Development course of hypergraph

Fourteen years ago, SuperMap with less than 1 people opened in the dormitory of the Northern Suburb Management Office of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and now there are more than 1, people with branches in Beijing, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Hangzhou, Chengdu and Xi 'an. SuperMap GIS, the core product of SuperMap, is not only widely used in China, but also successfully landed in Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Europe, North America and Xi 'an. "In the 197s and 198s, there were more than 1 GIS products in the United States. Now there are only a few big brands left, and more than 2 of them entered China in the late 198s. Therefore, we say that technology should be transformed into products, and products must enter the market on a large scale. Now, many domestic scientific research achievements have not been commercialized, or the degree of products is very low. "After more than ten years of development of GIS, Zhong Ershun has seen all the formats are bleak.

speaking of the "human" factor in industrial development, Zhong Ershun believes that people who engage in technology should go deep into enterprises, grow up with products and take risks, instead of letting go of technology to an enterprise and then applying for new project funds. "Our country's system may be bound, but the most important thing is human factors. Now the policy is still relatively open. The flexibility of the system is relatively large. People who do science and technology must go all the way to the end and truly go to the enterprise. Zhou Guangzhao once said that the best mode is to go deep into the enterprise. The United States and Israel are all like this. There is a technology for image compression in the United States from the National Defense Research Office of the United States. By 1998, this technology had evolved into a product and was handed over to the research office for a certain copyright fee, and the personnel came out to engage in enterprises. " It is said that many employees in SuperMap Company are graduate students brought out by Zhong Ershun. When an industry has just been upgraded, there will be many new models. As the basis of many applications, GIS industry has also become a platform for industrial creativity. "This industry is still in the stage of rising development in China and the world. There are many things that geographic information technology can develop, such as mobile phones and networks. It can also be two-dimensional and three-dimensional, or you can be an industry, such as some companies doing water conservancy industry alone. Combining GIS with other technical management to create a model can be popularized throughout the country and solve the problems of employment and management. GIS is a comprehensive and integrated technology and can be creative. "

For example, a Japanese company has a national database with a ratio of 1: 2, and a database of land prices. Connecting these two databases, we can know the changes of land prices in the past two years, which is a kind of creativity.

SuperMap assists industry developers and supports more than 4 partners to develop industry application systems, which not only develops technology, but also expands the market. For example, Beijing Cappucci Company developed a cable TV facility management system based on SuperMap, occupying half of the market share; Cooperate with Nanjing ztesoft to expand the telecom network resource management market; Help Guangzhou Blueprint to develop urban planning and tap water facilities management market and so on.

"Every endpoint in the industrial chain has its own characteristics, and each link has its own characteristics and development and innovation. For example, our platform software must conform to the current development trend of information technology, and the closer the connection, the better. At the same time, geographic information technology itself has a large amount of data, and any map is just a few G's, and there is also the problem of scale. Different data formats need to be integrated. You have to deal with such data quickly, and those who engage in technology must have a very close relationship with users. Investigate the usability of products, how to develop quickly, how to conform to users' processes, and how to update data. " Zhong ershun said.

when an industry is valued, there are enterprises that want to do everything. At this time, a focused attitude and a clear strategic positioning are very important for the development of enterprises.

the development of p>SuperMap software products started in 1996, 1 years later than the earliest domestic counterparts engaged in GIS software development. At that time, some domestic GIS software products were mature and formed certain brand advantages. International counterparts started earlier and monopolized the GIS software market in China at that time. Where to start is an important topic in front of hypergraph. If Hypergraph develops GIS software according to this idea, there is almost no way out. Later, SuperMap found that both management-oriented government and enterprise application systems and products for public information services need seamless integration of GIS software technology and other information technologies, so a development platform independent of desktop platform is needed. Only based on such an independent development platform can industry application developers develop systems and products that better meet the application requirements for the government, enterprises and individuals. Being positioned as a GIS platform software needs to be able to withstand loneliness. At the beginning, platform software is still in the research and development stage, and it is very difficult to maintain continuous investment in core technology research and development. IT is said that in the winter of the IT industry, Zhong Ershun once turned white overnight for the company's rapidly growing employees, and finally saved the team without losing anyone. SuperMap has a research and development team of 1 people, and 3% of its sales revenue is invested in research and development. The positioning of platform software not only avoids the competition with excellent application software at the same time, but also establishes an irreplaceable position in the industrial chain. There are not many manufacturers of GIS platform software. The whole plate is only a few hundred million yuan, but SuperMap products, as the flagship brand of GIS in the Asia-Pacific region, have a strong appeal in the industry and can drive more than 2 enterprises. "We hope to make the brand up in the future and say a few words in the industry." Zhong ershun said that the future development still does not change the caution of the academic school.

"If you follow other people's old path, you will certainly not be able to do it. No matter from the micro-perspective of the super map or from the national perspective, you must have your own characteristics. For example, the network geographic information system, which we have had for a long time, has long been aimed at the network, so now all our products can be networked. " At present, domestic products are made based on foreign operating systems, so they generally follow foreign countries. But the whole architecture of an enterprise must be new to be more competitive.

"Because IT is changing, everyone has opportunities." Zhong Ershun often regrets this sentence.

always keep up with the latest technology trends in the industry, SuperMap has formed its own system in technology, and new versions of products are constantly introduced. At the end of 25, SuperMap first released a large-scale all-component GIS platform based on. NET technology and a large-scale all-component GIS platform based on Java technology-Super-MapObjects Java, which provided industry developers with a component GIS development platform based on the latest technology. The localization requirements of e-government system have enabled Zhongke Hongqi, NPC Jincang and SuperMap to cooperate together, and SuperMap will launch products based on Linux system. SuperMap released its products for the first time in October 2, but in July of that year, it established a joint venture company-Japan SuperMap Co., Ltd. in Tokyo. "The Japanese market is very good. The president of our Japanese company will receive a group of guests every 2 minutes. Our product going out is not only a problem of GIS software, but also a problem of the whole software industry. " In the following years, SuperMap established a large number of successful application cases in Japan, which were widely recognized by users. In Japan, more than ten Fortune 5 companies have adopted SuperMap to develop GIS application systems for enterprises and governments. In government departments, almost all ministries that need GIS, such as Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, are using SuperMap.

"Japanese customers' strict or even rigid requirements for products have greatly improved our products." Zhong Ershun said that Japanese users have always been known for their rigor, and their requirements for product functions and quality are very demanding. The application and promotion in Japan is not only a test but also a promotion for the quality of SuperMap products, and it also brings more confidence for SuperMap to accelerate its internationalization in other countries and regions.

In the international market, the market situation varies from country to country. For example, the United States and Canada are relatively open, while Britain is relatively conservative, which restricts the development of the market to a certain extent. However, this does not hinder the cooperation enthusiasm of some European and American customers, and olive branches from foreign projects are thrown from time to time. "We can't be too hasty, otherwise the uncoordinated development will break. So we put two and a half people in Hong Kong first. " The so-called half-person means that the secretary is shared with other companies. SuperMap established SuperMap International Co., Ltd. in Hong Kong, taking Hong Kong as a base to explore the international markets in Southeast Asia and South Asia. Japan is only the first stop, and the internationalization of SuperMap still has a long way to go.

SuperMap set out to build a nationwide sales channel and service network, hoping to make money from services in the future and upgrade its SuperMap brand. Bentley has been trying to buy SuperMap, but it failed. Some people say that it is good to actually get some money. In this regard, Zhong Ershun said: It is important to keep this brand.