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The Chrome Valkyrie team, sponsored by Fortech, won the second prize at BattleLab Robotica with their strong robot who thrashed 24 opponents in a sumo battle. BattleLab Robotica is a competition organized by BEST, a place where the brightest future engineers can bring their robots to life and into combat.

A delegation from Fortech enjoyed four days amongst eager students passionate about software development and interested to start a career in IT. ElectroTech and the Faculty of Automation and Computer Science from UTCN hosted our “Fortech corner”, visited by more than 100 students.

We are glad to announce a new product development direction – Seed For Tech. This initiative aims at providing seed funding and go-to-market support for early-stage companies and start-up founders. The model considers long-term perspectives for turning great ideas into successful software products.

Fortech hosted at its cozy headquarters an event dedicated to students willing to take their first steps into entrepreneurship. Over the course of three days, young enthusiasts from different backgrounds had the chance to get a glimpse into what starting a technology company is all about.

On April 9th, just before Easter, Fortech opened its doors to a group of 35 enthusiastic future programmers as part of the Careers Days event, organized by a local university. At our headquarters, the students had the opportunity to learn about software outsourcing and product development challenges.

One of our colleagues got featured in the Today Software Magazine with an article on Test Drive Development (TDD) using Agile. He explained how we must swiftly adjust to the constantly increasing level of complexity of the software development process in an Agile environment. Read his insights here.

Fortech hosted in its cozy headquarters the launch of another number of the Today Software Magazine (TSM). The 31st issue brought together under our roof local IT, Marketing and HR specialists interested in the IT field’s hot topics. Fortech introduced the vreau-ceva.ro platform, a services marketplace.

Traditionally, December is a month for celebration at Fortech. The carolers from the Transylvania Autism Society and the Romanian Foundation for Children, the abundance of joy at the Kid’s party, the Charity Fair and the jazz beats from the Christmas party enveloped us in the Christmas spirit all month.

Peter Lawrey, the well-known Java expert and owner of the popular “Vanilla Java” blog, held an advanced workshop for our Java developers. It was a great experience and an opportunity for our colleagues to stay up to date with the latest development in their area of expertise, thus improving their professional skills.

Our mission to support educational initiatives drives us to constantly propose ideas that add value to our community. This year, we launched a pilot program designed to give high school students the opportunity to practice what they learn in school in a real work environment. The first edition was a great success.

BrainTrust is an initiative proposed and implemented by some of our colleagues. It facilitates knowledge sharing throughout the company, in the form of periodic sessions held at Fortech. The subjects cover general challenges of software engineers in diverse areas of expertise, so everybody is welcome to join.

Ovidiu, a software engineer from Fortech, made an objective overview of Java 8 in the article he published in the 24th issue of the Today Software Magazine. Discover, by reading his impressions, what is new in Java 8 and why the process of managing parallel pools of data is still complex and risky.