Tietoviikko reports that Finland (my home country) is the world’s best IT country according to World Economic Forum study The Global Information Technology Report 2013. According to the study, Finland is the world’s number one country when it comes to the economy’s ability to use information technology to competitiveness and prosperity. Finland has toppled Sweden from the top spot in a ranking of economies that are best placed to benefit from new information and communication technologies (ICTs). The question still remains how this result was got because there are many things in Finland ICT that are are far from very good, so are other countries just much lousier on those aspects?
At the core of the report, the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) measures the preparedness of an economy to use ICT to boost competitiveness and well-being. In this edition, Finland (1st), Singapore (2nd) and Sweden (3rd) continue to lead the NRI, with the Netherlands (4th), Norway (5th), Switzerland (6th), the United Kingdom (7th), Denmark (8th), the United States (9th) and Taiwan, China (10th) completing the top 10.
Global Information Technology Report 2013 has a nice map that visualizes the network readiness of different countries.
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Tomi Engdahl says:
EU to offer big money for cyber research
The EU will invest over EUR 450 million for cyber security R & D and innovation programs in the years 2018-2020. Finnish Information Security Cluster FISC is coordinated by Finland’s participation in European research complex business collaboration in a panoramic position. VTT promotes a member of the European kyberturvallisuusjärjestön ECSOn domestic growth companies access to international RDI programs in close cooperation with FISCin.
VTT has a direct view of the Commission, as well as programs through various instruments managed RDI funding opportunities.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5363:eu-sta-tarjolla-isoa-rahaa-kybertutkimukseen&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Kempele will be Finnish success story
Electronica – Do you know what the Finnish company will make this year the turnover of some million, next year nearly 10 million, and since then a lot more? It is a functional plastic parts in Kempele 3D prints in TactoTec.
Munich TactoTecille fits well anyway, after all, a sizable region of the automotive industry. Car manufacturers have been in the company’s functional plastic parts interested well, which is easy to understand.
- At the moment, for example, a car light panel is needed more than 20 components and 65 mils thick plastic panel. Our technology is achieved at less than 6-millimeter section, Harvela praises.
TactoTec panels mass deliveries go and either 2018 or 2019.
Kempele now has about fifty employees and production side of the outfit is likely to be 50-60 people.
- In our model will license technology manufacturers, which are car manufacturers Tier1 partners. We will also educate customers on how the panels containing the electronics are manufactured, Harvela clarify the plans.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5380:kempeleesta-tulee-suomalainen-menestystarina&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Oulu IT sector companies shortage of workers – SK: signing bonus of 1000 euros is not enough
Business Oulu emphasizes that the high demand for Oulu applies mainly to software developers in the same way as elsewhere in Finland.
In relation to all jobs in demand has not been quite as good. All in all, Oulu Business describes growth trend “similar to a good economic situation.”
SK: According to Oulu is the IT sector currently employs approximately 13 000 jobs, which is more than Nokia’s peak years. A large part of companies is foreign, but the area is also home to several start-up companies.
Business Oulu ICT sector Account Manager Janne Mustonen says that Oulu focuses on electronics and wireless communication utilizing physical products, when working on services, applications and services
The last couple of years Oulu has been dismissed thousands of people. Recruitment boom due to a number of them have come quickly to new work.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/oulun-it-firmoissa-pula-tyontekijoista-sk-1000-euron-allekirjoitusbonuskaan-ei-riita-6598724
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Finnish electronics industry has experienced in recent years, hard. First, set off mass production in China and the Baltic countries, then disappeared Nokia mobile phone production. – However, during the last three months has been a visible clearly better, says Rutronikin Country Manager Juha Ahonen.
- It appears that many customers have gone a little better in recent times. In particular, wireless has been a pick-up, he says.
According to Ahonen’s new move to explain the old Nokia soles. – Former Nokia employees to set up and apply for Startup modules products. And these companies leave immediately pursue global markets.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5386:elektroniikka-kaantynyt-lievaan-nousuun&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Hardware designer is a disappearing resource
lectronica – Finland has a long tradition as hardware, system and circuit design. In the future, this knowledge must need less and less. – It is becoming less and less relevant in what format the device is used, the Nordic countries, says Aho Titus sale of Avnet Embedded.
Just extinction Aho not iron the designer would like to declare that it would lead to the company’s difficulties. – It would be dangerous if no one would be able to specify products at hardware levels, says Aho.
The software is thus the King, also embedded applications. Card Computers are standard products and are found mainly in the choice of different card formats. Cards suppliers sequestered primarily in terms of service and support.
Embedded development changing more and more of encoding is also a bit of a problem for Finland. We do have would be a lot of talented designers, but many of them are more or less device designers. – It is not easy to leap to move to the software developer. Yes, it requires its own education
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5385:rautasuunnittelija-on-katoava-luonnonvara&catid=13&Itemid=101
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the former VTI Technologies is already four years has been the Japanese Murata MEMS sensors, a center of excellence. Automotive acceleration sensors created a reputation as the company introduced a new Electronica digital acceleration sensor, which is designed for industrial applications.
SCA330 sensor (pictured) is Murata Electronics from at least one serious attempt to expand outside of automotive sensors. VTI tried once the sensors in consumer electronics, smartphones, but its circuits were way too good – which means too expensive on price sensitive market.
a variety of machines are used in the 1- and 2-axis sensors in combination. Once they have qualified the car industry, it is well enough to the demands of industry.
SCA330-circuit, however, is the company’s first digital 3-axis acceleration sensor specifically for industrial use. Application areas 7.6 x 8.6 x 3.3 mm
The new product is encased in the same manner as Murata vehicle sensors.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5383:suomalaisanturi-yrittaa-digitaalisena-teollisuuteen&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Bittium bought medical electronics know-how
Oulu Bittium Health seeks growth in electronics. Bittium Technologies has acquired the Kuopio-based health care technology, health services and part of the Mega Electronics specializes in providing the MegaKoto. Mega Electronics Ltd was established in 1983 by a Finnish company that is ISO13485 certified medical device manufacturer. The company specializes in measuring bio-signals in cardiology, neurology, rehabilitation, health and sports medicine areas.
The purchase price is EUR nine million.
“Bittiumilla has over 30 years of experience in wireless radio technology of today and the trade to expand our technology expertise in health care technology, which is being increasingly moving towards wireless solutions in monitoring patients,” says Bittium President and CEO Hannu Huttunen
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/11/10/bittium-osti-laakintaelektroniikan-osaamista/
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Such is the Finnish smart home
Did you miss your home with the lights on? Not to worry, the future home you can turn off their smart devices.
through the network operating management hub, which are controlled by smart devices, are becoming more common in the coming years more and more in the home.
Market their own solution for controlling home has also brought Finnish company Cozify that introduced the product DigiExpo.
Thus, at least believe Google, Huawei and Apple, which have developed their own solutions for managing your home. In the future, home alarm system, lighting and heating, for example, can thus adjust the smart phone, for example, the work by hand.
Source: http://www.iltasanomat.fi/digitoday/art-2000001949824.html?ref=rss
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F-Secure was surprised IoT miracle protection system complicated device – “There was no precise understanding of the problems”
F-Secure first device project, IoT security appliance Sense surprised the complexity, says the company responsible for consumer business director Kristian Järnefelt.
Sense is designed to solve the security problems in poorly protected IoT devices in the home network traffic guards at. F-Secure said last week that the Sense published until next summer, ie more than one year from the original schedule of late.
“Hindsight is always easier to wisdom. When looking back on when there are schedules, we have not had quite an accurate understanding of how the complex and demanding project is concerned, “says Järnefelt.
“When it started at, some time went to the fact that the entire project will grow and grow. Now we are in a situation where the open ends of yarn tied together, ”
Sense system is one of the last tests almost ready. Now the work is done the device security features, as well as terminal repertoire.
“We have strict standards in that kind of level of security, quality and reliability have to be.”
Sense is designed to protect the home network from connected devices against abuse.
It acts as a wireless local area network routers and firewalls, which analyzes the traffic passing through. It learns to recognize what are the actual network requests are and prevent malicious traffic that is different from expected.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/f-secure-yllattyi-iot-ihmelaitteen-tyolaydesta-ei-ollut-tarkkaa-ymmarrysta-6598069
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Electronics started to grow slightly
Electronica – Finnish electronics industry has experienced in recent years, hard. First, set off mass production in China and the Baltic countries, then disappeared Nokia mobile phone production. – However, during the last three months has been a visible clearly better, says Rutronikin Country Manager Juha Ahonen.
- It appears that many customers have gone a little better in recent times. In particular, wireless has been a pick-up, he says.
According to Ahonen’s new move to explain the old Nokia soles. – Former Nokia employees to set up and apply for Startup modules products. And these companies leave immediately pursue global markets.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5386:elektroniikka-kaantynyt-lievaan-nousuun&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Governments Show Contradictory Attitude Towards Privacy and Data Protection
http://www.securityweek.com/governments-show-contradictory-attitude-towards-privacy-and-data-protection
Governments across the world are showing a contradictory attitude towards privacy and data protection. On the one hand new legislation insists that business is minutely protective of personally identifiable information (PII), while at the same time PII must be more readily handed to law enforcement. This contradiction is exemplified in Europe, where the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GRPR) strictly controls business use of personal data while many nation state members are simultaneously introducing new national surveillance laws.
Forrester’s 2016 Global Heat Map for privacy and data protection makes this point. The Netherlands and Finland are rated as ‘most restricted’ in their attitudes towards privacy; and yet both are drafting new laws that considerably increase government surveillance powers. Germany, also considered to be very protective towards personal privacy, is doing similar; while the UK — home to one of the more active intelligence agencies (GCHQ) — is close to passing its new Investigatory Powers Bill (IPB).
Forrester’s senior analyst Chris Sherman also makes the point that the EU’s new GDPR is setting a business standard that is being followed around the world. “The slow global convergence toward the requirements outlined in the regulation continued through 2016,” he writes.
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Finland to develop a remote controller ships – VTT and Rolls-Royce
VTT Technical Research Centre and Rolls-Royce will begin in collaboration to design, develop and test the first generation of a remote controller and autonomous ships. In cooperation with organizations combines the latest cutting-edge technology, which will result in a plan to ship a commercial model.
“Collaboration with VTT will help us to evaluate The remote and autonomous ship’s performance, based on both traditional model tests and digital simulation. These will help us to develop a functional, safe and reliable prototypes, says Rolls-Royce Karno Tenovuo.
“We will take advantage of the Internet in industrial practical implementations. It will enable the development of new solutions also in other application areas, “says VTT’s business area, Erja Turunen.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/11/14/suomi-kehittamaan-etaohjattavia-laivoja-vtt-rolls-royce-yhteistyohon/
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Europe’s hackathon in Junction will be held this year in Helsinki. During the two years of Junction has grown into the world’s leading Hackathon. This year, over 3500 Junction applied technology experts in more than 110 citizenship, which in 1300 was chosen by the best.
The event will be held 25 to 27. November. During the weekend, participants will have access to team based technology enables concrete to develop our partners’ business.
Junction offers this year for Finnish growth companies and foreigners unprecedented meeting place for technology professionals
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5397:800-huippukoodaria-helsinkiin&catid=13&Itemid=101
More: https://hackjunction.com/
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The new town will grow in 3000 employee car factory
Finnish building know-car has received the best possible praise of the Mercedes-Benz Valmet Automotive’s increase in contract manufacturing. The factory is going to be recruiting next year one thousand new workers and administrative staff.
The factory the number of employees will increase at the end of next year for about 3,000 employees. More people are needed in Mercedes GLC SUV production.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5415:uuteenkaupunkiin-kasvaa-3000-tyontekijan-autotehdas&catid=13&Itemid=101
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When millions of devices linked to the internet, but also their information security becomes far more critical issue than before the Internet of Things era.
“The first refrigerators, baby monitors and microwave ovens have already participated in cyber attacks. What’s more devices connected to the network, the more complex their Information security organization should be, ”
“Organization of security of devices will become a significant own industry,”
Cinia is just about to open the Finnish market the security cloud: Cinia Lioncloud. It is not directed at the mass market public cloud, but the company’s self-developed high-security solution that met the requirements.
Security cloud solutions aimed at Knaapila by close to one hundred percent security.
“When you are 99 per cent level, so after each decimal to achieve cost as much as the achievement of the previous level,”
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/merikaapeliyhtio-rakensi-turvapilven-avoimen-netin-voi-ohittaa-kokonaan-6600012
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Landline telephone may be muted in the 2020s – the same number can be still be hold
Connection are reduced at the pace that the copper telephone network may be run down in the 2020s, DNA assesses the future of rural.
The number of traditional fixed-line subscriptions in decline from 10 to 15 percent per year, and the number of fixed-line subscriptions just growing.
- We do not have a final decision on the fixed networks would be driven down, but these views at the beginning of the 2020s there are so few users that have to think about what to do with the network
When the phone cable comes to an end of life, the new is no longer invested in.
According to the newspaper, it is possible to keep the old landline number, even if the fixed telephone network would need to be mobile.
Source: http://www.iltasanomat.fi/taloussanomat/oma-raha/art-2000002073730.html?ref=rss
Tomi Engdahl says:
Finnish radio know-how is not forgotten
Sony’s announcement yesterday that its subsidiary, Altair Semiconductor opens R & D center in Oulu shows that the world of radio-Finnish know-how is still at a premium.
Altair is an Israeli modem house, which has invented LTE modems. Their circuits have been used for Chromebooks and tablets. The company has also been told to develop a radio chips IoT devices.
Internet of Things is an area where competitive positions are still open. Modems are the requirements are quite different than the peak cell phones with data connection already sent gigabit speed. IoT modem keeps sending small bursts of data quickly with minimal power consumption.
For example, in the 3GPP Release 13 accepted assays NB-IoT technology uses a 180 kilohertz carrier slices between the LTE channels for transmitting sensor data, typically in the cloud.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5417:suomalaista-radio-osaamista-ei-ole-unohdettu&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Finnish NFC smart lock awarded
iLOQ has developed the world’s first lock, which opens onto a smartphone with NFC-radiated radio energy. Now iLOQ NFC is an award-winning magazine Detektor International Award for the winner of the Best Access Control Product 2016 category. The top prize is already second company, the same award in 2008, won the iLOQ S10 locking system.
Smart lock is powered by the NFC induction. Wireless solution does not need batteries, no cables and no key. The phone’s NFC radio download two of the cells inside the lock chamber, and then start encrypted traffic between the lock and the mobile phone.
The first cell opens the lock, then the door can be opened by the handle. The lock will automatically lock after a certain period of time to another cell, the energy stored in the power.
iLOQ NFC is coming to market in the near future in Europe.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5427:suomalainen-nfc-alylukko-palkittiin&catid=13&Itemid=101
Tomi Engdahl says:
Finnish Tablet on sale Monday
Helsinki Eve-Tech group of community funding, and designed as a common project for a Windows tablet will go on sale on Monday. The hybrid-type 2-in-1 laptop will be available in three different versions. The company has announced properties versions, but the prices are revealed only on Monday.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5423:suomalaistabletti-myyntiin-maanantaina&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Salo emerging IoT Expertise center
Salo located in Nokia and Microsoft’s former production and R & D facilities are emerging in the local newspaper, the focus on IoT solutions center of excellence.
Sources:
http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/11/17/sss-saloon-syntymassa-iot-osaamiskeskus/
http://www.sss.fi/2016/11/salon-osaamiskeskukseen-sijoittavien-nimia-julki-jorma-nieminen-on-mukana/
Tomi Engdahl says:
The innovation system redone – Finland 100 000 new jobs
Finnish industry has taken the challenge of creating 100 000 jobs in Finland. A new kind of ideas competition was introduced in Helsinki in the research community Dimeccin annual seminar.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/11/16/innovaatiojarjestelma-uusiksi-suomeen-100-000-tyopaikkaa/
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IT went out of fashion – came digitalisation
Today everything is digital. Digitalisation has become a buzz word that can mean virtually anything, which involves some form of information and communication technologies. The word is so new that not even the Word spell checker still recognize the full digitalisation.
on the basis of mere digitalization of the word could not imagine Finland defected a couple of years into the future. When even the 2015 state budget digitalization was mentioned three times, the 2017 budget, the word appears 27 times already. Katainen’s government program, digitalisation is not mentioned at all, Sipilä government’s program devotes an entire chapter.
In reality, digitalization is of course not a new thing, it is the old familiar information society development.
Of course, the use of digitalisation of the word can also be quite justified, but only when really talking about digitalisation, information and communication technologies enabled by a comprehensive change in business models, structures and cultures.
Digitalization requires courage, because it means not only new knowledge also relinquishing old.
Why digitalisation then talk about right now so much, even though many area gone digital for decades? Digitalisation talking about the fact that changes in the real economy and society are only just beginning.
No more talk about digitalisation of an industry, now the creative destruction shakes the whole of society. No more questions are asked, we pay card or a mobile phone, Do we look the news the TV or laptop screen, purchasing other garments supermarket or online, or examining a tumor doctor or artificial intelligence.
Now, it is the whole of Finland from digitalisation. How and where we work? What work? How and when will we study? How do we pay taxes and what they get in return?
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/blogit/atk-meni-digitalisaatio-tuli-6600462
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Finnish Medical Society Duodecim has awarded the prestigious prize Konrad ReijoWaaran MD, Ph.D., a specialist Antti Kontiola. His developed intraocular pressure gauge, kimmoketonometri, has revolutionized the children’s intraocular pressure measurement, and significantly easier for glaucoma screenings.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/11/18/suomalaismittarin-keksijalle-palkinto/
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Finnish linux device will revolutionize the boating
Turku Nextfour Solutions shows that between Finnish design can continue to revolutionize According to settled areas. The contract design house developing Q-platform has been developed navigation system with touch screen integrated into the same boat with many functions.
- Q is challenging traditional chart plotters, as well as safety and entertainment features that the Internet of Things, introduced by the completely new possibilities. This is quite a unique product, which attracted a huge amount of interest in Amsterdam METSTRADE event, says CEO Niklas Nextfourin Öhman.
Q: ta has been developed and tested in the Turku Archipelago of 2014 from the beginning. According to Öhman has been 8-9 developers on the platform. The base was to choose a technology that would be the most adaptable and expandable in the future. – That’s why we built the Q’s on top of Linux itself. It is easy to create new interfaces and application layers, says Öhman.
In practice, Q is open, are based on quad-core ARM processor hardware platform that can be easily integrated into a variety of systems. The chassis has two CAN bus, so the touch screen can be brought, in principle, any information.
Q is also the first actual boat navigator constant in the world HSPA + or higher performance mobile connectivity that can be shared via Wi-Fi, in the boat. Connection can also Q’s OTA update.
Approximately 30 developers market Nextfour Q: directly on the boat manufacturers, for whom the system is tailored individually in the same way as was Buster. Unlike many device manufacturers Nextfour Solutions intends to keep the device development and manufacturing will continue in Finland.
- Sure the device is suitable for all kinds of water vehicles. However, the beginning is always tailored to the needs of the manufacturer so the market should have a certain volume
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5443:suomalainen-linux-laite-mullistaa-veneilyn&catid=13&Itemid=101
Tomi Engdahl says:
ITU: Finland is the weakest of the Nordic ICT-March
International Telecommunication Union ITU tough annual ranking of countries according to how extensive ICT expertise is. This year’s statistics, Finland is the weakest of the Nordic countries and one of only five countries in which the ITU ICT-edited index has deteriorated.
Finnish position ITU lstalla has steadily fallen. In 2010, we were still the world’s best sixth ICT-March, last year we fell priority pm. This year, we are only 17th best ICT-March.
Repeat years in a row as the best ICT country is estimated to Korea. Visit Iceland is a close second and third in Denmark. United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Sweden, the Netherlands, Norway and Japan complement the top 10 list. So we are the only Nordic country that does not rank in the top 10 countries in ICT.
In the ranking drop, in particular the fact that access to the Finns were not been the world leader to get to Internet. In this comparison, we have only 39. The best. Since last year investment declined by four notches.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5447&via=n&datum=2016-11-22_14:55:32&mottagare=30929
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World’s best navigators mostly come from Nordic countries
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2113094-worlds-best-navigators-mostly-come-from-nordic-countries/
People from Finland have a particularly good sense of direction. That’s according to a study of 2.4 million people who downloaded a phone game designed to test people’s ability to find their way around. Out of the 193 countries where the game was downloaded, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark scored among the top six countries that did best at the game.
Young versus old
Analysing people’s scores, the team found that accuracy declined with age, even in young adulthood. “I thought it was going to decline once people got older because that’s what memory does,” says Spiers. “It was surprising that navigation abilities are worse when you are 30 than when you’re 19.”
Tomi Engdahl says:
Tosibox virtual lock VPN connections
Tosibox (from Oulu Finland) has presented yesterday in Nuremberg alkaneilla industrial drive technology of the SPS Drives fair in a new software product: Tosibox Virtual Central Lock is a software product information secure remote connections. Caverion, the building system and industrial services is one of the first true VCL Box’s users.
“Virtual Central Lock is designed for organizations that take advantage of cloud services or an existing server infrastructure, says the Real-Box’s CEO Tero Lepistö. The product allows organizations to centrally according to him, to set up and manage large amounts of data secure remote connections.
- Virtual Central Lock is designed for organizations that take advantage of cloud services or an existing server infrastructure. The product is also suitable for smaller companies, who have access to the top of a cost-effective and can, if necessary, to scale the service later. VCL’s time we open up a whole new door and we serve new customers and partners. This brings nousukiitoomme yet a boost, Lepistö enthuses.
VCL-lock allows organizations to centrally erect and manage large amounts of data secure remote connections.
VCL-Hub is scalable from small systems up to more than ten thousand a secured connection comprise entities. A company can buy the software with a flexible licensing model
Sources:
http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/11/23/tosibox-toi-iot-keskitinohjelmiston/
http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5453:tosiboxilta-virtuaalinen-lukko-vpn-yhteyksille&catid=13&Itemid=101
More:
https://www.tosibox.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Tosibox-press-release_TOSIBOX-UNVEILS-GROUNDBREAKING-SOLUTION-FOR-SECURE-REMOTE-CONNECTIONS-_22.11.2016.pdf
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Finnish companies are terse confession: Our services do not meet consumer expectations,
According to a recent survey, less than half of Finnish companies believe that their online services to reach the level of consumers’ expectations.
According to the survey, only 41 percent of entrepreneurs believe that the purchase of their products and services online is easy.
Study participants from over 500 companies, only 41 per cent finds its online services to reach the level of consumers’ expectations. Only about half of the enterprises report on reacting to customer feedback online.
Entrepreneurs answers to two clear things up, why do not they fix the situation and improve online services immediately.
- The first is that they feel that the self-understanding of digital issues enough. It is, for many entrepreneurs new to the world, which would require time and effort, says Toivanen.
- Another thing is the lack of time. Entrepreneurs would like to correct the situation, but many at the time going to run every day based business.
Buying is not easy, though it should be
the level of consumer expectation and reality painted by entrepreneurs is a big gap. Only 47 per cent of consumers feel that businesses can easily connect to the network. Three-quarters of consumers expect that products and services should be easy to purchase online.
Consumers compare the services of the services that are actually used. Usually, they are the ones that work best.
- Consumers will spend a lot of international network services, as well as the ones where things are in the best restaurant at Finland. The best services to determine the level of the eyes of consumers, Toivanen explains.
Toivanen says the study survived also the fact that the word about poor service spreading rapidly.
Source: http://www.iltalehti.fi/digi/201611232200031119_du.shtml
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The report criticizes Finnish: should not be banned innovative companies like Uber
Boston Consulting Group Nordic Agenda report, the Nordic countries should pay special attention to digitalization, whose impact on competitiveness is on the rise.
However, the digital agendas, for example, Finnish companies are in their infancy, the report said. Even the digitalisation strategy to raise the Finnish companies do not contribute to the matter with sufficient force.
- Finland should support innovative new business models emerge and deny them a try in advance, as has been the case, for example, Uber, BCG says CEO Teemu Finnish Ruska.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/raportti-suomii-suomea-ei-pitaisi-kieltaa-uberin-kaltaisia-innovatiivisia-yrityksia-6601713
Tomi Engdahl says:
The Tampere-based IOT expert WIREPAS rose to international cleantech competition ten o’clock most promising companies in the. Companies participating in the competition’s product areas were mainly new types of energy storage and smart grids.
Wireless devices connecting to each other WIREPAS rose this year as the only Finnish company to the ten best companies in the. “It is an honor to be among the ten best companies,”
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/11/24/suomalainen-iot-talo-nousi-ykkosryhmaan/
Tomi Engdahl says:
LED lighting tomittaja Greenled has signed an agreement with the Swiss wolf Energy Efficiency Fund financing future LED lighting projects in Finland. The total value of the contract is expected to rise to 15 million by the end of 2018.
Under the agreement, Greenled to implement large-scale retail, industrial, logistics, sports facilities, offices, street and area lighting and public spaces projects with existing lighting solutions replaced with energy-efficient LED solutions.
Swiss SEEF will be the sole financier of selected projects receive continuous funding, freeing company equity to accelerate the company’s growth.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/11/24/sveitsilaisraha-vauhdittaa-suomen-lediprojekteja/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Electronics design house Bittium intends to invest in the next year heavily in the development of new technologies. At the same time the company is organized into three business operations, such as defense and security, telecommunications and health care technology.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/11/24/bittium-lisaa-tutkimuspanoksiaan/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Optical MEMS brings new features to your mobile
VTT’s optical MEMS sensor brings spektrikuvantamisen access to consumer applications. The new MEMS technology allows the consumer to detect the cell phone in the future by means of variations in the quality of, say, or to monitor the health of food.
“Mass-produced sensor technology enables the low cost level thanks to the introduction into the hyper spectrum photography to all kinds of equipment, which is currently used for low-cost camera sensors,”
The Institute has already applied hyper spectral camera, inter alia, the diagnosis of skin cancer, environmental measurements nanosatellite, drone application in various agricultural and forest monitoring.
“The consumer the benefit could be shown in the mobile phone as the ability to detect anomalies food freshness, monitor skin health and changes in the eyelids, to ascertain the authenticity of the products or to identify users based on biometric data, or even itseajavien cars as the ability to perceive and recognize the environment of interest on the basis of combining the image of the spectrum,” says T VTT Anna Rissanen
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/11/24/optinen-mems-uusia-ominaisuuksia/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Nokia Foundation awarded the 2016 award to Jari Arkko his wide-ranging and long-term development of Internet technologies for its commitment, as well as his to act to substantially promote cooperation under the open.
For the past 20 years he has been one of the key persons by the Internet Engineering Task Force organization (IETF) as well as technical and organizational management. Arkko has served as the IETF as chairman from 2013 onwards.
Arkko works as Ericsson Internet expert.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/11/25/nokia-saation-palkinto-internet-pioneerille/
Tomi Engdahl says:
The new accelerator will make your digital dreams come true – a 10-week program and investment model Startup
The Helsinki CherryonTop Accelerator launches a new 10-week program and investment model of early-stage Startup.
Accelerator focuses on products, which is at the heart of the new digital products, services and environmental services. The aim is to be an open platform for multi-party and a variety of digital products and services.
Accelerator concept is to help companies to stand out from the crowd.
“Startup is a pile of things, including the team, the product, users, data, story, vision, business model, financing and networks that need to be taken forward at the same time. Accelerators will accelerate the development cycles of experiments in the implementation of different areas. We strengthen each their own, unique a story in which the start-up company stands out from the crowd. ”
Accelerator also makes investments in early-stage startup companies.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/uusi-kiihdyttamo-tekee-digihaaveista-totta-10-viikon-ohjelma-ja-investointimalli-startupeille-6602167
Tomi Engdahl says:
700 MHz networks may begin as early as February 2017
The Ministry of Transport announces that the auction of 700 MHz spectrum ended today. Frequencies defeated the DNA, Elisa and TeliaSonera Finland. All will receive 2×10 MHz of additional spectrum to networking.
State of the auction will bring revenues of EUR 66.33 million. Each operator paid a single 10 MHz slice of the approximately EUR 11 million.
The Ministry of Transport announces that the auction of 700 MHz spectrum ended today. Frequencies defeated the DNA, Elisa and TeliaSonera Finland. All will receive 2×10 MHz of additional spectrum to networking.
State of the auction will bring revenues of EUR 66.33 million. Each operator paid a single 10 MHz slice of the approximately EUR 11 million.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5469:700-verkot-voivat-aloittaa-jo-helmikuussa&catid=13&Itemid=101
Tomi Engdahl says:
Call charges and unlimited subscriptions at risk: Roaming the decision can become expensive for Finns
EU Telecommunications Ministers is headed for 2.12. at the meeting held in position with one megabyte of transfer to pay a roaming customer’s home operator 1 cent per megabyte. The price would drop over time, 0.5 percent, says Counsellor Sini Wirén the Ministry of Transport and Communications Ministry.
It is part of the EU roam like at home setting, which eliminates roaming charges in the EU. The arrangement allows EU citizens to use the phone in the EU than in their home country.
The arrangement, however, requires significant transfers between telecommunications operators. As the Finns use roaming services much more than visiting Finland and Finnish foreign data usage is one of Europe’s largest, the Finnish telecom operators are getting into the southern European operators to foot the bill.
EU Telecom Ministers probable position is significantly higher than what is expected and what would be in Finland’s interests.
Both Elisa and DNA have previously told the data are strong pricing pressure to impose a high wholesale price of subscription prices. Wirén according to high wholesale prices may also affect Finland general limitless supply of subscriptions and, at worst, the provision of roaming services in the first place.
The original proposal, would have been roaming free of charge for 90 days a year, but the European Commission withdrew its proposal at the beginning of September. At the moment, the new model is not aware of, and Wirén by the discovery of harmony can be difficult.
Source: http://www.iltasanomat.fi/digitoday/art-2000004880083.html?ref=rss
Tomi Engdahl says:
Finnish Goods in its own cloud platform
IoT cloud service Product developer Thing2Data project to expand the added reality. Specification work and implementation of the first phase of the project is driven by Sovelto progressed rapidly. For the trial, the test applications for all mobile phone terminals HoloLens-visor.
The development project is based on the cloud service platform, which each individually identified as the goods to their knowledge and intellect connect. Now it is carried out first Thing2Data-service architecture includes individually interdependencies between the treatment of goods and basic information of the identified goods or condition.
The project consortium participants were informed of the release phase following organizations: Cursor, Fujitsu, National Emergency Supply Agency, Innofactor, Kouvola Innovation, the Finnish Transport Agency, Ministry of Transport, Microsoft, Information, The City of Vantaa and VR.
The consortium delegation has decided to organize the hackathon competition in the spring.
The consortium has listed APIs to test dozens of potential applications for various uses.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/11/26/tavaroille-oma-pilvialusta-lisatty-todellisuus/
More:
https://twitter.com/hashtag/thing2data?src=hash
http://www.sovelto.fi/application/files/7714/6052/4158/Sovelto_Thing2Data_arkkitehtuurin_ja_hankkeen_tekninen_tiivistelma_20160411_01.pdf
Tomi Engdahl says:
Finnish growth company won the award for digital
Finnish Streamr has been awarded the third best digital infrastructure as a growth company. The company develops real-time processing and decision-making data to the cloud service.
The award was presented EIT Digital, which is the spirit of enterprise and innovation in digital advocacy organizations.
Infrastructure category of the competition prizes were awarded in Stockholm Internet Days event at the Conference.
The series won the Spanish effectiveness of WLAN systems healing Aoife Solutions. Second was Spaniard 3AntS, whose technology helps identify illegal content and protect the intellectual property rights online.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/suomalainen-kasvuyritys-pokkasi-digipalkinnon-6602563
Tomi Engdahl says:
The new security company in Finland
Security-sector jobs is unlikely to run out pretty quickly that all problems have been solved. Finland has become one of the industry a new entrepreneur, you Advenica has opened its branch office in Helsinki.
The company says the appointment of Finnish-that is, their branches Advenica Oy’s President and CEO Mikael Puska, who will start on the next February. In the past, Puska has served as Director of Development at nSense, and F-Secure purchased nSense he was responsible for F-Secure related kyberturvallisuuteen service package.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/uusi-tietoturvafirma-suomeen-johtaja-f-securelta-6602803
Tomi Engdahl says:
Finland has the potential to create a world-class innovation center to the health sector, experts say¨.
Finland’s strengths are considered to include medical excellence in research, engineering expertise, extensive health information registers and development work.
Health Technology Association (FiHTA) Chairman Veli Mäkelä considers Finland’s prospects for good. We have good universities and a strong health care system. In addition, the big technology companies such as IBM and Nokia have been obtained. On the other hand the competition getting tougher all the time in the world.
- You should strike quickly, before someone else comes up with the same thing
Source: http://www.iltasanomat.fi/taloussanomat/art-2000004887140.html?ref=rss
Tomi Engdahl says:
Elisa launched the first VoLTE calls
Nokia says Elisa in Finland has made the first VoLTE- and VoWiFi solution. It improves the quality of Elisa’s customer connections in homes, offices, and many places in sparsely populated areas.
VoLTE technology refers to an IP-based voice connection over LTE network.
In addition, Nokia’s IMS core network (IP Multimedia Subsystem) enables Elisa online can be played on the WiFi phone calls via the router’s where Elisa’s own mobile network is poor.
VoLTE connections to improve the coverage, for example, in new houses
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5492:elisa-aloitti-volte-puhelut-ensimmaisena&catid=13&Itemid=101
Tomi Engdahl says:
Telia Sonera Company that is going to bring 5G network technology to Helsinki together with Nokia for over two years. The two companies today in connection with asiatsa Slush event.
the operator can move to 5G technology has the flexibility offered by Nokia 4.5G- and through 4.9G technologies.
5G opening up new possibilities for the development of mobile services.
For consumers, Sonera notification is not intended to mean that the operator’s subscribers would have gigabit connections at its disposal in 2018. The 5G-standardization is probably not yet ready after two years, so that there would be some kind of pre-standard tuning,. Additionally, such networks do not exist terminals.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5496:5g-helsinkiin-jo-kahden-vuoden-kuluttua&catid=13&Itemid=101
Tomi Engdahl says:
Microsoft opens IoT laboratory in Finland – an investment of EUR 14 million
Microsoft will set up the Internet of Things focuses on laboratory and the Foundation in Finland. The company invests in IoT workshop called the Foundation for the US $ 14 million in facilities and equipment, as well as start-up businesses. The start of the new laboratory is also supported by the Innovation Financial Centre Tekes.
Microsoft IoT laboratory will be called to Espoo, offering IoT solutions for creative Finnish Startup and small businesses with hardware know-how, and ongoing support related to cloud services.
IoT laboratory to be operational early next year. There is equipment needed for the construction of IoT prototypes. These include Azure IoT Starter Kit Development Kit, 3D-printers and a variety of Connectivity Device, such as Bluetooth, NFC and satellite navigation.
“One of the biggest challenges faced by startups in the development of IoT system is to change the idea of a prototype. IoT purpose of the workshop is to accelerate this process IoT system of innovation in mind ”
IoT workshop opens its doors in the first quarter of 2017. Companies receive immediate access to a wide range of advanced equipment needed for IoT prototyping for fast and easy construction. These include Azure IoT Starter Kits, 3D printers, as well as connectivity such as Bluetooth, NFC and satellite equipment.
IoT workshop is Microsoft’s first Suomi100 anniversary project. After the establishment of the operational activities of IoT workshop has independent control of its own personnel, independent of Microsoft.
Sources:
http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/11/30/microsoftilta-iot-laboratorio-suomeen-14-miljoonan-euron-sijoitus/
http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5499:microsoft-perustaa-iot-laboratorion-suomeen&catid=13&Itemid=101
Tomi Engdahl says:
AinaCom bring IoT-machine connections
Finnish telecom operator AinaCom that the sale of wireless machine-machine interfaces that operate all over the world. Most preferably, machinery IoT access is available for EUR 1.5 per month in Finland and abroad in three euros a month.
AinaCom machine interfaces are suitable for controlling, managing, monitoring or data collection, as well as more general data communication solution.
Customers can manage their subscriptions and monitor their traffic. Data packets of 10 and 50 megabytes.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/11/29/ainacom-iot-koneliittymat/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Etteplan tighter to National Instruments partner network
The unit providing Etteplan’s embedded electronics engineering has selected US-based National Instruments (NI) gold level its partners. In the past, Etteplan’s unit was known as Espotel name.
Etteplan received the Gold Alliance Partner is a title with the USA to the highest standards of testing and control techniques for the manufacturing of National Instruments partner program statuses. It is awarded to partners who know the depth of NI’s products and to develop them on the basis of customer-specific solutions in a wide range of industries and application areas.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/11/30/etteplan-tiukemmin-national-instrumentsin-partneriverkostoon/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Nokia will return, but the task is impossible
Yesterday was a happy day in many ways a Finnish point of view, when the HMD Global officially announced the start of operations of Nokia phones manufacturer. However, you should rejoice in moderation, because the smartphone market conquest is very difficult, if not impossible, task.
HMD does not start from scratch. Already purchased from Microsoft Nokia-branded phones based grind to the company’s turnover. The station is particularly good in many so-called. emerging markets such as India, China and Africa.
The company speaks of the entire mobile phone industry revolutionary. However, the truth is that the business model does not have anything very revolutionary.
The vast majority of phones manufactured in China. The vast majority of smartphones from the manufacturer does not produce much of anything. 87 percent of the smartphones are Android devices, such as HMD Global temp – but they will be covered by the manufacturer is marginal.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5518:nokia-palaa-mutta-tehtava-on-mahdoton&catid=13&Itemid=101
Tomi Engdahl says:
PISA results came in: Finland does not cause shame but the regional differences of concern – the metropolitan area schoolchildren forced their way past the other
Finland is still the world’s leading countries in the 15-year-olds PISA tests.
Finnish pupils are the latest PISA survey shows a growing world leader in natural sciences, even though the peak year of 2006 has reached scores of down.
Points were now 531, after ten years of them amounted to 563. The PISA comparison is done every three years, but the natural sciences were the last time the main subject in 2006, when Finland was at the forefront of the comparison.
Regional differences in different parts of the Finnish have increased. Now, especially in the metropolitan area the results were significantly better than even the Western and Eastern Finland.
Now Finland was ranked fifth in natural sciences from all countries and a third of OECD countries.
“Minor subjects” in reading the young Finns are still among the best in the world, and was ranked fourth of all countries now
Source: http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000004896093.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
Shadow IT is a poison for digitalisation
Grey IT. Shadow IT, Shadow IT. There are several names, but it is the same phenomenon. It manifests itself in a variety of ways and there is a need for the business to which the IT organization from a solution can not be found or finding a solution from your IT organization is made difficult.
When a business has received too many requests answers “no”, it leaves itself to seek a solution. This may result in excel, which is distributed or referral by e-mail to different parts of the organization, or it can be found in the need for a satisfactory cloud service, which will be introduced over data management.
Customer experience optimization is based on the knowledge that all the company’s customers are applied in the contact surfaces and channels, thus creating a unified customer experience possible. The company in terms of shadow-IT will lead to fragmentation of knowledge and the increase in the number of platforms. If the information is scattered shadow-IT As a result, it takes time and energy integration systems, and cleaning up the master data, rather than to focus on creating solutions that improve the customer experience.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kumppaniblogit/salesforce/varjo-it-on-myrkkya-digitalisaatiolle-6602931
Tomi Engdahl says:
The government set up an ICT service center, even though the “app store” would have sufficed
The following set of opinions related to ICT service center establishment and operation of VALTORTA
The first discovery of the problem related to lack of alternatives by which the distinctive factor in the creation of a service center agreed at the project since its inception. In advance it was decided that all government organizations ICT-based services are collected together and was based on the suitability of the same for all service packages.
The problem of course was that such services did not exist, in part, is still not, and their creation, let alone the equivalence of a very heterogeneous customer needs had not been realized.
Part of the planned savings up was carried out by cutting the already front-loaded operating costs of the agencies. Most of that on the development budget.
Projects it was not possible to launch and promote digitalisation, but seemingly part, to give thanks to the visible state of ICT-cost temporary drop
As mentioned above, the common ICT-based services were not available just yet, even at the time the actual assembly of the project phase ended.
Since the promised savings are indicative of themselves, do not service center launched in co-operation negotiations facilitate and speed up in building the required model. Another danger is that the loss of the necessary know-how; those who leave on their own initiative are usually the best talent that the organization desperately needs.
Information management requires flexibility, but now the focus has been ugly words in standardizing workstations. If the service is not a standard byte changing needs, is a net asset operations be flexible and it is by no means the correct order; the basic technology will adapt to the needs action, not vice versa.
The service center’s current management has raised the customer at the center of the development of services. This is the right business but will be way too late.
Self-built model and in your work does not tend to just see the problems; this is a human itself.
Service center in the governance concept is problematic.
Too much speed is not good. The aim is to create a common rate of cost-effective services to differing customer needs, quality issues and data security are at risk of, say, forgotten.
It remains to be seen whether the road VALTORTA State Computer Centre road, with the high cost of services and customer need mismatch led to the organization’s laws of motion for the purchase, the incorporation, and finally the savings left not born and customers frustrated on bad service development and needs unanswered, inflexible solutions.
However, I hope that history has learned something, and management of IT infrastructure state administration is developing a model such as the start of the project it was hoped: pay a little but allows a lot.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/blogit/valtio-perusti-ict-palvelukeskuksen-vaikka-app-store-olisi-riittanyt-6605392