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:
IT sector in Finland seems to be doing considerably better then overall economy:
New orders booked in the first half of 5 per cent less than last year , but the order book at the end of March, 6 per cent higher than a year earlier .
New orders , however, were reported by seven per cent on the previous quarter from October to December .
The review is expected that the IT companies have a turnover in the coming months higher than the same time last year .
Technology Industry as defined by the IT sector companies offer either IT services or software. The turnover of companies in Finland last year was 11 per cent higher than last year , or 8.4 billion euros.
Net sales in January was also 11 per cent higher than a year earlier. In particular gaming companies boosted revenue.
Source: http://summa.talentum.fi/article/tv/uutiset/60528
Tomi Engdahl says:
Linus Torvalds comes from Finland:
Linus Torvalds gets IEEE award
http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/open-source/63958-linus-torvalds-gets-ieee-award
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers has awarded Linus Torvalds its Computer Society’s Computer Pioneer Award.
Torvalds was selected for the award for his creation and maintenance of the Linux kernel, from 1991 when he first put up code for download to the current day.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Linus Torvalds Receives IEEE Computer Pioneer Award
http://www.i-programmer.info/news/82-heritage/7256-linus-torvalds-receives-ieee-computer-pioneer-award.html
Linus Torvalds, the principal force behind development of Linux is the 2014 recipient of the IEEE Computer Society’s Computer Pioneer Award
This award, a bronze medal, was established in 1981
“to recognize and honor the vision of those whose efforts resulted in the creation and continued vitality of the computer industry ”
and is presented annually to individuals whose main contribution was made at least 15 years earlier.
The 2014 Computer Pioneer Award goes to Linus Torvalds:
“For pioneering development of the Linux kernel using the open-source approach”.
This award isn’t the first for Torvalds. He was awarded the Electronic Frontier Foundation Pioneer Award in 1998; the British Computer Society’s Lovelace Medal in 2000 and Finland’s Millennium Technology Prize in 2012. He was inducted into the Computer History Museum’s Hall of Fellows in 2008 and into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2012.
Tomi Engdahl says:
Software Entrepreneurs has released a security certification model. The model is designed to provide businesses with the opportunity to show that information security is a firm managed well.
The organization stresses that because Finland has traditionally been known as a country of high security, you should businesses take advantage of the mental image.
Security audits and certifications to implement Second Nature security.
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/ohjelmistoyrittajat+auttaa+suomalaisfirmoja+osoittamaan+tietoturvansa/a986262
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Helsinki Cultural Factory The workshop held on Saturday, May 17 Technology Workshop for the little ones: 4-9 years of age have access to the code school (60 seats)
In Mehackit workshops trainers to guide children to build technology and electronic equipment such as 3D printers, robots and make themselves game controllers
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/uutisia/49+vuotiaat+lapset+paasevat+koodikouluun/a986421
Tomi Engdahl says:
Finland has only recently woken up to wonder just how badly we utilized digitalisation and its possibilities.
Finnish industry structure is predominantly in the B2B market . In countries where there are a lot of big consumer brands , with digital technology have woken up earlier. It is also utilized more efficiently.
2000s IT bubble burst investment hangover gave birth to sweat even more. In addition, Nokia sucked for a long time in our country the best talent . This weakened for other companies , especially in developing side.
Also the Finnish company’s management deserves criticism . It is a sleeping beauty’s dream of going digital conquest of the world. We have done business in Finland for Finnish people and not been seen or threat of international actors prepared for it.
It is high time to consider concrete measures to resolve the matter.
The basic idea is that the idea of the economy enjoying success in connecting the old and new.
1 The domestic industry still has a chance to avoid the throes of upheaval in the retail errors. The industry should be alert and to respond to changes brought about by digitalization. Digital must be in all the companies at the heart of the strategy.
2 digitalisation of customer focus and customer encounter up the decisive factors regardless of the industry .
3 With digital it comes the real revolution that will change the organizational structures and processes. Digital with the value chains of disintegrated and change , and business networking.
4 Digital business is based on the idea of the idea economy. The development often means new ideas and models for applying and managing competitive edge.
Digital business models are always multi-channel and the brand must remain recognizable regardless of the channel .
The management company now urgently required courage, vision, and vision and courage to the international level . Manager is no longer enough simply to the financial know-how . Continuing the savings needed room for investment and development . Renewal is an essential feature of the digital age .
People are used to the simplicity of digital services , such as Google and Facebook. We are a consumer as well as in the workplace.
In reality, Finnish companies have all the necessary skills and opportunities to succeed in the digital business . It’s time to roll up our sleeves and get to work .
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/viisaat/solita/mista+evaat+diginousuun/a986972
Tomi Engdahl says:
The construction of Finnish Aalto-1 satellite is progressing fast pace towards the launch.
The space would in principle be possible to make the end of this year if a suitable alternative can be found. Most likely, the Aalto -1 rises into orbit early next year .
Praksin of the on-going revolution is a smaller satellite . There are many things to be able to make more in a smaller size . Large satellites are in all tasks can not be replaced, but nanosatelliiteille constantly opening up new uses .
” New things come from universities and schools and leave it on. I am glad that we have a lot of people are building systems.”
Otaniemi is already the wave -2 pattern pieces. Furthermore, there is the third project , which aims at the commercial market .
Source: http://www.hs.fi/tiede/Aalto-1+kohoaa+avaruuteen+2015/a1399432988199
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The co-determination process can reduce workers’ commitment to the company. The supervisor should ensure that experts know the need, write the OSH Journal.
If the employee is a good employment opportunities, he may start looking at other places in co-operation during the process.
“The manager should take care of the fact that they are professionals, of which you want to hold on to, will know its worth. Often it happens that the employee will hear only the leaving coffee how important he has been to the company,” says psychologist Tiina Saarelma-Thiel Institute of Occupational Health.
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/tividuunit/quotmonesti+tyontekija+kuulee+vasta+lahtokahveillaan+kuinka+tarkea+han+on+ollutquot/a986057
Tomi Engdahl says:
Will the next industrial revolution be missed by Finnish companies?
Things and objects, networking , or the Internet of Things ( IoT) will create a major new market , the value of which in the year 2020 in Finland is approximately EUR 1.4 billion of new business.
Internet of Things market’s biggest growth will come from analytics , applications, and services.
Internet of Things will bring new business opportunities , as well as change in business models and earning logics .
Despite the immense potential of about 70 % of Finnish organizations takes a currently passive objects Affairs and networking , as well as the closely related to the industrial to the Internet.
It is currently at the third industrial revolution – the era of digitalisation . The digital transition means a business or expansion of electronic channels , content and transactions. This is not a background process on the reform , but a completely new way to do business core business. Digitalisation up changing the way businesses operate , to meet customers , develop new products and services and generate new business . Digitalisation will also modify the traditional competitive situation , as the digitalization of traditional sectoral boundaries are broken and in the future more and more competitive company may be quite unexpected direction , existing competitors as well as your current activity from the outside. To stay competitive in this environment, organizations should have the ability to react quickly to changing conditions and trends.
“The Finnish business leaders do not seem to understand the industrial internet threats and opportunities . Corporate governance should be an urgent wake up to the situation and take action. Important thing is that do not be passive just followed the market trends, but now is the time to do things ,” says Toni Nygrén , one for Market Vision of industrial internet responsibility for analysts .
Source: http://www.marketvisio.fi/fi/ajankohtaista/uutiset-marketvisio/2039-meneeko-seuraava-teollinen-vallankumous-suomalaisilta-yrityksilta-ohi
Tomi Engdahl says:
Swedish magazine: “Nokia – generation went all wrong in Finland”
According to the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet Finnish politicians are trying to escape the economic crisis, the EU’s skirts. According to the newspaper is questionable whether there was sufficient at a young Finnish politicians in the guts to raise the economic crisis maelstrom was plunged into Finnish .
The writing of the Finnish vulnerability has also been preserved after the war , such as the 90′s recession at a time when Finland was double the collapse worse than the Swedish .
The young generation of politicians , which is found in the Nokia – called generation , has gone wrong since all .
Nokia taking over the world , the EU membership and the euro came the accession of Finland to the magazine , the cat days that broke down in 2009 – again, similar considerations for the worse – the financial crisis.
The magazine tells how a couple of years later, the handle of which came over a six-party government leaders of the four major political parties are all born in the 70′s .
- The young generation of politicians , which is found in the Nokia – called generation , has gone wrong since all .
The argument justifying the longer working time reduction , disappearance of industrial jobs as well as Nokia and paper industry is in decline.
The economic crisis is a magazine that had political consequences , such as the rise of the True Finns and the Left output from the government.
Source: http://www.iltasanomat.fi/kotimaa/art-1288687815906.html?pos=ok-nln
Tomi Engdahl says:
Health technology overtook the telecommunications in industry exports
Finnish health technology set a record and increased its exports of 1.66 billion euros last year. At the same time , it became Finland’s largest high-tech export sector in over telecommunications .
Health Technology also set a record trade surplus, which was € 749 million last year. This amount of export was thus exceeded the imports .
“Last year, the big news is that the health technology is now responsible for 47 percent of Finland’s high-tech exports. In this section , it has become Finland’s largest and most important high-tech export sector , while previously the top spot telekommunikaatioa have been reduced , “said FiHTAn Terhi Kajaste .
” A blessing in disguise , as the telecom industry experts are needed in greater numbers on the health and wellness industry in the development of mobile solutions . ”
The growth rates do not in themselves have been great , as the sector’s export growth was only 1 percent , and the trade surplus grew by 2 per cent.
Particularly pleasing is the fact that companies in the industry have a lot of production activities in Finland, as the relocation of cheap manufacturing countries is not achieved great benefits
Mäkelä is concerned about the new start-ups, funding, as it is spoken in the field of new businesses , ” the seven-year valley of death ” .
” Companies need over the long-term funding before the cash flow starts to emerge. Capital and access to funding must be secured Start-ups and start-ups , especially when compared to competing countries ,”
Planteca is a major source of employment in the field with a thousand employees. The company manufactures, among other things, the treatment of dental chairs and X-ray imaging .
All in all, health technology employs over 10 000 people .
Source: http://www.mbnet.fi/artikkeli/muut/terveysteknologia_ohitti_telealan_viennissa
Tomi Engdahl says:
Finland can not make a mass produced stuff
Finnish electronics industry after Nokia is hard to look different from the amount on the mobile phone manufacturer . – In Finland, can not make a mass produced stuff. We can succeed only by higher quality , says the distributor Arrow Finland’s general manager , Veikko Sohlman .
Arrow tomorrow to arrange the exhibition center ‘s own Arrow Global Village events from the fifth year. The event has attracted the interest and Arrow expect to place up to 400 to 500 visitors .
Nokia’s transition has caused a huge restructuring of the Finnish electronics industry. SOHLMAN of former nokia kinds has been even train the ordinary course of business , such as wholesalers and contract manufacturers. Nokia dictated, and suppliers and contract manufacturers are jumping dictation.
After Nokia, the Finnish electronics industry will have to find the applications and technologies that will sell in five years. All brandish now, the Internet of Things or the Industrial Internet behalf .
- Must be IoT : s will be significant, but this one is not worth the hype after the run. We believe in yourself , for example, well-being technology, with a lot of opportunities for Finnish companies , Sohlman says.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1341:suomessa-ei-voi-tehda-tusinatavaraa&catid=13&Itemid=101
Tomi Engdahl says:
Finland has joined the NSA’s intelligence among partners, it turns out the reporter Glenn Greenwald book No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. surveillance state.
Greenwald book, published by the NSA’s internal film for the year 2013, in which Finland is listed on the second group of partners.
Right-group countries are defined as countries with which the United States shall cooperate in certain projects, but which are also the subject of an aggressive American intelligence.
Source: http://www.digitoday.fi/yhteiskunta/2014/05/13/snowden-asiakirjat-suomi-liittyi-nsan-vakoilukumppaniksi/20146763/66?rss=6
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PATIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
The national electronic patient record is first introduced in Espoo, Finland, Helsingin Sanomat writes. Vantaa and Helsinki, the system will be introduced in the autumn.
The system is not displaced the old medical records: newly joined the municipal system of the patient data begin to be stored in the archive.
In addition to health care professionals, patients also benefit from the system. Patient information in the archives can be reached online service to log on capital stock bank codes, electronic ID card or mobile certificate authentication.
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/hs+valtakunnallinen+potilastietoarkisto+jo+kaytossa+espoossa/a987989
Tomi Engdahl says:
Incident reporting is still the end-user
The most common way to detect the fault situation is when the user notices the problem and inform the Service Desk , for example .
This finding was arrived Market Vision and DNA to a recent study , which examined how the Academy and take advantage of analytics systems control.
62 per cent of Finnish organizations about the error, to be the responsibility of the end user . Centralized control would make it possible to predict and prevent incidents by developing analytics . 71 per cent of the respondents sees predictive analytics monitoring the development of the necessary or clearly ‘business with value-added activities.
41 per cent of organizations, centralized control is the internal government of the data . However, only a few have the necessary time and resources to invest in the development of centralized control .
Monitoring are often purchased as part of a service package such as infrastructure services , telecom services , and application services.
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/hairiotilanteen+raportointi+jaa+yha+loppukayttajalle/a988377
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Tomi Engdahl says:
Netflix built a data center in Finland
Finnish PM eXchange FICIX says the U.S. streaming service Netflix committed a significant investment in the iron level in Finland. Netflix broadcast center is connected to the heart of Finland’s information networks , and in practice, in Finland , the company has its newest data center in the world.
- The quality of items expected to rise, FICIX Association’s Chairman Jorma Mellin estimates done on it by Finnish Netflix users.
So far, Netflix has served the Finland from Stockholm.
Telecommunications companies networks are now a true test of streaming services gain ground . Netflix is already by far Finland’s largest producer of traffic , and the second is the Google’s YouTube.
Source: http://www.digitoday.fi/data/2014/05/19/netflix-rakensi-konesalin-suomeen-verkkojen-tositesti-viela-edessa/20147052/66?rss=6
Tomi Engdahl says:
Finland was the country that started smartphone movement:
Nokia invented smartphone:
Launched in 1996, the Nokia 9000 Communicator showed a company at the peak of its design powers: the Communicator was a mobile powerhouse, with 8MB of memory and a 33MHz processor. This combination ran Nokia’s own GEOS operating system (a predecessor to the Symbian OS used on later models), combined with a suite of business programs that could read and edit Microsoft Office files from a desktop PC.
Apple’s success with the iPhone’s predecessor, the phone was produced in Oulu , says the newspaper Kaleva . This is a MyOrigo ‘s phone MyDevice you tried to bring to the market as early as the turn of the millennium .
MyDevice phone was a touch screen and the ability to view full web pages zoom and moving it in real time. Change pages by swiping your finger . When the device is rotated, the display changes from portrait to landscape That is, activities that are familiar to the iPhone , and most other modern smartphones .
MyOrigo could not find a great partner for it’s myDevice phone. Nokia was not interested. There was some co-operation with Samsung and Apple, but it ended.
When former MyOrigo inventor and chief technology officer John Väänänen saw Apple CEO Steve Jobs announcing iPhone in 2007, he walked to bar cabinet, took a long sip of Calvados and slammed the myDevice phone to wall.
Sources:
http://www.digitoday.fi/mobiili/2014/05/19/kaleva-iphonen-suomalainen-edeltaja-tormasi-seinaan/20147058/66?rss=6
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163595-nokia-9000-communicator-worlds-first-smart-phone-1996/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Mapping Our Interiors
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/mapping-our-interiors/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
A Finnish company called IndoorAtlas has figured out that all buildings have a unique magnetic “fingerprint” — and has solved how to use that to determine locations inside a structure to within six feet. That is enough to take a consumer to a product in a crowded supermarket, or figure out the location of, say, a half-dozen workers in a building full of them. It’s also much better than cell phone towers can do.
The reason for the fingerprint is that the steel in buildings distorts the Earth’s magnetic field. Different amounts of steel, and changes in the magnetic field at different points on the globe, make each building’s distortion unique.
IndoorAtlas scans a building to determine its fingerprint (it amounts to walking around a map of the floor plan, which is overlaid on a Google map). After that, anyone can use a smartphone’s compass to navigate the interior.
IndoorAtlas has enjoyed some success selling the service to stores in Finland. In at least one case, shoppers can load their week’s shopping into their phones, and get interior directions about where every product is located, and how to efficiently walk through the store to get everything.
The company is hoping for bigger success with U.S. big box retailers, and hopes also to resell the service in Asia.
The business plan of InsideAtlas is somewhat unorthodox: It will measure and store your building’s magnetic fingerprint in its computing cloud. Keeping it private, however, will cost $99 a month, per building. “It’s free if you want it public,” he said.
Moreover, he expects that soon enough other versions of magnetic fingerprinting will happen, and that crowds of individuals will contribute indoor information to public databases.
Certainly, we’ve seen this kind of development already for our open public spaces. OpenStreetMap is an open source project that has, since 2004
Tomi Engdahl says:
International research firm Gartner has given Finnish Youredille Cool Vendor ID. Youredin solutions, corporate data streams can be combined within the company and the company’s cloud service, or business partners.
Youredi has chosen Microsoft Dynamics family of one of the central platform, which customers and partners can use for their own businesses, as well as the same network with each other and exchange data in a secure, scalable service.
Youredi is a privately founded in 2010 integration services provider company, based in Helsinki, Finland.
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/uutisia/tietovirrat+yhteen+suomalainen+startup+pokkasi+gartnerilta+arvostetun+tunnustuksen/a988745
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State spending 275 million a year on non-working information technology
Non-working or working hard to IT eat an average of four hours per week. This told me two out of three of Occupational Health and Aalto University FlowIT survey respondents.
The survey found that the state wasted difficult to work equipment to an annual 275 million euros in working hours. Why are we at this point , Occupational Health Development Manager Teppo Valtonen ?
It seems that the physical weaknesses of the tools are easier to spot. No one would go to work in 50 – kilogram public with a shovel. Knowledge work tools problems are more difficult to detect.
When IT systems have been built and designed , usually the eye has been on technical issues (and often not so much on usability etc…)
The survey has revealed that , in principle, users have limited trust it: a positive ratio . Consistency and usability of the systems could, however, put more emphasis on . For example, the dates may be required to meet the European and the American way and that is why the dates keep manually edit the various information system to another.
On the other hand problems may also be the organization of work : a system that is excellent for administrative professional user are in constant use , it may also be used from time to time , hundreds of other workers , which can be tricky to learn how rarely they need the system.
There are currently focuses too much on the price tag or take into account the fact that the cheaper the IT system may be more difficult to use. Instead, we should think about how the new system will affect the activities of the organization , and to consider more things for the user.
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/valtio+tuhlaa+275+miljoonaa+jumittavaan+tietotekniikkaan+vuodessa/a988725
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Cloud is favorite choice for some organizations
Finnish organizations for almost 80 per cent to take advantage of cloud services , research firm Market Vision says.
Market Vision to provide services in the cloud according to a report in almost half of the cloud is an equal option among others, and has been part of the cloud of all your favorite option. The most common way to take advantage of the SaaS cloud -based services , but also the infrastructure as a service is purchased , the report reveals.
Cloud services are not necessarily reduce other IT services needs. The transition to the cloud may increase the need for integration and security services
A large part of the services are bought directly from the producers of cloud services , but according to the Market Supervision of intermediaries, ie Brokers, is becoming increasingly common .
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/osalle+pilvi+on+mieluisin+vaihtoehto/a988854
Tomi Engdahl says:
On Tuesday, the Finnish Government granted an additional budget to EUR 20 million in the Baltic Sea under the communications cable constructive Governia . The cable is supposed to go to Germany, but the exact route has not yet been finalized. It has been previously discussed , among other things , should the cable pass through Sweden or Estonia, along the coast.
” The route will be specified as the project progresses . The project is on schedule and will be completed in 2016 , ”
The years 2014 and 2015 are to be used for the construction of the cable.
The project has a budget of EUR 100 million. Half of this amount is earmarked for the construction of the cable itself.
The cable management company is Corenet, that Governia bought in 2013 from VR and TDC.
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/itameren+alla+kulkeva+tietoliikennekaapeli+sai+hallitukselta+20+miljoonaa/a989101
Tomi Engdahl says:
VTT develops rehabilitation games for the elderly
VTT is developing health and social care organizations in a game -like simulation tool
Games hooks of the wearer – the traditional way to take the elderly rehabilitation program may not be so much . VTT has , however, noticed that the game-like elements could be combined with social and health care sector in the work .
VTT’s Mosaic project aims to create a new pelillisyyttä of tools that could be , for example, to teach new models of elderly patients.
Resulting from the project development tool is still early days
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/uutisia/vtt+kehittaa+vanhuksia+kuntouttavaa+pelia/a989530
Tomi Engdahl says:
Intensifying competition cheapen prices, but especially small operators have tough times
Operators in the market are the winds of change blowing in Finland.
Late last year @ 450 broadband network operated Datame drifted filed for bankruptcy . In March, acquired in Hämeenlinna kind of AinaCom consumer services and fixed networks .
In April Cubio announced the end of its service. The same month, the Danish TDC’s subsidiary in Finland was sold to the DNA.
“Operators competition is fierce in Finland , and new customers are hard to come by . No one can ask customers for more than the other , which is why the wholesale price and retail price difference is small”
Source: http://summa.talentum.fi/article/tv/9-2014/61934
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The submarine cable project was elected Executive Vice President – private investors is not yet known
Baltic Sea submarine cable project to carry out the Group’s management will take Ari-Jussi Knaapila, who comes from Empower Oy.
The submarine cable is to be connect to Finland with a new high-speed connection to Central Europe. The amount of data traffic is expected to triple by 2017. A direct connection is also expected to increase the attractiveness of Finland as a location for data centers.
At least two thirds of the total project costs of € 100 million is to be collected from private and institutional investors (such as telecom operators , cloud and big data companies as well as infrastructure funds). The state has already committed to invest 20 million in the project.
Corenet plans to start preparations for the construction later this year and the actual construction work is scheduled to begin next year.
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/merikaapelihankkeelle+valittiin+johtaja++yksityisista+sijoittajista+ei+viela+tietoa/a989613
Tomi Engdahl says:
Do you remember the wireless @ 450 broadband? It was supposed to produce high-speed wireless broadband access throughout Finland when owned by Digita, but it failed to get is profitable. Since 2011, the network was owned by Datame , which, however, filed for bankruptcy.
Now the network infrastructure is owned by Ukko Networks Oy, which promises to autumn nationwide LTE 4G data network .
The company says in a statement Ukko – Mobile network in the world’s first nation-wide LTE network. It is designed specifically for corporate and government use, but it is suitable also for discerning consumers.
“Our focus is internet traffic exchange , ie we do not offer standard voice connections at all. This is to ensure the network users fast, reliable , and uninterrupted data communications in all situations and across the country , ” Ukko Networks Oy Antti Pellinen says on the release.
” 450 MHz operating frequency of LTE networks has so far been very limited in use. All in all, high-speed LTE network has been available primarily for limited geographical areas and urban centers. Now we will open the world’s first nationwide LTE 4G network in Finland, ”
Old Man Mobile network coverage is promised a comprehensive 99.9 percent of the country ‘s population, or virtually the whole of Finland. It promises 3-15 Mbit/s data rate.
Source: http://www.tietokone.fi/artikkeli/uutiset/kuolleeksi_ja_kuopatuksi_luultu_verkko_tuo_4g_yhteydet_koko_suomeen
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The data center Finland – the future six trends
1 Energy efficiency should be a requirement. Energy efficiency is regulated in the future as part of the building regulations.
2 Farewell to the slow speed of the design. In the future, companies are using ready-made package solutions whenever possible.
3 Less space, less firm data centers.
4 Cooling has growing importance of data center investments.
5 Data centers will become part of smart cities . Data centers waste heat re-use will be an important part of urban planning.
6 Data center country’s competitiveness requires creativity and a new kind of effort. Data centers in the hope of a new national economic stimulus feet. Finland is not alone in competing for the data center investments.
Competition requires the generation of ideas and the ability for local innovation.
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/konesalisuomen+tulevaisuuden+kuusi+trendia/a989968
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Government IT reform schedule to wonder : “10 years wasted ”
” Nordic countries were before the IT infrastructure, the state of the art , and all comparisons clearly ahead of the rest of Europe . But then even Viro went past Finland so that swung. “says 30 -year career VTKK done at Ulla Lehtiniemi .
” Ten years ago, the state administration began to consider that these issues should be focused on working together”
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/valtion+ituudistuksen+aikataulu+ihmetyttaa+quot10+vuotta+hukkaanquot/a989969
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Big data will soon be able to choose major subject of Tampere, Finland
Tampere University of Technology invests large masses of data for research. The virtual big data research center combined with the three-body skills.
TUT signal processing, information technology and industrial economic institutions are putting their expertise together and set up a joint center of large masses of data for research. Research Centre functions as a driving force in creating a new big data utilizing technology. The aim is also to develop practical applications along with the Tampere Region companies.
Source: http://summa.talentum.fi/article/tv/teknologia/66517
Tomi Engdahl says:
Jarno Limnell , Klaus Majewski and Mirva Salminen written a book ‘s message is that Cyber security is included in any strategy to work, and even today, almost all sectors of the new business comes to computers and networks with varying degrees of recovery .
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/uutisia/kirjaarvio+kyberturvallisuus+vaatii+seka+bittien+etta+rahan+ymmartamista/a990012
Tomi Engdahl says:
The turnout on EU voting was low – Capgemini : mobile voting activate the tens of thousands of
Europeans are the most active mobile broadband users in the world . The Finns are placed in comparison leading edge of development – 16 and 60 -year-olds 61 per cent own a smartphone .
Less than 35 -year-old Finnish up to 80 per cent own a smartphone
This year’s European elections turnout in Finland was 40.9 . It’s a bit more than in the 2009 elections (40.3).
House Consultant Capgemini TNS Gallup survey found that 51 percent of the Finnish , who did not plan to vote in the 2014 European Parliament elections , would have voted if it had been possible on a mobile device (such as a smartphone or tablet). 18 to 24 year olds up to 58 percent of the vote in activate if it could do with a mobile device.
Capgemini sees that Mobile Voting would be one of the great opportunity that could promote citizen participation. Security point of view is , of course, can not ignore , but the mobile voting advantages and disadvantages should be studied carefully with an open mind.
Finland, in particular, discussed in the security . In 2010, the e-voting was abandoned due to bad experiences so far.
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/aanestysprosentti+jai+matalaksi++capgemini+mobiiliaanestys+aktivoisi+kymmenia+tuhansia/a989976
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The Finns , will have to learn to Internet banking, check again if the European Banking Authority ( EBA), the plans are implemented .
The Authority wants to tighten up online banking security requirements , resulting in Finland for more than four million online banking plastic and cardboard cards printed account and password list should be replaced by the new digital identification technology.
“In Finland, online banking security is good. The EU has , however, been decided that the existing password lists , there are risks , “said Harry Leinonen, Financial Counsellor, Ministry of Finance. Already Finland’s existing online banking , however, meet the criteria for strong authentication.
The EBA is already preparing technical recommendations for new authentication methods , which will eventually be mandatory instructions. The codes can be found in a small , transported with the device , or ” dongle ” , of a kind used today in business over remote connections . Another option could be a mobile phone based application. The reform timetable will depend on the EU’s new payment services directive, which approval is expected in spring 2015 .
European banks’ willingness to reform has emerged that the current account lists can not prevent online banking fraud, where criminals have been able to infect your computer with malware.
Source: http://www.tietokone.fi/artikkeli/uutiset/verkkopankkitunnukset_menevat_uusiksi
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Do you remember the wireless @ 450 broadband? It was supposed to, when owned by Digita, to produce high-speed wireless broadband access throughout the country. After a few sales rounds it is now managed by Ukko Networks Ltd , which promises to autumn nationwide LTE 4G data network.
Ukko Mobile network coverage is promised a comprehensive 99.9 percent of the country ‘s population, or virtually the whole of Finland. The revised network data transfer rate will be 3-15 Mbit/s.
“450 MHz operating frequency of LTE networks has so far been very limited in use”
Source: http://www.tietokone.fi/artikkeli/uutiset/kuolleeksi_ja_kuopatuksi_luultu_verkko_tuo_4g_yhteydet_koko_suomeen
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You can pay in Hesburger with smart phone
Mobile payments is surrounded by a lot of hustle , but the small beginnings of a breakthrough has not grown yet.
Hesburger 120 Finnish hamburger restaurant to pay for their purchases by mobile phone , in principle, from Tuesday to 05/27/2014 .
The system , however, requires the buyer to 18 years of age , intact credit history and credit of the Swedish company’s customer contracts.
Swedish Seamless supplies the Seqr mobile wallet. The free app is available to download for Windows Phone , App Store and Google Play stores. Hese is the first Finnish customer of Seamless Seqr.
Source: http://summa.talentum.fi/article/tv/uusimmat/66940
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The data center supplier Rittal has written notes on Finland’s prospect for data centers.
For Rittal and similar future looks excellent , because all the “knowledge” is an inconceivably large , growing out of control and it is distributed and plagiarizes senselessly .
Only a few items Finland’s competitiveness in data centers scanning report makes wondering.
Such as: ” data centers are encouraged to support a new national economy feet . ”
For me, it is dark , who all hope and most of all , why? How these will be the economic pillar of the shed to anyone other than the infrastructure providers and electric utilities ?
The data center , and creativity ?
The report also says that the data center is the country’s competitiveness requires creativity and a new kind of effort.
I wonder if there are still any issue in which not talk about creativity ?
We Finns problem is that all of the machine room somehow related to creativity and know-how and innovation are freaking the other end, and it can be located , for example, a tax haven .
The halls themselves are already almost automatic, and after a while they are fully automatic.
“Data centers will become part of smart ciries . Data centers waste heat re-use will be an important part of urban planning.”
This in turn gives the impression that the smart city and data center are somehow the same thing. Their common denominator is just a waste heat recovery.
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/blogit/uutiskommentti/oi+konesalien+maamme/a990431
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Six Trends of data center Finland
http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/konesalisuomen+tulevaisuuden+kuusi+trendia/a989968
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The online tool correctly predicted the winners of the election : online chat is sufficient material
Euro elections were preceded by a web forum said receiving the most votes in order amazingly well. The top four, as well as the EU election-related online discussions that the election results were exactly the same : Alexander Stubb , Jussi Halla-aho , Olli Rehn, and Paavo Väyrynen .
Analytics has evolved so far that it is possible to predict the results of a few days on the basis of the material. The study was applied for the open net for Finnish-speaking forums , news and blogs for references, which referred to the name of the candidate and at least one electoral keyword.
The material was analyzed with M-Brain M-Adaptive tool.
The company says in a statement that it hit close in the predictions also with people outside top four.
M-Brain’s marketing director Joakim Nyberg, according to the election campaign could be utilized more network monitoring tools.
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/verkkotyokalu+ennusti+vaalien+voittajat+oikein+nettikeskustelu+on+riittava+aineisto/a990552
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The Finnish Defence Forces will acquire an Android-based combat system (TSTJJ)
Android -based devices be acquired for the application’s main users are going to be all of the leaders of the group or the patrol level.
The system is designed to be able to change the findings to situation information and be able to communicate short messages.
TSTJJ of the should be able to use the mobile phone network , as well as commercial and tactical message online and tactical communication tools.
The requirements state that operators must be able to isolate the devices which enemy gets from the network. In addition, the user must be able to clear the device in five seconds.
Reference terminal equipment have been Nexus 7 tablet and Samsung Galaxy S4 Active smartphone.
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/puolustusvoimat+hankkii+androidpohjaisen+taistelujarjestelman/a990882
Tomi Engdahl says:
Microsoft chose Elisa as it’s best friend
Microsoft has named Elisa Finland for the 2014 Microsoft partner. Elisa has worked on to get one of the largest market share of Windows Phones in the world in Finland, strongly committed to Microsoft’s Devices & Services strategy and contributed to wider use of cloud services.
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/microsoft+valitsi+elisan+parhaaksi+kaverikseen/a990770
Tomi Engdahl says:
Security Consulting specializes in Nixu considering listing on the Nasdaq OMX First North Finland marketplace.
Listing and share issue as the primary objective would be to enable the company’s growth strategy, accelerate the growth and increase the awareness of Nixu . As a listed company Nixu also enhance the reputation and attractiveness of both customers and attract skilled workers point of view.
Nixu Petri Mr Kairis according to security industry is consolidating in the coming years . Nixu wants to be an active participant in this process. The company made about ten years ago a strategic decision to focus on information security . Since then, Nixu has grown to become one of Scandinavia’s largest information security consulting firms .
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/nixu+pohtii+listautumista/a991349
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Facebook acquires mobile data plan firm Pryte
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/03/us-facebook-pryte-idUSKBN0EE1DG20140603
Facebook Inc is acquiring Pryte, a Finnish company that aims to make it easier for mobile phone users in under-developed parts of the world to use wireless Internet apps.
Facebook did not disclose financial terms of the deal, which spokeswoman Vanessa Chan said is expected to close later this month.
Pryte’s service, which has not publicly launched yet, seeks to make it easier for consumers without wireless data plans to use online services by selling short-term passes that would provide access to particular mobile apps, such as Facebook or Foursquare.
Tomi Engdahl says:
The Finnish Defence Forces exercise cyber war – including 1,300 people from government IT office
Management system of the Finnish Defence Forces Central next week in a five-day national cyber war exercise. This is the second time that the armed forces to organize a similar exercise. Exercise is held in Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences facilities and systems. Things and include the detection of cyber threats and security operations center operation.
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/puolustusvoimat+kybersotaharjoittelee++mukana+myos+1300+hengen+itvirasto/a991646
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The Finnish manufacturer Elektrobit to update their software – now the map and GPS information in the car even without the navigation device
Elektrobit has introduced a new version of the Assist Electronic Horizon program.
Software information includes, for example, speed limits, road tional complexity and topography. The data is used, for example, the forward-looking headlights, adaptive cruise control and range of the assay.
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/uutisia/suomalaisvalmistaja+paivittaa+ohjelmistonsa++nyt+kartta+ja+gpstiedot+autoon+jopa+ilman+navigaattoria/a991546
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Newspaper Helsingin Sanomat writes that according to Defence Minister Carl Haglund Finland sends its representative to NATO cyber security competence center no later than fall 2014. Finnish representative is selected by the armed forces. Finnish people departure to Estonia has been slowed by the contract technical issues.
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/hs+suomi+liittyy+naton+kyberkeskukseen+syksylla/a991841
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This will save a billion on our money
Personalized customer service is costly , so the electrification can get huge savings. Elisa’s report , Finland’s towns and cities could get spared almost one billion , which certainly would be more use.
New transaction solutions Elisa cited the examples of transactions video link , and online self-service , SMS appointments , and chat usage.
The question has been , among other things, Kuusamo, the savings potential Elisa down to about five million.
Elisa , the savings potential of 35 million found in Turku , Vantaa over 30 million Joensuu and more than 20 million. The results were proportioned to the whole country , and it reached nearly a billion potential savings.
Source: http://www.tietokone.fi/artikkeli/uutiset/nain_saastyisi_miljardi_yhteisia_rahojamme
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In the future, we live online algorithms, and we meet there for each other, such as in the physical world , Lappeenranta University of Technology , Professor Anssi Vanjoki envisioned .
In the future, we live online algorithms, and we meet there for each other, such as in the physical world , Lappeenranta University of Technology , Professor Anssi Vanjoki envisioned .
According to him, the people passing in the future so-called digital aura. It creates new possibilities and makes people ubiquitous , omnipresent .
Equipment level, this means that the wearable electronics will be everywhere.
” Undeveloped display technology is the only reason why smart phone is as it is ,”
Vanjoki predicts the future of this: The world is full of sensors and displays are everywhere. Screens is the windows through which one can move from place to place in an instant . I also saw billions of people become closer to each other.
Mobility should instead talk about their presence. Precision and ubiquitous computing is changing the world of work .
” We have had the snares of information technology . We are back to work 24 hours a day , ” Vanjoki described .
“Digital Experience strengthen the physical.”
Source: http://summa.talentum.fi/article/tv/uutiset/68999
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First class students programming instruction begins in 2016 – Espoo code gets a taste of the coding club
Perkkaanpuisto gives a taste of the autumn of 2016. Then all Finnish schoolchildren learn programming – first grade.
Seven classes will start in 2017, eights and nines 2018 to 2019. A father and mother pöyristyy information. First grade! They may need to look back on your own computer teaching in 1970 – or 1980′s.
It was quite an occult science and Basic programming language.
Now blowing in different winds.
“Programming know-how in the 2000s citizen’s right and obligation,” says Linda Liukas. He has just completed with Juhani Mykkänen a teachers manual for programming. Its name is Koodi2016.
Programming input can upset some of the teachers because also they should know it themselves. A guide book to try to help in that.
“The book is a first aid kit and programming cheat sheet,”
Liukas and Mykkänen met once at the seminar. They wonder how to Finland programming knowledge visible. To order for the Board of Education to consider the place of programming in teaching. Elsewhere in the world, such as Estonia and the United Kingdom, had already woken up.
Education Minister Kiuru took the programming of the draft curriculum. A few countries will be Finland, alongside that. Singapore and South Korea will start soon learned programming.
September programming input is everywhere evident. Almost all of the world is being digitalized at a rapid pace. Also, services and everyday transactions are increasingly based computers. Although the program does not end up in the country – most do not, of course, end up – it’s good to know how everything revolves.
First of all, the programming will be all in the context of mathematics education. But it is spreading to other classes.
“All sectors to change due to software”
Liukas founded Rails Girls slick set up shop, which is based on a voluntary basis. It aims to ensure that girls start programming.
Since then, Slick began in New York City teach programming online Codecademyssä 2012. Now the service has already 24 million users. At the same time Rails Girls is spreading in Asia.
Computer user nowadays does not necessarily need for information about the programs or programming – it makes them passive. That’s why now is the way to go back to the starting point. At the same time programmers will be expanded gradually to all age groups.
In Finland, the project will drive almost all the gamblers Rovio Siilasmaa, and Sitra supercel. Two parties share the view that the 2000s in the information society is much digicam, ones and zeros.
If someone does not make the world of digital programs in Finland, they needs to be bought from abroad.
Fundamentally programming it is not difficult, but becoming very good in it takes lots of work.
Source: http://www.hs.fi/tiede/Ekaluokkalaisten+ohjelmointiopetus+alkaa+vuonna+2016++Espoon+koodikerhosta+saa+esimakua/a1401942756096?jako=14282650fa285e83427de9fe375c980b&ref=fb-share&sivu=2
Tomi Engdahl says:
Koodi2016
http://koodi2016.fi/
Tomi Engdahl says:
Koodi2016 a teacher’s book written by Linda Liukas and Juhani Mykkänen are of the opinion that Linus Torvalds, the flag should be set up: Finnish Torvalds is the father of the linux operating system. Flag-raising would give respect for his life’s work.
Source: http://www.tietoviikko.fi/kaikki_uutiset/linus+torvaldsille+ehdotetaan+liputuspaivaa/a992279