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:
University of Oulu has launched a new generation 5G network to develop 5G test network project in cooperation with VTT Technical Research Centre Oy.
5G test network project involves a dozen private companies from the Oulu region. Aim of the project is that the 5G network would be in commercial use in 2020 – 2025. The aim is to test and experiment, not only the network, but also new business models.
The new generation 5G transmission technique provides consumers with faster, more reliable network connections, talking about Gigabit data rates per base station, up to tens of gigabits. Currently, the fastest 4G network connection is tens of megabytes, depending on the location and operator.
5G will blow spectrum of mobile applications. Wireless creeps into everyday life in daily activities. 5G is already at the door of the university campus.
- One of the great thing that will change is the communication between different devices, allowing for new types of applications to facilitate and intensify their everyday lives. An example of this intelligent Shopping: instead of lappaat trade in goods shopping cart, the cart cash from the conveyor belt and bag, keräätkin purchases directly from the bag and leave the store. Payment is handled automatically, envisions the University of Oulu tietoliikentekniikan Professor Matti Latva-aho.
Another example is people telecare.
- When people are able to live at home as long as possible, to save society money. That is, the new technology makes it possible to create a secure, reliable environment in which technology can help to monitor the human vital functions, then the relation of diabetes, hypertension, heart rhythm disorders, etc. For treatment – and, if necessary, to alert and call for help
enthuses the 5G’s a short delay time.
- As we strive to command the unit from point A to point B, the teepäs now this and that should be the response of the delay time, which we can see if it was right or wrong and we can react to it. This delay, which arises here is currently the 4G system ten to twenty milliseconds, or even more. 5G system, the goal is to reach in less than a millisecond delays, thus enabling real-time process control. This is extremely important if we consider, for example, the inter-vehicle communications, which should be near-real time and in addition to one hundred percent reliable.
There are a lot of wide range of applications, where reliability is of utmost importance. For example, road safety related applications include collision avoidance systems, collisions preventive warning systems and observed wild animals indicate cautions, and warnings for any traffic violations, motorists.
Information 5G refers to the acquisition of the new terminal. Old mobile phones and other terminals do not support the 5G technology. 5G is coming after five years, ie 2020.
- The change does not happen äkkiloikalla but as a kind of evolution of 4G technology
- Such an evolution path towards the 5G technology mean that new equipment would be backwards compatible. Sure, there is also the possibility that there will be a radical new change, which requires that really need to change terminals.
A radical change could be, for example, if the 5G’s of switching to a much higher frequency bands.
- Talking about planar antenna arrays with thousands of individual antenna elements of the antenna of a few square meters Latta implemented, hidden from view. This antenna technology makes it possible to increase the capacity and the antenna beam to confirm that provides field in particular, raise the volume to where it is weak.
- This does not mean that these current 3G and 4G antennas would disappear, it may be that they remain very long time.
Oulu is not alone in developing 5G network, but similar projects are under way in the United States and Asia, and in Europe there are three projects. Oulu 5G project is, however, only where the technology is being actively developed in addition to the 5G technology-enabled business models for the future of the current challenge.
- For example, in Oulu has become the new companies that have been around for a radio modem in business and with our partners in the prior art. Here, it has been surprisingly Nokia instead of four, five, six global companies function with which cooperates yliopista Oulu. It has enriched our business a lot and would argue that accelerated the 5G technology, the development of radio technologically.
Source: http://www.iltalehti.fi/digi/2015031519363343_du.shtml
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The robotic vehicles will soon come to Finland
Trafi has already been chosen the big road in Finland where automatic cars will be tried.
In the first phase development of networked cars that can “talk” to each other and with the roadside equipment.
Source: http://www.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/2015031719369579_uu.shtml
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This is how easy it was to hack to Kokoomus political party web system:
http://www.iltalehti.fi/iltvuutiset/201503170080328_v0.shtml
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Everyman’s broadband turbo snail
Each Finnish law forces guaranteed broadband connection speeds up late double.
Broadband so-called universal service speed is defined 1Mbit / s. Such a connection with everyone in Finland is therefore entitled to. Operators are divided into the areas in which they need to interface with the customers to provide.
The Ministry of Transport and Communications is now presenting an overview of broadband service speed increase the level of 2Mbit / s, the first since the beginning of November.
The Ministry is understood to remain the case, since the present has been talks on the increase in the minimum speed of 10 megabits per second. This objective has been moved into the distant future, to be implemented by 2021.
Ministry of presentation speed to ensure quality and consistency by defining the minimum speed clock and a four-hour follow-up periods.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-17/Jokamiehen-laajakaistasta-turboahdettu-etana-3217566.html
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- The industry for the competitiveness of the automation and robotization there is no alternative. We should now start immediately robot program, which will help primarily of the machine shops and all open to the industry and to improve their productivity says Robotics Finland project person Cristina Andersson.
According to experts, China will become the world’s most rpbotized in March 2020. International Organization IFR robot’s view is that robotics will bring new jobs, not only in industry, but other aspects of society.
- If it will not start to invest, then after a few years too late. We already have some good examples of the Robotic bending allows companies to import cheap labor countries in the production back to Finland. These companies should not be much more Latokartano evaluated.
Robotics is strongly present Teknologia15 trade fair in Helsinki in October. A related program compiles Finnish Robotics Association together with Cristina Andersson.
Source:http://www.etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2555:suomeen-halutaan-robotisointiohjelma&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Communications and Teleinformatics FiCom is of the opinion that the Communications Krista Kiuru presented by the broadband universal service obligation doubles of two megabits per second is challenging.
“Two-megabit speed seems low in urban areas, but is more difficult geographical conditions challenging,” FiCom write a statement.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-17/Kahden-megan-netti—%E2%80%9DKiire-tulee%E2%80%9D-3217582.html
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Finland screws up the best conditions for the poor utilization of digital
In the digital exploitation of increasingly associated business models, not technology.
Yesterday Digital Barometer 2015 raises conflicting thoughts: digital with broad social recovery, which measures, in 22 countries in the comparison, Finland ranked second place in the overall result, and the conditions under which it was last year, the number one.
In the digital exploitation of it is, rather than ranking the fifth place finish just the tip of caste.
Etlatieto CEO Petri Rouvinen according to Finnish conditions for the exploitation of digitalisation have not gone anywhere. Utilizing However, more and more business models, not technology.
“The question is, are formed in Finland such concepts that can grow rapidly on a global scale,”
Finnish digital development will be Rouvinen According to quite a bit of ammo digital platforms to create and surrounding ecosystems development, even if they have a significant potential.
“With the application of the technology goes further, rather than business models and services above. Digital is just a tool which allows a different way of working, ”
Despite this, he considered the barometer principal message remains positive: Finland manage measured by several indicators, at least in moderation, and information technology is a basic operation almost across the board.
“It is this smoothness raise Finland’s Digital Barometer 2015, silver immediately after Denmark.”
Last year digital related opportunities have been widely recognized here.
“You would expect that it will also be channeled into action soon,”
Source: http://summa.talentum.fi/article/tv/uutiset/144204
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Finnish company on news:
Youredi Launches Global e-Commerce Data Integration Solution in U.S.; Secures Investment from Risto Siilasmaa
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/youredi-launches-global-e-commerce-133100459.html
Youredi, the leading provider of data integration solutions for global e-commerce, announced today that it has launched its industry-recognized iPaaS (integration platform as a service) data integration solution in the U.S. and established a North American subsidiary. Also today the company announced an investment from the Chairman of the Board of Nokia and F-Secure, Risto Siilasmaa.
Youredi is the only provider singularly committed to streamlining the flow of information throughout global e-commerce networks, including parcel logistics, supply chain, financial services and other value networks.
Youredi’s platform provides a quick and flexible solution enabling companies to quickly establish relationships with new trading partners and share data as it flows throughout the supply chain.
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Finnish company sold more than 200 000 used ICT device
When companies are renewing their equipment base, old computers and mobile devices to either scrap or recycled. 3 Step IT says had given a new life in the past year about 220 000 device.
3 Step IT tells the Nordic region’s largest reconditioned and used mobile devices to the dealer. 95 percent of the company on the hiring of the equipment is returned to the circuit.
Last year, 3 Step IT processed and sold about 220 000 used ICT equipment. President and CEO Keijo Vikkula, sustainable development, increasing demands for efficiency and interest of circulating economy to have contributed positively to the company’s success, both at home and in Asia.
The 2014 net sales increased 15 percent to EUR 503 million
The largest monetary growth came from Sweden and Finland.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-19/Suomalaisfirma-myi-yli-200%C2%A0000-k%C3%A4ytetty%C3%A4-ict-laitetta-3217693.html
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Apple Watch games: New Finnish studio focuses on ‘wearable’ gaming
http://venturebeat.com/2015/03/18/apple-watch-games-new-finnish-studio-focuses-on-wearable-games/
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Malicious software on your computer? The operator can turn off your internet connection
Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority under the Kyberturvallisuuskeskus makes network operators to cooperate with the network, disrupting eradicate malware.
Kyberturvallisuuskeskuksen on malware activity Autoreporter system . The Agency shall notify the findings of the operators of information on the infected machine owns the customer.
“If the telecommunications operator customers can not be reached or has not been otherwise malicious software removed, the telecommunications company may temporarily restrict or impede the client’s traffic to malicious software to reduce traffic”
The customer is responsible for his apparatus – majority of malware is removed by customers themselves with anti-virus software.
Domestic networks remain clean and safe co-operation with power. Kyberturvallisuuskeskus and telecommunications companies to fight malware, including Autoreporter system.
Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority Kyberturvallisuuskeskuksen Autoreporter system receives information originating from Finland malware traffic almost all over the world. The data is transferred subscriptions that maintain telecommunications companies, who report the findings to their customers. When the user interface has been cleaned of malware infected terminal equipment, he can once again join, without limitation, the network users.
The findings vary a lot. At the beginning of 2015 a typical observation has been about 90 observations per day, which is equivalent to more than 2,500 observations each month and more than 30 000 observations per year.
Autoreporter system obtained by the observation data processing includes a little delay. It is quite possible that, for example, the telecommunications company’s customer is actually detect the malware and removed it. In such a case, when the telecom operator is informed Autoreporter observation, it is already out of date. The problem is, fortunately, positive, and it says would be experienced network users.
Sometimes part of the findings, repeatedly, when the same network address causes frequent sightings. Either the terminal has not been cleared of the malware, or it may be repeated malware infections.
Autoreporter system is intended to promote in particular the cleanliness of public communications networks. Residential, business, and other local networks and the individual handsets malware detection is based on the users and operators of the responsibility. In the fight against malware is necessary to make use of up to date security products in order to guarantee the coverage and speed.
Sources:
http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-19/Riehuuko-koneellasi-haittaohjelma-Operaattori-voi-katkaista-nettiyhteytesi-3217715.html
https://www.viestintavirasto.fi/tietoturva/tietoturvanyt/2015/03/ttn201503191128.html
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Internet of Things
Happy surprise: what was ordered – the digital age of district heat
Alone sensors there is no digitization success story, if the data interpretation difficult. This is seen in Fortum’s power plant, which is currently testing a new visual interface.
Fortum’s district heating network in Espoo, Finland managed to soon be a revolutionary, partly three-dimensional user interface. The creation of a power plant operators have gained a strong influence.
On a computer screen on a map drawn on a network of some 800 kilometers of district heating pipes in the Espoo area. A flick of the mouse can move to a three-dimensional view, showing the pipeline in addition to forms of terrain and buildings, such as Jorvi hospital.
In various places, the pipelines are shown in different colors. Green indicates that the pressure is correct, and red indicates that the overpressure. Also, the district heating network temperatures shows significant regional differences.
“I can just by mouse clicking, for example, to start and adjust all the pumps”
His company, Oulu-based Cyber Lightning Ltd, has developed industrial customers in the Internet Cyber-Ville platform. Its starting point is the power of visualization. Open standards-based platform includes data collection from sensors, analytics, and data imaging.
“The user interface contains exactly those functionalities and visualizations, which was started to strive for,”
In the control room has been twenty display monitors that look like countless sensors information conveyed by, for example, pumping stations and power plant boilers. In fact, the district heating network is provided, inter alia, the pressure and temperature sensors.
“Data have not been readily displayable format. Therefore, we are considering what should be done to make life easier and would work more productively. Thus, the object status was determined that a single glance to stem from an understanding of what’s going on right now, ”
“Cyber Lightning made a super-fast and light mock-up model, which corresponded to the target we order. We decided that it made this pilot, and we were able to start in the autumn. ”
Huumo stress how crucial has been a user consultation and the courage to go out and do something new. Policy is all the time kind of had that in between is not allowed to say “this is not possible.”
The power plant service trucks are integrated into the system. This allows operators to see what is available in the nearest service vehicle, for example, if one area of suspected fault.
Cyber Ville is an example of how industrial internet needed to create plenty of programming and integration, platforms and user interfaces. The relevant data to be disclosed systems depths.
“User interfaces are crucial for industrial internet like a paradigm shift,”
The modular platform to integrate services such as industrial automation, on top of scada system.
World market-oriented Cyber Lightning has collected over three million private equity. It is the only Finnish company in the international industrial consortium, the Internet, whose members are predominantly major international companies.
“I do not understand how there has not yet been other Finnish companies,”
Source: http://summa.talentum.fi/article/tv/uutiset/144610
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Finland’s Education System Supersedes “Subjects” With “Topics”
http://news.slashdot.org/story/15/03/22/2059235/finlands-education-system-supersedes-subjects-with-topics
Finland is about to embark on one of the most radical education reform programs ever undertaken by a nation state – scrapping traditional “teaching by subject” in favor of “teaching by topic”. The motivation to do this is to prepare people better for working life.
Finland schools: Subjects scrapped and replaced with ‘topics’ as country reforms its education system
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/finland-schools-subjects-are-out-and-topics-are-in-as-country-reforms-its-education-system-10123911.html
For years, Finland has been the by-word for a successful education system, perched at the top of international league tables for literacy and numeracy.
Only far eastern countries such as Singapore and China outperform the Nordic nation in the influential Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) rankings. Politicians and education experts from around the world – including the UK – have made pilgrimages to Helsinki in the hope of identifying and replicating the secret of its success.
Which makes it all the more remarkable that Finland is about to embark on one of the most radical education reform programmes ever undertaken by a nation state – scrapping traditional “teaching by subject” in favour of “teaching by topic”.
“This is going to be a big change in education in Finland that we’re just beginning,”
“What we need now is a different kind of education to prepare people for working life.”
“We therefore have to make the changes in education that are necessary for industry and modern society.”
Subject-specific lessons – an hour of history in the morning, an hour of geography in the afternoon – are already being phased out for 16-year-olds in the city’s upper schools. They are being replaced by what the Finns call “phenomenon” teaching – or teaching by topic. For instance, a teenager studying a vocational course might take “cafeteria services” lessons, which would include elements of maths, languages (to help serve foreign customers), writing skills and communication skills.
More academic pupils would be taught cross-subject topics such as the European Union – which would merge elements of economics, history (of the countries involved), languages and geography.
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The insurance company smelled a business niche: Virus Insurance
Denial of Service Attack and intrusion are accidents like fires, believes that the insurance company If.
Now, the company provides shelter and counseling, among other things, theft, malicious applications and viruses. It will also replace the damage to the business.
The insurance conditions is that the company has taken care of properly protection of the data, backups and virus protection, says the insurance company If corporate business manager Jens Jensen.
There are other restrictions, such as companies themselves with stolen devices-made intrusions are not paid. “We can not investigate stolen devices. Access to the company’s information systems must be prevented,” says Jensen.
Insurance cost depends on many factors. Price starts usually some of the thousands of euros a year.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-23/Vakuutusyhti%C3%B6-haistoi-bisnesraon-Virusvakuutus-3217899.html
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Artificial intelligence will be to help children health care
An AI and real-time analytics-based projects is about to Finnish hospitals.
Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District Hus is planning to experiment with IBM’s Watson artificial intelligence in real-time analytics.
“The intention is to try to Watson-algorithms of children in intensive care,” says IT Development Manager Mikko Rotonen.
The hope is to identify, for example, sepsis, or blood poisoning earlier than at present. This has been studied in the United States of Chicago Children’s Hospital. This is promising, but the final decision has not yet been made – the trial could begin as early as next summer.
Also, South Karelia social and health care within the scope of research analytics recovery care.
Tampere analytics predicted specialized services, the use of 330 000 patients and 2.5 million patient visit data profiling.
“The next step is to determine how this information could be used to improve our services.”
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-23/Tekoäly-otetaan-avuksi-lasten-sairaanhoidossa-3217898.html
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Gaming company Supercell made more than half a billion in revenue – a profit of three million euros per worker
Supercel sales tripled to 519 million to EUR 1 545 million. The company’s EBITDA, or earnings before depreciation, interest expenses and certain other items last year was 515 million euros. The previous year’s result was EUR 243 million.
The success is a relatively small number of workers. The company had 152 employees last year.
Supercel success will also benefit the Finnish tax authorities. The Company’s calculation, the Super Cell gave birth last year, corporate income taxes, value added tax and salary-related costs by more than EUR 150 million.
Supercell distribute a dividend of seven per share, or a total of about 300 million euros. Dividends paid slightly more than half of the Japanese supercel principal shareholder, Softbank, but also the company’s founders will be like a pot substantial dividends.
CEO Ilkka Paananen available from the company about 18 million, and the founder of Mikko Kodisoja approximately EUR 16 million of dividends.
The company’s three mobile game popularity is avittanut big investments in marketing. Paananen, CEO, says that last year, the company spent on marketing over 400 million euros.
Several estimates of the Clash of the Clans Creative was selected as the best Super Bowl commercials, the ranks. The video has also been on Youtube for more than 49 million times.
The mobile games market is very competitive, and will be published every month thousands of new games.
“Everything leads to the fact that it is extremely complicated and difficult to make new games,” Paananen said at a briefing.
Source: http://www.hs.fi/talous/a1305940954675?ref=hs-art-luetuimmat-#7
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A new Finnish company made a “group tour uber”
Uber is trying a new way of thinking is revolutionizing the taxi ride services-dominated market. Fresh Finnish company wants to do the same for business tourism.
Faralong.com intends to revolutionize the market for guided tours of the new type of reservation service and pricing model.
“Our idea is simple – the more people connected on the road, the less each one costs journey. For example, the taxi ride costs are cut in half when you share a taxi with someone, both of taxi passengers do not pay the full price. Faralong to apply the same idea to the rotation and adventure travel, ”
“Traditional travel agencies are doing guided tours of production, selling and marketing of complex and pave the way for a price group size, not the cost. Larger groups will bring normally return the office, we want to share this with travelers and we take our own small, fixed income, ”
Faralongin concept connects travelers with local tours organizers of the world’s most famous adventure travel destinations
Tourism sector still does plenty of emails and do a lot of manual work, even if flights and hotels as a rule, be reserved for fully-automated online. The company intends to change that.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-24/Uusi-suomalaisfirma-teki-ryhm%C3%A4matkojen-uberit-3217952.html
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It merges industry – “Finland has excellent possibilities”
Finland’s traditional industries faced yesterday in the IT industry, start-up companies in the Prime Minister’s residence in the summer the beach. The event was dedicated to the industrial potential of the Internet for Finland.
Konecranes President and CEO Pekka Lundmark, the Internet of Things refers to the traditional industry and the IT industry in the merger. Industrial Internet skills could create jobs in Finland in the future.
Prime Minister Stubb said that Finland is already excellence in both areas.
“Internet of Things will change the whole world. Finland has an excellent opportunity to be a pioneer in this ”
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-25/It-sulautuu-teollisuuteen—%E2%80%9DSuomella-erinomaiset-mahdollisuudet%E2%80%9D-3217988.html
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Up Against The (Power) Wall: Power Management And The Path To Exascale Computing
http://www.edn.com/design/power-management/4438985/Up-Against-The–Power–Wall–Power-Management-And-The-Path-To-Exascale-Computing?_mc=NL_EDN_EDT_EDN_systemsdesign_20150325&cid=NL_EDN_EDT_EDN_systemsdesign_20150325&elq=9c1e148675374f6c95c8826f5f82798b&elqCampaignId=22239&elqaid=24982&elqat=1&elqTrackId=158f0f4471104941af513008498baf4a
OK, it’s time for a pop quiz. What do Finland, seawater and the path to Exascale computing have in common? Hint: it’s not rollmop herring. That only accounts for the first two.
The answer is power management, and specifically the problems encountered when you try to shoehorn a large amount of computing power into a constrained space, no matter whether it’s a data center or a supercomputer.
Finland is where Google located their Hamina data center. They picked that country for two main reasons, both related to power management: cheap electricity and a cold climate. The seawater is used to cool the data center – it’s located in a former paper mill which has ¼ mile seawater tunnels which are just the ticket for piping in coolant to the data center heat transfer units – straight from the Bay of Finland.
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Digitalization there is no through technology, but through culture
Digitalization – the word which he highlighted in media. The word can be found today in every degree of certainty of future promotional e-mail messages, newsletter and training specials, social media feeds.
Almost all of these messages spoken progress of technology, which enables the digitization.
I maintain that digitalisation is more about the culture and practices change, as well as the development of the technology.
I maintain that the development of technology itself does not make digitization breakthrough.
When a new technology introduced into existing practice and culture in the middle, the result is likely to change, which can improve efficiency.
However, it is unlikely that the case would a new model to do business or provide services. We are habitual ways of thinking models prisoners.
Buckminster Fuller (architect and visionary) put it: “You never change things by fighting the existing in reality. To change something, build a new model That makes the existing in the model obsolete.”
The advancement of technology and the amount of data can be extracted from the fruit, the culture and behavior are changed first, because cultural change will give us better equipped to break the barriers to their way of thinking.
I think the customary behaviors are the biggest obstacle to the digitalisation would best benefit out of it. The best thing we can do is to create opportunities for cultural and operational change.
Create a team which is involved in a variety of experts. A good team of people with different backgrounds and ways of thinking will help to create new models and allows the old ways of operating models get out of it.
The team must also know-how to implement their ideas.
Let, therefore, the power and the opportunity for the team to decide for themselves matters, whether in practice, the progress of, or actions.
Without the power to decide their own affairs completely change does not arise. Give permission to fail, but also the responsibility to learn from each failure.
If the team’s activities will be monitored too closely and too much, there is a risk that the results and activities are examined in the light of habitual ways of meters. This can paralyze the team’s ability to think about things in a new way.
Team must be aware of their responsibilities. Team’s mission is to implement and to get at things. Not to think about what could occur, and to try things just to try for joy.
Ambition must be sufficiently high.
Continuous feedback to the team is important. How does the new product or service has been introduced, how it is used.
Digital services are developing rapidly, and they take a bigger and bigger role in consumers’ everyday life.
Change in the customer base is continuous and sometimes surprisingly quick.
For that reason, the most important investment is an investment in the performance and culture – agility, transparency, openness and responsiveness. It investing in independent teams play an important role.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/CIO/cio_100/2015-03-26/Digitalisaatio-ei-synny-teknologian-vaan-kulttuurin-kautta-3218056.html
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The City of Espoo and Matriculation Board is organized today and tomorrow pilot with nearly 200 high school students try Olarin e-course exam to do a closed wireless network.
The Student Board’s technical specifications carried out according to the network is set up DNA. The network is tailor-made for the purpose, and it promises to be secure.
“Regulations contain very specific requirements, which we will now try out in practice.”
Espoo, Finland e-baccalaureate environment has been tried already in the autumn, at the time the wired network.
The first electrical yo-tests will be held in the autumn of 2016. Electrification progresses gradually so that the whole degree carried out electronically in 2019.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-26/S%C3%A4hk%C3%B6isi%C3%A4-yo-kirjoituksia-testataan-DNAn-verkossa-3218063.html
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Finnish rely on Nokia phones, but not so much with Windows Phone
Touch Screens and 4g have become more clearly Finns used by the phones, the recent study reveals. Yet, many who take more traditional models.
Nokia / Microsoft is still by far the most popular manufacturers of 55 percent, even though its slice is narrowing quickly. Instead, Windows Phone share of mobile operating systems is just 16 percent. It can therefore be calculates that the vast majority of the available Nokia population is older and do not cancel the later models were no longer as attractive.
Wireless data transmission teknologiasukupolvista the latest of 4g / LTE has spread the use of faster than any previous generations. Almost every fifth use of the mobile phone has already LTE capabilities.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-26/Suomalainen-luottaa-nokialaiseen-muttei-niink%C3%A4%C3%A4n-Windows-Phoneen-3218081.html
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The Finns studied: these three means improve your Cell Phone battery life
1. Avoid weak wifi – If the wireless connection is a full four bars weaker, cell phone power consumption can increase significantly
2. Avid hot locations – heating up speeds up battery consumption
3. Use the automatic brightness – Screen brightness is one of the largest single factors that affect the smartphone power consumption
Source: http://www.iltalehti.fi/digi/2015032619423605_du.shtml
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Finnish company hard goal: every third car dashboard
In the growth-builder is selected Rightware, which reaches out into higher and higher. The company’s goal is that a couple of years to get to 30 per cent of new cars is its user interface technology.
Finnish Venture Capital Association organized the competition the winner was chosen this year Rightware. It reported profits in connection with an agreement to already 14 premium car brand with.
Rightware aim is that in 2017, 30 per cent of new cars used car screens, such as the instrument panel and center console, its interface technology. And the visions just limited to cars, because the business can also be extended, for example, smart home solutions, home appliances and consumer electronics.
“We had a really good timing Automotive and we got quite a clear image of community leaders. We had the best technology and the best references. Now, we are already going fast to the market leader, “says Sarkkinen release.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-03-30/Suomalaisfirman-kova-tavoite-joka-kolmannen-auton-kojelautaan-3218174.html
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Capital of Finland is number one in one thing:
Helsinki is the world’s most expensive room service “Scandal”
The world’s largest and most-read statistics on sites belonging to the Statista has published information on the hotel room prices of services around the world.
The most expensive in Helsinki.
“Room service is Helsinki scandalously expensive,” commented the site prices.
Everyone can think about, it is worth a bag of peanuts to shell out more than $ 12. So far, however, they Helsinki, mini bar, average pay. The most expensive Helsinki hotel rooms were ordered in sandwiches, as much as $ 38.20.
Source: http://www.kauppalehti.fi/uutiset/helsingissa-on-maailman-kallein-huonepalvelu-skandaali/rgbdPqNP?_ga=1.185857196.483596618.1402989016
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Companies remain silent on leaks of information
Personal information and trade secrets leaking more and more companies.
- People make careless mistakes, such as connecting the unknown computers memory sticks. Guidance is not in order, says the law firm Eversheds JB kyberrikoksiin specialized lawyer Kimmo Oila.
Often security are seen mainly as a technical problem. Little attention has been paid financial and legal risks. The company or a public authority may be liable for damages, if personal information or trade secrets is handled carelessly.
- Often, the company’s management has not understood the importance of data protection.
- Responsibility goes ultimately to the CEO until if not designated special protection equivalent.
Authority over the case could also be the official criminal charges.
Personal data or trade secrets, leaks investigated in Finland continuously.
In public, however, has been little addressed to intrusion of stolen information on compensation claims.
Oila believes that endlessly cases can not be kept out of public view.
Source: http://summa.talentum.fi/article/tt/uutiset/148489?utm_source=Summaileri&utm_medium=Email
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Pirate Party vpn service: “We pass illegal censorship”
Pirate Party begins to provide members with a VPN service to the party’s announcement that it is intended to enable the network bypassing censorship.
“User discretion is left, what browser or network they are using,” release states.
Vpn service is opened, justifying the Constitution of 12 notches, which guarantees everyone the right to send and receive information with anyone prior hindrance. The service was inspired by the opening of 10 March approved a draft law to amend the Copyright Act.
Pirate Party service has been an open-source based on OpenVPN technology and the servers are located in France. Party, according to its mediated transport at least not according to present knowledge can extract even the US National Security Agency NSA.
The service is scheduled to open in the next few days
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-04-02/Piraattipuolueelta-vpn-palvelu-Ohitamme-laittoman-verkkosensuurin-3218346.html
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Digitalization to increase Kone business: “We have been able to recruit more”
After digitalization progresses, the work content changes in a variety of occupations – many are afraid of their job. Kone has received a clear productivity gains in digitizing processes.
We maintain and install elevators. Digitization allows us to send service personnel much more rationally to the world world – the service route may be made more rational.
The machine is in the context of digitalisation did not make sense and it is a positive impact on the number of jobs
Kone productivity benefits has turned to more viable, and it is possible to further job creation.
“We have been able to grow and to recruit more people,”
Source: http://summa.talentum.fi/article/tv/uutiset/148477
Tomi Engdahl says:
Security company, SSH’s stock market value is quickly almost doubled after Harri Koponen, CEO of the company, took a half years ago. Share price recently climbed to levels that have been seen most recently in 2001.
Koponen was appointed as one of the company’s mission to get “numbers into shape.” Beginning looks promising with the SSH seems a long time going well.
“We look at new customers in other directions than the financial institutions, which would allow the sale of latitude,” Koponen says.
SSH market place is the whole world.
“In the near future is going to be new product launches”
He disclosed that the SSH aims to recruit new Finnish talent.
“We are trying to invest in young growing capabilities, we are trying to dig out the new Tatu. There are a lot of good skills, but it is only to find,”
Source: http://summa.talentum.fi/article/tv/uusimmat/148936
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Netposti E-mail to reach more than 600 000 Finns
Post Netposti service has exceeded the 600 000 user milestone in early April, the Post informs.
Netposti is a service which can be ordered from their official mail such as letters of authority and pay slips.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-04-08/S%C3%A4hk%C3%B6inen-posti-tavoittaa-jo-yli-600-000-suomalaista-3218491.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
Agility is no shortcuts!
All we want in the work community agility. Who would not want a smooth work, quick response to changes and “on the fly” innovations created? The software industry, this model has even become the new standard: almost all the new software firms have built a fully agile, and a new generation of software engineers are not necessarily any other method do not. Finnish IT industry agility is a well-respected and there is a lot of knowledge and experience.
Source:
http://www.etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2630:ketteryyteen-ei-ole-oikopolkuja&catid=9&Itemid=139
Tomi Engdahl says:
Digia to encrypt voice and data
Digia says the launch of the new, public authorities and businesses aimed at the high-security communications solution. Latch Digia is a Finnish national and European platforms designed for mobile communications product, which encrypts the strong as well as a speech that the message traffic phones, tablets and desktops.
Digia Latch is aimed at users for whom it is important to ensure communications security and privacy, and allows communication to be kept secret affairs. The latch can be utilized both internal and organizations communication.
The latch is designed in Qt for Android, iOS and Windows Phone. System to the end user the most visible part of the terminal run Latch application, which also serves as tablets and desktops.
Source: http://www.etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2655:digia-salaa-puheen-ja-datan&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Talk to a tax bear
Vero.fi site will be piloted from today on the chat service. In the chat explains the Tax Administration’s e-services enabled and guided to the best service channel to find.
“Chat is available vero.fi:ssä automatically all the topics on pages where guidance is available. The tax authorities responsible for the chat on weekdays during office hours from 9 to 16.15 pm, “Project Manager Marianne Väyrynen says that the release.
The taxman offers a convenient alternative to phone chat adhesion.
Chat is part of the Vero24 service package to be opened on fall.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-04-09/Chattaa-verokarhun-kanssa-3218553.html
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Wärtsilä: Internet of Things came aboard
The world’s oceans passing cargo ship engines, the condition can be monitored in real time, when the ships are connected to the industrial to the Internet.
Finnish international companies are often away from their customers. It will cause practical problems in the service of customers, even if the office network should be broad. Internet of Things will bring a big relief, for example, remote monitoring and combined predictive maintenance through.
“Our experts do not have to fly around the world, but to bring the expertise of one central control room,” Wärtsilä’s service business manager Tomas Hakala says.
For example, power plants and ship engines prepared by Wärtsilä is the world round the clock a number of control rooms. Operates in Vaasa engine specialized in the control room which monitors data shows about a thousand from around the world. The staff consists of Wärtsilä equipment experts. They analyzed the data and help customers.
Based on the analysis to make recommendations to the engine configuration or maintenance. Sometimes the client device to create a new configuration file, which the client can download and install. The growing number of remote controlled devices use the two-way communication and may be also be optimized remotely.
Wärtsilä for preventive maintenance, complicated by the fact that the maintenance of a large part of the moves of the world’s oceans. Analytics facilitates the correct timing of maintenance and spare parts.
“It will provide a cost-effectiveness, the cargo can be scheduled in accordance with the maintenance and service stop can be scheduled to a specific port. It is also about risk management. The risk is reduced if a fault is detected before the ship leaves the port, “Hakala says.
Systems can be connected up to an external data such as weather data and ocean currents. Then a single ship can get the fuel consumption of the management täsmäohjeita even access the settings and navigation.
Tomas Hakala, Wärtsilä distinguishes a pioneer in serving the remote monitoring service. Pioneer product is already twenty years old. New technology has given rise to an intense change in the avalanche.
“The logarithmic trend line has a half years. We have released a new interface, and the remote controlled number of installations has increased considerably. ”
“The more information, the better we are able to develop their own processes and products. Customers will be able to better value for money and to increase their own business, ”
“Internet of Things will enable new revenue models of construction. Value-Added Solutions accounted for net sales increases from year to year and change the competitive field, “Hakala says. The device manufacturer, the supplier of the service hatch.
Finland as a whole industrial potential of the Internet on the crest, he is optimistic.
“Finland has the know-how, without any other good conditions for the wave to surf, but this train is one in which we must enter the” Hakala says. His experience, the issue is now The starting extensively, not only in large but also small businesses.
Source: http://summa.talentum.fi/article/tv/uutiset/149864
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Finnish health care technology to a new export record
Finnish health technology exports increased last year to EUR 1.8 billion, which is a new industry record. Last year, the health technology was already responsible for about half of our country’s high-tech exports.
Healthcare Technology Association – Chairman of the Board FiHTAn Brother Mäkelä Planmeca Oy stresses that health technology is now recorded growth figures are in no way surprising.
- Annual fluctuations have been, but the area is considered over a longer time period, the growth has been continuous and considerably stronger than in almost any other industry in Finland. In the past five years, growth has averaged 8.5 per cent, Mäkelä says.
Health technology within the industry growth was strongest in the healthcare equipment, whose exports grew by 10.3 percent to EUR 1.3 billion. Electrical healthcare equipment exports rose by as much as 17.1 per cent. Diagnostic reagents and equipment grew by 6.4 per cent. For the overall export growth rate slowed down a bit, but on the other reagents are not “new growth story” in the Finnish health technology industry.
Health technology directly employs more than 10,000 people in Finland.
Source: http://www.etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2659:suomen-terveysteknologia-uuteen-vientiennatykseen&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Digital Skills have puff out in parliamentary elections
Digital Skills start to a very large extent belong to the citizen’s basic skills. Thus, the citizens to represent themselves of them should be in view. MP candidates’ skill levels aimed at probing the country, but the catch was skinny.
Tieke (Information Society Development Centre) was trying to get an overall picture of MP candidates in digital skills.
Candidate Survey results were, however, langanlaihoiksi, answers came less than six per cent of the candidates.
Tieke says that responded to the candidates skills are at least good or even excellent.
The average response rate was a modest 5.8. Higher than that rated Piraattipuolue, Vihreä liitto, Itsenäisyyspuolue, Muutos 2011 ja Perussuomalaiset.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-04-09/Digitaidoilla-ei-pullistella-eduskuntavaaleissa-3218581.html
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External succeeded in Silicon Valley
Ari become giant Nokia and started a startup entrepreneur. Tullan led by the Better Doctor has succeeded in clearing up a foothold in the global competition on the technology market. Finn, the United States can stand out more, but will still always outside.
Better Doctor online service to help users find the best possible doctor. The company negotiated a crowd in Denver agreement with a big insurance company.
“Investors’ money brings time to innovate, to make mistakes and create new things. The more you have the time, it is more likely to find that thing that works ”
Many Finnish companies hoping to create Silicon Valley, just in the hope of funding. To become aware of how hard work behind the financing is. He has negotiated more than 200 investors and have many hundreds of sales talk.
“Better Doctor is one of the few Finnish start-ups and who has collected money here. It is incredibly difficult. You are always external, and compete against those types that are graduates of Stanford and with networks in place. ”
Come to believe that Silicon Valley can come to try and learn, but far away from the home fields departure is not an end in itself.
“There must be incredibly persistent. Their own thing to keep screaming and sell hard as others try to shout louder. Must have a passion and a burning desire in what you do, otherwise the job will begin to taste like a tree. ”
“Nokia’s collapse in Finland led to the fact that people realized that nothing is permanent.”
“For a hundred companies function in the use of our data and build services on top of it. Not all innovation need to take place within the company’s own ”
Source: http://summa.talentum.fi/article/tv/uutiset/149725
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Bureaucracy is a brake on the development of “Doctor’s appointment is like the 1950s”
Modern technology makes it possible video connections and new forms of service, but the government obligations eats development inputs, frets Diacor ICT Director Tuomas Teuri.
Digitalization also change the occupational health care. Visions of a new type of service is great, but a little bit implementations.
“The industry is conservative and new services have been introduced surprisingly little. Transaction is still the same as in the 1950′s: You arrive at the reception, and the doctor asks what is wrong. Modern technology, however, allow the customer a more active role, video links and new forms of service”
Also, the consumerization is a big change in the force: the customers now have access to such technology, which before was just health care professionals. Aktiivisuusrannekkeet, heart rate monitors and smart phone applications gather information about the step in the amounts of sleep quality, and heart rate fluctuations. The accumulated data is not yet used in medical clinics.
“Health care is not going to change the industry from inside, but the change will make consumers. The consumer dictates to his health information is used: which part of the data will remain private use and what services will be introduced. ”
“Regulatory obligations have been used to fill a huge amount of development resources that could have been used for customer service and experience on development”
“There is a risk that the authorities stopped the development as a viable solution could be achieved by operators in the sector liaison work. I believe that, for example, e-recipe did not have to use for 15 years, but it would have been faster than a commercial actors. ”
The digitalization of health services is also hampered by the field of internal silos.
The situation will be like relief when the National Health Archives services will be introduced
He estimates that in the 2020s the vast majority of transactions to health are handled remotely from mobile devices and the customer’s own health indicators produced by the findings will be seamlessly included in the process.
Source: http://summa.talentum.fi/article/tv/uutiset/150186
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Espotel to join ARM’s IoT community
Finnish Embedded solutions for R & D services provider Espotel is approved for international ARM mbed community member. It is the community that offers businesses complete solutions for industrial, ie the Internet IoT area.
Accession to the Espotel development and integration expertise will be of the ARM embedded systems technology, expertise, and issues the Internet platform. In the future, Espotel can provide customized industrial applications of the Internet by combining ARM mbed software platform and IBM’s cloud service solutions.
IoT cooperation with IBM Espotel started last year.
Source: http://www.etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2676:espotel-mukaan-arm-n-iot-yhteisoon&catid=13&Itemid=101
ARMmbed Ecosystem / Partners
https://mbed.org/ecosystem/partners/
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What’s watching the shop? Special cameras use suburban supermarket
What attaches eyes are shopping? This is explained in shop in Helsinki with eye movement cameras.
VTT is studying the purchasing behavior of consumers on the motion and eye movement using the camera. Guest movement and ‘eyes will be monitored for such purposes created by cameras retail environment.
Researchers have gone among the Helsinki Suutarila Siwa.
The collected information is combined with Foreca local weather data, and close to shopping trade data. The goal is to assemble a more accurate view of the customer’s buying behavior of the formation.
“Eye movement with the camera, and the stream of people following a depth camera gives precise information on what the store is stopped to look and what is attached. In addition, the interview visitors and charting their experience of purchase “, VTT researcher Katri Grenman says.
Guest following the movements of the depth of the cameras make up the state of the three-dimensional model, which allows the computer calculates the state of the people in the place and length.
Eye movement glasses are similar to ordinary glasses – they record the video from the person seeing the view. Eye movements in the following cameras, mathematical modeling and real-time signal processing provides a video display for added eye-object pointing the cursor.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-04-14/Mit%C3%A4-katsot-kaupassa-Erikoiskamerat-k%C3%A4yt%C3%B6ss%C3%A4-l%C3%A4hi%C3%B6marketissa-3219697.html
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Helsinki flirting with open source
The City of Helsinki on Monday approved the IT program, which, among other things, aims to develop user-friendly services.
Open in a new code of Helsinki IT mentions that the city commissioned to develop a new software code released an open source license, unless there is reasonable cause to rest.
In the same context, it is hereby declared that the city develop their own ICT purchasing behavior and seeks to reduce dependence on the supplier.
Also talks about the transparency of the data connection. Open data supply will be increased so as to improve the city’s decision-making application open interface Open hearth furnace. The city encourages companies and communities to take advantage of the available data and to develop and test new service innovations together with the city and its residents.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-04-14/Helsinki-flirttailee-avoimen-koodin-kanssa-3218798.html
More information:
http://www.hel.fi/static/public/hela/Kaupunginhallitus/Suomi/Esitys/2015/Kanslia_2015-04-13_Khs_15_El/EF9AFEAB-F682-4B62-A6AB-C2F1EEC11A6A/Liite.pdf
Tomi Engdahl says:
Project: get rid of Windows
The end of a small anecdote from last autumn. I was in a seminar organized by the company in Germany and the US with the host became the talk about how difficult it is now, if you do not want to work with Windows, iOS or Android in the world. Then I said that the only option seems to be to move to a Finnish operating system. – I did not know that Finland has developed its own operating system. What is it, asked an American host.
- Well, it’s run by the majority of the servers and the bottom of the Android. You may have heard of linux, I replied.
Veijo Ojanperä, Electronics Magazine
Source: http://www.etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2684:projekti-eroon-windowsista&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Well done, the Nokia!
Still the best ex-known mobile phone manufacturer in Finland, Nokia has done it again. We are still recovering from a lot of the feelings of the controversial production of mobile phone sales, while Nokia does it again, this time on the agenda is a combination of French and American equipment manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent.
Nokia abutting the network company, Alcatel-Lucent is a result of the merger itself. It was created in 2006 when the French-backed and US-backed Alcatel Lucent Technologies merged. Companies drifted time together in particular the market position and improve the economic situation.
Nokia operates a network technology technically very demanding area. Product development is expensive and necessary, so the combination of strengthening the economy of scale will definitely need.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/blogit/2015-04-15/Hyvin-tehty-Nokia-3219751.html
Tomi Engdahl says:
Talk is FINNISHed: Nokia to buy Alcatel Lucent for €15.6 billion
Finland to be HQ, Bell Labs brand to stay, €900m in savings flagged after share swap deal goes down
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/15/nokia_to_buy_alcatel_lucent_for_156_billion/
Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent have confirmed rumours about a possible merger by saying it will happen, as “The two companies have entered into a memorandum of understanding under which Nokia will make an offer for all of the equity securities issued by Alcatel-Lucent”.
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Difficult to measure the benefits of the cloud
The Finns are at the forefront of the study, smartphones and cloud services used. Introduction of new technologies does not in itself tell anything yet, but the transition to a new activity must be justified by the improvement in competitiveness and efficiency. It is attacking is still often difficult to measure.
Both cloud services had brought a big change in the operation.
Source: http://www.etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2690:pilven-hyotyja-vaikea-mitata&catid=13&Itemid=101
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The Ministry of Transport and Communications has long wanted to bring all of the guaranteed minimum speed of broadband. Now, the adoption of the regulation.
Beginning of November, all Finns are guaranteed Internet access, a minimum speed 2Mbit / s (double compared to last year).
“Two Mega guarantee all certain basic services online, and participation in the information society becomes possible. Reasonably priced and a sufficiently high speed internet access is a fundamental right of every Finn “, Communications minister Krista Kiuru says.
Telecom operators’ universal service obligations came into force in July 2010. At that time, broadband was included in basic communications services like telephone or mail.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-04-16/T%C3%A4llaisen-laajakaista-laki-takaa-sinulle-kohta-100-3219883.html
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Google’s game guru admires the Finnish game sector – invites you to Tango
Google’s leading game designer went to inspire Finnish developers of Project Tango pace.
He was impressed by the Finnish game developers insights.
The world’s most reputable brands of the game developer Noah Falstein anticipate that the Finnish game industry has a bright future. Visiting Finland Falstein Google’s top game designer. Despite the title of Falstein itself does not do any more games.
“When I relate the size of the uranium, now living in my opinion, the most fascinating of the time to be involved in the gaming industry,” says Falstein. “The game platforms, software, peligenrejä and diversity, as well as opportunities for both large and small game specific business requirements has never been greater.”
“New games are published in nearly all of Google’s platforms. I am proud of the fact that we are not just ready platforms, but to develop our self-renewal. ”
In Finland, Project Tango demonstration
Finland Noah Falstein came to the games industry association IDGA’s Finnish department of the lure. The last couple of days he was introduced to the Finnish game developers Google’s solutions and find out what support developers are none.
“In particular, I have tried to inspire developers to seize our proprietary Project Tango. The idea is that the machine can understand its environment and its position in relation to the human way. To take advantage of the machine games are mind-boggling. ”
Finland to Falstein met with a large number of game developers and business representatives.
Source: http://summa.talentum.fi/article/tv/uutiset/152511
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Finnish company provides server containers – an alternative to solid farms
Multiple large company has decided to use modular data centers – in practice servers are housed in sea containers. Finnish EverTech offers the same opportunity.
Ever Tech says that Finland’s first such mobile data centers providing company.
The company occupies a thousand square industrial building, with modular server containers are placed. The hall is tentatively scheduled for 20 of container, but if necessary they fit in there more.
Portability is not a container servers, the biggest selling point, täkynä is value for money. Fixed server facility construction costs. Containers, however, comes with all the use of a key: access control, cooling and emergency power.
Customers can rent a whole rather than the individual containers, equipment cabinets or sites.
The container can be placed on the server for seven planned an equipment cabinet, which can accommodate more than one hundred server, or other information technology equipment.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-04-17/Suomalaisfirma-tarjoaa-palvelinkontteja-%E2%80%93-vaihtoehto-kiinteille-tiloille-3219983.html
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Paper Memory Ready to Roll
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1326381&
Researchers at the Finish VTT Technical Research Centre have demonstrated they could print memory circuits directly on paper, using simple roll-to-roll printing techniques with a particular mix of commercially available metallic inks.
The researchers envisage their cheap paper memories to be used in applications such as sensor data recording, product originality marking, playing cards, interactive packaging and product information cards.
Tomi Engdahl says:
HS: At last, the train tickets online at night – a small reform to pay VR 2.7 million
When I was absorbed to acquire ICT system, which others can not make changes, we are a supplier trapped. All of such a system on subsequent purchases and development have to order the same from the firm, and the price just can not be negotiated.
Helsingin Sanomat writes VR’s situation. The company Accenture commissioned a few years ago, the ticketing system. Now you want to add more features. VR has been forced to turn back Accenture side, as no one else has access to the ticket system code.
According to the paper ticket sales to be changed so that the tickets can also be purchased at night. As the conclusion, Accenture will be paid 2.7 million euros.
Software Engineering Professor Tommi Mikkonen comments on the HS’s article toimittajaloukkuja. He said it is scary that a central information system is in many companies outside hands.
“The company should not be so strong vision of the information systems that they themselves would be able to maintain the ability to manage, move forward and develop. In the event of supplier problems, it would be an option other than buying a whole new system, ”
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/2015-04-20/HS-Vihdoin-junaan-netist%C3%A4-lippuja-%C3%B6isin—pieni-uudistus-maksaa-VRlle-27-miljoonaa-3220071.html