On August 18, 2023, Longzhi General Manager Yang Linjing was interviewed during the ACT Automotive Electronics and Software Technology Week event. He discussed the characteristics of Longzhi’s embedded software solutions and how to deal with the trend of gradually increasing automotive software costs. share.
Interview transcript
Q: Can you give us a brief introduction to Longzhi?
Longzhi is a DevSecOps solution provider that has focused on the field of software development and operation integration for more than ten years. It integrates DevSecOps, ITSM, Agile management ideas and excellent tools in this field, providing everything from product planning and demand management, development to testing, Deployment and operation and maintenance life cycle solutions, through professional consulting, solution customization, implementation and deployment, professional training, customized development and other one-stop services, help enterprises realize the integration of software development and operation, and ensure that security protection is integrated into the entire software development process during the life cycle.
Longzhi maintains partnerships with many well-known vendors in the global DevSecOps field. We are a Perforce authorized partner, an Atlassian global platinum partner, a cloud professional partner, and an authorized partner of CloudBees, Mend (formerly WhiteSource), and SmartBear.
In addition to Shanghai, Longzhi also has branches in Hong Kong, China, Tokyo, Japan, and Waterloo, Canada, serving customers around the world. With the spirit of continuous cultivation and innovation, Longzhi's solutions have been recognized and trusted by more than 1,000 companies in finance, automobiles, communications, games, Internet, chips and other industries, and have been rated as "High-tech Enterprises" and "Shanghai City's 'Specialized, Special and New' Small and Medium Enterprises".
Q: What are the advantages of Longzhi’s embedded software solutions?
First of all, our embedded industry solutions are continuously innovative and highly customized. Longzhi keeps up with the latest international trends, learns from others' strengths, and constantly improves our solutions. We understand that each client's needs are unique, so our solutions can be customized to the client's specific requirements. Longzhi has a professional development team that can help customers in need with customized development.
Secondly, the automotive software industry solutions we provide are based on mainstream, high-end, and excellent tools that Longzhi has selected around the world over the years. For example, Perforce's version control Helix Core can manage various types of files, including binary files, supports very large files, has powerful branching and merging functions, and access control functions refined to the file level. It has become a large-scale global version control system. It is the first choice for collaborative development by R&D teams and is especially suitable for collaborative version management of modeling design and code development in the automotive industry. Static code analysis tools Klocwork and Helix QAC help automotive software teams improve code quality and achieve industry compliance, and are widely used in car companies. IP lifecycle management Methodics IPLM and application lifecycle management Helix ALM allow teams to achieve full lifecycle traceability and IP reuse. As well as Atlassian's project management Jira , knowledge base management Confluence , and high-speed ITSM platform Jira Service Management , help large-scale teams accelerate innovation and enhance collaboration. These tools are used by many Fortune 500 companies and have gone through the test of the market to achieve their current status.
Finally, Longzhi’s consulting and technical team is very strong. Our team not only possesses extensive technical knowledge but also has practical project experience in various fields. They are familiar with the latest industry standards and trends and can apply this knowledge to their clients' projects. In addition, we have 21 Atlassian certified individuals and two Atlassian certified experts. Li Pei, the technical backbone of our Perforce team, has also won the title of "Perforce Technical Hero" and can professionally and efficiently provide customers with system implementation and ensure daily system normality. Run technical support services.
Q: What do you think about the increasing cost of automotive software? Does Longzhi have a solution?
We need to look at the cost issue rationally. It may cost a certain amount to purchase software upfront, but the benefits it brings are far greater than the costs.
Nowadays, many companies are focusing on cost reduction and efficiency improvement. If they want to maintain the company's strong competitiveness, they need to focus on efficiency improvement and push the company's R&D strength and competitiveness to a new level with the help of appropriate software products and solutions. A high degree of success is the correct approach, and only such enterprises can move forward steadily and far.