CeBIT - The leading European ICT tradeshow is scheduled between the 6^th and the 10^th of March 2012. The show venue is Exhibition Grounds, 30521 Hannover, Germany and it will be open daily between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. CeBIT – “heart of the digital world” brings together suppliers and users at a senior decision-making level by means of four main display categories: CeBIT pro, CeBIT gov, CeBIT life and CeBIT lab. Codespring will be attending the event as an exhibitor at RomaniaIT stand, Hall 6 / stand D46. Bearing the fruit of CeBIT previous editions, Codespring invites all interested parties to plan topic based meetings with our senior Board members.

CeBIT 2012 presents itself as a “combination of flagship international trade fair, Global Conferences with up-to-the-minute contributions from top  industry players, and integrated corporate events”. (source: CeBIT 2012 brochure foreword) The CeBIT 2011 after show figures raised the bar to new  standards: 339,000 visitors from 110 countries, 7 million business contacts, 72% of the trade visitors involved in investment decisions, 500 CIOs  from international concerns with 50 billion to invest each year. (see more at www.aftershow.cebit.de).

CeBIT 2012 key note theme is “Managing Trust”, stressing out the fact that trust and security in the digital age is a critical issue to be addressed by governments, economies and consumers. As Mr. Ernst Raue, the Deutsche Messe Board member responsible for the CeBIT event pointed it out “CeBIT has set the goal of reducing the gap between confidence in modern technologies and the actual trustworthiness of digital solutions. This is the only way for innovation to reach full strength. […] Suppliers and users have to recognize that managing trust and confidence in intelligent solutions and processes is a central function of management.”

Codespring at CeBIT 2012 aims at showcasing success stories of software development and ICT services in Cluj-Napoca, heart of Transylvania region in Romania. Our team will be there to present you the insights of a collaboration with Codespring and the affinities that Cluj-Napoca has with German, French, Italian, Swiss and broader European culture.

If you are a professional user of software services or have an innovative software idea we will be glad to arrange a meeting with our senior Board members. A few topics may also be the perfect start for setting up a meeting with us:

• Business IT: Business Transformation; IT Services/Managed Services/ Outsourcing; Embedded Software and Systems; Virtualization, Cloud Computing; Webciety – Internet solutions; Security World.

• Business Communications and Network: Broadband Technologies and Solutions; NGN, IP Technologies/VoIP; Mobile Solutions and Smartphones; Telematics and Automotive World.

• Public Sector: Public sector solutions (Urban, Education, Health solutions); Telemedicine.

• Content & Technology: Audio & HI-FI industry; Content & Solutions Provider; TV & Cinema; Hybrid TV/ IPTV /Connected TV; Apps; Navigation/ Car-Infotainment;

• Research & New Technologies: Applied research; Basic Research; 3D Technologies; Assisted living.

These topics follow the CeBIT classification and are not exhaustive and are intercomplementary as we have been engaged in several global scale projects. You may find it more at ease to consider a topic by industry, by subject or by technology.

We are open to learn more about your thoughts and to back them up with customized solutions. As we are aware of the ever-shorter development cycles the industry is undertaking we also propose a set of flexible cooperation models.

For booking a direct meeting with Codespring members at CeBIT 2012 you may write directly to our corporate email: office@codespring.ro or call us at our head office: +40-364-113110 until the end of February 2012.

In the mid ‘90s telecommunications afficionados started spreading around the benefits and future development opportunities of the digital video and IPTV (Internet Protocol Television). Over two decades, several parts of the world have been experiencing the penetration of IPTV in our homes and workplaces. Today we are speaking about “live transmissions”, “interactive shows” or “replaying our favourite TV movie”as it has always been there. Specialists raise the bar and apply live streaming and video-on-demand in ultra-specialized fields like: medicine, aerospace, military or scientific research.

What does IPTV involve? Who are the customers? What industries can make the most of it? Where is it heading to? – These are some questions we will try to answer briefly in this article.

Understanding IPTV

The first thing to know about IPTV is that it offers us the possibility to feed any video at any time and any place. Digital networks allow nearly limtless  broadcasting of camera signals, television programmes or monitoring feeds. For this, specific software and hardware has been developed by professional providers. Today, we are refering as IPTV categories to live television (interactive or not), time-shifted televison (catch-up and start-over TV) or video-on-demand (VoD) (accessing and browsing a catalog of videos).

The main elements of the IPTV systems enabling live broadcast and video-on-demand operations are the receiver/transmitter devices, the encoders /decoders and the streaming servers.  A special importance was assigned to the set-top-box (STB) which differs by user categories: professional STBs (or IRDs, integrated receiver/decoders) are technically superior and have distinct features compared to the consumer standard STBs.

The Codespring involvement

Codespring has grown experience in the professional digital video transmission and IPTV systems due to its over a decade work for the largest IPTV and broadcasting solutions provider in Germany. Codespring’s work has impact on designing communication equipments and systems, computers and peripherals, consumer electronics and security systems. Dedicated teams are assigned to develop specific software, tools or various add-on’ s. Continuous reaserach and rigourous testing are they key factors to successfull developments.

The market evolution

In the last twenty years, the market and the customers changed their approach to data transmission. The digital age, put its mark on the communication systems structure, feature and speed. If in the beginning, innovative broadcasting companies were the most interested in implementing the IPTV solution, soon large TV networks across the most developed countries embraced it too.

As broadband availability among consumers increased in Northern America and Europe, these regions were the first to have most access to the IPTV solutions. Currently, as shown on the map of IPTV countries in 2011, along with Central and Eastern Europe, Australia and Asia are catching up with the lastest developments.

According to the Multimedia Research Group forecast, the number of IPTV global subscribers is expected to grow from 28 million in 2009 at 83 million in 2013 (compound annual growth rate of  31%).

Based on this forecast, IPTV global revenue is also expected to grow from USD 12 billion in 2009 up to USD 38 billion in 2013 (compound annual growth rate of 33%).  On the occasion of the research, MRG has also splited the world in four main regions: Europe, Asia, North America and Rest of the World.  In terms of revenue, Europe and North America are expected to generate larger shares of global revenue, due to lower ARPU/s in China, India and Asia.

Applications and future developments

One of the greatest applications of digital video broadcast and IPTV systems is tele-medecine. Specialists can now lead surgical interventations via a live streaming system. Students can learn by observing live surgeries anywhere in the world. Interactivity and assistance is now possible.

Next, general training for academic and business purposes can be delivered via the IPTV solution. Coordination of geographically remote operations in the aerospace and military fields is much more convenient due to the latest developments. Public services like police, firestation and hospitals have been investing in the acquisition and implementation of special designed features enabled by IPTV capabilities.Last but not least, general security for all type of businesses and facilities can be managed in an efficient and reliable manner. (D.C.)

Along with other EU members, Romania enters 2012 haunted by the traps residing in the turmoiled euro zone. Nevertheless, the Romanian IT&C stood out as a pillar of growth and development for the national economy, maintaining its contribution to the domestic GDP. The total export of IT Services and software development were accountable for av. 1% of the GDP in 2011. Grosso modo, the data collected over the year substantiates the hypothesis according to which investors were inspired to bet on Romania for offshoring. Agile practices combined with a transformational approach erected Romanian IT & Software offshoring providers among the few preferred destinations in the world.

The revolution of the offshoring model

IT and software services handled across the borders and remotely is something that is already common for the IT&C industry. Entering in the Terabite Age and facing major technology disruptions over the last couple of years, both offshoring services providers and customers have aknowledged the high complexity of the added-value chain in the industry. Cloud computing and hyperconnectivity pushed the market toward IT consumerization. According to recent A.T. Kearney researches, tradable services will continue to find new shores and a flexible “pay-as-you-go” approach is becoming the new business model.

In such context, long-term contracts are being replaced by short-term, efficiency and productivity oriented agreements. In order to be in the game, software offshoring providers need to incorporate BPO like operations and grow or maintain their perceived added value. 

Why is Romania fitted for the new model?

As our customers and analysts have concluded, Romanian information technology and software engineers are open to innovation and change.  The proliferation of R&D centers in the country and the evolution of the first comers in the field is living evidence for such attitude. We recall the readers that in 2010, according to the ITC (Institutul pentru tehnica de calcul) study, the Software and IT Services sector registered a 9,3% increase compared to 2009 data and the total exports of the same segment increased by 11.5% compared to the reference year 2009. At a more indepth look, the software development subsegment is ranked first (38% of the total software and IT Services segment turnover in 2010), closely followed by the IT consulting (20%), by other IT services (15%) and by the software products development (13%) subsegments. In the following lines, a synopsis of the Romanian 2011-2012 offshoring context will be depicted.

The shift to Romania

According to A.T.  Kearney Global Services Location Index 2011, Romania is ranked 25^th among 50 countries included in the top. The total score is based on three components: financial attractiveness, people skills and business environment. The weight distribution for the three categories is 40:30:30. Romania’s Total score is 5.21 resulting from: financial attractiveness – 2.54, people skills and availability – 1.03 and business environment – 1.65.

Just one rank upfront, Poland is situated on the 24^th place, while Bulgaria is much ahead on the 17^th place. Compared to other countries in the CEE this group of three states is way much in front of Hungary (ranked 31^st) or Ukraine (ranked 38^th).

Positive 2011/2012 country ratings

In order to keep an eye on how leading rating agencies evaluate Romania on the global economical and financial map, we prepared a chronological list from three of the best known companies in the field.

In November 2011, Standard and Poor’s rating services issues the BB+ rating (considered highest speculative grade by market participants) with a “stable” outlook for all foreign and local long-term credit issuers, a rating that may be raised.   In December 2011, Moody’s issues the overall Baa3 rating for Romania, substantiated by the government’s low debt ratios, access to multilateral finance and promising medium term growth. On the 4^th of January 2012, Fitch Rating published the Market Based Indicator of BB+ along with other BBB ratings for LT/ST Issuer and Country Ceiling. The ratings are encouraging and the outlook for Romania is stable due to recent policy reforms and external support.

Software and IT Services exports expand

If during 2009-2011 period the majority of exports were due to the hardware production in Romania, in 2012 the situation may change as one of the biggest players chose to move on to Asian territories. Thus, it is highly probable that statistics in 2012 will show a weight increase of software development and IT services in the total market value.

Nevertheless, in 2010 the software and IT services supplied for foreign customers recorded a 11.5 % growth compared to the previous year. Similar or slightly bigger growth is expected to be revealed for 2011 too.

For 2012, we estimate that companies will focus on continuous revenue growth and on the increase of profit margins that have been neglected in favour of attracting new customers to the country. Considering the type of customers that chose Romania as an offshoring destination, one can observe that along with the highly skilled human resource, they found a great advantage in the multilingual abilities of Romanian natives. English, French, German and the potential to learn on the job languages such as Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Finish and many others, proved to be critical in the decision making.

New offshore R&D and service centers

One of the clearly defined trends of the previous year was the search for the “optimal offshore location” for each type of business and industry.  As we have been presenting in the past publications, there are some main IT&C centers in Romania, each of them more or less specialized on a certain sector among the main three: telecom, software & IT services or hardware production and retail.

Against the capital of Romania (Bucharest) many investors have selected cities like Cluj-Napoca, Timisoara, Iasi or Brasov for their R&D and service centers. Additionnally and less present in the nationwide studies, there are other valuable destinations like Targu Mures, Sibiu or Oradea. When looking on the map you will find out that we are talking about locations situated in Transylvania with good infrastructure, hosting historical institutions and mixed ethnic communities often delivering native bilingual people.

This week we are happy to welcome you with the 6th edition of our Company Papers publication! A powerful message for entering 2012 and fresh new market report on the local IT & Software offshoring preceed articles about IPTV , about SFAs and computer simulations. Have a glimpse at the dedicated foreword and access the indicated link to read the entire edition.

The Place to Upgrade Yourself

Codespring is about People.

Since our first operating year we strived to create an environment where everyone could reach his or her potential. Over the decades, we realized that in order to become a reliable professional and an expert we must always embrace and master change. Thus, everyone will have the conditions for upgrading his/her skills and set of knowledge. At that point, Codespring became the place to upgrade yourself.

In such context, Codespring Company Papers is considered a tool for enlarging our perspective and allowing us to reflect on the industry’s upcoming developments. Q1/2012 edition points out how IT&Software offshoring revolution is likely to consolidate Romania’s position on the world’s 2012 global IT&C map. A new approach on offshoring is on the rise and we are there to implement it. Next, we put the spotlight on the digital video and IPTV solutions, an area in which Codespring has a great deal of experience. The focus section dedicated the 6^th edition of our publication to the Salesforce star product and the thinking point tapped the computer simulations ingenious world.

Embrace the change in 2012 and upgrade yourself!

source: Company Papers, January 2012, edition no. 6

On the 25^th of January 2012, Codespring welcomes all interested software development professionals at our stand at the Job Fair organized within the “Equal Chances’ Week” event. The dedicated location is the “Octavian Goga” County Public Library building, Dorobantilor street, nr. 104.  We are waiting you with fresh openings, company presentation and a great willingness to share information with all potential candidates.

The Job Fair day and the “Equal Chances’ Week” is part of a broader program, symbolically named “S.A.N.S.A.” (CHANCE), an acronym from the Romanian words meaning: Chance-Acceptance-Need-Security-Access to work. It is a program organized by the Romanian Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Protection, in partnership with Pestalozzi Foundation and Provincia di Perugia, Italy, led by Media Online communication agency. This initiative is co-financed via the Human Resources Development Operational Programme 2007-2013.

Codespring salutes the initiative by joining the companies involved in the Job Fair and by promoting its openings at the fair. Not only we have to offer interesting positions within our software development and outsourcing company, but we can also give a good advice to everyone who is looking for a job in the IT&C industry.

As usual, we give recall some guiding “must haves” at the fair: prepare your updated Résumé, bring a few hardcopies with you, state your career objective, note all your hard and soft skills;

If you have already targeted your desired company, prepare a customized “Letter of Intent” to leave at the stand; And a tip to advance you in the rankings: prepare some questions for the company representatives; Nevertheless, the most important tip is that you be sincere and friendly!

You are also invited to visit our Career section where you can learn more about current opportunities, what means working with us and what your career at Codespring may look like.

Codespring is actively looking for talented professionals to join its team. It’s up to you to stand out and leave a good impression.

See you next Wednesday!

On the occasion of VERSANT OODB workshop and the announcement of proposed Thesis Themes, on the 11^th of January 2012, we had the pleasure to welcome brainiacs from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Babes-Bolyai University. In spite of the winter and upcoming exam session, company fans, friends and their teachers were present at the meeting. Great audience: about a hundred persons faced us with interesting questions and good ideas.

The meeting and the enthusiasm that one could feel in the room encourages us to think that the software engineers and IT&C professionals’ community form Cluj-Napoca is going clearly to expand. We see the Next Generation rising under our eyes and we want to be there and help them grow to their full potential. The role that prestigious local Universities and championing local IT&C businesses have in the decision of young people to choose this industry field is tremendous.

We were glad to learn that the exposure that European Student Exchange and Research programs give to this new generation shapes their thinking in a manner that we were not used to before. In such context, Codespring will continue its involvement in cooperation research programs with Babes-Bolyai University and The Technical University from Cluj-Napoca. On top of that, our Internship and Mentoring programs for young professional are open for those who want to learn the basics and insights of full software life cycle development.

To highlight the success of our 1^st meeting with the Next Generation in 2012, we stress out the fact that the proposed Themes for the Final Thesis were of great interest and will be awarded in the next days; our senior colleagues presentations were paid a lot of attention and rewarded with many questions; all in all we spent about 4 hours exchanging information’s and answering everybody’s questions.

Remember that Codespring offers students and junior professionals an environment for learning, for professional development and for interacting with real role models. Check out Your Career with us and visualize what you want to become.

Thank you everyone for joining us at the event and being such a great audience!

Codespring team

Codespring software development team is looking for new colleagues! We open the 2012 recruiting session with a new opening for experienced professionals: Java Software Developer.

The role is important for us, so please take your time and check the job description and the way we understand work at Codespring. A detailed description of the job requirements and role may be found below. If yo feel it suits you, we appreciate if you send your application at job@codespring.ro.

JAVA SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

The job:

The JAVA Software Developer will analyze, design and implement customer requirements. You will be responsible for developing applications using the Java programming language. You will also be accountable for overseeing the execution of software development from conceptual phase to the testing phase. You will also be building Java – based applications including creation of application layers, modeling techniques, designing object-oriented components and coding algorithms. An essential thing to remember is that you will work closely with the customer providing technical support to their teams.

The must haves:

Technically, you are required to have university degree (IT) and at least (!) 3 years of hands-on experience with Java and previous technical expertise with SQL. Your intense experience in SW development (whole software development life cycle) should take you to the short list. Additional skills for the job consist in having strong analytical capacity, possessing a sense of prioritizing tasks and meeting deadlines, being able to cooperate with customers directly and to work both within a team and under own responsibility. Problem solving and organizational skills are highly appreciated.

German language is a plus; while a good command of English is mandatory, both in writing and in speaking. You must have a strong motivation for the job and be willing to travel and work at international level.

Working with us:

If you had a look at our “working at Codespring” section you just had a glimpse of what we can bring on the table. If you did not, we stir your appetite with some of the best things around: competitive salary package, flexible working hours / part-time job, open-minded, dynamic team, language trainings, team-building activities, long term cooperation, pleasant and modern area working around Europe.

If this all sounds good to you, and you would like to be a part of our software development team in a fast-growing little company, we would love to hear from you! Please send your CV at job@codespring.ro.

Curious about object oriented database management systems? All brainiacs from the Hungarian study line are invited to taste the information about VERSANT OODB that our team has prepared for them, tomorrow, on the 11^th of January 2012 at the Babes-Bolyai University, in cooperation with the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Hungarian line. The workshop will be held in the main building of UBB, on Mihail Kogalniceanu street, 1^st floor, room 5/I, at 18:30 p.m.

The agenda includes a brief Codespring company presentation, followed by the introduction in the object oriented data base topic and a development on the specific VERSANT OODB. As some may know and others are to find out, the VERSANT OODB  provides complex, high-performance data management, has native object persistence, supports database distribution and partitioning, offers a comprehensive, 24/7 toolset. Some of the main benefits that VERSANT OODB is known for are its real-time analytical performance, the efficiency in Big Data management and the fact that its usage cuts development time by up to 40%. Even more interesting is the areas in which software engineers are using it and what industries take the most advantage of the system.

Next on the list, an overview of the themes that Codesprings offers to all interested students for their final Thesis will be on the spotlight. If something will stir your mind we will be glad to receive your application and provide specialized mentorship.

In the end, Codespring team welcomes you to be as active as possible during the QA session and we will try to answer all your questions.

In order to relax after such intense information exchange and to make sure that we get to know each other, we invite you to a discrete cocktail with good food, tasty drinks and lot of good spirit.

Be there!

Codespring team

Since FDI in the IT Services, Software development and outsourcing services continued in Romania over 2011, we present the current general country rating in place for Q1/2012. Leading rating agencies evaluate Romania on the global economic and financial map as having a stable outlook.

In November 2011, Standard and Poor’s rating services issues the BB+ rating (considered highest speculative grade by market participants) with a “stable” outlook for all foreign and local long-term credit issuers, a rating that may be raised.

In December 2011, Moody’s issues the overall Baa3 rating for Romania, substantiated by the government’s low debt ratios, access to multilateral finance and promising medium term growth.

On the 4^th of January 2012, Fitch Rating published the Market Based Indicator of BB+ along with other BBB ratings for Long Term and Short Term Issuer and Country Ceiling. The ratings are encouraging and the outlook for Romania is stable due to recent policy reforms and external support.

Additionally, according to World Bank/IFC Doing Business Project that is “Best countries for doing business” classification (Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 – 183. A high ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.) Romania’s overall ranking is 56 out of 183 countries.

As per Subcategories Romania is ranked as following:

• Starting a business: 44 out of 183 countries (2009)
• Registering property: 92 out of 183 countries
• Paying Taxes: 151 out of 183 countries
• Getting credit: 15 out of 183 countries
• Protecting investors: 44 out of 183 countries
• Trading across border: 47 out of 183 countries
• Enforcing Contracts: 54 out of 183 countries (2010)

Based on five criteria out of seven listed above, Romania is more likely to be a good location for doing business, as the country is ranked mainly in the top 30% of the index.

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Sources:  www.moodys.com; www.standardpoors.com; www.fitchratings.com; www.gfmag.com; www.doingbusiness.org 

Since we have only a few days left from 2011, we just realized how many nice moments we had together. As a celebration of the team, we decided to share the list of the best moments. Certainly, the ranking is disputable; therefore we ended up organizing it in chronological order. It is a mix of achievements and fun moments – things that we consider gave some spice to the overall annual activities.

February: CeBIT 2011 / Codespring booth

CeBIT 2011 was a real success for Codespring. More guests than ever before paid a visit to our booth, curious to discover Transylavnia’s world of software development. Our guests learned about our services, our way of working and the opportunities they may find when partnering with a Romanian outsourcing provider.

June: Microsoft Gold Certified Partner

Being a Gold Certified Partner for Microsoft gives us the recognition of the highest level of competence and expertise with Microsoft technologies, having close working relationships with Microsoft.

July: New Headquarters on Frunzisului 29

In July 2011, we have initiated “the moving” operation. We quickly mobilized ourselves so that the whole packing and unpacking procedures be done accordingly. It was a real tour de force in the middle of the summer but we made it! Thanks to a great team work and attitude we are proud to have quickly and smoothly managed the whole equipment and processes relocation. Thank you everyone!

September: Codespring Papers 1 year anniversary

With great honor and joy we celebrated the issue of our one year anniversary Company Papers edition! Since our premiere issue on September 2010, we have gained some experience and, we have especially won some trust from our readers. Thank you everybody for the feedback and for finding this publication a valuable source of information.

September: 2011 Codespring Days

This year we celebrated the team with a trip in the mountains. The expedition in the Făgăraşi Mountains, 10 km away from the Bâlea waterfalls and 21 km away from the magnificent Bâlea Lake was simply great! Pictures speak by it selves.

October: Official opening of Odorheiu Secuiesc (Székelyudvarhely, Oderhellen) office

In addition to our new headquarter in Cluj-Napoca, we also celebrated the opening of our 2^nd office in Odorheiu Secuiesc. An action team of about ten colleagues are working here and are looking forward to new software development endeavors in 2012.

December: Codespring Christmas Party

As to crown entirely 2011 activity, the well-deserved Christmas Party gratified each team member by a special award. It was a moment where we all showed our appreciation toward the others by naming that one thing that makes each of us remarkable and unique, and still kept it fun and amusing. Congratulations everybody.

This being said and written enjoy the upcoming New Year’s Eve and be ready for a glorious 2012!

Happy New Year!

This month, exciting new features have been released for iSpeed Cam users around the globe. At the moment, not only are you able to customize your own database but you can also backup and restore you POIs straight from your personal device. Additional precision and accuracy, along with supporting new POI map types enhance the overall performance and efficiency of iSpeedCam.

What’s new in version 2.1?

-Introducing POI Backup and Restore Feature. Now you can backup and restore your POIs directly from your device.
-Google Maps Integration. User experience is better than ever.
-Factory Database Update. More precise, detailed and accurate World-Wide POI database.
-Keeping You Informed All The Time. Important Message Feature allows you to stay tuned with the latest news on iSpeedCam.
-New POI Map Types Supported. iSpeedCam is now able to support Garmin, MapMonkey, MIO and IGO SpeedCam files
-Major Bug Fixes And Performance Improvements. Importing POIs gets easier and faster.

iSpeedCam is the most advanced Traffic Enforcement Camera warning system for the iPhone world. It handles different type of traffic cameras, metric and imperial speed limits, has fully editable speed camera database, map feature with track recorder, statistics and GoogleMap integration provided you have Internet connection. As most laser radar detectors draw your attention too late to photo enforcement systems, iSpeedCam might be your ultimate companion to avoid speed tickets.

The Codespring solution was launched in 2009 to protect drivers from costly speeding tickets and to improve careless and inattentive driving habits. The application offers to be your copilot, producing audible and visual warnings each time you approach a speed camera while driving your car. The display indicates the permitted speed limit, your actual speed and the distance between your car and the registering camera. You can simply sit back and enjoy driving your way with iSpeedCam.

See more on ispeedcam.info or visit the Appstore.

Friday evening, on the 16^th of December 2011, Codespring team and their guests have gathered to celebrate Christmas spirit and to share wishes for 2012. A selected venue, a hot chimney, a fine champagne tree and classic music welcomed all the guests. “Santa” and his elves team imagined that it was time to revive the good old traditional way of celebrating Christmas.

As this is the most wonderful time of the year, children enchanted us while jingling and singing Christmas Carols that they have rehearsed for the event.  Their little voices have cheered up the audience and made us remember the greatness of childhood. Charmed by their performance, “Santa” crossed by and dropped candies, flavored goodies and little surprises.

Straight from Pole North, the elves team was assigned to organize a special “Codespring Awards Ceremony”. Each Codespring team member was granted a special title and a nice Christmas gift. Santa’s playful spirit made the ceremony quite catchy, since the team had to guess who the honored owner of each special award was. Surrounded by laughter and good memories, each of us had his moment of glory and appreciation.

The night went on with good food, excellent wine and nice music performed by a special band. We danced and sang until dawn, recalled funny memories of 2011 and simply had a good time together.

Thanks everybody for being so great! We hope you did enjoy it and are ready for an extra party next year!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!