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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Digitalization permit in Finland to 100 000 new jobs
Boston Consulting Group has published European Prospective digitalization of the report, where the digitalization promises to bring Finland up to a hundred thousand new jobs by 2020.
According to the report the new jobs are created by Finnish stages and the first is expected closures of traditional jobs before the economic structural, enabled by digitalisation changes.
- The realization of this potential requires two things: the EU’s digital single market and the emergence of new technologies. Finland should take advantage of opportunities for full digitalisation and increase digital competencies significantly in the labor market, says Boston Consulting Group partner Santeri sting.
The report estimates that if implemented the EU’s digital single market would increase the area of EU gross domestic product a year, a total of 415 billion euros. sellers of products and services is opening up an integrated market of 500 million consumers.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4494:digitalisaatio-lupaa-suomeen-100-000-uutta-tyopaikkaa&catid=13&Itemid=101
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The software provides jobs
The software provides a redundant jobs
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- 05/26/2016
Microsoft’s decision to stop almost completely mobile development does not mean that their expertise should not be use in Finland. Software Entrepreneurs Association Trustee expresses its solidarity with the laid-off, but at the same time says that the software area of strong growth can be a great opportunity for them one.
“Already in Tampere and Helsinki regions this year is on offer thousands of jobs,”
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/05/26/ohjelmistoala-tarjoaa-toita-mobiilikehittajille/
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Expert: “Microsoft made redundant must be to be able to educate”
- Now going through a big period of transition, an analyst Mikael Rautanen
Rautanen encourage cancelable Microsoft hundreds of employees to invest in particular retraining. The software company said on Wednesday its withdrawal up to 1 350 employees.
- There will take time before this turns into new growth enterprises and jobs.
He points out that the smartphone market was seen as the beginning of a historic change, as the market began to decline for the first time.
Workers have a good knowledge of mobile technology Nokia’s legacy in possession of the aftermath. Some of them have made their entire career at Nokia and Microsoft.
- International companies now know that there is skilled labor available.
- Know-how related to terminal equipment and radio technologies, which is an area where there is no shortage of workers
Nokia handsets set up to prepare a new Finnish company Global HMD Rautanen not wait redundant as a savior.
- I do not think that it has a substantial impact on employment in Finland. It does not mean a lot, that is headquartered in Finland. Design and manufacture of phones is very much the possession of Foxconn
- I think that those phones will be commercialized mainly in the developed markets
Source: http://www.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/2016052621627740_uu.shtml
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In Finland, there are several companies that will take Nokia’s smart phone legacy forward.
Finnish mobile phone design is derived from the history of the 1984 Mobira Talkman and the 1989 Cityman.
Plenty of people in the mobile industry have started companies that operate in Finland, either national or foreign ownership basis.
One of these is the Bittium from Oulu: Manufacturer of security phones
Russian Yota Devices phone manufacturer design team is also in Oulu, Finland.
Marshall of the British London telephone was also designed in Oulu.
Huawei has a research center in Helsinki.
A group of former Nokia sorts founded Jolla: The company’s main product has been further developed Meegosta Sailfish operating system, but the company still released the phone and called Jolla Tablet Jolla.
Nokia’s heritage will also take forward fresh HMD Global, which acquired the rights to produce last week Nokia phones.
Salo phone manufacturing starting Turing Robotic Industries is not exactly a Finnish company. However, it set up a phone Finnish Sailfish OS and manufactures their equipment in Salo former Nokia factory.
Source: http://www.digitoday.fi/mobiili/2016/05/25/puhelinten-teko-ei-suomesta-lopu-tassa-ovat-nokian-perilliset/20165650/66?rss=6
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The software business to welcome redundant people from Microsoft phone business
“Already in Tampere and Helsinki regions this year is on offer thousands of jobs,” paints a Finnish Software Entrepreneurs Association’s President and CEO Rasmus Roiha. Employment barriers Roiha sees the rigid bureaucracy, not so much of the work or a part of the factors, the lack of “Open-minded attitude to the world of work ongoing upheavals is necessary because the changes do not stop them by resisting. We must act in ways that are consistent with the conditions of the digital age, a return to the old days is not. ”
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/ohjelmistoala-toivottaa-microsoftin-irtisanotut-tervetulleiksi-radikaali-ehdotus-tiskiin-6554225
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Finnish hospitals extortion malware infections have been observed, reported on the basis of information Yle Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority Kyberturvallisuuskeskuksesta received. Tightening Malware locks the files on your computer and requires a ransom for their return.
One of the targets of extortion is Promoted by this spring was on the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District Hus, where cases have been four. The first ransom Trojans Hus was found in February of this year.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/yle-kiristysohjelma-kiusaa-helsinkilaissairaaloita-hus-kohteena-jo-neljatta-kertaa-6555010
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Finland to print electronics
Printed electronics and 3D printing has been used for decades, but in recent years the trend has been particularly rapid. Tekes organized in Jyväskylä on Wednesday opportunity for printable electronics opportunities for Finnish products.
Printable electronics is a general term for several methods, such as using printing technology produced electronics. The advantages of the method are the production volumes scalability, reduced the share of raw materials in the final product, and other technical features such as light weight and flexibility.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/05/30/tulostettava-elektroniikka-kayttoon/
More: https://tapahtumat.tekes.fi/tapahtuma/elektroniikan_uudet_tuulet
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Fiber optic connections pioneer new? One time payment EUR 2500 1000 Mbit / s speed
Cooperative Kattilalaakso of optical fibers and Sonera experimenting with the boiler in the valley of Espoo, a new kind of optical fiber network approach. As a result of the active operations of the cooperative Coverage will be built in single-family area fiber optic network, which other providers can come in the future.
Nöykkiö Espoo was established in October 2015 within the area of 200 single-family house Osuuskunta Kattilalaakson of optical fibers, the aim of which was to get the fiber-optic connections to local residents.
“Our project has progressed really fast. So far, more than half of the houses are undertaken to acquire the fiber optic interface. Sonera in May fiber optic network that decision, and construction is expected to begin in late summer, “says the chairman of the cooperative Jonas Frantz.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/valokuituyhteyksien-uusi-pioneeri-2500-euron-kertaostoksella-1000-mbit-s-nopeus-6555042
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Nokia and Bittiumin portable security innovations at the fair
The Finnish telecommunications companies are well represented in Amsterdam today, beginning on safety and rescue communications trade show. There’s Nokia and Bittiumin addition, the Finnish phone expertise in TETRA networks. Nokia’s new product is a portable 4G base station and the new version Bittiumin Tough security of the phone.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/05/31/nokian-bittiumin-kannettavat-uutuudet-turvamessuilla/
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attempts to Finnish electricity companies have systems to make data theft, says Savon Sanomat.
It is an office-it’s also the attacks perpetrated the actual power distribution systems.
attempts to Finnish electricity companies, power distribution systems is to make data theft. It is not just power companies office information systems, but the technology on which the distribution is.
As well as Savon Voima that Kuopio Energy confirm that they have been hacking attempts on critical systems, but both of them acts remain in the company. Factors is not known.
New threats are an example of how society is regarded as critical actors in provisioning up to date. Existing contingency plans are not enough, but they need to be updated and exercised in order.
Sources:
http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/ss-suomalaisiin-sahkoyhtioihin-yritetty-tietomurtoja-varauduttava-uuteen-uhkaan-6555564
http://www.savonsanomat.fi/kotimaa/S%C3%A4hk%C3%B6yhti%C3%B6ihin-yritetty-tietomurtoja-samaan-aikaan-varauduttava-perinteisiin-uhkiin/776680
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Basement thieves may pose a threat to the condominium’s security
Storage cupboard as the most attractive targets for burglary are emerging as a condominium tietoliikennejakamot. carried out annually about 800 basement or attic breakthrough alone in Helsinki.
In the traditional cellar and attic for breaking are caught, inter alia, sporting goods, tools, clothes and various utensils. Now, hackers have started to look for another kind of prey.
- We now have housing companies a variety of common Web interfaces and other similar networks. Therefore, the wiring closet, which is usually located in the basement or the attic, now lies a big risk. If someone unauthorized person to enter into cross-connection site, where he can control the size of the apartment complex telecommunication, information security, e-mails and whatnot, warns CEO Kai Real Estate Federation Haarma New Earth
So far, the central wiring closet is focused only individual break-ins, but they are expected to increase. The police called for greater vigilance from residents under the supervision of co-location.
- The key word is, of course, a general duty of care, facilities locking and the monitoring of who moves in an apartment complex in locked areas and stairwells, says Detective Chief Inspector Sami Kalliomaa the Helsinki Police Department.
Source: http://yle.fi/uutiset/kellarivarkaat_saattavat_olla_uhka_taloyhtioiden_tietoturvalle/8906609
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Japanese technology company Fujitsu Limited, tests and develops new greenhouse cultivation of cloud technology in Finland. There is LED lighting and automatic controls. “The project is an interesting opportunity for us to take advantage of the latest technology,”
Fujitsu will test the cooperation project fully automated sprout salad multi layer growing system that utilizes Fujitsu’s Akisai-cloud service, as well as Finnish know-how and technology, greenhouse automation, and LED lighting.
” Finland was selected as the project target country, because the company has a strong technical know-how to find solutions when it comes to the north to arid growing conditions and expensive energy costs”
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/06/01/ledit-pilvi-auttavat-kasvamaan/
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Finnish IoT startups awarded
Finnish 720 ° field of indoor air monitoring to measure and analyze real-time air quality, such as temperature, carbon dioxide levels, humidity, fine particles and VOC emissions.
Company sensors can measure the temperature, the relative humidity in the total amount of volatile organic compounds (TVOC) and carbon dioxide, as well as 1μm-, 2,5μm- and 10μm-sized fine particles.
“By offering indoor air continuous measurement data, any exceptions or problems can be addressed immediately, without the need for expensive one-off measurements,”
The company’s system can be 720bestIoT to monitor the level of noise
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/06/01/suomalainen-iot-startup-palkittiin/
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The Helsinki Fair Centre is looking for new digital ideas from young digital developers. The company organizes Hackathon maximum developer the opportunity in August in connection with the Assembly of the event. The idea is to look at the fairs of new angles.
Hackathon future it is hoped to be tiivissykkeinen event, which sought technical solutions to meet the needs of digital chanting – or, better yet, solutions to the needs that are not without Hackathon may not even be recognized.
” Finland is one of the world’s leading start-up ecosystem, and large companies make use of it too little,”
“New digital services linking the real and digital encounters,”
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/05/30/messut-hakee-hackaamalla-digi-ideoita/
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The Ministry of Transport and Communications reported today who undertakes to design fiber networks to streamline the permitting process. The target is to meet the future needs of the Internet of Things by improving both fixed and wireless connections.
Internet of Things requires communications increasing the capacity and availability of the devices are constantly connected to the network and to each other.
The executive program also takes into account reserved for wireless broadband spectrum in a growing need. Media Content transition to broadband networks and the introduction of 5G technology increase the demand on spectrum significantly.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4523:suomeen-halutaan-lisaa-kuitua&catid=13&Itemid=101
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Digitalization is the manufacturing industry the question of destiny. No one can be excluded. And in the technology industry, according worth it, because digitalisation will increase the chance. Still, many traditional companies still dormant imagining that digitalisation apply to them. And at the same time, the state cut funding for research.
“It’s time to worry, if digitization is not on the agenda of the company’s management team and Board of Directors meetings,”
European Commission calls for the addition to its own activities, investments in Member States and undertakings. “Finland has been a good example of public and private funding integrative innovation activities, but that lead is unfortunately lost in the past year,” says Director Ilkka Niemelä referring to the technology industry Tekes funding cuts.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/06/01/digitalisaatiota-kukaan-vaistaa/
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VPN connections are transferred to 4G network
Oulu Tosibox says that need for VPN connections 4G network is growing at a rapid pace as the Nordic countries and Central Europe. The company brings a new industrial class 4G modem to meet the growing demand.
The new LTE modem with regard to the actual development took with the actual manufacturer’s time to six months. Even in the Box True Plug & Go technology is the company’s own production. – The modem to take advantage of Tosibox Lock intelligence software products
Tosibox modem software has been developed closely with technology partners. The modem can be mounted on a DIN rail and SMA antenna connectors enable easy installation
The modem receives power from the USB port
The device supports the sending of text messages and receiving AT commands. Automatic APN detection occurs with Tosibox lock.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4536&via=n&datum=2016-06-03_11:29:34&mottagare=30929
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Finland gets a new network for the Internet of Things
Built in Finland, a new designed purely for the Internet of Things needs Sigfox sensor network.
Construction of Suomenmaa Sigfox network will begin in June 2016 and the biggest cities nationwide network coverage is reached in winter 2017.
Sensors, power consumption is very low, which typically means a 5-15 year battery life.
In Finland, the construction of the sensor network is operated by the Connected Finland. The company also provides customers with technical support and the opportunity to join the world Sigfox other networks. The company also sells network access devices.
Sigfoxin background is in France, but in recent years it has been expanding not only in Europe, inter alia, the United States and Australia.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/06/03/suomi-saa-uuden-verkon-esineiden-internetille/
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Developed in Oulu Oura-wellness ring will be on sale next week, the telecom operator Elisa’s flagship store. Ring got the beginning of the year Innovation Award in Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show.
Oulu in the spring of 2013, arising from the Oura smart ring has attracted a lot of interest around the world. Oura is a ring compact integrated computer, which measures the quality of the recovery of activity and sleep. In addition to the ring needed to a smart phone.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/06/06/suomalainen-alysormus-tulee-myyntiin/
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The government wants to accelerate the use of new forms of robotics and automation in Finland. The aim is to bring in a few years Finnish top ranks of countries in robotics and automation development. In particular, service robotics and traffic of interest.
The Government’s decision in principle sets a new robotics visions for the years 2020 and 2025.
Finland is according to the state survey basically well positioned to be a robotics and automation development of the leading countries, but it still requires decisive action and widespread in various sectors of cross-border cooperation.
Finland should support the automation and robotics emergence of ecosystems and networks associated with and promote business opportunities, for example, the operation supports the regulation.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/06/06/hallitus-tokkii-robotteja-liikkeelle/
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Finland needs software robotics experts
Finnish companies believe in the importance of software, robotics and artificial intelligence to grow in the coming years, says software house OpusCapita in its report. The biggest obstacle software robotics introduction, 43 percent of respondents reported a lack of specialist.
OpusCapita of survey respondents, the majority (79%) felt that the robotics and artificial intelligence will be important for those business impacts within the next four years. The survey of 74 companies replied to the various industries. There were 37 Finnish companies.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/06/06/suomi-tarvitsee-ohjelmistorobotiikan-osaajia/
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Super capacitor into IoT microcircuit
VTT Technical Research Centre has developed a new type of integrated circuit, inside which can be nano-technology to create a super capacitor energy source. The solution brings new opportunities for the implementation of the Internet of Things.
Small supercapacitors can be integrated in the vicinity of the active circuits, for example, to store at ambient temperatures, vibration or light energy produced by the power collection devices, and to enter it as the need arises. This is necessary, among other things, the Internet of Things autonomous sensor networks, wearable electronics and mobile energy management.
for up to 0.2 Joules of energy and produces a power of 2 watts per square inch of surface area
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/06/08/superkondensaattori-iot-mikropiirille/
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Report the best mobile service – IoT and M2M involved
Best Mobile service competition is organized by the Forum and the Technology and is co-sponsored by a large number of industry players.
The race may be all in the mobile services market in 2016, which reported to the competition during the competition site. Anyone can submit its proposals in seven competition categories.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/06/09/ilmianna-paras-iot-mobiilipalvelu/
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Best Mobile Service in Finland 2016
http://2016.bestmobileservice.fi/
By suggesting or voting nominees you can win a smartphone!
The nominees are services that can be used with mobile phones, tablets, smartwatches or other portable/wearable technologies.
Highlights the newest mobile innovations from Finland
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The Helsinki Fair Centre is looking for new digital ideas from young digital developers. The company organizes Hackathon maximum developer the opportunity in August in connection with the Assembly of the event. The idea is to look at the fairs of new angles.
” Finland is one of the world’s leading start-up ecosystem, and large companies make use of it too little, ” says the guiding events Partner Antti Rantanen Winter Ventures.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/05/30/messut-hakee-hackaamalla-digi-ideoita/
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Augmented reality becomes reality
Augmented reality has been forecast to € 100 billion business this decade. Yesterday held augmented reality happening VTT introduced a solution that allows the repair of spare may be issued even if the virtual correction information directly into the woods.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/06/09/lisatty-todellisuus-muuttuu-todellisuudeksi/
More:
ARea16 – Augmented Reality for Business and Productivity – June 8, 2016, Espoo
http://www.vtt.fi/sites/area16
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Cloud Data Europe: NCC wants to build data centers in Finland
Data Cloud Europe Congress Finnish expert in data centers: Included is the construction company NCC, which searches the event customers to be built in Finland for data centers.
The construction company NCC received a couple of years ago a lot of publicity when it got to build Facebook data center in Luleå Sweden. Now the operation to be extended to the Finnish side. At that the company needs a strong Finnish identity.
City of Järvenpää and NCC have been doing for cooperation in order to a foreign developer can provide a good location, quick construction schedule and easy with the progress of the data center project.
” Globally, access to electricity is stable in Finland and the price reasonable. Telecommunication cables are top class of the world and Helsinki – Rostock intercellular submarine cable makes data transfer to Central Europe particularly fast and reliable ”, lists the NCC’s Jari Harapainen Finland’s interests.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/06/09/ncc-haluaa-rakentaa-suomeen-datakeskuksia/
More: http://www.datacloudcongress.com/
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Four Copter The app won the 5G competition in Oulu
Applying for 5G mobile network applications Oulu 5G Innovation Challenge culminated yesterday shared worth about € 10 000 Grand Prix. The grand prize winning quad copter application by Matti Viitala.
“Entries were plenty of different entry angles 5G’s possible in the future. The great thing was that in this first year we got a great deal of international attention,”
GFWD Innovation Award was held this year for the first time. Next year the show gets the organizers of the sequel. 5GFWD Oulu 5G Hackathon contest is carried out EuCNC’2017 international – in connection with a conference on the 12th June 2017.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/06/10/nelikopterisovellus-voitti-oulun-5g-kisan/
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ABB has opened a new engine test laboratory Pitäjänmäki inverter factory in connection with Helsinki. The new laboratory is equipped to measure the impact of the latest frequency converters engine performance and energy consumption.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/06/10/suomeen-uusi-moottoreiden-testilaboratorio/
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Li Andersson try a six-hour working day – “No, Finland rising by the fact that …”
- No Finnish stand by the fact that each of us hanging on for six minutes longer work or in the over-worked nurses holiday pay is reduced, while at the same time the government cut the root of what we are known around the world: know-how.
labor productivity improved by the fact that ensuring the well-being and empowerment of employees to their work and the fact that the working day shall be extended by six minutes.
The Employment Contracts Act Andersson to specify how such a way that selfemployed could be deemed to be employees. In addition, the entrepreneurs’ unemployment security will be in his opinion, to clarify so that small entrepreneurs have the opportunity to make without fear of work on the recovery of aid.
Source: http://www.iltasanomat.fi/kotimaa/art-2000001199308.html
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Wireless internet to Buster boats
DNA delivers Buster boats monitor the system online machine machine interfaces. Buster Q called the terminal brings together boaters useful data. The touch screen combined with electronic maps, trip computer and entertainment system into a motor boat to the basic equipment.
Today, Yamaha has owned for Buster boats make use of machine-machine connections.
The new system, for example, to eliminate the need to acquire a separate chartplotter or sonar device. Because the user interface is designed for motor boats, is all the unnecessary features and menus have been left out by Buster.
The touch screen is 10-inch and boats in the largest 16-inch.
Buster Q includes Internet access, C-Map charts, Yamaha outboard motors and meter management system, weather and a Wi-Fi connection. Buster Q-system can be supplemented by the optional transducer, AIS, respectively, sound system, as well as future radar.
“Buster Q stands for the Internet of Things inputs boats. The device, for example, to update themselves whenever a network connection is available and develop Buster Q’s new features, ”
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/06/14/langaton-m2m-yhteys-buster-veneisiin/
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Nokia launched Bell Labs in Finland
University of Helsinki and Aalto University in April launched a research unit of data in science and research networks. The unit works in close cooperation with the American Bell Labs, that Nokia got in Alcatel-Lucent deal.
University of Helsinki and Aalto University’s new Nokia Center for Advanced Research (NCAR) Research Unit aims to identify important research problems in the industry, making both basic research and applied research to solve these problems and allows for the exchange of scientists between universities and Nokia involved.
” NCAR’s research vision is a data-driven world in which billions of objects and their connections to produce a huge amount of information. For related challenges needed in computer integration of different areas, such as computer networks, machine learning, databases and data analytics, ”
Nokia made for the establishment of NCAR’s Research University of Helsinki donation of EUR 150 000. In addition, the University of Helsinki, Faculty of Science will support the project by EUR 100 000. NCAR is working closely with Nokia Labs as a kind of “Finland Bell Labs”.
Sorce: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/06/14/nokia-toi-bell-labsin-suomeen/
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“Nokia and unemployed engineers in the country” – an international news agency in view of Finland
Reuters writes Finnish technology sector to be problems with the workforce.
The IT sector lost 15 000 jobs in the Nokia phone business with the destruction of time, so there is a lot of unemployed people.
At the same time, the software industry has been open about 7,000 jobs Software Entrepreneurs estimate. Many of them can not find suitably skilled professionals. Small businesses in particular need of ready-made professionals who can take immediately to work longer without training tasks.
According to Reuters, many of Start-ups and smaller companies shies away from applicants with a narrow competence background and who are used to a large company hierarchy-based corporate culture.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/nokian-ja-tyottomien-insinoorien-maa-kansainvalisen-uutistoimiston-nakemys-suomesta-6559776
Finland, home to Nokia and jobless engineers, struggles to fill tech jobs
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-finland-technology-idUSKCN0Z01D9
Finland, whose once-renowned technology sector shed 15,000 jobs with the demise of Nokia’s (NOKIA.HE) mobile phone business, is struggling to fill thousands of vacancies for software developers because it lacks people with the right skills.
At the same time, technology firms say immigration policies hamper recruiting trained workers from abroad, adding to the factors weighing on growth prospects for an industry considered key to the stagnant economy’s recovery.
“We want the best game developers working for us, but not all of them can come from Finland,” said Ilkka Paananen, chief executive of mobile game maker Supercell which made close to $1 billion in core profit last year with just 180 employees.
“Hiring the world’s best to come here is the best opportunity”, but inability to hire the right staff would pose “the biggest risk to our company’s growth,” he said.
FREE SCHOOLS, HIGH TAXES
Some software companies don’t see it as their role to train recruits for more senior jobs. Rasmus Roiha, CEO of the Software Industry and Entrepreneurs’ Association, said companies he represents tell him: “We are not in the education business, we are software companies.”
Finnish companies don’t pay as much as their Asian and Silicon Valley peers, but experienced software engineers earn roughly the same as they would in other European cities, according to Finnish ICT (information and communications technology) Association Tivia.
However, the Finnish education system, free up to university level, is attractive.
“If the recruits are single, they’ll get more money elsewhere. But once they have a family, Finland becomes competitive,” Roiha said.
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Finland took the gold in digital literacy – still catching up to do
Slowly waking Finland rose to the top of the digital literacy. In addition to technological know-how now know how to better integrate the services and functions into one integrated package. Yet Finland has continued to lag behind in the utilization of digital opportunities.
Now for the third time on Digital Barometer Finland’s position is improved once again notch gold. Digital Barometer was involved in 22 countries, of which Norway became the silver and bronze Denmark and Sweden.
Finland has been a steady supplier of digital, deeper application needed
Based on the 2016 Digital barometer, Finland is the world’s best conditions to benefit from the ever-widening digital shift. However, Finland will use the position 5 and the effects of digitalisation position 3.
” Companies should internalize the understanding of digital, for himself what is the fastest. One of the biggest shortcomings is that the companies themselves do not have their own resources and a sense of how digital technology affects the whole of the company’s competitive field, ” Aalto University and ETLA Researcher Timo Seppälä says.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/06/16/suomi-otti-kultaa-digiosaamisessa-silti-kirittavaa/
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Firstbeat, a Finland based analytics company to improve health and well-being
https://issuu.com/eeweb/docs/06-2015_sensor_technology_1_pages/26?e=7607911/36448997
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“Our mission is to digitalize customers’
Etteplan acquired in March Espotel that concentrated on embedded electronics and IoT.
Former Espotel formed to focus on the industrial to the Internet unit of Etteplan. At the same time as the Espotel Etteplan acquired Jyväskylä Oval Solutions. In the past, Espotel Oval and far competed for the same projects and the same talent, now Espotel IoT-skills and digital oval, cloud-based data management form a strong player in the Ala-Paavola Jaakko driven
Etteplan is primarily known design house facilities and workshops, which are major customers of ABB Volvo C and Vacon. The actual electronics and embedded software expert it has not been considered. Now Etteplan is Finland’s biggest embedded electronics expert. But what Etteplan change?
- We have a very “agile” house, maybe we bring the agility and a new way to Etteplan, describes test strip.
Source: http://etn.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4605&via=n&datum=2016-06-17_10:49:18&mottagare=30929
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Instagram vulnerability found Jani, 11, slapped blown with F-Secure bosses
The Helsinki Jani visited on Friday in a possible future job at F-Secure. Iltalehti was accompanied by a mass event.
10-year-old Jani discovered in March Instagram vulnerability and received a reward of up to EUR 9043. When Jan’s discovery leaked information security companies in the ears, a number of companies indicated an interest in the talented boy or tour.
On Friday, Jani got F-Secure research director Mikko Hyppönen, and the master of the technical safety of Tomi Tuominen doctrine. Jani Tuominen told his job: security experts are hired to break into a company’s systems or to investigate the break-in occurred.
- We have to always be authorized. We are the good guys are, Hypponen, Chief Research Officer clarified Jack and his twin brother, Toni.
F-Secure’s bosses were blown away to hear what kind of techniques Jani used to hunt for vulnerabilities.
- Jani runs Cali Linux and makes the Man in the middle attack Instagram protocol. Just the same type of plenty of work, which our scientists will attack. It is a bit strange 10-year-old, Hyppönen says with a laugh. Now, Jani has fulfilled 11.
Instagram paid over EUR 9,000 fee is fully justified Hyppönen sum.
The brothers are looking for vulnerabilities leisure during the day for about 2-3 hours at a time. The boys spend their time machine also coding websites.
Jan’s parents were involved in visiting F-Secure. Heidi’s mother is very proud of his son, but he hopes that the boy goes to schools before rushing to work
Source: http://www.iltalehti.fi/digi/2016061821749569_du.shtml
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F-Secure is the eternal promise – can end up for sale?
F-Secure is expected next course rockets ever since the IT bubble aftermath. The share price is sawn for years between two and three euros. Net sales and operating income have stagnated.
Recently, F-Secure has, however, made a new breakthrough in its business operations. In the past, mainly focused on consumer products, the company has expanded its security services to enterprises offering pace and plans to recruit one hundred new employees during the current year. Target can be described as ambitious as demand for data security experts is currently more demand than supply.
In addition, the company is launching at the end of the first hardware device in Sense. Its purpose is to ensure the information security of a home network connected devices. Launch targeted for IoT boom has been delayed and the most recent data show that the first deliveries will take place towards the end of the year.
F-Secure again bought a year ago, a Danish nSense Ltd, which was also a company specializing in the corporate solutions.
Security in the field of geography is also relevant and F-Secure one asset may be Finnishness. American, Russian and Chinese companies do not like to use with foreign security services.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/f-secure-on-ikuinen-lupaus-voiko-paatya-myyntiin-6561011
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Solita is planning to expand its business in foreign countries this year. The Board of Directors has already approved the first phase of internationalization.
The company currently has offices in Tampere, Helsinki and Oulu. The business is on the increase: turnover rose last year by 35 percent to EUR 49.7 million. EBITDA improved by 43 percent over the same period to EUR 4.9 million.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/solita-lahtee-maailmalle-vajaamiehityksella-jatkuva-tarve-vahintaan-10-uudelle-tyontekijalle-6561021
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Internet of things united the two Finnish companies
Industrial Roima Internet expert and product specialist Modultek combine. Modultek will be main reason being the business unit to which all employees are transferred as existing employees.
In manufacturing, product management and production management, real-time interaction is necessary.
“New products and services complement the main reason being the services and provide our customers with a greater competitive advantage,”
the main reason being the brand’s products cover all management levels in the product engineering PDM to PLM, as well as the commercial product information management (PIM).
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/06/20/teollinen-internet-yhdisti-kaksi-suomalaisyritysta/
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WSJ: The Chinese giant to buy Supercell – the estimated price of EUR 7-8 billion
Chinese technology giant Tencent to buy a gaming company Supercell from Japanese telecom operator SoftBank.
According to Wall Street journal the price will be around 8 billion USD, which is around 7 billion Euros.
Sources:
http://www.iltalehti.fi/digi/2016062121770503_du.shtml
http://www.talouselama.fi/uutiset/tencent-ostaa-supercellin-yli-7-miljardilla-eurolla-suomen-yrityshistorian-suurin-myynti-6561355
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HS: This kindergarten to teach children to code
Helsinki opened a new programming and IT-oriented kindergarten, Helsingin Sanomat says. The nursery is in English. It will begin in August in West Pasila, close to Aurora Hospital.
“The purpose is to arouse children’s interest in computers, technology and the wonderful world of coding,” explains company CEO Thomas Stevens Helsingin Sanomat.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/hs-tama-paivakoti-opettaa-lapset-koodaamaan-6561484
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Vantaa long-term unemployed were trained in the cloud services expertise
Telecom operator Elisa has been training long-term unemployed IT support people who have helped to familiarize the Vantaa city employees use the new Office365 programs. Some of the participants are also employed during the program.
Elisa tells the release spring a successful trial work so well that the project will be continued after the summer holidays.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/vantaalla-pitkaaikaistyottomista-koulutettiin-pilvipalvelujen-osaajia-6561483
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Still unprotected networked automation devices
FICORA surveyed in the spring of 2016 unprotected automation equipment found on the Finnish network. The results correspond to a large extent in previous years, although the observations of improvement in the jacket can be observed.
is unprotected network still a lot of recognizable automation equipment, survives FICORA’s latest automation security mapping.
Largest single group account for an ever associated with building automation systems, which were found unprotected around 2000. However, volumes have not increased in comparison with previous years’ results and it can be seen that reported in previous years, equipment has also been protected since the last survey.
During the past year, FICORA has met with a lot of partners of manufacturers of building automation.
Equipment related to the industrial automation and critical infrastructure was found to slightly less than in previous surveys
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/06/22/verkossa-edelleen-suojaamattomia-automaatiojarjestelmia/
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Rovio’s Vesterbacka got tired of Finnish attitudes – “I can not take a look at this”
- Now was a good time to leave. The film has gone well and the game business will grow. There is no spirit of worry. There is no kind of feeling, that would leave a sinking ship, but the other way around.
Vesterbacka exit from growing companies in Finland Rovio came as a surprise to the Finns, but also for the majority of Rovio employees.
Finland is much talk about brain drain. Researchers and entrepreneurs depart from Finland, as are weary of, for example, Finnish politics or entrepreneurs opportunities.
Vester is also sick to death of Finland’s attitudes. But he did not choose, and go away. He left and wants to raise Finland’s economic growth.
- I’m tired of the attitude of the Finnish climate. Here we bother wring some six minutes of additional years if working hours.
- How we have missed this depression on top of the plate?
Vester has organized since 2008 for international start-up event Slush and saw the young entrepreneurial enthusiasm increased. According to him, the change has already occurred Slushin and other projects.
Vester does not feel that he would do more or less work than other people.
- I have told everyone that I stopped working for a number of years ago. If things feel like work, you might want to do other stuff.
Vesterbacka is also planned construction of a tunnel from Helsinki to Tallinn. The job requires 15 billion investment. According to him, the tunnel would increase 1.3 per cent of GDP.
Plans are also circular track in St. Petersburg.
Source: http://www.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/2016062121773724_uu.shtml
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Finland brings 3D printing to brain research
Finland experimenting with 3D printing for brain disease research. The project is part of Tekes’ health bits of program and involving six Finnish companies. Brain 3D printing project is led by Professor Jari Koistinaho AI Virtanen Institute.
This new 3D project aims to solve three key problems of brain disease treatment and diagnostics development: how the human brain disease can be reliably modeled, individual differences affect how the treatment can be identified and how the individual risk of disease can be identified at an early stage.
The project combines the pharmaceutical industry, bioinformatics and genetics, as well as woodworking equipment technology expertise in molecular and developmental biology and clinical medicine.
The project started in March 2016 and will continue until the autumn of 2018.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/06/23/suomi-3d-tulostuksen-aivotutkiimukseen/
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The Internet of Things will also be in recreational boats
Buster Boats take advantage of the Internet of Things in the new interface that integrates a boat trip computer, charts and entertainment system. DNA data interface to connect to the network intelligence devices.
“The modern consumer expects that the integrated smart devices are also boats that date.
In particular, small boat models boat industry is not, however, kept up with developments, “Buster Boats Product Development Manager Anders Kurtén says.
Buster Q is connected to the Internet DNA M2M interface through. Kurtén according to reliable and complete data connections are a prerequisite for IoT applications can be used on boats.
“The network connection allows, for example, a continuous device software upgrade and download new functionality. It also provides boaters a whole new range of services to developing your imagination is the limit. ”
Source: http://www.taloussanomat.fi/dna/2016/06/21/esineiden-internet-tulee-myos-huviveneisiin/20166633/325
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Working life in a strange paradox: An effective and good employee can often get paid less
Only 34 per cent of Finns are of the opinion that “what am I doing a better job, the better I get salaries and other compensation”. The overwhelming majority of workers, therefore, to keep top performance pushin in hope of a better salary or remuneration redundant.
“Finland is top performer just because he wants to be one. There is, therefore, that the schemes would encourage it. The best strategy to raise the salary is still the changes of the employer, “says Hay Group in the Nordic countries reward Director Juhani Ruuskanen.
In international comparisons, Finland is the second worst performance in the reference group. On average, private sector employees in the world, 44 per cent believe that they can influence their pay in their own performance.
“The most important thing is the right of workers own understanding, because it affects behavior,” says Ruuskanen.
When the material Hay Group is separated from the highly successful businesses, estimated to affect work performance salary for 49 per cent of respondents. The world’s most respected companies the percentage is as high as 75. The more personal works, affecting pay, the better the company thus usually goes.
“If a company wants to be competitive, it must be competitive with the remuneration. Incentives must be functional, ”
aim to keep active performance management. For example, the more rewarding includes a one-time bonuses, the more it encourages. The system should also be as transparent as possible
“In the best companies is terribly invested in these issues and models are also public,” says Ruuskanen.
If wages are poor grounds, whatever happens, such a model is not nobody want to publish.
Correcting these distortions is slow, because the corporate salary increase budgets are small and the reduction of wages is often impossible.
Addition to salary, employees also appreciate the other things, such as workspaces and tools, promotion opportunities, the company’s reputation, the quality of the bosses – and job security.
Source: http://www.tivi.fi/Kaikki_uutiset/tyoelaman-outo-paradoksi-tehokas-ja-hyva-tyontekija-saa-usein-muita-huonompaa-palkkaa-6562327
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Smart garment for factory workers
VTT and Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture students have created a new wearable intelligence solutions. They allow industry workers can be protected from excessive dust, hearing damage and stress injuries.
Students visited the wearable intelligence course used VTT’s printed intelligence and sensor technologies and put them wearable intelligence planning. The result was the commercialization of ready-demos. The sensors or LED structure
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/06/27/alyvaatteita-tehdastyolaisille/
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Aalto University’s Erasmus student Cesar Garcia Pereida solved the OpenSSL cryptographic library of the security problem that allows an attacker was able to determine the signature key.
” Correcting code was pretty simple after a software bug was found. Now the algorithm for squaring and multiplication operation duration of the phase is always the same, regardless of the value of the signature key, and the active attacker no longer able to determine sacrifice signature key, says Pereida Garcia.
In the latest Intel computer architecture has three levels of caches. If the data in the cache will be destroyed on one level, it is destroyed at the same time all the higher-level caches. The processor contains the lowest level cache (LLC last level cache) are shared among all the processors cores.
An active attacker can program code executable by one processor core used to track the use of shared cache LLC.
Source: http://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2016/06/27/opiskelija-korjasi-salauskoodin/