AROBS Transilvania Software

Building Trust On Hard Evidence

Pta. Cipariu Nr. 9, 400191, Cluj-Napoca, Romaniawww.arobs.com / [email protected]

Mobile Apps

Cluj-Napoca

Web Apps

Iasi

Embedded

New York

UI Design

Budapest

Cloud

Chisinau

AROBS AT A GLANCE

Founded in 1998 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, AROBS Transilvania is an important IT solution provider of ready to use systems and tailor made software based on the latest technologies. The company addresses

automotive, and pharmaceutical with advanced and effective mobile Web, mobile, embedded, and cloud solutions. By combining excellent specialists with well

IT solutions of top quality. AROBS has continuously

as the technologies covered, industries targeted, areas of application, and geography.

We strive to provide state of the art solutions and services based on innovative technologies, developed in house or through strategic partnerships, to increase our stakeholders' prosperity, and to support the community.

Innovation, creativity.

Communication, team spirit.

Respect, loyalty, commitment.

Social responsibility.

the full spectrum of the latest technologies, as well as custom software development and testing services.Extensive experience in software projects requiring the use of the latest tools and technologies, complex and challenging endeavors in a multitude of industries and areas of application, well established processes and procedures, expertise demonstrated by

in adopting processes and tools recommended by our customers, low turnover for key specialists, rapid ramp-ups, and an excellent value for your money is what you would get from AROBS.

Mission Values

Full Service Approach

Mobile applications: car navigation, information services, games, hotel booking, M-Health, location based services, messaging systems, Web sites

Embedded applications: vehicle onboard panel programming, car infotainment systems, building and

Web solutions: enterprise (asset, workforce, content, customer relationship, and warehouse management, resource planning, eCommerce, business intelligence), travel applications (online booking, property, channel,

service.

Cloud solutions:

CUSTOM APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

The solutions developed by AROBS streamlined and integrated business, production, service, and support

industries, to name only a few. Several illustrative areas of application for our custom solutions are listed next:

Research & Development.

Architecture & Design.

Product Development.

Application Migrations.

Application Maintenance.

Customer Support.

Quality Assurance and Testing.

User Interface and UX Design.

Online Marketing.

Broad Expertise

TECHNICAL SKILLS

DATABASES

SQL Base,

MySQL

PLATFORMS

Windows

Linux

SCO Unix

Microsoft SQL Server

Oracle

Solaris (Oracle)

RIM (Blackberry)

QT

Access

IOS

Android

AndroMCA

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Spring

Hibernate

Struts 1, 2

Typo3

Magento

Zend

Joomla

OS Commerce

Intellij Idea

Borland

Jbuilder

Eclipse

Jira

Bugzilla

Unit

CAN

UART

I2C, SPI, RF

Zigbee,

MatLab

RTOS

ThreadX

Genivi

Polyspace

Vector Canoe

Maven

Hudson

Ant

Wordpress

Drupal

Exponent

CodeIgniter

CakePHP

XCode

CodeWarrior

Visual Studio

NetBeans

Automated

Load testing tools

JBoss

Tomcat

Bea Weblogic

IBM Web-Sphere

CVS (server, client)

Sourcesafe

Ant

Oracle Weblogic

CruiseControl

ICEfaces

Jasper Reports

EHCache

JFreeChart

GWT

TOOLS & ENVIRONMENTS

JAVA FRAMEWORKS AND TOOLS

PHP FRAMEWORKS AND CMS

IDEs

ISSUE TRACKER AND TESTING

APPLICATION SERVERS

VERSION CONTROL AND BUILD

EMBEDDED

EMPLOYEE GROWTH

This chart presents the numbers of employees.

FINANCIAL GROWTH

Green represents the Sales Volume and

EUR. The values for 2013 are projections.

FACTS AND STATISTICS


AROBS TIMELINE

AROBS celebrated its 15th birthday

First prize at Nokia Innovators Romania

Hotelzon acquires 10% of AROBS shares

AROBS opened its Chisinau branch

Ranked 5th in Deloitte CET 50

AROBS is established

WHAT MAKES AROBS SPECIAL?

We now have hundreds of projects completed for customers in over 15 countries. This long term exposure to demanding clients belonging to diverse cultures, to complex technologies and processes, to multiple lines of business and areas of application, and to rapidly evolving business environments, has helped us shape and improve our processes. Furthermore, it taught us how to respond to adverse circumstances and how to attract and keep talented

one stop shop approach, which our customers greatly

projects of great complexity, spanning over several technologies, industry areas, and application types.

most mind boggling challenges..

Keeping a close eye to the market trends and adopting a customer centric approach made AROBS one of the premier providers of custom software development services in Central and Eastern Europe.

As already mentioned, we are customer driven, which

together with our customers, with a close eye on their real needs, and we provide quality and consistency in all the areas of cooperation (communication, team stability, sustainable growth).

The reputation of a service provider that treats IP issues in a professional manner brought AROBS to the attention of customers who place this issue at the top of their priority list. Our achievements in this area were made possible by the Romanian legal system, which meets the standards of the European Union, as well as by our strict procedures, modern processes and infrastructure.

AROBS relies on specialists with a mentality and attitudes that are closely aligned with those from Western Europe and North America, and who have an excellent command of the English language.

Modern Solutions to Complex Problems

Customer Orientation

Full Control Over Your IP

Cultural and Linguistic Match

WHAT MAKES AROBS SPECIAL?

activities and relationships, whether they are with customers or employees. We often adopt tools and processes suggested by our customers to shorten the project lifecycle, ensure effective communication, and minimize the administrative burden outsourcing brings to the client.

Regarded by all the AROBS personnel as the main driving force of our company, innovation is supported by appropriate team structures, human resources

Calling All Innovators Competition in Romania with the SpeedTraps solution indicates how important innovation is to AROBS.

The quality of our services is the result of a complex and unique blend of factors such as the extensive and continuous involvement of the customer in the projects, careful planning, professional management,

of our testing department, and the contributions of a support team with solid knowledge of the IT market and mastery of foreign languages.

These are two of the main pillars we have been relying on in our development, as proven by our regular presence in the Deloitte CET Fast 50 ranking. We are quick to tap into niche areas (ex: GPS tracking, car navigation system), innovative (we developed the

air with many major European cities.

“Our collaboration started at the end of 2003 with two AROBS programmers and we currently have over 25 AROBS employees working on our projects. […] I am happy to give Mr. Voicu Oprean and the entire AROBS team my highest recommendation." Jani Kaskinen, CEO, Hotelzon

Flexibility for Customers and Employees Technical Innovation

Outdo Your Competitors!

FINDING THE RIGHT PEOPLE

needs best requires careful evaluation and selection. Candidates are screened based on their formal training, technical skills, work experience,

achievements (e.g. prizes earned at contests, results

their desired career paths, personality traits, and special project requirements for the project they should be assigned to. A well balanced combination of solid technical skills and personal attributes is what we expect from a good candidate.

These are creative and complex processes that involve

For recruitment we rely mainly on classic job ads, linkedin advertising, internships, sponsorships for talented specialists, and aggressive image building in all the cities where we have development centers. A cohesive action plan helped us attract and retain well prepared, intelligent, and creative specialists, most of them being also overachievers.

Close to 90% of our specialists turn a blind eye to the

development centers opened in Romania by foreign companies. Furthermore, enough developers have moved from such companies to AROBS, attracted by

planning process, and company culture.

Upscaling often requires hiring specialists, as only about 10% of our people are not allocated to long term projects. The duration of the recruiment process depends on the level of expertise required ( junior, mid level, senior), the skill set sought (iPhone, Android, ASP.Net, architecture, development, etc), and on timing. Some times of the year are better for recruiting than others. On average, it takes about 6 calendar weeks from the moment we advertise a position until an experienced specialist who passes the interviewing process can join AROBS.

Effective Screening

Recruitment and Interviewing

High Retention Rates

Growing Your Team

LIFELONG LEARNING

We contribute to the professional growth of our employees through training sessions covering areas as diverse as programming languages, communication, foreign languages, project management, leadership, entrepreneurship. All the recently hired software developers undergo on-the-job training and documentation and have mentors assigned. We also encourage and give developers all the support they

A well structured and comprehensive career planning program is in place at AROBS, which helps each specialist identify and follow the most appropriate career path. Talent management, performance feedback and appraisal, and employee recognition are other areas that receive the highest attention from our HR department.

when they start a new project for a client. Such programs depend on the project requirements and

on the level of expertise of the allocated specialists. A gap analysis is performed and based on it a decision is taken as to whether or not training is required.

Developers are encouraged to attend various IT events, conferences, and presentations that focus on the latest technologies and innovative approaches. One such event was organized by AROBS in May

AROBS specialists, the other for any IT specialist from Cluj interested in the topic.

We encourage our engineers to interact with specialists outside AROBS, in an attempt to build effective learning communities, which they can rely upon when necessary. The presentations we made at the last two How To WEB or Mobile Monday conferences are good illustrations of our contribution to technical progress.

Full Support for AROBS Employees

Career Management and Planning

IT Events, Conferences, Lectures

Networking

ENGAGEMENT MODELS, METHODOLOGY

When working on a project basis we need to agree

analyzed by one of our senior developers. When the remote team approach is employed, we normally fully

We use such models mainly for resource intensive

a multistep approach. Under such circumstances, we allocate a team to the project which works with the customer until the communication channels are

We recommend the Agile development methods, which are in line with the recent shift in project

responsive development practices. The Toyota Production System (TPS) was the source of inspiration for the Scrum methodology, which is regarded by reputed specialists as the only one that can make an outsourcing relationship successful.

price or time and materials with target costs per stage of development approach is applied.

"When run properly, Scrum can help achieve (even on a large, globally distributed project) the type of hyper-productivity / extreme velocities only thought possible in small collocated teams, velocities that are several multiples of the productivity typically seen in waterfall teams, in-house or offshore" according to Dr. Jeff Sutherland

Project Based and Time and Materials

Hybrid Models

Methodology

use the project-based approach, in which the customer provides all the project details and we do all the work on our premises or the remote team approach, in which the customer coordinates a team of AROBS specialists.

MAIN CHALLENGES

Through their sheer complexity, many of these projects brought about real challenges of diverse nature, which we overcame without exception, by swiftly adjusting to any new and unforeseen situation. One project required the migration of a booking solution to a new system, which was both highly complex and done at breakneck speed. To cope with this situation, we greatly improved the communication process with the customer and worked at the customer site whenever necessary.

SUMMARY

The Travel industry is among the best represented at AROBS in terms of areas of application, size, technologies, and challenges. Online hotel booking, review management, booking engines, property management systems, and reservation websites are a few illustrative application types we developed over the last 10 years for clients in this industry. The exposure to such a variety of projects helped us get a comprehensive understanding and deep knowledge of the business aspects of all the issues related to hotel reservations and operation. The projects have been implemented using the latest Java, ASP.NET, PHP, iOS, Android, and html5 technologies.

SOLUTIONS FOR THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY


AREAS OF APPLICATION

Online Hotel Booking

Channel Management

Property Management

Review Management

Travel Information Systems

Website (self-service hotel chain)

INDUSTRY EXPERTISE ACQUIRED

The exposure to multiple areas of application and customers helped us acquire extensive business knowledge

(operations, software and hardware systems, integration with external systems and channels, etc.), the “secrets” of review management.

TYPES OF CUSTOMERS

The customer portfolio for our Travel applications and solutions includes mainly companies with high sales volumes and considerable market shares, such as Hotelzon, Guestline, and Eximtur.

TECHNOLOGIES AND TEAM

Web: Html5, Java, .NET, PHP

Mobile: iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry

Project sizes: from several man months to hundreds of man years

Team size: over 50 people, distributed across the Java, Microsoft, PHP, and mobile groups

MAIN CHALLENGES

challenged us greatly. Performing comprehensive code analysis, communicating frequently with specialists from the customer, studying the functional schemes to understand the existing car functionality, performing tests on test benches, and visiting the customer and auto dealers to get a close look at the car proved really helpful.

SUMMARY

Tha vast majority of solutions we have developed for this sector are for embedded components, the rest being vehicle portals. We have implemented, among others, a car navigator solution, a

utility vehicles, a data trouble code (DTC) management system for autovehicles, tire information systems, and software for CAN / LIN communication and control for various car components.

SOLUTIONS FOR THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY



Operator Panel Programming

Tire Control Systems

Body & Control Modules

Vehicle Portals

Car Navigation Systems

Vehicle Fleet Management


Detailed understanding of the main systems and components of auto-vehicles and utility vehicles, as well as a comprehensive image of what customers are after on an auto portal are just two of the many valuable lessons we have learned while doing projects for clients in the automotive industry.

TYPES OF CUSTOMERS

The customers for whom we developed automotive applications range from mid size to giants likes Continental.


Embedded: C, Ansi C, C++, QT, MathLab, WPF, WCF, Simulink, Targetlink, Rhapsody, and Statemate

CAN protocols: CAN Open, ISO 11783 -ISOBUS

Microsoft.NET Framework, C#, MS SQL Server

PHP: Typo3; Mobile: Blackberry, Android

Project sizes: from several man months to man years

Team size: 30

MAIN CHALLENGES

The diversity of information systems our customers use constantly challenged us to be creative

helpful in this endeavor.

SUMMARY

Released in 2003, OptimallSFA, a solution for sales force automation currently running on the

new needs and targeting new segments with solutions such as an e-commerce suite (shop site, admin site, system tools) for a B2C site, where shoppers can purchase merchandise from over 100 grocery retailers and site administrators can manage products and recipes, a touch based mall map for dedicated Samsung tablets, and a warehouse management system for companies that operate one or multiple warehouses.

SOLUTIONS FOR RETAIL



Salesforce Automation

eCommerce Applications

Interactive Shopping Mall Maps

Warehouse Management


While implementing the SFA solution and the warehouse management system we uncovered the

Valuable lessons on the operation of online B2C marketplaces have been learned while working on the e-commerce suite, the EuroGSM virtual shop, and several other ecommerce sites.

TYPES OF CUSTOMERS

Our clients from this sector are quite heterogeneous, some of them distributing ice cream, others selling groceries online. A few are quite small, while others operate at an international level.


Web technologies: Microsoft.NET (3.5), C#, SQL Server 2005 and 2008, AJAX, MVC

Mobile technologies: Android

Large screen technology: MS Surface

Project sizes: from several man months to man years

Team size: over 60 specialists distributed across the Microsoft, and mobile groups

MAIN CHALLENGES

A major challenge we faced during the mobile workforce planning project was the automatic planning and distribution of work orders to members of the mobile team. This problem was

SUMMARY

Examples of enterprise solutions we have developed include a roster management solution that

their daily working schedule, trade shifts with other employees and specify holiday preferences,

developed for internal use, which includes timesheet, workforce planning and recruitment, and evaluation modules, an ERP for taxi companies, a solution for mobile workforce planning and

service (order acceptance, reporting, etc.), sales force management, cleaning services, surveys, time reporting, as well as virtual stores and corporate web sites.

ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS



Roster Management

Mobile Workforce Management

HR Management

Content Management

eCommerce


While working on enterprise solutions we gained in depth understanding of operational aspects

TYPES OF CUSTOMERS

Most of our customers for enterprise solutions are medium sized, while a few are small businesses.


Technologies: Java, PHP, CodeIgniter, ASP .NET, C#, Telerik, Silverlight, Azure

Project sizes: from several man months to tens of man years

Team size: 20



Home Automation Systems

Intelligent Building Monitoring


TYPES OF CUSTOMERS

for end customers ranging from startups to multinationals.


Technologies: ZigBee (ZCL), GPIO, UART, I2C, ThreadX, ASP MVC 4, ASP MVC Web API, Entity Framework, MS SQL Server, WPF, WCF, .NET, Silverlight, Visual Studio, PHP, C++

Project sizes: man years

Team size: over 20 specialists

MAIN CHALLENGES

We frequently faced a low acceptance rate of home automation solutions due to their price

on simple wireless modules with low power consumption, on intelligent design and a common

SUMMARY

This is an area started at AROBS around 2008, with the intelligent building monitoring project, which enables remote maintenance and monitoring of building processes (e.g. heating or ventilation) via a rich web interface and continued with the house automation solution, which includes hardware and software that supervise and control systems and devices that are likely to cause damages to properties. Another illustrative project includes a Web client used to control the automation systems in the house (e.g. lights, entrance and garage doors, electric switches, video surveillance system, heating system, air conditioning system, alarm system).

HOME AND OFFICE AUTOMATION

MAIN CHALLENGES

Synchronizing the Web and mobile components of the treatment protocol management system

solution to the issue of saving the current state of the treatment protocol to the server, from which it can be accessed by both the Web and mobile components.

SUMMARY

Started in 2008, this direction soon became a focal point at AROBS, involving big, cross-departmental teams. Our solutions address the planning, preparation, performance, and reporting of clinical trials, with emphasis on keeping up-to-date contact information for participants and tracking milestones, managing patient screening and enrollment in clinical trials, randomization, drug supply management, and assisting physicians by managing patient treatment protocols. We have contributed both to the implementation of models for clinical studies and to the support side of the trials. An innovative solution we have recently implemented is a Web based and

SOLUTIONS FOR PHARMA AND HEALTH CARE



Clinical Trial Data Management

Interactive Voice Response Systems

Interactive Web Response Systems

Treatment Management

Medical Guide


We regard as a great achievement the comprehensive knowledge acquired when testing new medicines, as far as the clinical aspects and the IT components used in the process and the legislation regulating such trials are concerned.

TYPES OF CUSTOMERS

The customers for whom we have been developing these solutions range from startups like DigiMedNet to well known giants like Oracle Health.


Web technologies: Microsoft ASP.NET, C#, MS SQL Server, Java: ExtJS, Struts, Spring, Hibernate

Mobile technologies: Html5, iOS, Android


Team size: over 20 specialists distribued across the Java, Microsoft, and mobile groups

SUMMARY

product we have implemented for a German partner, features a comprehensive list of e-banking functionalities, such as domestic and international payment transactions, balance and transaction reporting (BTR), cash management, and securities management. The solution is geared towards

few e-banking systems designed with an international mindset, supporting many domestic and international e-banking standards for security, including transmission procedures and formats.

software solution for claim management in all life insurance products.

FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS



Online Banking

Real-time trading signaling

Insurance Management


While working on the e-Banking solution we have gained valuable insight into the complex processes that companies in the banking industry have been implementing as well as the critical

the required processes into the online solution and to prevent security breaches.

TYPES OF CUSTOMERS

houses.


Web: PHP, Java

Mobile: iOS, Android


Team size: over 15 specialists distribued across the Java, Microsoft, and mobile groups

also issues alerts for preset events (license expiration, revisions, etc.).

Launched in 2008 and targeting middle class car owners, Smailo is one of the most popular

indicators, attractive design, reliable technical support and update, and innovative packaging.

detailed maps for Europe & Romania, and an extended POI database.

AROBS PRODUCTS


OPTIMALLSFA

This is an IT system for distribution or manufacturing companies that have their own network of sales agents. Fitted with Android tablets or smart-phones, it enables real time data transmission

and improve customer service. It can be interfaced with any ERP on the Romanian market and

TRAFICOK

The HR Management PackageThis is a solution developed by AROBS for internal use that includes the following modules: timesheet management solution, 180 degree continuous evaluation, and workforce planning and recruitment.

AROBS PRODUCTS

WORKFORCE PLANNING AND RECRUITMENT

handles recruitments and resource allocation. Resource requests from customers are recorded in the system and met either with local specialists or through external recruitment. The status for each request is constantly updated and shown to all parties involved in the process.

TIMESHEET MANAGEMENT

This user friendly component includes a multitude of features such as task & calendar management (for task recording and planning), task export to the Jira or Redmine issue tracking system,

team management, location (branch) management, department management, advanced search feature, interactive help, and report generation.


SPEEDTRAPS

by other users of the warning system. A user reported event is only stored in the SpeedTraps

poiplaza.com. The Live (paid) version requires the user to keep the smart-phone online to get warnings for all the events reported by the SpeedTraps community. The application has iPhone,

AUTOMATED FARE COLLECTOR (AFC)

AFC is a turn-key solution for public transport that collects the travel fare as cash or credit card payment and issues tickets. The system also works as an information point and can run various advertising campaigns. AROBS provides the hardware and software for this solution, including the drivers for the printing machine, bill acceptor, coins acceptor, card reader, AC system, touch screen, web cam.

BIOSEEN

This is a 'go green' smart-phone application that wildlife enthusiasts can use to promote environmental awareness and educate people

of the application can photograph wildlife, add geo-tagging information and upload photos to FlickR, while retrieving and displaying information from Wikipedia that best describes the living creature photographed.

Mobile Solutions

EVOLUTION

This component has been designed the continuous 180 degree evaluation of personnel. Various evaluation criteria have been stored in the system and can be edited at any time by authorized users. New criteria can be added whenever necessary. The continuous evaluation can be

time intervals (6 months at AROBS) on all the criteria assessed within the evaluation interval.

included in the solution.

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