What INFORS does

INFORS (中创股份), formally Shandong Zhongchuang Software Commercial Middleware Co., Ltd., is a Chinese foundational software company founded in 2002 and headquartered in Jinan, Shandong. The company develops and sells a comprehensive middleware product family branded InforSuite — including application servers (AS), message middleware (MQ, HTMQ, Cloud MQ, HCMQ), load balancers (LB), distributed data caches (RDS), workflow engines (Flow), enterprise service buses (ESB), and integration platforms (iPaaS) — built on Java EE/Jakarta EE standards and deeply adapted for full-stack Xinchuang (domestic IT substitution) environments spanning domestic CPUs, operating systems, databases, and cloud platforms. Core products are complemented by a data intelligence layer (DubheDGP data governance, DataDome analytics, DI data integration, AI Model Dome), a PaaS container cloud platform, IoT and unified monitoring platforms, and security products (WebWall WAF, tamper-proofing). In 2025, the company launched an AI Agent Middleware that integrates third-party LLMs (DeepSeek, Llama 3, OpenAI) with RAG and a Connection layer to ERP/RDB/business systems for agent lifecycle management.

The company monetizes through perpetual middleware licenses, subscriptions, technical services (implementation, training, 24/7 support), and managed cloud-native services, with an enterprise field sales motion targeting central and local government agencies, state-owned banks, state-owned power grids, and large SOEs. Sales are concentrated in China's Xinchuang procurement pipeline and supported by six regional offices (Jinan, Beijing, Kunshan, Guangzhou, Changsha, Shanghai) plus system integrator partner channels. The customer base includes the State Taxation Administration (Golden Tax Phase III serving 800,000 tax officials and 1 billion+ taxpayers), SDIC Finance (full-stack migration replacing Nginx/Kafka/RocketMQ/Redis), a large state-owned power grid (10,000+ microservice instances serving 600M+ users), and a broad roster of Chinese financial institutions including ABC, ICBC, BOC, China Development Bank, and others. The company holds CMMI Level 5, ISO 9001/20000/27001/45001 certifications, is an enterprise member of the Jakarta EE Working Group, and was awarded national 'Specialized, Refined, and New Little Giant' enterprise designation in 2025. It is listed on China's National Equities Exchange and Quotations (NEEQ) under ticker 831413, with no public revenue disclosure.

Name

INFORS

Legal name

山东中创软件商用中间件股份有限公司

Website

https://inforbus.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

INFORS (中创股份) is a Chinese middleware software company founded in 2002, selling an InforSuite product family (application servers, message queues, load balancers, data caches, integration platforms) adapted for full-stack domestic IT (Xinchuang) environments, serving government, financial, energy, and large state-owned enterprise customers across China.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise Middleware Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Integration, API & Middleware Consulting (BPAHAEAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Software/Application Support (SaaS, Enterprise Apps) (BPAAACAC), Data Security & Privacy Managed Services (DLP/Encryption) (BPAEADAL)

Keywords

• Enterprise middleware software
• Application server platforms
• Message-oriented middleware
• Distributed data caching
• Java EE application platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Jinan

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Middleware Software Licenses and Subscriptions: INFORS sells its InforSuite middleware product family (application servers, message queues, load balancers, caches, integration platforms) as perpetual licenses and/or subscription contracts, targeting government and enterprise customers who require reliable, domestically-controlled infrastructure software.
2. Technical Services and Support: The company provides implementation, consulting, training, Kubernetes services, and ongoing technical support for its middleware products, generating recurring service revenue. Support includes 7x24 premium services for key accounts.
3. Cloud-Native and Managed Services: INFORS offers cloud-native platform services including PaaS cloud platforms, container-based deployments, and managed services for enterprises undergoing digital and Xinchuang (domestic IT) transformation.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

INFORS develops, licenses, and supports the InforSuite family of enterprise middleware software—including application servers, message queues, load balancers, distributed data caches, enterprise service buses, workflow platforms, application security (WAF, tamper-proofing), unified monitoring, data integration and analytics platforms, data governance, and an enterprise AI Agent middleware—delivered as licensed software with associated implementation, consulting, training, and 7x24 technical support services. The offerings are sold primarily to Chinese government agencies, financial institutions, state-owned energy and transportation enterprises, and large SOEs undergoing Xinchuang migration away from foreign and open-source middleware such as WebLogic, Nginx, Kafka, RocketMQ, and Redis.

Product overview

INFORS (中创股份/山东中创软件商用中间件股份有限公司) offers a comprehensive middleware and data platform portfolio centered on four foundational core middleware products: InforSuite AS (application server), InforSuite MQ (message middleware), InforSuite LB (load balancer), and InforSuite RDS (distributed data cache). These are complemented by specialized messaging variants (HTMQ, Cloud MQ, HCMQ), workflow (Flow), enterprise service bus (ESB), and unified management platform (IMMP). Above the middleware layer sits a suite of digital intelligence platforms including the InforSuite iPaaS application integration platform, BPM platform, PaaS container cloud platform, and the unified monitoring platform (UMP) for IT/IoT operations. Data intelligence is served by the InforSuite DI data integration platform, DataDome analytics platform, DubheDGP data governance platform, and AI Model Dome AI model management platform. Security offerings include WebWall (WAF) and InforGuard WS (tamper-proofing), alongside specialized platforms for highway toll management, file transfer, and data transmission. The AI Agent Middleware platform layers LLMs, RAG, and Connection-based system integration to enable autonomous task execution across ERP, database, and business systems. All offerings are available across government, finance, energy, transportation, and industrial sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• InforSuite AS: Enterprise application server middleware compliant with Jakarta EE and Java EE specifications.
• InforSuite MQ
• InforSuite LB
• InforSuite HTMQ
• InforSuite HCMQ
• InforSuite Cloud MQ
• InforSuite RDS
• InforSuite ESB
• InforSuite Flow
• InforSuite iPaaS
• InforSuite PaaS
• InforSuite IMMP
• InforSuite DTP
• InforGuard WS
• InforGuard WebWall
• InforGuard UMP
• AI Model Dome (元穹AI模型管理平台)
• DubheDGP (天枢数据治理平台)
• DataDome (元穹大数据分析平台)
• InforSuite DI (元穹数据集成平台)
• 高速公路智慧管控平台
• 中创物联网监控平台
• 中创业务信息和电子文件交换系统
• 中创业务文件安全传输平台

Products and services

• InforSuite Application Server (中创应用服务器软件 / InforSuite AS) Enterprise-grade application server fully compliant with Jakarta EE 11/10/9.1/9/8 and Java EE 8/7/6 specifications, providing a secure, reliable runtime environment with full lifecycle management for deployment, monitoring, and operations to power mission-critical applications in government, military, energy, finance, transportation, and telecommunications sectors.
• InforSuite Message Middleware (中创消息中间件软件 / InforSuite MQ) JMS-compliant message-oriented middleware supporting cross-language, cross-platform, and cross-regional asynchronous message transmission with message queuing, publish-subscribe, reliable storage, and multi-protocol support (AMQP, MQTT, STOMP), enabling financial transactions, command dispatch, and business process handling.
• InforSuite High-Throughput Message Middleware (中创高吞吐消息中间件软件 / InforSuite HTMQ) Distributed high-throughput message transmission software fully compatible with Kafka interfaces, supporting multi-partition, multi-replica, and multi-subscriber architectures for large-scale real-time data processing, data warehousing, and high-throughput data analytics scenarios.
• InforSuite Cloud-Native Message Middleware (中创云原生消息中间件软件 / InforSuite Cloud MQ) Cloud-native distributed message transmission software with compute-storage separation architecture, supporting message persistence, cross-region data synchronization, and flexible scale, compatible with AMQP, MQTT protocols and Pulsar, RocketMQ, Kafka interfaces, suitable for financial transactions and big data processing.
• InforSuite High-Performance Message Queue (中创高性能消息队列软件 / InforSuite HCMQ) AMQP-based message transmission software fully compatible with RabbitMQ development interfaces, providing stable and reliable asynchronous transmission services across distributed systems with high concurrency support.
• InforSuite Distributed Data Cache Middleware (中创分布式数据缓存中间件 / InforSuite RDS) High-performance distributed caching middleware with Redis protocol compatibility, supporting massive data high availability, horizontal scaling, and real-time big data processing for high-concurrency memory data sharing and application support.
• InforSuite Load Balancer (中创负载均衡软件 / InforSuite LB) High-performance service proxy middleware providing HTTP services, reverse proxy, load balancing, and dynamic content processing with support for Layer 4 and Layer 7 protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, TCP, FastCGI, SMTP, POP3, IMAP), solving high-concurrency access and load balancing challenges.
• InforSuite Workflow Middleware (中创工作流中间件 / InforSuite Flow) Enterprise-grade process platform for process modeling, execution, and analysis optimization, supporting cloud-native development, multi-application multi-engine unified management, and rapid business process construction with low-code process + rule + form development.
• InforSuite Enterprise Service Bus (中创企业服务总线 / InforSuite ESB) SOA dual-bus architecture information hub integrating service and data, with modeling, simulation, execution, management, and monitoring capabilities for enterprise information system integration, enabling flexible and scalable SOA architecture.
• InforSuite Middleware Unified Management Platform (中创中间件统一管理平台 / IMMP) One-stop middleware management platform covering unified deployment, configuration, centralized monitoring, and centralized log querying, addressing challenges of diverse middleware deployment, large-scale management, and complex operations across container and non-container environments.
• InforGuard Unified Monitoring Platform (中创统一监管平台 / InforGuard UMP) Panoramic multi-dimensional integrated monitoring and operations platform for IT environments, business applications, and IoT monitoring, supporting monitoring of domestic and mainstream brand hardware/software with real-time fault warning, rapid positioning, topology diagnosis, risk alerting, intelligent inspection, and remote operations.
• InforSuite IoT Monitoring Platform (中创物联网监控平台 / UMP IoT) IoT device monitoring platform supporting rapid adapter access for IoT perception devices, using data collection, AI machine learning, and GIS technologies to enable human-machine-object connection, interaction, and coordination for smart cities and industrial IoT.
• InforGuard Web Application Firewall (中创Web应用防火墙软件 / InforGuard WebWall) Web application firewall providing real-time detection and protection of HTTP/HTTPS traffic, effectively defending against SQL injection, XSS, malicious crawlers, and DDoS attacks through deep application-layer protocol parsing and AI-augmented rule generation.
• InforGuard Website Tamper-Proofing Software (中创防篡改软件 / InforGuard WS) Website security product protecting against malicious tampering, ensuring website content correctness, integrity, and authority through real-time tampering blocking, malware virus identification, and website content release auditing.
• InforSuite Application Integration Service Platform (中创应用集成服务平台 / InforSuite iPaaS) API-centric next-generation integration platform supporting distributed deployment for full-domain integration of applications, data, and cloud services, enabling cross-system and cross-department data seamless connection with API visual orchestration.
• InforSuite PaaS Container Cloud Platform (中创PaaS平台 / InforSuite PaaS) Enterprise-grade container cloud platform based on container technology providing application orchestration, microservice governance, and DevOps one-stop cloud-native solutions to simplify application deployment, monitoring, and operations lifecycle management.
• InforSuite Business Process PaaS Platform (中创业务流程PaaS平台 / BPM Platform) Cloud-native BPM platform based on container technology providing multi-tenant, high-concurrency, and dynamic scaling capabilities with process engine API-as-a-service, containerized runtime deployment, and platform-level process management.
• AI Agent Middleware (中创智能体中间件 / AI Agent Platform) Enterprise-grade full-scenario AI Agent management platform integrating large model capabilities, RAG knowledge bases, and AI security mechanisms to manage the full lifecycle of agents, enabling task automation across ERP, database, and business systems through a Connection layer.
• InforSuite Data Integration Platform (中创元穹数据集成平台 / InforSuite DI) One-stop data integration management platform providing visual management, modeling, scheduling, running, monitoring, and alerting for data integration, supporting real-time massive data synchronization, heterogeneous data source processing, and CDC-based change data capture.
• DataDome Big Data Analytics Platform (中创元穹大数据分析平台 / DataDome) Next-generation big data analytics tool enabling data analysis and visualization through drag-and-drop operations, providing diverse visualization charts including heat maps, tree diagrams, network graphs, and supporting multi-dimensional data analysis and cross-chart interaction.
• DubheDGP Data Governance Platform (中创天枢数据治理平台 / DubheDGP) One-stop governance and operations solution for the full data lifecycle, providing full-domain data integration, standard design, quality monitoring, unified asset management, and data services with low-code configuration to connect all data governance stages.
• AI Model Dome (中创元穹AI模型管理平台 / AI Model Dome) AI model comprehensive management platform spanning the full lifecycle of model training, evaluation, and inference, providing data management, visual model training, model management, and model deployment for enterprise AI solution development.
• InforSuite Data Transfer Platform (中创数据传输中心 / InforSuite DTP) Standalone data transfer middleware providing efficient and reliable data transmission services with fault tolerance, ensuring no data loss or duplication across distributed environments with support for diverse transmission modes and domestic environment compatibility.
• Business Information and Electronic Document Exchange System (中创业务信息和电子文件交换系统) National standard-compliant electronic document exchange system providing end-to-end standardized exchange services across government units, individuals, and applications via the national e-government network platform and trust service infrastructure, supporting cross-domain and cross-system secure document transmission.
• Highway Smart Management and Control Platform (中创高速公里智慧管控平台) Integrated highway toll management platform combining toll management, device control, status monitoring, intelligent analysis, and cloud-based seat management for one-stop real-time toll transaction observation and lane equipment control.
• Business File Secure Transfer Platform (中创业务文件安全传输平台) Secure file transmission platform for enterprises providing graded and domain-separated management, secure and trusted transmission, stable and reliable data transfer, and centralized monitoring for cross-domain file exchange.

Quantifiable outcome

• Core transaction response time reduced to millisecond level at Guotou Finance after Xinchuang migration
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration21 records

AI capability15 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• 中国互联网协会 (China Internet Association)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 April 2025INFORS participated as a key contributor to drafting 5 group standards for middleware published by the China Internet Association, establishing technical specifications for the Xinchuang middleware industry.
• 中国计算机行业协会 (China Computer Industry Association)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2025As a core member unit of the Supply Chain Professional Committee of the China Computer Industry Association, INFORS participated in drafting two group standards: 'Web Application Middleware Supply Chain Maturity Assessment' and 'Message Middleware Supply Chain Maturity Assessment'.
• 中国信通院 / 云计算与大数据研究所 (CAICT)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 April 2025INFORS products (InforSuite Cloud MQ, AI Agent Middleware) received cloud-native middleware maturity advanced-level certification and were selected as outstanding AI Cloud middleware cases in 2025 AI Cloud assessments conducted by CAICT.
• 中国雄安集团数字城市科技有限公司 (China Xiongan Group Digital City Technology Co., Ltd.)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025INFORS signed a formal agreement with China Xiongan Group Digital City Technology Co., Ltd. in March 2025 to jointly establish the 'Xiongan Digital City Innovation Research Institute', collaborating on digital city technology innovation and Xiongan's digital transformation.
• 中国通信学会 (China Communications Society)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025INFORS received first-level certifications in Xinchuang Engineering Implementation Capability and Data Service Capability from the China Communications Society, and became a formal member of the Xinchuang Technology Professional Committee.
• Jakarta EE Working Group / Eclipse FoundationcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2024INFORS is an enterprise member of the Jakarta EE Working Group, participating in the development of the latest Jakarta EE specifications. This membership enables INFORS to influence international middleware standards and ensures its products meet global specification compliance.
• 达梦数据库、瀚高数据库、人大金仓数据库等国产数据库厂商coreTechnology or IntegrationINFORS middleware products are deeply optimized for and compatible with major Chinese domestic database brands including Da Meng (DM), HighGo (瀚高), Kingbase (人大金仓), and GBase, supporting full-stack Xinchuang adaptation from chip to OS to database.
• 国际信创生态 (国产芯片、操作系统、数据库、云平台)coreTechnology or IntegrationINFORS middleware is fully adapted to the Xinchuang ecosystem including domestic CPUs (海光, 飞腾, 鲲鹏), operating systems (银河麒麟, 统信), databases, and cloud platforms, enabling full-stack autonomous control for critical infrastructure customers.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Oracle (WebLogic / Tuxedo): Oracle WebLogic is the incumbent enterprise Java application server that INFORS explicitly positions to replace in Chinese government and SOE environments (e.g., in Guotou Finance migration case). Oracle represents the legacy foreign vendor whose displacement under Xinchuang policy has driven much of INFORS' core demand.
• IBM (WebSphere): IBM WebSphere is a long-standing enterprise Java EE application server that has historically been displaced in Chinese critical infrastructure by domestic alternatives like INFORS. It represents the broader legacy foreign middleware category against which INFORS' Jakarta EE–compatible InforSuite AS competes for migration projects.
• Red Hat (JBoss / OpenShift): Red Hat's JBoss application server and OpenShift/Kubernetes-based middleware stack represent both a legacy on-prem competitor and a cloud-native alternative to INFORS' offering. Red Hat competes for enterprise middleware and PaaS workloads globally, with INFORS' PaaS platform positioned as a domestic alternative in the Chinese market.
• Huawei (Cloud Middleware / ROMA): Huawei provides integrated middleware and application integration capabilities (e.g., ROMA, ServiceStage) as part of its broader cloud and enterprise portfolio. While not specializing in standalone middleware, Huawei competes aggressively for the same large-enterprise and government Xinchuang deployments and often undercuts specialists with bundled offerings.
• Alibaba Cloud (EDAS / RocketMQ / MSE): Alibaba Cloud offers a comprehensive middleware suite (RocketMQ, EDAS, MSE) as part of its public cloud platform, competing with INFORS in cloud-native message middleware and application integration. While primarily cloud-delivered rather than on-prem licensed, it competes for the same enterprise middleware workloads that INFORS targets, including state-owned enterprises.

Others

• Apache RocketMQ (open-source project): Apache RocketMQ is the open-source message middleware that INFORS' InforSuite Cloud MQ and MQ products explicitly position to replace (e.g., Guotou Finance migrated off RocketMQ to INFORS). It is not a commercial competitor but represents the open-source default that threatens the addressable market for licensed messaging middleware.

Direct peers

• Primeton (普元信息): Primeton is a Chinese middleware and enterprise application platform vendor (listed on the STAR Market) offering application servers, integration platforms (ESB/iPaaS), and governance tools directly overlapping with INFORS' InforSuite portfolio. It competes for the same Xinchuang-driven enterprise and government accounts across finance, energy, and government verticals.
• TongTech (东方通 TongWeb): TongTech is one of China's leading domestic middleware vendors, with its flagship TongWeb application server competing head-to-head against INFORS' InforSuite AS in the same government, finance, and SOE Xinchuang procurement opportunities. The two vendors also compete in message middleware, with INFORS' UMP product explicitly supporting TongWeb as a monitored target.
• Kingdee Apusic (金蝶天燕/Apusic): Kingdee's Apusic middleware division sells a Java EE–compatible application server and related middleware targeting government and enterprise customers in China. Apusic and INFORS' InforSuite AS are direct substitutes in domestic IT replacement opportunities, with INFORS' monitoring platform (UMP) explicitly supporting Apusic as an integrated target.

Regional players

• CETC (China Electronics Technology Group / 普华基础软件): CETC's Puhua basic software division produces a domestic operating system and middleware stack targeting China's critical information infrastructure. As a state-affiliated incumbent in the Xinchuang ecosystem, Puhua competes for the same government and defense procurement opportunities as INFORS.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance26 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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