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:
Finnish Parliament granted that they were hit by a denial of service attack – the hackers make fun of cyber protection
According to the Bulletin of Parliament blackout time has been for several hours. It was found a little after 10 am in the morning.
The hacker group FinnSec Security took responsibility for the attack early in the afternoon . The same outfit says he is also responsible for, among other things, the Social Insurance Institution and the Ministry of Defence this week’s attacks, Netra, Valtorta and several ministries.
For motive group says, inter alia, Finland and poor security and cyber protection-
“What if the next weapon would be UDP, NTP or TCP protocol-based (sic) attacks? ”
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http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/eduskunta-myonsi-palvelunestohyokkayksen-hakkerit-pilkkaavat-kyberpuolustusta-6535304
http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/nytko-on-eduskunnan-vuoro-aloitimme-hyokkayksen-ja-hymio-peraan-6535190
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A rare good sign, “Oops, we are the subject of a data breach!”
“Oops, we are the subject of a data breach!”
If someone says a company like this, it is a good sign. Nothing short of brilliant.
Then the observation of the ability to work, which is very rare.
When online criminals strike, the company rarely finds himself what had happened. Typically, someone external to the organization to give a tip. At this point, the attacker is nested online for weeks or months, even years.
“In today’s demands can not be met without a high level of perception, and even that is not enough. Also must have the ability to understand and analyze the resources, “says Juha Launonen head of the network equipment manufacturer Cisco’s security business.
Consulting company KPMG last year, the result of a study by the Finnish companies was a cause for concern:
“40 percent of the companies surveyed had been broken, and they were not aware of it,” KPMG in charge of technical security services for Matti Järvinen says.
Security thinking has long imitated the construction of castles. Firewall, intrusion prevention, authentication, ie authentication and security software would compare with the walls of the castle, moat, well-guarded gates and word identification. An advanced version of the attempt to defend the layers and structure reminds onions.
“No longer can not be assumed that an attempt to prevent the attack, but the idea of the model, that someone is already inside,”
“The observation has become part of the agenda, thanks to that it is now available in a decent graphical user interfaces. Three years ago, was not ”
The company must be a way to create an internal intelligence service.
“Attack is always cause changes. For example, the computer may slow down, allowing the user to make the IT support fault a ticket, ”
It is essential to detect and to act as quickly as possible, when the defense fails at some point. Cracking is observed internationally on average more than 200 days after the success of the breakthrough.
“Through the work of systematic observation time can be dramatically shortened. The faster you can react, the more easily and with less damage to recover from the situation, ”
Data security experts point out that before you even think about technique, have to think about their own business, its continuity and risk management.
“A hedge must then develop it through, the threats to the environment and in the process,”
Even a small company can start internally and at little cost. First, perform a risk analysis that tells you what is critical and what is not.
For the technical basis of observation it must be modeled what is a normal state (=profiling).
“Deviation is able to detect if you will be able to identify how systems behave in a normal situation, how much traffic is and what kind of memory and processor load”
Intrusion scientists encounter all too often, the company has a lot of detection devices but is has not had taken them to use. Network monitoring must be turned on.
The network architecture might need to be re-modeled.
“Talking about the segmentation, even micro-segmenting”
“The starting point decide for your self critical points, but, for example, a workstation network browsing traffic is a very interesting place, because a big part of the attacks come from there,
observe the logs, for example, special surveys, failed events, or things that have occurred in the least.
One useful tool is the management of product security information and events or to Siem (security information and event management). Siem is easily an expensive solution, but reasonably inexpensive if it focuses on the effective protection of the essential information.
The intelligence services known to correlate information from different sources, ie searching for dependencies. In the same way the company should combine knowledge, weak and strong signals.
particular the monitoring of the use (UBA, user behavior analysis).
In addition, physical access control and detection of threats to the network, connect to each other.
Anticipate and work-out
If a company finds threatening clues, need to quickly interpret the situation and act. Is the only way to spy their target? How strong foothold in this has already been received? If the attacker is already deep, often go to forensic.
Responses need to plan in advance.
When the observation will take seriously, it becomes an endless continuum.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/harvinaisen-hyva-merkki-hups-olemme-tietomurron-kohteena-6536241
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Entrepreneurs grabbed digitalisation at a price of pizza: “I have recommended to others”
South Savo SMEs were taken hackathon young people’s skills. Students’ ideas were born in the power of pizza and small pool
lastic Manufacturer Plastep makes pressure flush systems Evac in Espoo, which is the world’s leading cruise ship waste water pipe system supplier.
Plastep and neighboring business – steel plates laser cutting Pelaser – accommodated student a set of premises with extremely cold weather for a day january. It was a day-long hackathon event.
“I thought that soda drinkers day and leave,”
Larkala, however, was delighted with the most sincere students the skills and diligence. The winning student team came up with a good digital application for tracking the idea of internal logistics. So good that Pelaser plans to hire students to do the application for them.
“Now I have recommended Hackathon other entrepreneurs Pertunmaan,”
“Although the going was pretty easy-going, so everything went nicely. It was a meeting of worlds. ”
“Students had an awful lot of good ideas that we did not come to mind in advance.”
“We SMEs is a perception that digital technology is expensive and difficult. But is not it always been difficult at all, “says Ketomäki.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/yrittajat-paasivat-digitalisaatioon-kiinni-pitsan-hinnalla-olen-suositellut-muillekin-6536456
Tomi Engdahl says:
Export of high technology products remained at last year level of 2014 and was the duty of the EUR 3.9 billion.
Mobile phone imports rose, but imports of electronics and telecommunications components fell.
Foreign Trade Statistics of the greatest high-tech exports in the last decade, when the new technology’s share of Finnish goods exports was more than a fifth. Last year was marked by the figures of Finnair’s aircraft trade import and export figures for France and Ireland.
scientific instruments, exports increased, but exports of electronics and telecommunications equipment declined slightly last year from the year before.
High-technology exports to the US fell 15 percent last year. Exports to Germany, the Netherlands and France increased slightly. Exports to Russia fell into a third, and exports to Sweden by about a quarter.
mports rose phones and component imports fell
Last year, the value of imports of electronics and communication was a little more than EUR 2.3 billion, or eight per cent on the previous year. The relative growth of the group in imports was approximately the same in 2014.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/03/30/lentokonekauppa-sotki-teknologiaviennin/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Finnish Cinian designed and implemented direct data connection from Finland to Germany under the Baltic Sea has passed the commissioning tests with excellent results. In tests carried out Cinian and Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks was reached as much as 18 terabytes per second data transfer capacity per one optical fiber pairs.
data cable, a pair of eight-fiber strengthened overall capacity of 144 terabytes per second.
The record capacity, the Finnish IT networks can be connected directly to the Central European telecommunications nodes. The new link will open a new international operators an efficient link to the northern data center environments as well as in Asia and the easternmost areas of the European market.
through the C-Lion1-sea cable to transmit, for example, more than 5.7 million 25-megabit data connection simultaneously. This is equivalent to a high-quality home broadband access capacity at maximum speed more than every Finn at the same time.
linking the Finnish and German data cable is one of the Finnish Government tip projects
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4191:suomen-ja-saksan-datayhteys-nopeutui&catid=13&Itemid=101
Tomi Engdahl says:
Finland is governed by people drinking and eating habits hard by taxes. The criteria used for public health reasons. However, the regulations do not have any effect.
British Institute of Economic Affairs research institute explained how the European Union countries is governed by its citizens alcohol, gastrointestinal, the use of soft drinks, tobacco and e-cigarettes. the result of the Comparative Study was published today, and first place went to Finland.
The British study shows that Finland is the 2016 patronisíng society number one.
Finland is governed by private people eating and drinking habits loud taxation. sales of electric cigarettes is prohibited in Finland, and the taxation of beer, wine and alcohol is extremely hard, the study explains.
Finland is also globally one of the few countries where the government has put on sweets, chocolate and ice cream so-called “the tax on sweets”.
Prohibition ended in Finland in 1932, but the government still regulates the consumption of alcohol. Alcohol advertising is prohibited, as well as beer – and wine advertising is limited.
Finland’s beer tax is the highest in the EU, secondly alcohol and wine tax in third place.
Smoking also regulates drastically. Finland has a comprehensive smoking ban. Tobacco advertising is banned, cigarettes may not be displayed in stores and cigarettes can be purchased from the vending machine
Does not affect
In sum: patronisíng society control does not work at all.
- The results are depressing reading for anyone who wants the government to keep hands off private life.
Source: http://www.iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/2016033121346124_ul.shtml
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the amount of the Finnish mobile data exploded
the amount of the Finnish mobile networks, mobile data is increasing dramatically year after year.
Last year the amount was 627 000 terabytes. The figure is almost double the previous year. The growth has been very fast, because since 2011 the amount of mobile data is as much as ten-fold.
Strong growth promoting Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority, according to the fact that the constraints associated with data transmission are reduced. More than every other mobile interface could be used for broadband without any restrictions, within the framework of the acquired data transfer rate
Problem for operators’ point of view is that the telephone calls and the use of text messages are at the same time a continuous downhill
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/suomen-mobiilidatan-maara-rajahti-yksi-syy-ylitse-muiden-6536937
Tomi Engdahl says:
VIRVE TETRA network is shut down
The Interior Ministry today surprised many by announcing that the current safety TETRA network is shut down. based on Tetra technology network no longer meet today’s standards, so the calls and data traffic is transferred to public authorities LTE networks
Finland becomes at the same time the world’s first country where the authorities start to use the LTE network PS-technology (Public Safety). In addition to Finland only in Korea built the LTE network for public authorities, but in Korea the project will not be as long.
LTE network PS variant is a technology that supports both radio and group calls the current VIRVE manner. To use these features, of course, requires the terminal, which is integrated in a separate radio call functions.
Currently, LTE-official phone manufacturing project in the tightest race for the former Elektrobit ie Bittium a Tough Mobile would be suitable for use by public authorities at a reasonable minor modifications. Another potential manufacturer is producing Cassidian TETRA terminals belonging to the EADS group. Nokia had, in principle, authorities’ willingness to design their own smart phone
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4204:virve-verkko-ajetaan-alas&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Okmetic manufactures silicon wafers, says that the Chinese National Silicon Industry Group (NSIG) has made an offer to purchase all of Okmetic’s shares
Okmetic’s Board of Directors has unanimously decided to recommend to the shareholders and holders of option rights to accept the Tender Offer.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4206:kiinalainen-nsig-ostamassa-okmeticia&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Aalto University to place all central activities in the main campus in Otaniemi. The Aalto University Board has decided to collecting activities in one by 2021.
School of Economics Bachelor of Education moved to Otaniemi in the autumn of 2015, and the University of Arts, Design and moves to the main campus of the University in 2018.
The new building is designed to provide world-class learning and research environment as well as to strengthen the role of the School of Economics. the exact location decision of the School of Economics in Otaniemi, made in June 2016.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/04/05/aalto-keskittaa-kaiken-otaniemeen/
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The Finnish manufacturer takes IoT solutions to Germany
Oulu Bittium presents the Hanover Industrial Fair in late April the latest IoT solutions and development services.
Bittium is featured on the reference implementations of wearable and IoT device gateway, which can be customized according to customer needs and industry-specific requirements.
Bittiumin IoT products are aimed at industrial, healthcare and wearable sporting equipment hardware industry. Bittium also presents the IoT solutions for connected security classification received Bittium Tough Phone by.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/04/05/suomalaisvalmistaja-vie-iot-ratkaisut-saksaan/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Keeping The Power On with Watson IoT
https://www.eeweb.com/company-news/ibm/keeping-the-power-on-with-watson-iot
IBM’s Watson Internet of Things (IoT) technology has been selected by Fingrid, Finland’s main electricity transmission grid operator, to manage its 14,000 km electricity grid network and ensure uninterrupted service to customers.
Keeping the power flowing through Fingrid’s 14,000 km electricity grid is a daunting task that requires a holistic understanding of grid operations, maintenance and safety issues. As a global leader in electricity transmission management, Fingrid wanted to push the boundaries and find new ways of boosting reliability, controlling costs and supporting better investment decisions.
“Today’s power systems are getting more and more complex. At the same time as there is a growing requirement that power must be available all the time. We must therefore be able to do fast large-scale fault investigation thereby reducing the impact on people and businesses all over Finland,” says Marcus Stenstrand, grid manager at Fingrid Oyj. “We realized that we needed to combine near-real-time big data analytics with external factors such as weather to increase the reliability of the grid and ensure the highest levels of service for our customers.”
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Finland’s first solar panel factory started up – coming smart power stations
Areva Solar and Solnet Green Energy have signed a cooperation agreement intelligent solar power plants in the sale of businesses. The panels manufactured in Finland in the first solar panel factory in Salo, Finland.
Solar power plant generated electricity costs even less than half of the electricity purchased online, cooperation companies claim. Smart power ensures the best return in all circumstances.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/suomen-ensimmainen-aurinkopaneelitehdas-kaynnistyi-alyvoimalat-tulossa-6538374
Tomi Engdahl says:
Finnish health technology sells well
Finnish health technology exports will continue to grow strongly. The export last year reached a new record of 1.92 billion euros. There is room for the description of hardware as teeth care units with electronics. Research and operation of the software will still grown on the export of equipment.
Health Technology made a record in terms of the trade balance. Its surplus rose last year to EUR 896 million. Most, 16 percent, increased laboratory diagnostics (In vitre), whose exports amounted to more than EUR 500 million for the first time.
Health technology is an industry which is not only to develop also manufactures the majority of its products in Finland. This sector directly employs over 10 000 people in Finland.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/04/05/suomalainen-terveysteknologia-kay-kaupaksi/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Finland moves to high definition faster than expected
Finnish television YLE’s wish to act according to modernize the transition from standard definition antenna TV broadcasts of high-definition or high-definition broadcasts. At the same time a basic grounding or SD broadcasts were terminated in 2020.
The acceleration of the mean, moving entirely in Finland HD broadcasts in March of 2020. In previous plans envisaged a transition year was 2026.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/04/06/suomi-siirtyy-teravapiirtoon-odotettua-nopeammin/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Finnish company to make small satellites
Reaktor and Aalto University’s satellite team set up a new company, which focuses on new types of nano satellites. The aim is to create a new space business to Finland’s export industry.
Reaktor technology and Aalto University Aalto-1 satellite projects have been included in the team to set up a new satellite company. The new Reaktor Space Lab Ltd focuses on the design, construction and testing of a small-sized satellites.
The new company will be able to help Reaktor software development, but also to build the beginning of the satellite to the end. Responsible for the company’s space program and the robot business director Juha-Matti Liukkonen says the new company.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/04/06/suomalaisyritys-tekemaan-piensatelliittteja/
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Nokia to cut thousands of jobs following Alcatel deal
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nokia-alcatellucent-redundancies-idUSKCN0X30YG
Telecom network equipment maker Nokia is planning to cut thousands of jobs globally, including 1,400 in Germany and 1,300 in its native Finland, as part of a cost-cutting program following the acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent earlier this year.
Nokia declined to give a total figure for global job cuts. The company employs about 6,850 people in Finland
“This (1,300) is a terrible figure, we have rather difficult employment situation in the sector to begin with,” Pertti Porokari, chairman of the Union of Professional Engineers in Finland, said. “Seems that Finnish workers have lost this match (against the French).”
Tomi Engdahl says:
Supercell succeeded in doing the eye-popping: “The World Game ace of spades”
Supercell rose for the second year in a row in the game world ruler.
Supercell is the king of free games, and no longer even the uncrowned one analyzes the markets that App Annie , who at the same time to give the Super Cell in a playful crown. Game World suitably it is a trump card deck, the ace of spades.
As a tribute to Finnish Supercell deserves, above all, because it managed to stay last year for the second year in a row free games as a market leader.
In early March, Supercell told billion revenue and nearly one billion rising profits.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/supercell-onnistui-huikeassa-suorituksessa-pelimaailman-pataassa-6538689
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Top 52 Winners Profile: How King and Supercell Capitalized on Their Flagship Titles
http://blog.appannie.com/app-annie-52-top-spotlight-king-supercell/
Taking the top spot on the App Annie 52 for two years running, Supercell’s success is all the more impressive considering its small portfolio. In 2015, the company didn’t launch a new game, but rather concentrated its efforts on maximizing its existing franchises.
The cash cow of the company, freemium strategy game Clash of Clans, is the main revenue driver for Supercell, although its other games are also doing well. The publisher’s games are most popular in the US and China, but they’re played nearly everywhere.
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Rovio boss to change to remote security business
Teemu Suila moves to Responda 113.
RESPONDA is a Finnish hälytyskeskus- and a company providing remote monitoring service, which is responsible for the real-time alert emergency services and the situation of the management of controlled items, equipment and events.
“Industrial Internet currently is progressing by leaps and bounds in Finland, but the change increases, the complexity of the systems increases IoT. The promise will be filled only when networked equipment and the entity provides centralized management as well as data collected for reuse is precisely the digitization solutions and business analytics RESPOND 113 can service produces. substantial added value for customers “, says Teemu Suila
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/rovio-pomo-vaihtaa-etavalvontabisnekseen-6538788
Tomi Engdahl says:
Maritime industries are searching for co-innovation
In order to stay competitive in the marine industry to develop their products and be able to create new innovations. Therefore, the trade association for closer co-operation with the investigation at Aalto University. Also, other universities will be widely Arctic technology research is always the image to the remote-controllable cargo ships.
Finnish maritime cluster is specialized in high-technology products. This is possible by engaging in long-term cooperation with research institutes and universities. The marine industry research is carried out largely in Finland.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/04/08/meriteollisuus-hakee-yhteistyolla-innovaatioita/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Finland’s total exports fell by Customs data show that three per cent in February, although the electro-technical industry exports picked up alongside the vehicle and forestry industries. According to Statistics Finland the production figures rose, but new orders became fewer.
Finnish exports of goods amounted to Customs prior statistics, nearly EUR 4.1 billion in February 2016. The value of exports was three per cent lower than in February of last year.
Imports fell by six per cent in February and had a value of just under EUR 4.2 billion.
The most important export markets, exports to China and the UK increased in February. Exports to Sweden, the United States and the Netherlands decreased. Exports to Russia fell back sharply.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/04/08/sahkoteknisen-teollisuuden-vienti-piristyi/
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FICORA’s particular interest is the DNA of the new billing roaming. EU regulation on roaming number of new, lower ceiling prices.
Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority to find out , will the telecom operator DNA bill overcharged its customers in the framework of the new EU regulation.
FICORA’s particular interest DNA pricing of the package connections. Subscription pricing package is not transparent, because the interfaces have a fixed monthly price.
For example, the new DNA data transfer price in Europe is EUR 0.099 per MB, while an additional fee should not exceed EUR 0.062.
FICORA began in March to examine the roaming charges price cap rounds of the accused Elisa procedure within the framework of the new EU regulation.
Telecom operator Elisa told me a month ago will drop Saunalahti subscriptions for data rates of other EU countries, or 0.25 megabits per second very slow speed. The company sells separately for extra speed.
Source: http://www.digitoday.fi/bisnes/2016/04/12/viestintavirasto-selvittaa-aikooko-dna-laskuttaa-asiakkailtaan-liikaa/20163927/66?rss=6
Tomi Engdahl says:
Meri2016: Finland to test the robot ships
Marine automation, and is directing the ship’s systems that the machine was not working days, but the latest is tele-or fully automatically moving vessels. The Finnish Transport Agency Trafi Meri2016 announced its support for a seminar on the implementation of the pilot test in Finland.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/04/12/meri2016-suomi-testaamaan-robottialuksia/
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Oulu is combined with 5G, IoT, and 3D printing
VTT and the University of Oulu are building an internationally unique technology and piloting environment in which companies and research partners can work together to develop new industrial solutions for the Internet. The aim is to promote businesses in Northern Ostrobothnia region, and the international competitiveness of the business.
The emerging technology platform connects the world’s first interoperable industrial core Internet technologies and 5G communications solutions for the environment. It is a service and R & D platform for existing and new businesses in order to enhance their competitiveness and efficiency with new, industrial-Fi enabled by innovative services and products.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4251:oulussa-yhdistetaan-5g-iot-ja-3d-tulostus&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Finland heads it behind for stuff to the cloud – the state supports
Finland started a new kind of Thing2data consortium that helps to build a functional environment for new smart services and new business models. The intelligence of the goods placed in the cloud.
The smartphone connects to each other in the future of the product and that it is on the internet intelligence Thing2Data identity form. Henceforth, according to the project putter men we can discuss with our goods to their individual needs – they also old goods that are never connected to the Internet.
“The Ministry of Transport and Communications says that Thing2data consortium of the project started. The reign of the goal is to create an enabling environment.”
Goods in the future be able to tell their problems or their destination, and received pay for the service and even rent or sell itself. The digitalisation of goods and structures can be implemented quickly by these means. For Finland, the savings could optimally grow up to 10 – a level of EUR 20 billion per year.
“In Finland, the development of the Internet of Things is a great opportunity to produce a new, what is needed right now,” says Programme Manager Petri Tolmunen.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/04/13/suomi-pukkaa-tavaraa-pilveen-iot-avuksi/
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Data centers came to Finland – do they employ really?
Data centers arouse great interest as soon as one company suggests considering Finnish depository of the new center. Current centers employ in their own communities, however, only dozens of employees, not hundreds.
Jobs may not be created not increase in the same proportion, even though the operation would be extended, as running the automated data center. The place of the future capitalize server data centers promise lies in the kind of business they generate around them.
“Data centers of most importance to the economy is the construction phase. When a company invests in data center degree of Finland, is likely to get its R & D unit to us later, “says Mr. Keinälä.
One of the new data centers in Finland constructive foreign companies is the German Hetzner Online, which will invest EUR 200 million center in Tuusula.
“Finland is applied consistently high value-added work in research, product development and mobile business. in terms of network latency Tuusula is now a suburb of Frankfurt, which will bring new opportunities latenssiherkille sectors, “says Mr. Keinälä.
Consulting firm Oxford Research made last year in a report commissioned by Google, the Internet company’s data center in Hamina has employed up to 1 800 people in the construction phase.
“Data centers based business is brutal. It is the chimney industry. When you will be closer to the subscriber and application level, business logic begins to be in place, “says Vallo.
Finland will receive more benefit from the data centers, where cooling can be used in cold climate and ambient, deep enough for water.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/datakeskuksia-tuli-suomeen-tyollistavatko-ne-oikeasti-6540874
Tomi Engdahl says:
the industry’s export of electro-technical picked up
Finland’s total exports fell by Customs data show that three per cent in February, although the electro-technical industry exports picked up alongside the vehicle and forestry industries. According to Statistics Finland the production figures rose, but new orders became fewer.
Finnish exports of goods amounted to Customs prior statistics, nearly EUR 4.1 billion in February 2016. The value of exports was three per cent lower than in February of last year, but the decline in exports of petroleum products, in particular made a big dent in the figures compared to a year ago.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/04/08/sahkoteknisen-teollisuuden-vienti-piristyi/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Finnish-Thing2Data major project makes stupid objects to smart objects, without the need for a continuous online connection. The goal is to as much as 20 billion annual savings for the Finnish economy. The system utilizes, for example, block chain technology.
Thing2Data idea is transparency, independence and trade protocols cloud. Any goods may be a network connection via smartphone at the moment when the tag is read in the mobile app. The tag would be more than, for example, qr code. Intellect is in the cloud, so that any digitization goods can be done quickly.
Our ambitious goal is to quickly create a new globally workable solution. For this project, has established extensive international corporate and public sector consortium.
Thing2Data is kind of the Internet of Things without the internet – or rather, without a constant Internet connection, and the need for the IP address.
The ambitious aim is productivity leap, which can bring the Finnish economy to annual savings of EUR 10-20 billion.
So far, the idea has only been technically through at Sovelto, and the result has been that there are no technical barriers. There are only brought together previously seen in single elements and ready-made technologies.
The aim is to be completed during this year’s models in the first testable and demos. Next year will be like a final for the implementations of the interface applications.
Thing2Datasta will be based on open interfaces platform that anyone can begin to take advantage of. Risto Linturi describes its potential in a manner similar Uberia or Airbnb’s.
“The hope is the global spread, and it is through mobile apps,” said Risto Linturi.
“Game Rules Questions can say, for example, what is required, the ownership information of the goods can be changed. The owner has the right to read and write information of the goods and the right to grant access to the goods, “said Linturi.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/tavaroiden-uber-tuo-alyn-tyhmillekin-tavaroille-suurhanke-alkaa-6540964
Tomi Engdahl says:
Finland will soon move to the space age
Aalto University is involved in the conquest of space transition, when the first nano-satellite Finnish Aalto-1 launched into space in the coming months. Satellites reduced size and lower prices of firing costs have started upheaval in Finland.
- Five-year work on the Aalto-1 satellite design and construction of a new generation of space engineering feat. Students’ motivation to persevere and work have created a strong foundation for regenerating the space sector in Finland, stated Professor at Aalto University Jaan Praks Space on the Stage seminar.
organized the Aalto University Design Factory Space on the Stage seminar brought together companies and industry experts, who presented their activities for the first time in Finland, visited the European Space Agency’s new Director-General, Jan Wörner.
Wörner, the companies have an increasingly important role in utilizing the space in the future. He emphasizes the strong research in the field. – New ideas do not exist without research, Wörner underlined.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4259:suomi-siirtyy-pian-avaruusaikaan&catid=13&Itemid=101
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International ICT companies increased their research in Finland
International direct investments in Finland grew in 2015 According to Finpro, slightly on the previous year. The biggest foreign investments were Continental, Elektrobit’s automotive software purchase for EUR 600 million, but also invested Zalando, Huawei, LG and Finland.
Last year, the largest foreign investments were the German Continental Elektrobit’s automotive software purchase for EUR 600 million, Hetzner Online (170 M €) and Telia (150 M €) data center investments, as well as Nordic Choice of Hotels hotel in Helsinki Jätkäsaari (120 M €).
Nokia and beyond, IT and electronics industry restructuring to attract R & D investment in Finland of international companies. availability of skilled ICT professionals was one of the main reasons, the e-commerce giant Zalando set up e-commerce product development units in Finland.
“Finnish excellence is extremely competitive and attracts international industry players in the tip of our country,”
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/04/14/kansainvaliset-ict-yritykset-kasvattivat-tutkimustaan-suomessa/
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US teacher could not believe his Finnish schools reached this information: “It can not be possible”
- In the United States are very interested in the Finnish school system. Resident in Finland and worked in schools, I experienced one of the duty to tell the local school system are also Americans.
An American teacher could not believe his ears when he was told the Finnish school system
Walker says it has received a foretaste of the differences between Finnish and American school system even while living in the United States. At that time, his wife told the class teacher to his friend that day the school was able to terminate a number of days from one in the afternoon. Around the same time Walker slapped himself hard primary school teacher at an average of 50 hours per week.
- I was really hard to believe him. I thought that a good teacher can make some short days.
“I said no, it can not be possible. Good teachers do not do so.”
The notion resolved only in Finland, when Walker got himself into the Finnish education system Desperado’s in grade school. The change was great, Finland, compulsory teaching a school class is a minimum of 18 hours per week – an average of 30 in the United States.
- I arrived in a completely different teaching environment, and I began to notice that things can be done in a different way than what I was used to, but excellent results can still be achieved. The teacher does not need to work 50 hours a week in order to get students to learn.
Pauses in amounts big difference between the United States and Finland
“visiting Finnish schools, Americans will pay attention to the fact that here the students do not seem to be crumbling under pressure.”
- Generally speaking, the American School, however, is much more stressful. School days are longer, the time to break in is not, and tests and homework is more. Effects can be seen in the fact that students are stressed and burned out teachers at worst.
Source: http://www.iltasanomat.fi/kotimaa/art-2000001159023.html
More: http://taughtbyfinland.com/
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Finland’s new online cable is already ready for use – however in Germany is still some work to do
Finland and Germany pulled to the new C-Lion1 submarine cable is already ready to use, but it provides faster connections get to enjoy later. Cinia told reporters at the end of March, on the basis of tests of the cable has a capacity of up to 144 terabytes per second, which is 20 percent more than the goal was the planning stage.
Dizzying capacity will not be able to use yet. The reason is that cable continues to build constructive Cinia the German side to land lines in Frankfurt. However, the work should be completed during the spring
Vuorinen estimates that in the future a significant part of Finland’s international traffic will shift to the C-Lion-cable. At the initial stage cable is used for transmission networks operating at lower levels of the Internet.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/suomen-uusi-nettikaapeli-on-jo-kayttovalmis-saksassa-on-kuitenkin-tyot-kesken-6541942
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Elisa cancels plans to begin to slow mobile data in other EU countries at the turn of the month.
Telecom operator Elisa has cancels the heartburn provoked intention to slow down dataroamingin transfer rate in the EU countries. Inform the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority says in a statement.
Source: http://www.digitoday.fi/bisnes/2016/04/18/elisa-antoi-periksi-ei-kasijarrua-paalle-ulkomailla/20164166/66?rss=6
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Finland has sought new Nokia, even before the sharp drop in the previous Nokia mobile phone business. The pessimistic in the Nordic countries after the recession rapid growth of Rovio particular
General pessimism possessed the background is great to be able to say that the domestic game industry is doing better than ever. Great little games companies have been land-filled. Large-scale mega-productions have so far been few and far between, but also those seen: a great example of this is expected Remedy Quantum Break.
Although Quantum Breakin budget is a secret, after all, something known. Remedy CEO Matias Myllyrinne is told in an interview with the game to be the biggest entertainment production of all time in Finland. Myllyrinne According to Alan Wake already had a budget of 20 million order of magnitude. NEW Hit the case of the topic of discussion at least three-four times the amount clearly in excess of $ 50 million investment.
The magnitude of the budget will get a good idea by comparing it to domestic major films. For example, Aki Louhimies going on the Unknown Soldier film has a budget of seven million
The difference is, of course, understandable: it spoken in Finnish film viewers are mainly confined to the home country, Quantum Break is targeted at the whole world of Windows and Xbox One players.
Due to the large budgets of blockbuster games, the offense is serious business. If the expected large-scale production of sales pancake ice, the whole future of the game from the house may be at stake. Large financial risks can not be content without affecting the game: the studios are reluctant to invest large sums of artistically ambitious projects, whose success is uncertain. It is no coincidence that the big-budget productions are usually familiar hit with a series of sequels.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/blogit/suomalainen-peliosaaminen-ilahduttaa-6542247
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100 The school gathers together the best innovations in the field of education
project 100 schools sought, developed and produced in conjunction with schools and educational experts in training a hundred transformative innovation. The project will create conditions for the world’s best training for the next hundred years.
“Finland is one of the world’s best education systems. However, the skills required in working life are changing, and even whole industries disappear. Therefore, the school must change. We are looking for along with ambitious educational visions and new kinds of bold innovation, developing training. We are challenged by all the schools and the training of interested parties in Finland and around the world, “says Saku Tuominen, responsible for the project SCOOLin producer and creative director.
100 The school project, the main partner of the DNA elected from among the hundred of innovation sponsor of the project, which it is sparring throughout the project.
100 The school is part of Finland’s independence centennial program in 2017. The project is executed Scool, Finnish training company. other main partners of the project are OP, Supercell and Technology Industrial 100th Centennial Foundation. Pedagogical partners include. The Ministry of Education, National Board of Education, teacher education institutions and a number of OAJ. There’s also international in education and training top professionals such as Sir Ken Robinson.
The project can apply until 31.1.2016 at http://www.hundred.fi.
Sources:
http://www.taloussanomat.fi/dna/2016/04/12/100-koulua-keraa-yhteen-parhaat-opetusalan-innovaatiot/20163901/325?
https://www.dna.fi/dna-oy/lehdistotiedotteet?relativeUrl=lehdistotiedotteet&id=791&utm_source=taloussanomat&utm_medium=artikkeli&utm_term=100_Koulua_keraa_yhteen_parhaat_opetusalan_innovaatiot&utm_campaign=sisaltomarkkinointi
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GE Healthcare focuses on wireless health technology competence center has hired a hundred people development.
The company launched over a year ago of digital health program in Finland. As a result, GE’s mobile and portable communications technology development was centralized in Finland.
“We are GE Healthcare inside the only center of excellence that focuses on patients wirelessly transmitted signals. The technology will be developed only in Finland,” says patient monitors business Terho Hoskonen.
over three years a total investment of EUR 28.5 million.
Helsinki is one of the GE Healthcare patient monitoring solutions in five develops a knowledge center and the only one in Europe. It also designed and developed solutions for the anesthesia and medical information systems.
Many have Nokia background. Hoskonen points out that Finland has good engineering expertise in both mobile and software development side
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/incoming/tanne-palkattiin-suomessa-sata-langattoman-tekniikan-osaajaa-6541974
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3D printing large volumes searches
Finland’s first 3D print exhibition 3DExpo was held on Friday and Saturday in Vantaa, Finland. The event showed that the technology is in many ways already a mature stage. Now only applied for the use of an object having instant hit manufacturing through a large audience.
If 3D-printing is considered from the perspective of builders and developers, PLA plastic is clearly the most popular material. It is inexpensive and allows the manufacture of very accurate models of the devic
At its least expensive printer to get for less than $ 500 and the latest cheap printers already accepted by most of the organic filaments.
Software there are major differences, however.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4269:3d-tulostus-hakee-isoja-volyymeja&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Lean methods bring money, but not cost savings
It-firma Codento explained using lean methods to the benefits and lessons learned by Finnish organizations lean operations. Half of the organizations (50.6 percent) reported using more efficient operation of lean methods, and slightly less than half (44.6 per cent) was also successful in improving customer satisfaction.
Lean is based on the elimination of unproductive activities management philosophy, which was developed with car manufacturer Toyota factories. For the first time the term was used in 1991. The principles of the method include the determination of the value of the customer’s view as well, based on continuous development of operations.
On a personal level, users lean methodologies felt a little less than half of the cases to get more done (45.8 percent) and were able to leave the vain things not to do (47 per cent).
Cost savings from Lean methods were scarce (28.9 per cent).
Almost all respondent organizations with Lean was widely used, economic performance was the same or better level than five years earlier.
at the forefront of the use of objects Lean methods were software and development projects. Lean methods are the most widely used software project planning and implementation phase (56.6 and 65.1 per cent), as well as the further development and maintenance (49.4 per cent). Upon entering towards the daily management and the use of production decreased significantly.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/lean-menetelmat-tuovat-rahaa-mutta-eivat-kustannussaastoja-6542306
Report: http://content.codento.fi/download/leanselvitys2016
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Finnish on-line shop focuses too much on technology
Software Companies Futurice and Reaktor seeking slices of the digital store. Futurice has set up a specialized e-commerce consulting subsidiary Columbia Road. Reaktor acquired earlier this year by 30 percent of e-business a physician experienced in Motley Agency.
“Reaktor has the technical know-how, but e-commerce is a very product-oriented, and also requires the operator know-how,” he says. Reaktor and Motley Agency can provide the whole package of strategy design and technical implementation.
“Reaktor has the technical know-how, but e-commerce is a very product-oriented, and also requires the operator know-how,” he says. Reaktor and Motley Agency can provide the whole package of strategy design and technical implementation.
E-commerce should still think of including multiple channels, says Hämäläinen. “The customer and the brand may face a number of channels, not just one service.”
Owning the customer experience is important. Therefore, giants like Amazon are not always the answer sell products online, Himberg says.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/suomalainen-nettikauppa-keskittyy-liikaa-tekniikkaan-6542489
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Finnish pioneer of semiconductors for the honor of this award – an extensive scientific production
Emeritus Professor Markus Pessalle awarded the 2016 Finnish Academy of Science and honorary award. The prize is worth EUR 15 000.
Pessa is the developer of opto-electronics and semiconductor research, which served as a professor of physics at the University of Tampere University of Technology from 1976 to 2008.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/suomalaiselle-puolijohteiden-pioneerille-kunniapalkinto-mittava-tieteellinen-tuotanto-6542473
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Telecom operator Sonera and ProAgria group to start cooperation, the purpose of which is to look for new digital techniques in order to facilitate farmers’ work. New methods for searching for, for example, the Internet of Things.
The world a new kind of agricultural technology is introduced, for example, Fujitsu, directed by cows pedometer helps you evaluate the best timing of insemination.
Animal In addition to digital technology we can monitor the locations of machinery and equipment. The companies are also planning new digital solutions for logistics in the food chain, as well as precision farming.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/lehmatkin-viedaan-nyt-nettiin-askelmittari-auttaa-arvioimaan-hyvaa-hetkea-keinosiemennykselle-6542483
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When you do nothing, you do not make mistakes? – wrong with IoT
One of today-it’s hot trends is the IoT, which means the engagement of such products, equipment and services to the Internet. According to a recent report by Finnish companies are hesitant as to it without a good reason.
Finnish companies can not shirk IoT’s brought about by changes and reforms, but they have to take IoT experiments as soon as this sector of industry Think Tank Group urges. It is precisely the group which published the report is compiled by Solita.
Think Tank group had agreed that the IoT, which in larger circles called internet of things, offers great potential for Finnish companies to increase competitiveness. In our country has a good infrastructure, training and ICT skills. There is also a strong industrial base, which can operate in the industrial Internet applier.
“The biggest risk is that we do not do anything,”
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/kun-et-tee-mitaan-et-tee-virheita-vaarin-ajateltu-6542675
Report: http://www.solita.fi/think-tank
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Phone Production begins at the Salo plant – Turing phones start shipping soon
manufacture of mobile phones of Nokia and Microsoft’s rejection by Salon plants will begin again. Nokia’s Salo Nakolan former factory space leased Turing Robotic Industries announces that the company’s Turing Phone phones are at the production stage.
According to the company will start shipping at the end of April, “selected customers”, and the rest of the supply of pre-orders made in May.
The company has hired a factory with less than 20 employees, and Turing Phone in advance of subscribers is a few thousand.
Turing Phone and is used in Finnish Jolla Sailfish OS
Sources:
http://www.digitoday.fi/mobiili/2016/04/19/puhelinvalmistus-salon-tehtaalla-alkaa–turing-puhelimien-toimitukset-alkavat-pian/20164216/66?rss=6
http://www.digitoday.fi/mobiili/2016/04/07/turing-puhelimen-valmistus-alkaa-salossa-toukokuussa–tyontekijoita-paljon-ennakoitua-vahemman/20163735/66
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Finnish optoelectronics developer was awarded
A long line of semiconductor technology developer, Emeritus Professor Markus Pessa receives the 2016 Finnish Academy of Science and honorary prize. Pessa worked for more than 30 years, a physics professor at Tampere University of Technology.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/04/19/suomalainen-optoelektroniikan-kehittaja-palkittiin/
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Warning high waves of the sensor system in Helsinki
The City of Helsinki and the Finnish Meteorological Institute set up a Finnish castle feel like a solid wave height measurement station.
Wave information and sea level and is needed in order to determine a safe distance from the beach, above which the sea water does not rise construction.
Collected will be made publicly available via an open data interface. Data can be found in the May visit. Geotekniikka.fi
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/04/18/korkeista-aalloista-varoittava-anturijarjestelma/
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Obstructed the IoT application in Finland?
Finnish companies can not shirk IoT of the changes and reforms, but they have to take IoT experimentation, to push the Finnish software company Solita. Helsinki is meeting today to more than 500 corporate decision-makers from the Internet of Things event.
“Many companies are already pretty comfortable with the fact that the IoT will bring changes. On the other hand, is not yet understood or be willing to internalize the fact that it also affects the management, budgets, financing and so on, Solita Ossi Lindroos says.
Subject according to him, are identified, but the shortcomings of its perceiving that the IoT will also require experimentation, flexibility and failure tolerance. Nobody denies the importance of the change, but often in everyday life we are quite unwilling to change.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/04/19/jarruttellaako-suomessa-iot-soveltamista/
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Finland remains the number one on press freedom
http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/2016/04/20/finland-remains-the-number-one-on-press-freedom/
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Now we are seeking the best IoT innovation
Now we are seeking the best IoT innovation
News
- 04/19/2016
The second edition of the Elisa Innovation Challenge seeks new IoT technology solutions in product and service innovations. Developers the best products will be announced and rewarded Slush 2016 event.
Inspired by the success of last year’s competition in Elisa’s Innovation Challenge competition again and now in two parts. The objective now is to find as the Internet of Things smart-home solutions as the scope of the new successful products.
Elisa IoT Innovation Challenge seeks the same events the previous year, new types of services covered by the sector or the health care industry, trade.
” Last year’s competition showed that the right tools, a good incentive and IoT: created thanks to the agility of three months, it is possible to change the real business ideas, ” estimates Markku Hollström Elisa responsible for IoT project manager.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/04/19/nyt-haetaan-parasta-iot-innovaatiota/
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In Finland, where the open code is used? The new site will tell
The code transparency there is little joy, if it is hidden. Finnish public administration has a number of open source IT projects, which are in greater advertised. The new site will lead the right track.
Avoinkoodi.fi site is set up Solita. The site promises to gather together all of the first Finnish public sector IT projects whose source code is published openly on the Internet. Through the service can be found in open source projects, source code, as well as the owner entity.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/missa-suomessa-kaytetaan-avointa-koodia-uusi-sivusto-kertoo-6543010
Site: http://www.avoinkoodi.fi/
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Finnish pilot: virtual reality helps the doctor plan a surgery
The rise of new via live virtual reality has been featured in recent months, particularly in new equipment and through the application of publications
“Virtual reality technology has taken significant strides from when it first rose to public attention in the early 90s. Most of the attention so far have games and different experiences. The time is probably ripe now for that to think about what kind of social benefits technology can bring about” says the reactor virtual reality expert John Koski.
Koski refers in particular to the health sector, around which Reaktor has made some experiments in recent weeks. Koski says the company’s employees who created the virtual 3D models on the basis of doctors ottamien computerized tomography to examine what the technology is capable of today.
“Image has enabled us to model the example of our employees walking 3d. In practice, as the user can rotate your feet at will, move it around, and, for example, delete layers,” Koski explains.
The trial has received a positive response from health care professionals. The reactor with the usefulness of the model considered the test group saw modeling useful, inter alia, the design of the cuts, as well as the complex anatomy of perception.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/suomalainen-kokeilu-virtuaalitodellisuus-auttaa-laakaria-leikkauksen-suunnittelemisessa-6543274