Tietoviikko reports that Finland (my home country) is the world’s best IT country according to World Economic Forum study The Global Information Technology Report 2013. According to the study, Finland is the world’s number one country when it comes to the economy’s ability to use information technology to competitiveness and prosperity. Finland has toppled Sweden from the top spot in a ranking of economies that are best placed to benefit from new information and communication technologies (ICTs). The question still remains how this result was got because there are many things in Finland ICT that are are far from very good, so are other countries just much lousier on those aspects?
At the core of the report, the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) measures the preparedness of an economy to use ICT to boost competitiveness and well-being. In this edition, Finland (1st), Singapore (2nd) and Sweden (3rd) continue to lead the NRI, with the Netherlands (4th), Norway (5th), Switzerland (6th), the United Kingdom (7th), Denmark (8th), the United States (9th) and Taiwan, China (10th) completing the top 10.
Global Information Technology Report 2013 has a nice map that visualizes the network readiness of different countries.
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The boss decides to Excel
Companies spend 90 percent of IT investment systems, and hope that the system would help to change the buying decision effective immediately
“This is the same phenomenon, which is why people are buying cookbooks and dream that the kitchen looks the same as book illustrations. But few will always use the cookbook when doing cooking “, say the Swedes decision-making experts and Ari Mona Riabacke.
The most common management tool still Excel, which can be found in Windows computers and the use of which is easy to start a basic level. It may be some uses good enough, as well as pen and paper.
Many customers would like a simple answer to the question, what is the best solution.
The answer will always depend on the company itself, its culture and people. Fits-all solution does not exist.
If a company really wants to develop decision-making, first need to understand how people act. Otherwise, an expensive system may be unnecessary shopping. Tools to support decision-making and the first you should find out what kind of decision-making are supported, before it can be recommended to support the solution.
Companies are individuals
“We are programmed to avoid risk. If we have information for making decisions, it becomes a safe feeling. But if there is too much information, we do not know what to focus on. ”
Big data and business intelligence are trendy and accumulates data analysis systems at an incredible pace. 80 percent of the existing data types are said to be those which did not exist five years ago.
Usability is an investment in people: those who make the decisions in the end.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-02-04/Pomo-p%C3%A4%C3%A4tt%C3%A4%C3%A4-Excelill%C3%A4-3215215.html
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F-Secure sells younited-cloud storage service – 60 million trade
F-Secure announces the sale of its cloud storage service-related business Synchronoss Technologies.
The divested business includes F-Secure younited service that offers consumers and businesses a way to securely store and share your photos, movies and other files online. The purchase price is $ 60 million, or about 53 million euros.
The transaction is expected to be completed in February.
F-Secure and Synchronoss are collaborating to sell the personal cloud and security services for mobile operators, broadband operators. Together, the two companies serve the major operators in North and South America as well as Europe, Asia and the Pacific
F-Secure announces that it will focus more closely to the new cloud-based data security and privacy protection services.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-02-04/F-Secure-hylk%C3%A4%C3%A4-younited-pilvitallennuspalvelunsa—60-miljoonan-kauppa-3215178.html
F-Secure announced that today the sale of its younited cloud storage services to the US Synchronoss.
CEO Christian Fredrikson promises that the change of ownership does not cause any changes in the Finnish data protection – at least in the early stages.
F-Secure service promised to keep the information of Finnish in Finland.
The interesting thing is that Synchronoss challenged by F-Secure in October for patent violations.
Fredrickson, the court does not relate to trade in any way.
According to him, especially American firms patent litigation is going almost constantly. Fredrikson keep the October challenge “as a mere sign of the game.”
“Everything affects everything. Both hit their own chips to the table. We too had our own cards on the table in the negotiations.”
F-Secure was pondering the fate of the cloud storage service for some time, and younitedista had tried to carve a profitable activity for the three co-round form. The revised strategy, the company wanted to focus on data security.
For Synchronoss this was the core, for F-Secure it was a runner.
“Information security is, however, for us it is the greatest thing, it is the company’s soul.”
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-02-04/Jenkkiostaja-haastoi-F-Securen-oikeuteen-%E2%80%93-%E2%80%9DSuomalaisten-tiedot-turvassa—ainakin-alkuvaiheessa%E2%80%9D-3215213.html
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“Traditional IT side does not grow so well” – The game industry is the IT industry locomotive
Information technology companies in 2014 net sales increased by about 20 percent from the previous year. Growth was driven in particular games industry.
- The game industry’s share of the increase is more than half, so yes, it is very significant, says the technology industry’s chief economist Jukka Palokangas.
The information technology industry had a turnover of EUR 10 billion in 2014. The information technology companies in the sector include IT services and software companies making.
- Companies are developing very unevenly. The most obvious potential for growth is the software side. Traditional IT side does not grow so well, Palokangas says.
All in all, the technology industry companies rose by about two per cent from the previous year, so the IT sector growth was clearly the technology industry is faster than the other.
- 20 per cent of the strong growth in the number. It is a large increase in one year. You have to remember, however, that it conceals the functions that have been outsourced to other sectors IT sector, Palokangas says.
Technology estimates that industry turnover is also improved in the first half of last year’s corresponding period.
High-technology personnel in Finland decreased by three percent last year, ie 1 500 employees. IT sector worked last year, about 53 000 people.
Source: http://yle.fi/uutiset/perinteinen_tietotekniikkapuoli_ei_kasva_niin_hyvin__peliteollisuus_on_it-alan_veturi/7778136
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Silicon Labs Deploys M&A to Crack IoT
Acquistion of Bluegiga, a wireless module co.
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1325563&
Silicon Labs (Austin, Texas) has acquired a privately-held Finnish wireless module vendor Bluegiga Technologies at $61.5 million in an all-cash deal.
With the acquisition of Bluegiga, Silicon Labs is picking up the last missing link for its Internet of Things (IoT) play.
Although Silicon Labs had no prior business relationship with the Espoo, Finland company, Tuttle revealed, “They were looking at our [Bluetooth] chip” for its potential use in their modules.
According to Tuttle, Silicon Labs “intends to continue offering” Bluegiga’s modules, in which third-party chips will be maintained.
“Modules are essential to address broader markets,” said Tuttle. He sees the trend continuing for at least the next few years. He quickly added, “It’s almost ironic, because [as a chip guy] I’ve spent my whole life replacing modules [with chips].”
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Wireless wonderland: Finnish startup buys Microsoft test chambers to drive future of wi-fi and 5G
http://www.zdnet.com/article/wireless-wonderland-finnish-startup-buys-microsoft-test-chambers-to-drive-future-of-wi-fi-and-5g/
Summary:Finnish startup Verkotan acquired mobile equipment testing facilities from Microsoft to offer wireless and 5G performance testing in Northern Europe.
Walk around central London in the rush hour and chances are you aren’t only left frustrated by the amount of people blocking the pavements, but by your mobile phone performance as well.
It’s exactly the kind of challenging radio environment that the Finnish startup Verkotan can recreate. It specialises in wireless performance testing using over-the-air (OTA) test chambers to measure how mobile phones, wearables, and other wireless devices perform in real-life conditions.
Roots in Microsoft and Nokia
Verkotan was only officially founded in November last year, but it’s been quick to take off thanks to its roots in Microsoft and Nokia. Its six-member team has a long history of working with OTA testing and wireless performance at both companies, and when Microsoft last year announced it was closing the former Nokia R&D unit in Oulu, Northern Finland, Verkotan saw an opportunity. Its founders recognised the demand for OTA testing services and in January it signed a deal with Microsoft to buy its mobile equipment testing laboratories.
Now Verkotan has facilities to match its expertise, with four testing chambers totalling 1,100 cubic meters, and the acquisition (for an undisclosed amount) also includes software licensing and equipment.
Tailored tests cover almost any radio system from cellular radios and standalone GPS to Glonass and Bluetooth.
While OTA testing has been around since the early 21st century, demand for MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output) OTA testing has grown significantly in recent years.
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I wonder what I bought, the wonders of a soft- or outsourcing buyer
Not many companies Procurement to have made purchasing decisions without knowing exactly what you shopping encompass. This report says that enterprise software and outsourced financial services provider, Visma is made.
In addition, a majority of respondents felt that purchases made sufficiently utilized in organizations. This in itself is not amazing, if shopping is done from the bag.
According to the study by as much as 48 per cent of Finnish companies’ top management has made purchasing decisions without knowing exactly what they contain.
Outsourcing and software acquisitions aimed at efficiency and savings. The majority (63%) of survey respondents felt that the procurement is not used or used enough, so the cost savings targeted may ultimately not be achieved.
“Software outsourcing or procurement trigger almost invariably also change the project within the organization. If you are not fully known, what is purchased, it may happen that change management, with little attention. In this case, may not ultimately know what the project may have gone wrong, ”
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-02-10/Mit%C3%A4h%C3%A4n-tuli-hankittua-ihmettelee-softan-tai-ulkoistuksen-ostaja-3215506.html
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Defense minister Haglund: Finnish should be able to launch cyber-attacks
Defense Minister Carl Haglund (r.) Believes that Finland should be a time of crisis the ability and the opportunity to also launch cyber-attacks.
Haglund, according to the Finnish legislation does not know the situation in which the crisis had to Finland to work otherwise than with militarily arms. Haglund asked, after the presentation, why it would be better to attack the enemy missile, for example, to save the civilians and cripple the power grid.
Haglund is of the opinion that the alignment of cyber war capability must be made during the next Parliament.
Source: http://yle.fi/uutiset/puolustusministeri_haglund_suomen_voitava_tehda_kyberhyokkayksia/7794553
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Desktop Pick-&-Place Machine DIY Kit
http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?section_id=36&doc_id=1325638&
Here’s a low-cost, machine-vision-based, entry-level desktop pick-and-place machine for prototype builders, hobbyists, developers, and development groups.
Well, blow me down, because just after reading this comment I found an email message from Juha in my Inbox saying: “Please let me introduce myself: My name is Juha Kuusama, an entrepreneur and inventor. I think your readers might be interested to learn about an entry-level desktop pick-and-place machine I introduced last week.”
Juha — who is based in Finland — went on to say: “Although not very suitable for production (it does not have feeders), it is ideal for prototype assembly. The machine uses vision in calibration and operation. This is aimed for prototype builders, hobbyists, developers, and development groups. The machine breaks new ground in availability of P&P machines — the DIY kit is priced at only $1349!”
I just bounced over to Juha’s liteplacer.com site to root through the building instructions and software source code
LitePlacer – The Prototyping Pick and Place Machine
http://www.liteplacer.com/
The Story
http://www.liteplacer.com/about/the-story/
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HS: Finnish banking credentials used to stole 550 000 – the trial begins today
Today begins the legal proceedings story, which factors are suspected to have taken loans and issuing unauthorized transfers stolen access codes. Total money was taken about 550 000 euros, writes Helsingin Sanomat.
The criminal offense is suspected of more than 40 people, including two major players on the suspect has been arrested. The trial will be held in Helsinki District Court.
Scammers got bank accounts over the counterfeit messages that they send to, among other things, the Customs, the Post and the various debt collection services in the name.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-02-11/HS-Suomalaisten-pankkitunnuksilla-varastettiin-550-000-euroa—oikeudenk%C3%A4ynti-alkaa-t%C3%A4n%C3%A4%C3%A4n-3215580.html
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Hybrid Experts needed in the nest: Helsinki-it-house hiring 40 new employees
Efima looking for a wide range of experts. “We need people who are able to perceive entities and are good to listen to,” says Tero Salminen.
While the big IT companies to lay off, a smaller IT company has increased its workforce by briskly. One of the fastest companies: has been in operations management and financial management specializing in Efima, which was hired last year, 26 new employees.
“We would have been able to recruit a few employees more, but we want to hire people who fit our culture and values,” says Tero Salminen.
The company’s goal is to hire this year, a total of 40 new people.
Salminen, Finland has a lot of skilled people without jobs. It is, however, tasks involving finding a suitable person has proven to be difficult.
“Hybrid Experts are hard to find – for example, those vendors, consultants and software architects with a wide range of expertise and vision. We need people who are able to perceive entities and are good to listen to, “Salminen list.
Efima pay his servants a wink premium if the employee is hired on the basis of a tip from the house of the new man – the fee is 2345 euros.
“Tip fee I think it is quite in place. It is a reasonable investment, and it pays for my folks really happy. Sure recruitment of new employees in other ways costs a lot more, “Salminen evaluated.
Salminen, the grim economic situation is kind of boosted Efimaa growth.
“Gloomy, companies thought carefully about their own strategies and want to focus on their core competencies. Therefore, cloud services, operational efficiency and financial outsourcing of interest. ”
Source: http://summa.talentum.fi/article/tv/bisnes/133040
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Security is the responsibility of the management company: “Enough straightforward tools”
Corporate information security has to be the responsibility of the company management, assessing the security company Deltagon. Good practices and tools to reduce security-related risks to human.
A Finnish employee is usually committed to their work and the work ethic is high. Employees want to do the right thing, but the responsibility of the management is to create a data safe practices and to ensure that authors are working tools for data protection, the company estimated in a statement.
Most people are very serious, for example, to protect their own health data. The employer’s confidential information is treated instead got worse.
“The individual protection of personal data will be discussed in public a lot. Instead, the individual company or member of the community, as well as the employee’s role in ensuring the security of the company speaks a lot less, “says Managing Director Juha Deltagon Lapland.
He encourages corporate executives to take note of the human security risks and manage them. The key is to organizational culture and a simple security policy, which is deployed across the entire staff.
“Practice has shown that users need so straightforward tools that they serve, even in urgent situations. When a customer calls and asks for the information electronically, we must be able to respond safely, without breaking the rules. Only thus decreasing actual risks,” says Lappi.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-02-11/Tietoturva-on-yritysjohdon-vastuulla-Tarpeeksi-suoraviivaisia-v%C3%A4lineit%C3%A4-3215577.html
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Acquisition scrapping Elisa’s Cloud Castle promise?
Elisa “beyond the reach of snooping” advertised functional Saunalahti Pilvilinna cloud storage service is based on business just being sold to USA.
F-Secure said last week it would sell Younited secure cloud to American Synchronoss company. Message sparked discussion, as governments snooping protective marketed services was transferred to particularly excelled in snooping USA.
The service is not only sold directly to individual users, but also to operators. F-Secure said in October last year had made Younited service agreement 30 with the operator. These include, in addition to Elisa in Finland, inter alia, the Dutch KPN, the Danish TDC and the Polish Polkomotel.
Elisa’s service has been known under the brand name Saunalahti Pilvilinna. Pilvilinna product according to the promise “domestic excellence to ensure that your files kept carefully in a safe place and outside the reach of snooping.”
Elisa does not intend to change the product itself.
- According to our information production is still in Finland and will continue to be.
Source: http://www.itviikko.fi/uutiset/2015/02/11/romuttaako-yrityskauppa-elisan-pilvilinna-lupauksen/20151808/7?rss=8
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Finland’s first 5g test network in Oulu
VTT Technical Research Centre and the University of Oulu build cooperation with companies 5g test network with the development of critical technologies, and to test their performance in a realistic environment.
Oulu be built in the test network consists of two parts. One of these is the VTT’s premises in a closed network. Premises of the University will be a public network.
The public network is intended to make an open test environment to all interested parties.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-02-12/Suomen-ensimm%C3%A4inen-5g-testiverkko-Ouluun-3215663.html
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There are 540 000 paying Netflix subscribers in Finland, survives the New York Times published statistics.
Netflix seems to maintain its position among the Finns, as the service began operations in Finland during the second half of 2012. In just over two years, it has received as subscriber about every tenth Finnish.
Nordic Netflix offers over 2,000 titles, while in the US the titles of more than 8500 pieces.
Netflix Taps Into a Growing International Market
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/12/arts/international/netflix-taps-into-a-growing-international-market.html?_r=1
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TeliaSonera will begin selling international travel data stick
TeliaSonera will begin selling Uros Goodspeed called mobile broadband to corporate customer. This is an online solution that can be used internationally.
Goodspeed Mobile operates in more than 60 countries around the world.
“Internet connection is always available when you need it, and, above all, securely. Cost control is possible in real-time, fixed prices and guaranteeing that no surprise bills not occur, “the company says in a statement.
Goodspeed wireless modem has a total of nine SIM slots, with a choice of cards Goodspeed service of different countries.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-02-13/Sonera-alkaa-myyd%C3%A4-kansainv%C3%A4list%C3%A4-matkamokkulaa-3215792.html
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The Finnish economy contracted by end of the year 2014
Gross domestic product shrank, as well as to the previous quarter and a year earlier.
Finland’s GDP contracted in the October-December to 0.3 per cent in July-September, Statistics estimates.
The number of employed Statistics anticipates reduced in 0.3 percent of the annual comparison. Hours worked were at 1.4 per cent growth.
In the third quarter, the July-September period, GDP was 0.2 per cent growth.
The annual growth was 0.1 per cent.
Source: http://www.taloussanomat.fi/kansantalous/2015/02/13/suomen-talous-supistui-loppuvuonna/20151943/12?rss=4
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Will Energy-Harvesting 3D Printed Trees Charge Your Smartphone?
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1325718&
Scientists at the Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) have developed a prototype of a 3D printed tree that harvests solar energy using organic solar cells and kinetic energy from vibrations in its surrounding environment.
The artificial energy-harvesting trees, which can be infinitely replicated, work indoors or outdoors by storing the energy they harvest and turn it into electricity to power small devices such as mobile phones, humidifiers, thermometers and LED light bulbs.
The ‘leaves’ of the energy-harvesting tree are flexible, patterned organic solar panels made using a mass production technique developed by VTT on a printing process.
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Cyber security is the greatest threat to companies
Finnish companies workstation environments are protected mainly anti-virus software and firewalls.
Many people think they are acting in a closed and safe environment, but closed environments no longer exit.
- Few is held by a real-time snapshot of the network, and log data to manage effectively. Companies are often not even known with certainty what all your network environment is connected, and data networks has become the worst dumps, Pekka Blomberg complains.
According to him, employees too extensive access to various information systems constitute a serious threat to businesses. They can lead to intentional and unintentional abuse. House for one reason or another can not stay still dispatches access to enterprise information systems, because they have not been removed.
Only a few companies are able to monitor cyber enough professionally without external expertise
- The digital world and the physical world are increasingly intertwined with. In a networked world, cyber needed alongside the core of continuous flows of control. Technology and automation in addition to be able to use systematically the human perceptual ability. The majority of devices on the network is fairly easy to identify.
Finnish companies have woken up cyber earnest during the past year, and attitudes seem to be in order. Now, companies need a strategy for cyber security situations, with wide-ranging evaluation of business and information risks to the capital. Without a comprehensive preparedness threats can materialize in economic losses. Industrial Internet will further increase the network traffic and brings new threats, which should be prepared in time for the physical safety as well
- It’s only a matter of time before companies are facing increasingly more difficult attack in Finland, Blomberg warns.
Source: http://www.etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2446:kyberturvallisuus-yritysten-suurin-uhka&catid=13&Itemid=101
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F-Secure cloud finished transactions – 60 million in cash
F-Secure announces the completion of its previously announced younited cloud storage services business sales to the US Synchronoss Technologies.
The companies have also agreed to certain intellectual property rights and patents, multiply release.
The purchase price is $ 60 million, to be paid in cash.
The divested business includes F-Secure younited service that offers consumers and businesses a way to store and share your photos, movies, documents, and other files online.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-02-25/F-Secure-viimeisteli-pilvikaupat—60-miljoonaa-k%C3%A4teisen%C3%A4-3216310.html
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Finnish Study: Cell Phone to beat the work and partnership
Finnish mobile phone is already more important than a job or a relationship, says the University of Turku research. Also, the internet connection is considered necessary.
Last summer and autumn survey of 18-74-year-olds surveyed the Finnish lifestyle and consumer attitudes.
Finnish values and attitudes have changed quite a bit in 15 years. Leisure time and a comfortable life even more appreciated, economic equality and world peace while less. Value of the top of the list, however, are still health, self-respect, love and freedom. Their importance for Finnish has been reduced quite a bit compared to 1999.
Source: http://www.iltalehti.fi/perhe/2015022519258168_pr.shtml
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Helsinki European city among the five brightest
International news site Mashable story looks at what makes the city smart: Is this the city, with the development of innovative technology? Or a city whose public transport and the construction of the sustainable development and cost-effectiveness of the basic principles?
The story of the good examples of European smart environment by providing the cities can be found. One of them is Helsinki.
Source: http://www.iltasanomat.fi/matkat/art-1424869326875.html
Brilliant ideas: 5 of the smartest cities in Europe
http://mashable.com/2015/02/20/smart-cities-europe-brandspeak/
3. Helsinki, Finland
Smart-city developers love Helsinki. With more 1,200 open data sets, the ability for startups and seasoned scientists to identify new opportunities and create new tools out of all that information is a huge part of Helsinki’s success story. Evidence of how that’s permeated the lifestyles of the city’s more that 620,000 residents is everywhere. For example, every single residential and commercial spot in the city has a smart meter built into it, and nearly three quarters of the city’s commercial properties engage with automated systems that help cut energy use. There’s even a move to implement on-demand bus service.
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The Finnish unit to locate missing children
Mobile-based wearable smart clothing and device applications developer Yepzon brought to market in December a little matchboxes larger tracking device, which can be slipped into a child or an elderly person with dementia in your pocket. All over the GSM network functioning device may result in more of the phone.
Yepzonin founder Otto Castle wants to make the world a place where important things are not lost. According to him, for ten years after the positioning feature is smart clothes, for example, the technology needed to price drops.
- Positioning feature also comes in almost all major objects, such as cars, keys, computers and even thieves favored boats outboard motors, he predicts.
- According to statistics, only the United States and the EU is lost each year more than a million children, of whom one in ten will never be found. Also, dementia and memory disorder patient monitoring asked wildly Yepzoneita.
Yepzonin development story has been extraordinarily fast, innovative financing Tekesinkin according to the record class in Finland. In October 2013, the company received the final product on the market by Christmas 2014.
- Consumer sales began in December in Finland and Italy. During the spring device also appears in French, British and American store shelves. In addition, the device can be ordered Yepzonin own online store in the EU, says Castle.
Research and development continues to consumer feedback all the time.
Source: http://www.etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2488:suomalaislaite-paikantaa-kadonneet-lapset&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Jolla announced plans for a new platform: this is the “Sailfish Secure”
Jolla said on Monday in Barcelona MWC event planning to the new, open and secure mobile platform. Sailfish Sailfish Secure is based on the previous platform. It has been developed in co-operation with SSH Communications Security.
The secure platform release is based on the lack of alternative European platform.
It gives Jollalle competitive advantage, the company expects a statement.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-02/Jolla-julkisti-uuden-alustan-suunnitelmat-t%C3%A4llainen-on-%E2%80%9DSailfish-Secure%E2%80%9D-3216559.html
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Tosibox shrank the VPN box
Oulu Tosibox has already sold more than 15 thousand high-easy and secure VPN connection between devices, creative device in 70 different countries. Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress, the company introduced a second-generation Real-Box. For a company wants to conquer the industrial VPN market, says CEO Tero Lepistö.
Basically, the equipment will be established between TLS, AES or Blowfish-encrypted connection directly, without a cloud in touch. A similar solution on the market do not have.
This gives rise to a second generation Real-Box’s value even further. A wider breakthrough sought to 2.5 times the performance and clearly more smaller size.
Real-Box created by the VPN connection is necessary to break the physical access to the device itself. Afterwards, the connection is protected by a PIN code. The company’s own staff has designed the product so that when the web in general are a bit like buses or taxis, Tosibox is the first car on the highway online.
Source: http://www.etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2498:tosibox-kutisti-vpn-boksinsa&catid=13&Itemid=101
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VTT press OLED on plastic surfaces
VTT has developed press machine technology, which can be implemented textured, flexible light surfaces, for example, advertising displays, info, signage and lighting. Also, a window box or container attached to the intelligent, transparent plastic surfaces are now possible.
A similar enlightening film and processed in the air has not been done before on this scale.
OLED light surface used in the manufacture of traditional printing methods such as gravure printing and silk-screen printing, which enables very high production volumes. Production is thus possible to traditional printing house plant of the kind.
OLED light surface is about 0.2 mils thick and a few hundreds of nanometers thick polymer layers and electrodes, in which light emission takes place.
Source: http://www.etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2501:vtt-painaa-oled-valopintoja-muoville&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Data centers glide page mouth – Finnish slow decision-making slow down data center investments
Countries wishing to data centers, because they are attractive with other businesses, such as product development.
“In Finland, there have been cases that the completed package could not be provided quickly enough and the investment has gone to the past”
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-02/Konesalit-lipuvat-sivu-suun—Suomen-hidas-p%C3%A4%C3%A4t%C3%B6ksenteko-jarruttaa-palvelinkeskusinvestointeja-3216614.html
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HS: 35% of service companies do not see the benefits of going digital
37 per cent of service companies must be to digitize their business that are strategically important matter occurs Paltan a recent survey. 35 per cent of start-ups and while it does not see the benefits.
Helsingin Sanomat reported by employers in service-commissioned survey.
Industries, the logistics were involved, communication, real estate, business and professional services, entertainment and recreation. The target group was weighted by the larger companies.
Based on the survey of digitization main problems were the technology. In particular, the introduction of new technology, maintenance, data availability, utilization and interoperability of the systems were considered challenging.
Growth-oriented companies were generally from the tip of the digitalization
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-04/HS-35–palvelualan-yrityksist%C3%A4-ei-n%C3%A4e-digitalisoitumisessa-hy%C3%B6tyj%C3%A4-3216752.html
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OP’s Pivo promises to make payment of the nearby really easy
OP customers can pay for their purchases during the spring showing your phone trade payment terminal. Local fee is built into the OP’s Pivo application, which has so far mainly as a simple tool for monitoring the use of your money.
The biggest difference to other telephone systems used as Elisa’s Wallet service is the fact that the payment is not tied to the SIM card or NFC sticker. Shopping is also charged for the application connected to the OP’s debit card or money does not need to be moved to a separate account related fee to use.
At first Pivo only supports the OP Visa Debit – and Visa Electron cards. Once the application is introduced, the customer receives from the bank a new virtual debit card, which is connected to the application.
Payment, the user is identified by either simply phone your access code or Pivo application pin-code. In contrast to previous implementations of contactless payment, Pivo holds can also pay more than 25 EUR shopping.
Pivo related payment system has been implemented in conjunction with Visa
Currently Pivo only works on Android phones with the operating system version is at least 4.4.
Local payment uses the Android system HCE-technology (host card emulation).
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/incoming/2015-03-05/OPn-Pivo-lupaa-tehd%C3%A4-l%C3%A4himaksamisesta-oikeasti-helppoa-3216811.html
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Nokia’s N1 Tablet Looks Good For ‘Designed In Finland, Built On Android’ Strategy
http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/04/nokia-n1-hands-on/
Nokia is showing off the Android tablet that’s part of its post-mobile phones strategy here at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It’s only available in China right now but the company tells TechCrunch it’s “looking at European markets” to consider whether to bring the N1 here too.
Announced last November, the slender, almost 8-inch N1 is a brand licensing collaboration between Nokia and Chinese electronics manufacturing firm Foxconn. It’s not clear how the revenue share breaks down — and Nokia wouldn’t specify when we asked — but it’s definitely doing less of the heavy lifting, with Foxconn making the hardware and also handling distribution, sales and marketing. Nokia contributes design work, its brand name and Z Launcher Android launcher, also revealed last year.
Nokia’s Tuukka Järvenpää, lead product manager of brand licensing, said the Nokia N9 design team worked with Foxconn on the tablet’s design
It remains to be seen whether Nokia’s N1 tablet ends up being a China-only experiment. The version on show here in Barcelona has Google Play pre-loaded but the actual product sold in Asia comes with a Chinese app store, as is common in the market.
If it is planning to bring Nokia-branded smartphones back to the market in 2016, the well-crafted, quality feel of this ‘Designed In Finland, made in China’ tablet certainly augurs well. After the moribund Windows Phone years for Nokia, this experimental new hardware direction is finally putting a spring back in its step.
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The minister noticed where broadband is the bottleneck
In densely populated urban centers of high-speed Internet connection to obtain is not a problem and there is nothing. Remote corners of optical fiber is pulled and pulled social support. These single-family homes will fall between the parts of the city, who are not necessarily interested in fiber builders. Worryingly, says Communications minister Krista Kiuru.
“Dense population centers, and publicly supported in sparsely populated areas that remain between the regions of the fiber construction has not progressed as expected, and the evenly. These are often established residential area is home to approximately 60-65 per cent of Finnish ”
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-05/Ministerikin-huomasi-miss%C3%A4-laajakaistan-pullonkaula-on-3216851.html
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Threat or engine of growth? This megatrend scruples firms
Will digital services Finland’s competitive edge, the export leader and engine of growth? Such a vision is a service for employers.
The organization’s President and CEO Riitta Varpe wants to Finnish services to the international racing courses.
“Digitalization enables the Finns services will become the international market. Digital Services should get a new cornerstone of Finnish exports. High value-added services unit labor costs meaning lost, ”
Also required for the digital home service-related experiments, enthusiasm and innovation.
“We should get the public sector in the development of new types of electronic services of pioneer companies. In many cases, legislation to prevent new forms of implementation of experiments, and, therefore, the regulation should be dismantled, ”
Data recovery is difficult
Digital services growth goals are lofty, but the current situation is barren. Service employers in a recent survey, only 15 per cent of Finnish Firms assess the pioneers of digitalisation and as much as 35 per cent of the digitalization of their business should not be a major issue.
The study revealed that the growth and Digitalisation correlated: growth-oriented companies were found most often in the forefront of digital development. Activity in the digital world, therefore, was driven by the growth of firms. Active growth companies were also more likely to come across digitalisation challenges and bottlenecks, which are often related to technology.
For example, the systems coordination, data recovery, as well as new technology was considered to be challenging. Technology-related fears, in addition to companies scared the digitalisation of intensifying competition.
Digitalization has found its way into corporate strategies. 37 per cent of firms were connected or connecting of digitalization into the strategic objectives. What are growth-oriented company, the more frequently the digitization strategy was to play a central role.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-05/Uhka-vai-kasvun-moottori-T%C3%A4m%C3%A4-megatrendi-arveluttaa-palveluyrityksi%C3%A4-3216850.html
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Jolla got MWC’s the best tablet Award
The prize is awarded mobile technology association GSMA.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-05/Jollalle-MWCn-parhaan-tabletin-palkinto-3216865.html
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Finnish power ring monitors your health
New Finnish health technology invention Ōura has received initial funding.
The ring inside the sensors measure the body movements, heart rate and temperature. When all the measured data is combined with the mobile application, ring able to evaluate the user’s level of preparedness, as well as provide personal guidance and feedback sleep, relaxation and activity of the benefits, the company says. During the day, the mobile application gives the user instructions.
Oura presented their products for the first time in San Francisco Launch Festival this week. Oura is the first Finnish company, which is approved for the event.
According to the company rings also apply to medical device used in the pulse oximeter is familiar with the optical measurement technique that measures blood oxygen saturation.
Oura will advance sales during the spring, and customer deliveries will begin in September 2015.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-05/Suomalainen-mahtisormus-seuraa-terveytt%C3%A4si-3216823.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
Facebook is still dominated by Finland some field, but other services are becoming more popular. DNA study of the fastest rising Instagram, which attracts young people in particular.
According to the most rapidly gaining in popularity in Instagram by the users of the respondents is double that of the previous year. Children under the age of 25 as much as 40 per cent of the respondents use Instagram.
Also, Twitter seems to finally fulfill its breakthrough in Finland, and its users is now 16 per cent of the respondents. Google+ has also sought to persevere edged, and the DNA of the survey, it is also get there: 25 percent of respondents say they are using it.
Middle-aged respondents rely largely on their contacts with e-mail, phone calls and text messages. In particular, those aged 15-24 use instant messaging applications and social media contacts. Of these, WhatsApp is established and Snapchat rising. Email, young people are not much use.
Social media use (last year’s figures in brackets)
Facebook 68% (67%)
YouTube 61% (57%)
Google+ 25% (19%)
Blogs 18% (14%)
Forums 17% (17%)
LinkedIn 16% (13%)
Twitter 16% (12%)
Instagram 15% (8%)
Pinterest 9% (4%)
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-06/T%C3%A4m%C3%A4-on-nopeimmin-kasvava-some-palvelu-Suomessa-3216902.html
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Basware’s payment software is Helsingin Sanomat , the bad security shortcomings.
Security holes utilizing the name of a company can make bogus charges, and the company or bank will notice during the event, nothing special. Only afterwards may be seen that the money is transferred to the wrong account.
Making fraudulent payments requires access to the company’s internal network or an individual workstation: Payment client and the database server is unprotected, so that it is able to read and modify the internal network or workstation.
Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority and its Kyberturvallisuuskeskus have known about the vulnerability of the software for more than half a year, but have not brought the matter to the public. Also, the Financial Supervisory Authority known risk.
The decision was taken not to report, because of the risks posed by the proliferation of information was considered to be too large. Now, the information entered in the public authorities intend to publish a newsletter.
Aalto University School of Networking Technology Professor Jukka Manner acquainted with Helsingin Sanomat acquired data Basware’s three product security shortcomings.
“Document in light of the software is designed and implemented carelessly, causing the apparent large security risk. The connection is not protected, and access is possible to get fairly easily if you have the necessary computer skills. At worst, may have access to the corporate mission critical payment information and probably also the opportunity to make trumped-up charges and even hide the counterfeit payment information. ”
Sized enterprises payment is now largely automated, so they may not even detect bogus charges. Payment to show the software through the present review normal. Bank account balances may look something completely different than how much is actually accounts funds.
Sources:
http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-06/HS-Suomalaissofta-mahdollistaa-huijausmaksut—Toteutettu-huolimattomasti-3216887.html
http://www.hs.fi/paivanlehti/06032015/talous/Paha+tietoturva-aukko+altistaa+yritykset+valemaksuille+/a1425539014674
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KoruLab
Software for wearables and IoT
http://www.korulab.com/
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This year, 60% of Finnish companies lose customers due to lack of substantial small – do not work in the mobile website. How is your site’s place?
Mobile, scalability, responsiveness. Beloved child has many fashionable sounding title, but the essence is the same. The fact that the network is being used more and more often on a small screen of your smartphone and business sites will provide a successful customer experience even.
Particularly significant is the fact that from April 2015, Google will begin to index the mobile-friendly site to a higher natural search results. Responsiveness is therefore also important for the future site of the continued optimization.
Google Mobile Research (2014), more than half of the mobile browsers exited from the site, which is not optimized for phone display. Fonecta’s parent company Edsan produced website quality test, while 60% of the Finnish company’s site are not responsive. Add water to the mill to throw the American settlement, according to which the majority of mobile browsers there are users who get to know the company for the first time – the mobile user experience to create the company, therefore, often the first impression.
Source: http://hyotytieto.fonecta.fi/hyotytieto/viikon-hyotytieto-pieni-puutos-josta-60-karsii
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The truth is that Finland – together with the UK – one of Europe’s top three new companies equity capital. Finland has a high-quality education and thousands of knowledgeable, creative and talented electronics designers, many of whom have a Nokia background. If the Finnish government is supporting small businesses, such as Catapult program has been made in the British Isles, the Finnish electronics industry innovation and profitability potential is very high. Innovation is, moreover, easier to be refined with fast-moving, smaller companies.
Steve Jobs was known of the many interesting and valid utterances, but the Finland of today’s electronics industry point of view, this is probably the most telling:
“If you look at just the profit margin, you will try to save too much with the product. If you focus on to make really great products, profits will follow. ”
Based on what I’ve seen my visits to customers in Finnish, I am optimistic about the future. I really hope that the Finnish technology companies find their own “Bob” and listen to him.
Source: https://translate.google.fi/translate?sl=fi&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=fi&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.etn.fi%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D2525&edit-text=
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Vaasa-based AC drives manufacturer Vacon will tell you that the devices saved last year, about 62 terawatt-hours of electric energy. This corresponds to approximately one second 700-megawatt nuclear reactor in annual energy production or about 13.8 million households annual household electricity consumption in Europe. This corresponds to approximately 24 hours of the world’s electricity production.
In 2013, Vacon AC drives savings of 55 terawatt-hours of electric energy.
The inverter controls the electric motor rotation speed of the process according to the actual need, thus reducing the energy consumption of typically 20-50 per cent. Studies have shown that the frequency converters payback period is continuously reduced, for example, in pump and fan applications, the payback period can be up to less than one year. In addition, the inverter technology can also be used to modify the power of renewable energy applications.
Source: http://www.etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2528:vacon-saastoa-62-terawattituntia&catid=13&Itemid=101
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“I found the Basware security holes already in 2012″
Basware’s software security holes discoverer, security expert Samuel Lavitt, criticizes Basware’s security seriously deficient Tivin interview. He discovered Friday-published vulnerabilities as early as 2012.
Samuel Lavitt discovered security holes Basware Payment-in software for almost three years ago. The software is intended for corporate payment transfer in different banks.
“I worked with a client who used the software. I discovered some security problems, but I believed that they close a software update, “says Lavitt Tiville.
All these years someone has been able to exploit security holes. An attacker can steal money unnoticeable, if in possession of the corporate network workstation. The abuser may also be a company’s own employees.
Basware difficulty understanding
Lavitt reported findings immediately to Basware and Kyberturvallisuuskeskukseen. He emphasizes that the threat is real, not just theoretical.
“Basware was difficult to understand what the vulnerability is. So I arranged to Basware and Kyberturvallisuuskeskus demo where I showed how the security vulnerabilities can be exploited, “says Lavitt.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-09/L%C3%B6ysin-Baswaren-turvarei%C3%A4t-jo-vuonna-2012-3216961.html
Haavoittuvuus 018/2015
Haavoittuvuuksia Basware Maksuliikenne -ohjelmistossa
https://www.viestintavirasto.fi/tietoturva/haavoittuvuudet/2015/haavoittuvuus-2015-018.html
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Tekes leaked top-secret business information
Several thousands of Finnish companies confidential information are lost to the world.
Police is investigating the exceptionally serious security offenses.
Evening magazine reports that someone over a week ago to get in to the state-owned Innovation Finance Centre Tekes information systems.
Compromised suspected of up to 20 000 corporate strategy and financial secret and confidential information.
Helsinki-based computer company, had the FMI data, leaving Tekes its contribution to the application when it found a big security hole center systems. An application leaving the persons undertook to investigate the matter further – During testing of men managed to download a database of Tekes, which reportedly included not only small firms with a number of large companies top-secret information.
Workers did not dare to leave their own application, but announced security hole Tekes. A couple of days later, two firm’s employees were arrested and a third suspect wanted list.
The alleged offense aggravated mode of giving the police the power to strict coercive measures.
- The police must be suspected as a very serious offense
Tekes has now been taken to contact the break-hit companies.
Tekes is very silent breakthrough data-related issues.
- Invest taxpayers’ money in a responsible and trustworthy in all our dealings, we have … We take care of our work in a responsible end.
Source: http://www.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/2015030919326952_uu.shtml
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More news on Tekes incident:
http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-10/Poliisia-kritisoidaan-hakkerit-paljastivat-tietoturva-aukon—kiitokseksi-heid%C3%A4t-pid%C3%A4tettiin-3217178.html
http://www.tekes.fi/nyt/uutiset-2015/tietomurto-tekesin-tietojarjestelmassa/
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Comments on Tekes incident handling issues from:
Poliisi ja Tekes hyökkäävät rikoksen paljastaneiden kimppuun
http://anttialien.puheenvuoro.uusisuomi.fi/189322-poliisi-ja-tekes-hyokkaavat-rikoksen-paljastaneiden-kimppuun
Police and Tekes attack the people who reveal the crime attack
Evening Journal reported on today, how Tekes funding applications have been doing from Helsinki, the workers found Tekes information to reveal confidential information about a security hole due. After the settlement of the opening operation and the extent of the workers left their own application to do so and informed the Tekes.
This is, of course, at least with regard to confidentiality of criminal Tekes. Assuming that the application includes personal information, in addition to the case of a personal data file offense. The registry operator has the obligation to maintain information security.
But what makes the police? Reserves the crime reveal persons and begins to investigate the matter as serious fraud. Tekes in respect of the police has nothing to complain about.
“The existence of fraud has been met, even if you are mislead information system and causes damage,” notes lead investigating detective superintendent Jukka Pekka Risu from the news magazine of the.
Bullshit, notes blogger. Penal Code § 36 Section 1: According to the fraud condemned “the fact that one purpose mentioned in subsection inputting, altering, destroying or removing information or activities otherwise addressing the causes of data processing result of distortion and thus cause economic damages to another”
Tekes Administration talks about a data breach. It is principally requires would require either the author of the non-use of a user, or an information security breaking. In the case of application for the filling of opening detected by accident, of course, not the case no security breaking. Data burglary could be even somewhat reasonable grounds to suspect, as opposed to fraud.
Why then selected as the type of offense is aggravated fraud? Because fraud is the most severe a penalty of two years imprisonment, aggravated act of forming four. If the police had gone to investigate the matter of hacking, there would have been detained conditions to arrest anyone. This is clearly no outrageous information breakthrough.
Hole discovered by persons acting in my opinion did wrong when when downloading large amounts of information about the service.
Moral of the story is: do not tell vulnerabilities to the system administrator. The police did not follow the investigation of law and state authority does not intend to take responsibility for his crime. The key is to scroll through the blame to somebody else all costs – in this case to people who law dutifully notified of the issue.
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Finland lifted the hat, “you are at the forefront of mobile data use”
The Finns are the best in the world in other than in the sauna sitting around: we have used mobile data knob for more than anywhere in the world.
Finland beat the mobile data use, inter alia, the US, South Korea and Japan. It is also one of the few countries which are mainly offered unlimited data traffic at a fixed price.
Tribute to Finnish operators, especially in the construction of a comprehensive mobile coverage here is not cheap, because the population density we have the lowest in Europe.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-11/Suomelle-nostetaan-hattua-%E2%80%9Dolette-k%C3%A4rjess%C3%A4-mobiilidatan-k%C3%A4yt%C3%B6ss%C3%A4%E2%80%9D-3217238.html
Finland: The land of three thousand megabytes
http://tefficient.com/finland-the-land-of-three-thousand-megabytes2/
In our public industry analysis “Peak data” in sight? we use regulator data to identify Finland as the number 1 country in the world when it comes to mobile data usage, beating all the countries which typically are followed closely – USA, South Korea, Japan.
Elisa carried almost as much mobile data on its network in 2014 as Vodafone did in Germany or Bouygues did in France. It’s just that Vodafone has close to eight times the customer base of Elisa. Bouygues – the French 4G first-mover – has a customer base close to three times Elisa’s.
The average Elisa SIM used 2.9 gigabytes of mobile data per month in 2014.
DNA – with 2.5 million SIMs – shifted as many terabytes in 2014 as Vodafone did in Italy. Vodafone’s Italian customer base is 10 times that of DNA. Each DNA SIM averagely used 3.5 gigabytes of mobile data per month in 2014.
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Of these, Finnish companies can rise to the new Nokia – Finnish can get in smart watch market even double jackpot
Smart watch markets are emerging markets, so competition is the tip of the places is not practical yet even begun. Fair 30-year matkapuhelinmarkkinakin remind you that the changes can be large and fast.
Finnish, known as a heart rate monitor Polar Electro doing well in this market, it is the number of applications the ninth largest manufacturer (around same size as Withings and Asus). Polar smart watches are based on its V800 and M400 heart rate monitor.
From this perspective, Polar is therefore on the same line with other brands. Not Nokia Neither had known and respected brand name before it rose to a phone rule. At least in the early stages of smart watches buy health-conscious kuntolijat which Polar is already familiar with the brand.
Suunto has added smart features to it’s Ambit sports watch.
Both Polar and Suunto’s advantages can not count that they are not directly linked to anysmartphone brand. As such, they can rise through the top applications that start really interested in large buyer of the masses. If the Polar and Suunto succeed, Finnish can expect double jackpot.
Who are the main players in the smartwatch market? Like the smartphone market, Samsung is going to be Apple’s main competitor. The South Korean technology behemoth sold approximately 1.2 million units in 2014, ahead of second placed Pebble with 700,000. The top three was rounded off by Fitbit who sold 600,000 smartwatches.
Last year, 89 companies sold a total of 6.8 million älykelloa around the world. Their average price was 174 euros. This year, we are talking about a completely different class figures. Dozens, perhaps hundreds of millions of sales will go broke.
Sources:
http://www.kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/naista-suomalaisyhtioista-voi-nousta-uusi-nokia/NiDrAEGq
http://www.statista.com/chart/3290/samsung-leads-the-smartwatch-market/
Tomi Engdahl says:
6 million downloads – Finnish gaming industry has a new emerging star
Seriously, the game’s puzzle game Best Fiends has reached six million game download milestone
The company released the game in October 2014 Apple’s iOS devices in the system, and in December it became the Android version.
The game currently produces about 50 000 dollars in revenue per day.
Source: http://www.tekniikkatalous.fi/ict/jo+6+miljoonaa+latausta++uusi+suomalainen+pelialan+tahti+on+syntymassa/a1041925
New Finnish game became an instant hit around the world – sales top the list
Finnish reap while the popularity of the video game market. At the time this thing is a city building game Cities: Skylines. Tampere-based Colossal Order -firman computers, developed the game was released on Tuesday, and it is a matter of days elevated myyti- and critical success.
Cities: Skylines is currently the world’s largest video games digital distribution platform Steam’s sales topped the list. In addition, the marks received criticisms from various sources reviews collector Metacritic site 89/100.
The reason for the popularity of the game is thought a few years ago published a similar SimCity game of failure. Apparently, the Finnish game offers juurikin what city building game players have been waiting for.
Source: http://www.uusisuomi.fi/teknologia/79025-uudesta-suomalaispelista-tuli-heti-hitti-myyntilistan-karjessa
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The new 5G program is an important project for the whole of Finland
Tekes, the new digital programs will start officially today. The fifth generation of mobile technology, focusing on 5thGear try to keep our international development at the forefront of the future network technology. Programme Manager Mika Klemettinen wants the giant project has contributed to raising the Finnish companies in the global scene.
Five years and more than one hundred million. 5thGear is a massive program, but anything less is not enough. Wireless communication is still the locomotive of the Finnish society. – International competitiveness, preservation and improvement requires long-term investment in such companies, research organizations as well as society, Klemettinen says.
5G is not in the same way a monolithic technology than previous mobile technologies. Klemettinen according 5G combines technology development, heterogeneous network environment management and new business models. – In addition, 5G and the entire era of digitalisation solutions are applicable in various domains – industry, transport, health – and a new kind of collaboration across traditional divisions are emphasized. 5thGear program, one of the main slogan is “Digital technology combines – 5G allows” Klemettinen says.
Technically, the 5G is a very challenging entity. Finnish research can not be done in silos, but the active cooperation of the different actors
Technical developments play a central role in different parts of the test will begin 5G networks. The program of the selected test networks, the work is coordinated so that different networks work to complement each other.
Tekes has launched three digital with program area – Internet of Things, Health bits and 5thGear – which has its own identity, but that will make large-scale cooperation digital with a united front.
- In the industrial nature of the internet program is a shorter-term exploitation-oriented and focuses largely on SMEs to digitization, while 5thGear program is clearly a research-driven standardization of extract and typically 5-10 years, use of the time span. These areas combine
Sources:
http://www.etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2536:uusi-5g-ohjelma-on-tarkea-hanke-koko-suomelle&catid=13&Itemid=101
http://www.etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2537:kaikki-mita-5g-tekniikasta-tarvitsee-tietaa&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Only 13 per cent of enterprises rely on the abilities of security
Many Finnish companies must be very possible contact with the security of a crime. Very few believe able to cope with the situation with a clean slate.
If the insurance company has studied Finnish SMEs in the relationship between security crimes. A third of the respondents considered it likely that the criminals strike the company sooner or later. 14 per cent, says that security offense has been tried in the past three years.
Only 13 percent of respondents trust the companies ability to operate the security in the face of crime. As many as one-third of firms believe that the security criminal to take early discovered only afterwards or not at all.
Insurance company If provides the first insurance company in the Nordic security insurance for corporate customers: Insurance against companies promised a comprehensive cyber crime, such as hacking, virus, malicious code and denial of service caused by the costs and damages.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-16/Vain-13-prosenttia-yrityksist%C3%A4-luottaa-kykyihins%C3%A4-kun-tietoturva-pett%C3%A4%C3%A4-3217437.html
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Digitalization is not only the IT department issue
Companies have in the digital era two options: to be active or to remain a bystander in the role
Digitalization is not only a matter of information management. It affects mainly the product development, highlighting the machine Kati Hagros. Long-term data management pulled Hagros is now responsible for the company’s services business digitalisation.
“It plays an important role in the implementation of digitalisation, but it is dangerous to think that the digitalization would just it’s thing. It will also be the product of the world and affect the vast majority of businesses, “Hagros reminded at Tieke Business Dating event.
All business processes will be one way or another digital.
“Change does not mean that everything goes fully digital.”
“Either takes pleasure out of digitalisation and used for the benefit of the data. Or maybe there is a risk that the City will have a mere component of the ecosystem in which someone else is doing all the fun and value-added. ”
Digitalization requires industrial companies more agile business models. In his opinion, the digital age as a guide fits “Get going and fail fast” – worth a try things quickly and boldly and not be afraid of setbacks.
Digital age must stay awake and smell the new innovations.
Source: http://summa.talentum.fi/article/tv/uutiset/143278
Tomi Engdahl says:
F-Secure’s Hypponen: Web Intelligence must be monitored
“When the citizens of the right to undermine the authority of the people’s privacy, it is their assurance that it achieves something,”
Verkkotiedustelulla to achieve security, but is the price to individuals’ privacy too hard? This issue is reflected on F-Secure’s Chief Research Officer Mikko Hypponen National Kybertalkoot event on Tuesday.
“When the citizens of the right to undermine the authority of the people’s privacy, it is their assurance that it achieves something,” Hypponen said. “We must ask ourselves whether we want that Finland is in general intelligence.”
“It is clear that in 2015, the network may be relevant information. Of intelligence surveillance is, however, very difficult and that very important, “Hypponen says.
He believes that the majority of the welcome it if the Finnish home users’ computers can be avoided by listening to the school shootings or terrorist attacks. In many cases, citizens do with nosing around a result of not getting the most relevant information. How an individual reacts to learn that all his doings online is spied on?
Source: http://summa.talentum.fi/article/tv/uutiset/142999