like robots with high-performance test software. ”
Dr. Xu Hao, founder and chairman of the company
Why does a young company grow so fast? Because of the long-term accumulation of basic technology, enterprises have won on the starting line. Xu Hao studied at South China University of Technology, and after graduation, he stayed on to the university to carry out scientific research work while pursuing a doctorate. "When the tutor assigned the research direction, I took the initiative to specialize in the domestic blank or backward technical field, and the result was 'blindly selected' to this direction, and I did not expect it to become my life's work." Xu Hao said. Test software is different from application software, application software is ready to install, developed and can be used immediately. Test software is a basic tool software, which requires a long research and development process, and each small step forward requires a lot of work, which consumes a lot of time, energy and financial resources. Moreover, its effect is hidden behind the application tool, and people only know which application software is easy to use, but do not know that the high-intensity, multi-dimensional testing process behind it is essential. If a software production is not rigorously tested, high quality and usability cannot be guaranteed.
It is precisely because of the long cycle and slow effect that in the early 21st century, the field of domestic test software was almost blank. When using "software for test software", software manufacturers can only buy test software from abroad at a high price or use open source test software.
Xu Hao became a pioneer in this field. After 15 years of research and development, coinciding with the large number of applications of domestic mobile Internet, Internet of Things, cloud computing technology, users have higher and higher requirements for the quality of software systems, and he believes that his technical achievements to industrial development is imminent. In 2015, Xu Hao founded Palm Intelligent Company, "It is time to push this set of technology and software that is raised in the deep and unknown to the market, so that more domestic companies can use domestic high-performance test software." ”
Xu Hao introduced the test of palm intelligence for smart cities
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Break the monopoly of foreign technology
As a science and engineering student in the ivory tower for a long time, Xu Hao, who was full of ambition, threw himself into the business sea and soon felt a full range of unsuitability, "Opening a company to know the difficulties, operation, management, marketing, recruitment... Pressure from all sides is coming, not to mention the problems of capital management and equity financing. Xu Hao said.
The unknown of the commercial sea is just like Xu Hao's initial research direction, and he has to start from scratch. However, the word "study", like the trait engraved in the bones of this scholar, is different from reading thousands of books before, Xu Hao began to travel thousands of miles, and humbly consulted industry seniors and entrepreneur friends.
"The feeling then was two words, pain." Xu Hao recalled with a bitter smile, "Looking at the mental journey of entrepreneurship, it can be summarized into four stages: starting from making a little money, dreaming of becoming bigger and stronger, caught in a dilemma, and being loyal to ideals and beliefs." ”
"At the beginning, I thought about making a little money to maintain the development of the enterprise, and gradually having more customers and more accumulation, I began to look forward to becoming bigger and stronger." Xu Hao explained, "But once enterprises enter the track of the capital market, they find more and more difficult problems: to balance the speed of capital requirements and the objective laws of enterprise development; to walk a tightrope between directional decision-making and realistic uncertainty; to face the management problems that bring exponential growth after the multiplication of personnel... At this time, it is like the car on the highway, it is impossible to drive backwards back to the entrance, the sense of powerlessness, the sense of suffering is very strong, always wondering whether the choice of doing business is correct, always thinking about what is the purpose of starting a business? ”
"Every time I feel pain, I will recall the long and lonely scientific research time in school, and I can't forget the team cheering for every small step forward, and I can't forget to worry about every technical breakthrough." Xu Hao said, "Teachers, teachers and brothers, and my students, we have also been counted for generations, for this field that is far behind the international advanced level in China. I opened a company not only for profit, but also to hold a momentum, to break through the monopoly of foreign technology in this field and achieve domestic substitution. In this way, the original intention slowly eliminated the sense of pain, leaving only one practical problem after another that needed to be solved. ”
Technicians test the equipment
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The government solves the various difficulties of small and medium-sized enterprises in multiple dimensions
Speaking of being selected as a national key small giant enterprise, Xu Hao believes that there are three success factors, "First of all, it is particularly 'specialized', specialized and new, and ranked first. In fact, in 2016, the software industry was particularly keen on the creation of business models, that is, the 'Internet model', we also had a heartbeat, almost deviated from the track, fortunately in time to correct, in the technological innovation to stick to. Xu Hao said, "Secondly, we must open our minds and not build the fence of thinking too high." I often remind myself to be open-minded, willing to be an open-minded primary school student, and constantly talk to the world with an inclusive mindset and incremental thinking. The third point is to figure out what you ultimately want, and then unswervingly go on and keep moving forward. ”
In recent years, with the changing international situation, the country's emphasis on the localization of advanced technology is unprecedented, the software industry has developed by leaps and bounds, and palm intelligence has also been supported by the policies of governments at all levels. "The company has always enjoyed preferential tax policies." Xu Hao said, "The deduction of R&D expenses is a good policy conducive to technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, and the expenses used for scientific and technological research and development can be deducted before tax and can also be rewarded, which greatly encourages enterprises to invest in research and development and enhance their scientific and technological strength." In addition, governments at all levels have supported specialized new small and medium-sized enterprises in many aspects such as land use, recruitment, and loans, such as bank loans and even special special new enterprise loans. Now the government has a multi-dimensional way to solve the various difficulties in the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, and some of the problems that used to make us very big are no longer problems. ”
"Seize the current opportunities, lay a position in the industry, and then you can compete more with foreign software, first in a certain field to do better than foreign countries, and then expand to other fields." Looking forward to the future, Xu Hao is full of confidence.
Palm Smart's demonstration of testing in the home appliance industry
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