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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the result of the F-Secure is likely to remain unchanged
Analysts expect the F-Secure’s net sales remained at EUR 38 million, the same level as a year earlier. Earnings per share are expected to EUR 0.04, which would be a cent more than the year before.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/f-securen-tulos-pysynee-ennallaan-6298780
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Internet of things to support us – if we invest
Espotel CEO Kari Ramp rely on the growth of the Industrial Internet. The company was founded at the beginning of last September, to focus on new business unit, which offers expertise in the design and smart devices for collecting information from sensors up to further processing and utilization of data in the cloud.
“We have worked a lot of engineers who are motivated by making meaningful work. Thanks to them, the success of Finnish industry does not get caught by the lack of smart devices ”
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/02/05/teollinen-internet-elattaa-jos-investoimme/
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IoT growth program does participants searches
Tampere Region Economic Development Tredea Development Manager Jouni Myllymäki says that Pirkanmaa wanted IoT-themed growth program, as companies have to clear the area of interest.
“I would say that all of the key machine construction and in the ICT sector companies in the region will see the opportunities,” Myllymäki estimates.
Next Tuesday 9.2. IoT will be held in Tampere program presentation event, which brings together the IoT: interested in companies and partners including donors, experts, development companies and educational institutions
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/02/04/iot-kasvuohjelma-hakee-osallistujia/
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Competition is intensifying in trade of electronics components
Finland component store is running on the price competition that has not previously been seen. Paper merchants have begun to lower their prices to hold on to their clients. representing RS Components products in Finland General Electronics sales managers Igor Forsblom pipe and Merja Saari continues to believe that the seller’s expertise is decisive.
RS’s campaign, the prices of many products are falling very competitive
RS has a stock of more than half a million different products and new ones take 5000 months rate. Officially, the campaign, which started on Tuesday, calculated prices cables and connectors up to 10 per cent.
What is the customer’s point of view a very good thing, is not necessarily the merchant point of view. Finland component trade volumes have not increased in recent years, so market share is now applied even through the price of the race. RS is not the only one, for example, Elfa has dropped the prices of its products extensively.
However, in recent years the Finnish market has also become the new foreign sellers. It says at least the fact that even though the market is not growing, it is still seen as attractive to the merchant point of view.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3943:kisa-kovenee-komponenttikaupassa&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Fear and terror with Elisa’s model
The operator company Elisa, together with the security company F-Secure security provided our services for over 15 years.
in honor of the jubilee year, the companies have announced a joint campaign with the theme of family security.
“Party campaign devoting attention of consumers to information security for the whole family of smartphones and tablets, which are often left untreated niiltäkin whose computers are well protected. Less than 10 per cent of Finnish mobile devices is protected,” says Elisa’s Marketing Director Tomi Wirtanen release.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/pelkoa-ja-kauhua-elisan-malliin-6299113
More: http://elisa.fi/turvapaketti/
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Surfing the Web is going perfect for the elderly
Almost every fresh pensioner is access to a computer, smartphone or tablet, says a recent study. Is commonly used by the terminal computer (94%), but is also used in many smart phone (70%) or tablet (50%).
The study commissioned Ilmarinen and the OKOBANK.
“The smartphone is the most popular option for next device to buy”
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/nettisurffaaminen-sujuu-elakeikaisiltakin-mainiosti-6301078
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IoT technology comes in clean technology
Federation of clean technology solutions and digitalisation can provide Finnish companies with global growth outlook.
A good example of the possibilities of digital technology has brought the Finnish Enevon IoT system that tracks the waste and recycling containers filling degrees
The technology is needed, but it is Kekäläinen the tool in solving problems. ” If it were only the technology, the problems would be resolved as early as yesterday. Ultimately, however, solve the problems of motivated people, ”
companies to apply for the purpose of solving problems of existence. ” The idea is found in what the company does, but why is it that makes ”.
The technology is needed, but it is Kekäläinen the tool in solving problems. ” If it were only the technology, the problems would be resolved as early as yesterday. Ultimately, however, solve the problems of motivated people, “Kekäläinen said.
Marko Vanninen,Connected Finland’s founders, presented purely for communication between machines focused on mobile network based on a new Sigfox-tekniology, which should cover the whole of Finland by the end of the year. The becoming Sigfox network is especially designed for the transmission of sensor data cheaply.
“When the meter and intelligent machines life cycle costs come down, they should be used for transmitting the low-value data,”
Up to 15 years without battery exchange work, for example, sensors can monitor the water consumption and water leaks, energy consumption, soil or concrete moisture, or the movement of vehicles and goods.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/02/10/iot-tekniikka-tulee-puhtaaseen-teknologiaan/
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Vantaa Energy Arena will be held April 15 to 16. The first days of the Nordic Council of 3D instant focus on the manufacture of the fair. The event will be held at NORDIC3DEXPO.
For the first time-held 3D Expo in face 3D professionals, service providers and enthusiasts. The visitor target groups are 3D printing and 3D technology to take advantage of companies, students, and enthusiasts in the field.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3962:3d-tulostus-saa-oman-messunsa&catid=13&Itemid=101
More: http://www.3dexpo.fi/
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Finns want to 3D print spare parts
Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre have launched focusing on digital spare parts of a research project together with 13 company. The project will examine new revenue models, the operational and technological potential now and in the future will be built, as well as the conditions for effective network.
The aim is to promote change, in which the traditional chain of spare parts for manufacturing and storage of transition to digitalization by means of a dynamic and value-added network model. Spare parts and related information is transferred and stored digitally. Parts manufacturing is done in 3D, print a necessary, normally close to the end users.
Industry, 3D-printed parts business is still underdeveloped, and there is no functioning focusing on spare parts networks. Challenges and development sites can be found, inter alia for security of critical parts, material supply, in matters related to information security, the digitization of large or complex parts and manufacture as well as the creation of functioning, especially the service.
The project aims to ensure that Finnish companies can lead the way in the international digital network of spare parts. the project is worth around EUR 1.4 million is part of the Tekes Industrial Internet program.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3961:suomalaiset-haluavat-varaosien-3d-tulostajiksi&catid=13&Itemid=101
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“Multimillion dollar savings potential” – “Taru” promises much
Financial management backbone -project (TARU) ended in the end of 2015. The project was implemented by Tieto, Administer, Kunnan Taitoa ja Tiko.
According to Tieto from paper invoices and receipts to dispense with potential savings of billions in Finland. This would require such companies, municipalities as the digitization of government financial management.
“Our goal is that in the future an electronic receipt would be automatically recognized and the receipt of the archives, as well as, for example, travel and expense management systems. Receipts digitization would bring huge total financial savings and would facilitate the fight against the gray economy, “L
In order receipts of large-scale digitization can begin, we would need a consistent way to produce and distribute the receipts electronically.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/miljardiluokan-saastot-mahdollisia-taru-lupaa-paljon-6303817
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Russia can cripple a strategic strike Finnish key persons
Finnish society is dependent on computer networks, whose activities are, in turn, is dependent on a very small number of experts. For example, if Russia would target against these persons strategic strike, the whole society would be paralyzed, assessed the data security company F-Secure kyberturvallisuusneuvonantaja Erka Koivunen Ilta-Sanomat .
According to Koivunen at the top of the list of impact would be unknown to the general public a core set, which plays a key role in the fight against the Finnish critical infrastructure cyber threats. According to Koivunen, the core group includes perhaps a few hundred.
“Most of them work in companies. They are the guys who know how telecommunications operator backbone network is built. They know when to go to edit, say, routing, turn on the monitoring or the software updates available when the threat is real,” said Koivunen.
According to Koivunen, Finland is still not fully understood just how much of Finnish everyday life and society is dependent on computer networks – not even the security of supply in critical areas.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/incoming/venaja-voi-lamauttaa-suomen-strategisella-iskulla-avainhenkiloihin-6303992
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Finland launches a 5G test network in Barcelona
Finland is prominently displayed at next week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. In addition to Nokia’s one of Finland’s main events at the fair is a 5G test network The launch of Finnish joint stand. At the event the Ministry of Transport and Communications Anne Berner.
Mobile World Congress in Finland seeks 5G test environment to foreign developers. Internationally unique 5G test environment serves as a platform for the development and testing of new applications.
“Finland 5G test network is a genuine innovation ecosystem that supports industries-border cooperation. It serves not only to developers of technologies, including those companies and industries that will continue to take advantage of 5G-environment ”, the image to be presented in Barcelona on the test network background 5thGear Tekes program, Programme Manager Mika Klemettinen.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/02/16/suomi-lanseeraa-5g-testiverkon-barcelonassa/
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Elisa will introduce new services and adds 30 to coder base
Elisa is expanding its services and the needs of new people in their development. The recruitment campaign aims to recruit at least 30 software developers.
Digitizing health care is an area in which Elisa believes growth will find. In addition, the goal is the development of new types of consumer services.
Healthcare plot falls Remote sensing is a service that gives healthcare professionals the ability to monitor the patient’s health status in real time remotely. The consumer side, the new työskentelevöt hackers, for example, Elisa, and Elisa Entertainment Book on services.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/elisa-tuo-uusia-palveluita-ja-palkkaa-30-koodaria-6304323
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Expert for Yle: “We have a soft spot for cyber attacks – Russian spy obvious”
F-Secure kyberturvallisuusneuvonantaja Erka Koivunen warned yesterday kyberiskuista, which, for example, Russia may target the Finnish key persons. He said today YLE interview that Finland is poorly prepared.
We wrote yesterday in an interview that Koivunen had to Ilta-Sanomat . In it, he warned that the whole society would be paralyzed if, for example, would target Russia’s strategic impact in a small case with a stuffed ranks.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/asiantuntija-ylella-olemme-pehmea-kohde-kyberiskuille-venajan-vakoilu-paivanselvaa-6304271
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The new automation event in Finland
rganized in Helsinki in May a new kind of technology event focusing on business automation and digitalisation. Seminar event called Reset to organize Exhibition and Convention Centre, together with technical and marketing services to the association and Robotics Association.
Upcoming event consists of top speakers, presentations and corporate visibility locations. The first Reset held in the Helsinki Fair Centre, Helsinki, 10.5.2016. The event is expected to automation of decision-makers, experts, designers and automation products and services to users.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/02/16/uusi-automaatiotapahtuma-suomeen/
More: http://www.messukeskus.com/Sites4/Reset/Sivut/default.aspx
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Measuring & Testing specialized exhibition August 31 to September 1, 2016
Source: https://www.ael.fi/koulutustarjonta/mittaus-testaus-erikoisnayttely-318-192016
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Finland Sweden clearly behind the trade of components
Dmass Organization (Distributors ‘and Manufacturers’ Association of Semiconductor Specialists), the trade component in the Nordic countries increased last year by almost a fifth. I’m sorry for our purposes is the fact that growth came almost exclusively from the Swedish market.
Dmass states that Finland is one of Eastern Europe and along the Baltic region, which continued to suffer from the transition to production to Eastern Europe or Asia.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4003:suomi-selvasti-ruotsia-jaljessa-komponenttikaupassa&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Smaller companies need revival to IoT developments
Only one in ten SME entrepreneurs to take advantage of the Internet of Things, says a report by the telecom operator Sonera. For many Finnish entrepreneur Internet of Things (IoT) is still relatively unknown thing. Only one in ten SME entrepreneurs have understood the IoT technology to promote business opportunities
Those entrepreneurs who are familiar with the Internet of Things opportunities, have developed a means of completely new products or services. Still, every second entrepreneur intends to do without the Internet of Things.
48 percent of surveyed entrepreneurs did not see IoT / M2M solutions to benefit their own business activities. Most of these entrepreneurs, however, there are those who do not know much explanation of the grounds for the concept.
Entrepreneurs who are already using or plan to use M2M solutions that need them most often According to the report the creation of products or services (50% of mentions).
The next highest IoT / M2M solutions sought cost savings (49%), as well as more efficient optimization work, or processes (49% of mentions). 28 percent take advantage of the IoT / M2M solutions for the creation of completely new growth.
11 per cent of respondents SME entrepreneurs feel M2M / IoT solutions to be necessary right now in their own companies. Among the entrepreneurs, who know the subject well, nearly half said that the topic of right now the current, 27 per cent in the near future.
“Companies need more user-friendly M2M solutions to get attached to the benefits offered by the Internet of Things”
Internet of Things has developed tremendously and the growth rate is hard.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/02/17/yritykset-tarvitsevat-heratyksen-iot-kehitykseen/
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In Finland, there are too few top-level cyber security experts in the industry and our competence base is narrow, estimated research center VTT’s doing and Cyber Lab report. The report sets out new measures that have expertise in cyber security could be strengthened.
Networked and digitalized world, produces in addition to the positive impact of problems. All societies are increasingly dependent on high-level cyber security, as many of the critical functions are controlled by information networks.
Internet of Things industry and internet solutions do not always reduce the threats. The attacks through the networks are increasing all the time according to the report.
Kyberosaamisraportti based on the Government two years ago to start ” Kyberosaaminen Finland ” research project.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/02/16/kyberosaamista-suomessa-vain-harvoilla/
Report: http://tietokayttoon.fi/documents/10616/2009122/9_Kyberosaaminen+Suomessa.pdf/29c8f675-0790-4c2f-91c2-69187b34b37e?version=1.0
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Finnish software developer Space Space Systems Finland continues to develop its weather satellite software to European weather satellites, the company says in a statement.
The first European meteorological satellite program has been running for some time. Its three MetOp satellites have been launched into two – in 2006 and 2012. The last series will be launched next year.
SSF participated satellites framework for software already in the first generation of MetOp program. In addition, it also developed in the post processing of the ozone data tools. The company now has a strong presence in the upcoming second generation of MetOp-development.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/rss/suomalaiset-ohjelmistokehittajat-paasivat-avaruuteen-6304823
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Cloud security concern for Finnish companies
Finnish companies use cloud services will grow an average of 30 per cent in 2016, and Gartner predicts this growth will continue. Growth slows exclusively from concerns about cloud security.
Cloud services, IT organizations share of the total budget is typically still small, an average of about 13 per cent, but the proportion is growing rapidly.
According to Gartner, the use of cloud services has become commonplace in Finland. However, cloud services market continues to grow strongly in the coming years, and new operators are still found in space. For large and the so-called. traditional sales and marketing of IT-service providers of cloud services requires a clearer message.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4007:pilven-tietoturva-huolettaa-suomalaisyritykia&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Finnish developers sank the screen to the windscreen
Glass manufacturer Pilkington has developed a display window in which elektroluminessinäyttö are embedded directly inside of the glass. Display Glass was developed by Pilkington in addition Beneq and a group of researchers from Tampere University of Technology and VTT.
A new kind of display window of the vehicle the driver can see the information they need directly, for example, the windshield of the vehicle, with no need to turn his eyes away from the road.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/02/18/suomalaiskehittajat-upottivat-nayton-tuulilasiin/
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Kone has all over the world millions of elevators with remote monitoring and management, it wishes to make a cloud form. Now the machine has been signed with IBM’s multi-year agreement to expand IBM’s cloud-based industrial services and Internet technologies will speed up the construction of intelligent innovations.
Agreement, the machine can take advantage of IBM Watson IoT Cloud Platform with different parts of the world in the elevators, escalators, doors and turnstiles to remote monitoring and optimization of management. The system will analyze vast amounts of data from sensors, helping to identify and anticipate problem situations and to minimize the use of the absent time.
The solution is cheaper and faster than traditional dispatches maintenance man’s place in a fault situation.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4011:ibm-liittaa-koneen-hissit-pilveen&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Finnish startup creates a giant cloud services ecosystem
Finnish startup Flashnode aims high: It is developing a cloud compatibility standard, which would link software used by companies to each other. The project has already received plenty of response, because the process of creating a standard is already involved in a number of software companies.
The standard aims to combine going to support the business processes of software packages into one larger cloud services ecosystem. This would provide significant opportunities to accelerate the processes of financial management and accounting firms would greatly alleviate the workload. This would be an advantage, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises involved.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/suomalainen-startup-luo-jattimaista-pilvipalvelujen-ekosysteemia-6305501
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A new secure mobile phone to be built in Salo
California-phone manufac turing Robotic Industries (TRI) is planning to Salo Region messages according to employ approximately 270 employees by the end of 2016.
Made of LTE-based phones with Finnish Jolla Sailfish 2.0 operating system and the company’s user interface and security software.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/02/26/uusi-tietoturvakannykka-syntyisi-salossa/
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Technology Research Centre of Finland and Aalto University have started together with domestic enterprises Tekes project, which is developing scalable and energy-efficient data centers, optical switching and transmission solutions. Optical technologies are needed to support the explosive growth of data volumes, for example, caused by the penetration of cloud services and mobile streaming.
Data volumes have long grown exponentially and data center capacity has doubled every eighteen months. In 2014 alone, data centers in EU countries consumed about 120 terawatt-hours of energy. The energy equivalent of a four-second annual one-gigawatt nuclear reactor maximum production, or double the current Finnish electric energy production.
In the current technology, the variations of optical and electronic signals as well as the required electronics cooling are the biggest sources of energy loss.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4056:vtt-n-johdolla-kehitetaan-optisia-komponentteja&catid=13&Itemid=101
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“Ouch, bearings breaks down, I need service!” – Machines are given their own social media
Finnish software developers intend to revolutionize the communication between people and equipment. Resort to is, of course, social media. Machine-Book platform called the machine to send a status update, for example, when it is free of maintenance.
Equipment and people’s social network, each machine has its own social media accounts and message wall. People will then be able to like machines, which updates they want to follow.
Book Machine-platform software developers have created a Nordic IT service company Cybercom’s Finnish unit.
“We believe that the social communication between devices and people are following the trend of the Internet of Things,” says sales manager of industrial services Tatu Hautala. “We try to humanise the equipment and to establish a level playing field between the Community of equipment and people.”
The Community does not mean consumers and those of household appliances, but Cybercom is targeted at industrial equipment manufacturers and their after-sales service to customers.
Cybercom sees a niche market specifically for maintenance of industrial equipment, because the majority of manufacturers will tend to move the role of the manufacturer in the services business.
“By far the largest part of the service business again consists of maintenance services. In those we see great potential for more efficient, ”
The underlying profit Industryhack
Machinebookin origins date back to Cybercom’s profit Konecranes Industryhack event last year. In the winning team created a device avatars and “digital soul”. In a simple portal machines sent messages.
“From there it went. Since then, the idea has left to live, and the avatar concept is an integral part in how the Book Machine is connected to a variety of devices, “Tatu Hautala says.
The machines can also chat with each other.
“We wanted to publish the concept as early as possible. The next step is vigorously deploying this client base. Barcelona audience was very receptive, and we have done experiments with the customer, ”
He thinks that the Machine Book, may never see the public service. Rather, it finds its place in closed corporate environments and their own cloud service platforms.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/auts-laakerini-hajoaa-tarvitsen-huoltoa-koneet-saavat-oman-somen-6309567
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Nokia is Finland’s largest patent grabber – others far behind
Last year, Finnish companies were awarded 17.5 per cent more patents from the EPO than in the previous year.
Patents that financing granted grew the most in ten years.
At the same time, however, the number of Finnish patent applications declined by 8.3 per cent.
Most patents applied in Finland, Nokia, Kone and UPM-Kymmene.
The number of Finnish patent applications in proportion to the population is the leading European country, as Finland was the fourth rank.
Finland clearly the most active patent applicants last year was Nokia, which has applied for patents for 866 application.
Kone made 121 application,
UPM-Kymmene 53 application, O
utotec application 50 and Wärtsilä 45 application.
Nokia was the world’s sixth most active applicant in digital communications.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/nokia-on-suomen-suurin-patenttirohmu-muut-kaukana-perassa-6309896
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Manufacturer of intelligent spectral sensors VTT’s spin-off company Spectral Engines Ltd was one of this year’s Photonics Prism Award winners. The prize was shared SPIE (Int. Society for Optics and Photonics), and the American scientific journal Photonics.
Espoo based Spectral Engines is the first Finnish company, which has received a Prism Award for Photonics. The award was presented in February in San Francisco, United States.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/03/03/suomalaisyritykselle-fotoniikan-ykkospalkinto/
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Finland’s first satellite into space leaves in late spring 2016. Students built by Aalto-1 satellite is ready to begin the journey towards the Falcon 9 rocket firing positions on the west coast of the United States. The satellite will take into space SpaceX company in late spring 2016. The company is owned by Tesla founder Elon Musk.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/03/02/suomalaissatelliitti-avaruuteen-teslan-omistajan-raketilla/
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Lightly space and little money
An outsider’s point of space technology has been characterized by expensive tailoring, when thousands of engineers have built-priced satellites of millions of individual pieces. Mannerheimintie are being made, a new generation of technology that fits on your desk.
The reactor engineers explain conscious irony, that when the assembly work started on Monday, so it is not quite the whole satellite system have time to get ready for the same week.
The reactor crowd woke change already and a half years ago, when they were dealing with the Aalto University School of satellite projects. Reaktor quickly realized the commercial potential of emerging academic research, but Liukkonen hastens to admit that was enough surprises for them. manufacturing enterprise information systems to live in extreme technical development at the forefront, but in terms of space images were still lagging behind. “Satellite” seemed to mean eksoottisinta electronics, million-dollar budgets and trading company engineers.
In fact, current satellite can be more akin to flying mobiles. Largely thanks to handset manufacturers components have shrunk, stronger and cheaper so much so that the satellite can put together a viable principle shelf goods.
The reactor on the table being planned for nano-satellites according to the Cubesat standard, which in itself is not a new invention. In just over ten years of similar weight a few pounds of equipment has already been launched into space almost 500 pieces.
Size does, however, of crucial importance in technology and the economy. Even in smaller Nanos, ie no more than one kilogram heavier pikosatelliiteissa there are so many technical limitations that pikot have been mainly of hobby projects. higher Nanos micro satellites while weighing tens of pounds to their limits against the direction of the economy. Getting into orbit costs approximately EUR 50 000 per kilogram, and if the line is less common, the price may be increased several-fold.
Nano Satellites are located exactly in the optimal crossing point. In a few kilos can accommodate many tasks kännykkämäisiä a sufficient number of components, but the trip cost will still be a commercially reasonable level.
Also nano-satellites, labor and material costs have fallen to new numbers. In the tradition of satellites, technical price per kilo was around the million kilo nano can, in some configurations, to pay EUR 100 000.
The most significant feature of the reactor two kilos Hello World -satellite still does not relate to specific components, but its design guiding philosophy.
Unfinished intermediate stage called MVP (Minimum Viable Product), which could translate into minimal functional development version. In less than a week built a satellite billet is precisely the MVP, so Reaktor is basically just moved the already familiar methods and even other projects of familiar components in space.
Upgrade to 600 km
The idea is reflected most clearly in ground station tiny. If the plans are realized, hello world to communicate with the representative of the latest generation of small station, which can be modified only by encoding different versions of the laptop station new software. The reactor’s strength is precisely the application of high-speed software strategies previously cumbersome space technology.
For example, an interview at the time of the satellite payload should be a modest 13-megapixel camera, which would be only a “landscape images” for your workout data communications. However, the trajectory may end up with something entirely different, and the same applies to the real objective of planning the structure of the satellite platform, or platform.
Source: http://tekniikanmaailma.fi/share/673687/5894d7
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Elisa offers children’s digital schools in ten locations
Elisa continues digital school activities that begun in the fall of 2014. During the spring, Elisa brings digital schools and ten primary school in different parts of Finnish, the company says in a statement.
Digi schools, 10-12 year-old children learn the basic programming as well as become familiar with the Internet and digitalisation of objects.
“Digi Our schools have accumulated a lot of positive feedback.”
“Digitalization is done rapidly. In the future, more and more of a commonplace object should be to join the network. Although not programmable for a living, it is important to understand the operating logic of the networked society.”
“Elisa’s digital school is a great example of how an employer can involve and provide concrete opportunities for their personnel to be involved in the implementation of accountability and corporate citizenship. Our core values include accountability and regeneration. Elisa Services of digital school teachers’ enthusiasm to learn and participate in joint activities are a great example and talk to Elisa kinds of values into practice”
In addition to the digital schools Elisa will publish online their own, open to all, containing 10 episodes from the digital school course, which introduces the basics of programming pelimäisten examples.
A tablet or computer generated exercises is aimed at 10-12-year-olds.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/elisa-tarjoaa-lasten-digikoulua-kymmenella-paikkakunnalla-6311209
More: http://elisa.fi/digikoulu/
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Tampere became interested in the IoT traffic
Tampere intends to pilot an information technology company CGI with IOT and cloud services in the development of intelligent transport. Through a set of modes of transport would be collected pilots real-time sensor information on the progress of traffic and driving conditions.
CGI compile the City of Tampere intelligent transport on the basis of the overall picture of IoT structures. New methods will be tested in practical pilots, collecting experiences on new ways to gather real-time information about the road network.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/03/07/tampere-kiinnostui-iot-liikenteesta/
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10 million more to digital projects
The Board of Directors has granted the 2016 first supplementary budget for additional funding of nearly EUR 10 million in new digital projects. Funding will receive an electronic share register of housing, financial and personnel management software for robotics and health care electronic Self-Care approach.
Earlier, the state has decided to fund a national registry entry. It is also the most advanced project, the deployment is to take place in 2019.
The digitalisation of public services and the improvement of the user-orientation is one of the key projects of the Board of Directors. It spearhead project funding of € 100 million is set aside.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/hallitus-myonsi-digihankkeille-10-miljoonaa-lisaa-6397374
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Airista acquires Ekahau Real Time Location System RFID over WiFi business
http://www.cablinginstall.com/articles/2016/03/airista-ekahau-rtls.html?cmpid=Enl_CIM_CablingNews_March72016
Airista Flow, which is an Airista affiliate company and provider of WiFi-enabled location services, acquired the Ekahau Real Time Location System (RTLS) business. Ekahau RTLS has operations in Reston, VA and Helsinki, Finland. Ekahau’s RTLS technologies are used widely in healthcare environments and are also deployed in education and other environments, including manufacturing and warehousing. The company also operates a separate business, Ekahau ESS, which offers WiFi design tools. When the acquisition was announced, Ekahau chief executive officer Michel Wendell explained, “Ekahau ESS will continue to operate as an independent company focusing on its own market.”
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School students built robots are on display in March in Helsinki on the event center shipyard Robot Stadissa event. There are 21 different school legorobotit that students have built and programmed by the teachers under the leadership during the winter.
On March Robot Stadissa event on 18 March marks the culmination of the students and teachers for almost a year-long training and learning period. Pupils have been studying Lego Mindstorms robots from building programming, algorithmic thinking, and technology skills.
Event center The yard will be located at 500 basic school pupils and their teachers. This is a private school event to which they have registered in advance.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/03/09/legot-vaantyivat-liikkuviksi-ohjelmointiopetus-tulossa/
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Domestic cloud service now extends to pharmacies. Dec 40 Finnish pharmacies use PD3-information system. System builder of Pharma Data has developed a solution that stores customer information processed by the pharmacies in Finland on Microsoft technologies.
The system is connected in real-time cashiers, payment systems and credit card companies, and suppliers. It has interfaces Kela systems, e-prescription system, and loyal service. widespread in pharmacies warehouse robots are also connected to the system.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/kotimainen-pilvi-tulee-apteekkiin-6406151
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Finnish game industry is growing handsomely: the top three in Europe
Finnish game industry’s turnover last year was a total of EUR 2.4 billion, estimates the industry association NeoGames. Growth from the previous year’s 33 per cent.
On the other hand supercel the sheer size of obscure statistics. Its turnover last year was € 2.1 billion. The rest of the game industry’s share was thus only around EUR 300 million – and the fact Rovio account for about half.
At the end of 2015, Finnish gaming industry was approximately 290 companies.
A significant phenomenon is so to speak a second or third round of the serial entrepreneurs, start-ups, which is already a third of new game companies. This can be regarded as evidence of the maturation of the industry. Experienced entrepreneurs have also newcomers a better chance of success.
When new companies have emerged in recent years to hard pace, a large part of the Finnish game companies have less than five years old. More than a decade old game companies is 20. About 40 percent of companies in the sector is located in the metropolitan area.
95 percent of the sector’s turnover comes from exports, which makes it a significant export sector. A significant part of both the global and Finnish game industry’s growth in 2015 came from the Asian market.
In 2015, Finland, slightly more than 150 games published. A large part of the games are mobile games.
Despite the strong mobile presence Finland is a significant development of the game to other platforms. Especially PCs Steam distribution platform achieved the popularity of last year and during the 2015 developers was released about 30 PC or console game.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/suomen-peliala-kasvaa-komeasti-euroopassa-kolmen-karjessa-6426167
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F-Secure Erka Koivunen: “Finland lacks performance”
The Finnish IT systems administrators rarely realize its foreign military objects in times of crisis, says Erka Koivunen, F-Secure’s cyber security advisor Tivi interview.
You’ve said that Finland is poorly prepared for Russia to form cyber threats. How should it be prepared?
Finland is poorly prepared for the utilization of system administrators over the possible threat of tougher and especially when it is necessary to real action. These are the guys who have a mental picture of how the system is built, how networks are interconnected and how we can act as a tool against malicious intrusion.
I do not want to be in the kingdom of the supreme Russia threatened to stir. It must be recognized that Russia operates globally, and Finland, of course, escape the Russian therefrom. It would be very naive to imagine that the Finnish avoid the Russian operations, espionage or potential acts of war preparation. Thus the great powers make the neighbors, it should not be surprised.
Most of the future for this sector of people never think about being part of critical-infrastructure does not understand it to be a crisis scenario will, in fact, a military target. It’s a tough place to recognize that now I, nerd, information systems livelihood deserving Braving be a representative of a foreign power authorized espionage target, and that to influence me.
Are you attempting to affect?
To tell such a paranoid stories I’m pretty badly paranoid person. If the street wants to steal a cell phone and wallet, specifically me, it’s worth doing, I am the weakest link.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/f-securen-erka-koivunen-suomelta-puuttuu-suorituskyky-6395798
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ICT sector increasingly super hidden workplaces
Otaniemi, Espoo, was held on Tuesday Wanted! Recruitment event. The event’s popularity surprised. There were more than 250 jobseekers who were more than 70 vacancies were announced. A new phenomenon is the so-called job-seeking. superpiilotyöpaikka.
The event most interesting issue was the job of the future seminar and held a quick interviews with exhibitors
Multi jobseeker became instant interviews, in addition to present themselves ständeille businesses and events found a number of excellent candidates.
Janne Lindfors Saranen Consulting’s CEO launched their own esityksessäään new term “superpiilotyöpaikka”. Superpiilotyöpaikalla means jobs, which the company has not identified the direct needs, but the need arises, through a suitable person. Job seeker task will prove its added value for your company, for example, short-term assignments or recruitment programs.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4105:ict-alalla-yha-enemman-superpiilotyopaikkoja&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Vision: Vasara warns innovation debt
VTT Technical Research Centre’s Executive Director Antti Vasara believes that Finland or companies have no other choice than to get economic growth through innovation. The investigation has, however, cut with heavy-handed. Hammer warns against the negative impact of the cuts in the technology industry in the new online magazine
Technology Industries of the new network in the shifted Vision magazine VTT’s President Antti Vasara, however, the source of outright to label all the cutting action fault, but says that he understands the demands brought by a tight economic situation of the state.
Hammer hopes interview that the R & D-activities would be seen as a long-term investment rather than short-term cost. He is afraid of the interview that the R & D funding is saved, while innovation is built future debt, which must sometimes be paid.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/03/09/asioiden-internet-tulee-parkkipaikalle/
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Finnish high technology exports totaled EUR 3.9 billion in 2015, ie at the level of the previous year. the share of high technology products of Finland’s total exports rose slightly to 6.9 percent from 7.2 percent.
2015 aircraft brisk trade brought a high-tech, as well as imports and exports. At the same time, exports increased scientific instruments.
foreign trade deficit in high technology products grew significantly in 2015 from the previous year. The deficit amounted to a record EUR 2.5 billion.
Export of electronics and communications equipment declined slightly.
export of mobile phones on the other hand almost doubled to EUR 142 million.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/suomen-matkapuhelinvienti-nostaa-taas-paataan-6500219
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Finnish IoT developer sold
Etteplan provides design services for embedded and IoT to buy technology from the Espotel Oy’s entire share capital. The acquisition, Etteplan is looking for new growth opportunities in the industrial Internet applications on the market.
Espotel has about 300 employees
Finnish IoT developer sold
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- 03/15/2016
Etteplan provides design services for embedded and IoT to buy technology from the Espotel Oy’s entire share capital. The acquisition, Etteplan is looking for new growth opportunities in the industrial Internet applications on the market.
Espotel has about 300 employees, who will continue to release, the Etteplan Group. Etteplan buys Espotel share capital of Sponsor Capital Fund to manage the Maltese and the company’s key contact.
to be paid by the reorganization value is approximately 29 million euros, in addition to which it has been agreed conditional additional purchase price that will be paid subject to certain performance targets.
to finance the acquisitions of Etteplan’s government is planning a rights issue of approximately EUR 14 million.
Etteplan proposes to transfer 221 365 treasury shares Espotel and telecommunications company Solutionsinsin Oval key employee owners. The shares are issued as part of the payment transaction will trade amount.
Espotel has invested recently by the industrial to the Internet.
” The merger combines intelligent devices, documentation and industrial applications for the internet service concept and provides us with new growth opportunities in the rapidly growing market for digitization”
Espotel Group’s net sales in the I has approximately EUR 26 billion and employed approximately 300 people in Finland, Poland and Sweden. Design company Etteplan’s revenue last year was EUR 141.1 million. The company employs approximately 2 100 people in Finland, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands and China.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/03/15/suomalainen-iot-kehittaja-myytiin/
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Finnish iLOQ launches the world’s first smart lock that gets power from smart phone. iLOQ NFC presents the world’s largest technology trade fair CeBIT. The technology allows the phone becomes the key to without having to smart lock needs no external power supply.
Innovation in the background is the company’s long experience without batteries and cables operating smart locks. In 2007, iLOQ launched the world’s first and only electronic locking system, which receives electricity from inserting of the key. In recent years, the opportunity to use your smartphone as a key has become more common.
iLOQ NFC lock is opened by touching a door knob phone. Turning knob is released for translation, if your phone has access to the right to lock. It is suitable for almost all the markets locking cylinders, padlocks and furniture locks.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4121:suomalainen-alylukko-saa-virtansa-alypuhelimesta&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Tough Mobile smart phone known Oulu Bittium also sees the Internet of Things as a potential growth area. The company will present its solutions currently being held in London on Wearable Technology Show in the fair will be on display Bittiumin wearable reference implementation.
Bittiumin IoT Executive Vice President Jari Inget says that the company has no intention to undertake an information safe wearable device manufacturer.
Clock Initializes therefore offered to equipment manufacturers as a basis for their own product. Bittium provides assistance to manufacturers to tailor the device.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4135:bittium-esittelee-messuilla-alykelloa&catid=13&Itemid=101
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The Finnish solution provides a fully secure mobile phone
Security smartphone intended for official use, as well as technology that encrypts strongly both voice and message traffic
Bittium mobile solution consists Tough Mobile smartphones, Bittium Secure Suite remote management software and Bittium SafeMove Mobile VPN. FICORA issued Bittium Tough Mobile and its management and encryption system of the national data protection level IV (ST IV) encryption product approval in December.
The solution is the first official approval received a package in Finland, which can be the creation and handling of classified material, but also to transfer data between your smartphone and coupled to the back-end systems.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4159:suomalaisratkaisu-tuottaa-taysin-turvallisen-kannykan&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Finland clearly behind the Swedish in universities comparison
Aalto University will be ranked the world’s technical universities rank among the best 101-150. placed in the top 200 of us in addition to just the Tampere University of Technology. We are so far behind in Sweden.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4156:suomi-selvasti-ruotsin-takana-korkeakoulujen-vertailussa&catid=13&Itemid=101
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QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015 – Engineering – Electrical & Electronic
http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2015/engineering-electrical-electronic#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search=
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Finnish company developed a black box for cars: “I do not think that the growth curve is gentler”
A large part of car buyers are leery of hybrids and electric vehicles with respect. They suspect the car is running on a truly electric as far as the manufacturers promise. In addition, buyers are skeptical about average consumption reported by manufacturers.
Espoo Drivecon has developed for Toyota a device that says the buyer after the test drive, what is your actual consumption.
Toyota has installed to test drive hybrids, so-called CAN bus Drivecon “black box”. It collects information on the car’s function, combined with the GPS data and transmits the data to the cloud. After driving the car dealer can print customer advocacy Drivecon report and send it to him by email.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/suomalaisfirma-kehitti-autoihin-mustan-laatikon-en-usko-etta-kasvukayra-loivenee-6535237
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Demos Helsinki hallway is a red button. When it is pressed, a message that says someone in the hallway think tank appears on the intranet. The app is not just a greater purpose.
“This reflects well the current Internet of Things massaging” of the future researcher Roope Mokka says with a laugh.
The whole world is changing to be programmed, when things are connected to the network. At the same time companies business models become more complicated.
In the future, sensors are much more. The sensors are so small and inexpensive that they can be installed anywhere.
One third of the people’s money flows to housing, over a tenth of movement and about one-sixth of the food. This accounts for more than half of total consumption. In addition to the production of energy pulsing world’s largest market, which can still be shaken.
“It will be interesting to see innovative startups that come from areas such big money.”
“In Finland, always ask for permission before you operate in. Here needed creative lawyers. ”
He also needs to Finland in the community, which would leave to take forward any non-technology related to the Internet. We need a driving force corresponding to the demoscene was once the Finnish game industry. Upon which the Community could rise, Mocha does not know how to say.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/taman-takia-internet-katoaa-6535252