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Information technology in the Nordics

• July 02, 2019 02 Jul'19

  Sweden’s Protective Security Act targets cyber risks

  IT suppliers must comply with tighter cyber security requirements, but are being offered help from government agencies

• June 27, 2019 27 Jun'19

  Data drives decentralisation in Nordic healthcare

  Nordic tech startups are applying their skills to solving some of the challenges for the region’s healthcare sector

• June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19

  TietoEVRY merger headlines wider consolidation in Nordic IT industry

  The merger of Tieto and Evry is only part of the widespread consolidation that is hitting the region’s tech sector

• June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19

  Shipping giant Maersk on taking a cloud-first approach to disrupting the competition

  Rasmus Hald, who heads up the cloud centre of excellence at shipping giant Maersk, opens up about how the firm is embracing a cloud-first policy in the name of seeing off competitive threats and improving the sustainability of its operations

• June 25, 2019 25 Jun'19

  Three Finnish banks, one core IT platform

  Can a shared core IT platform enable three Finnish banks to become more efficient yet maintain individual competitiveness?

• June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19

  Tech startups establish deep roots in Copenhagen

  Danish capital offers all the advantages startups need to get off the ground and many are staying there for the long haul

• June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19

  Finland’s Tieto and Norway’s Evry merge to fend off competition from Indian suppliers

  Two of the Nordic region's biggest IT suppliers merge as competition in their home region increases

• June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19

  Regional alliances boost Nordic AI industry

  Universities and technology businesses in Nordic countries are working cross-border as part of two pan-Nordic organisations

• June 12, 2019 12 Jun'19

  From oil crash to tech startup boom in Norway

  For countries highly dependent on oil, the global price crash had huge potential ramifications – one of which, in Norway, was the development of a thriving technology sector

• June 12, 2019 12 Jun'19

  Apple cancels plans to build second European datacentre in Denmark

  The consumer electronics giant plans to focus its efforts on expanding its soon-to-be completed datacentre in Denmark, rather than invest in standing up a second facility in the country

• June 07, 2019 07 Jun'19

  NotPetya offers industry-wide lessons, says Maersk’s tech chief

  There are several key industry-wide lessons to be learned from the NotPetya attack in 2017, according to the information chief at one of the companies most heavily impacted

• June 07, 2019 07 Jun'19

  Edtech in the Nordics offers students alternative learning journeys

  Pioneering attitude to technology innovation across business and society lends itself to adoption in education across the region

• June 05, 2019 05 Jun'19

  Finland’s Tieto reorganises to grab growth opportunities

  Tieto is cutting costs as part of its growth plan that will see hundreds of job cuts in Finland and Sweden

• June 03, 2019 03 Jun'19

  Nordics block European Commission tech tax levy to protect digital investment

  The Nordic EU countries have formed a powerful voice against the European Commission’s plans on digital service tax.

• May 31, 2019 31 May'19

  Facebook loses bid to halt European court decision on EU-US data sharing

  Irish Supreme Court dismisses attempt by Facebook to prevent the European Court of Justice considering the validity of US-EU data transfers, after Austrian lawyer Max Schrems argued that they put the privacy of EU citizens at risk