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Information technology in the Nordics

• February 20, 2017 20 Feb'17

  Sweden uses Minecraft for urban planning

  Swedish National Land survey has put its maps on Minecraft to promote its work

• February 17, 2017 17 Feb'17

  Swedish capital uses Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to cut road congestion

  Stockholm transport authorities are gaining a better understanding of road traffic through technology

• February 17, 2017 17 Feb'17

  HPE services and CSC to become DXC Technology

  The merger between HP's services division and CSC will launch in April 2017 and is expected to save the companies billions

• February 16, 2017 16 Feb'17

  Sweden’s Kiviks Musteri turns to cloud to keep up with growth

  Swedish fruit products manufacturer Kiviks Musteri plans to put further systems in the cloud as a cloud-based ERP migration nears completion

• February 16, 2017 16 Feb'17

  Brexit is a potential boost for Swedish fintech

  Stockholm could be set to benefit from the UK’s exit from the European Union by attracting more fintech investment

• February 08, 2017 08 Feb'17

  How a Dublin court case could derail EU-US data privacy agreements

  The Irish Commercial Court will consider whether privacy protection offered by standard contractual clauses for data transfers to the US from Europe is legally valid

• February 08, 2017 08 Feb'17

  UK fintech investments slump over Brexit fears

  Investment in UK financial technology companies fell in 2016 because of the uncertainty caused by the Brexit vote

• February 07, 2017 07 Feb'17

  Facebook Schrems legal case will have ‘sweeping’ impact on EU-US privacy

  The US government says the legal case by the Irish data protection commissioner could have sweeping ramifications for EU-US data sharing and could undermine international co-operation

• February 07, 2017 07 Feb'17

  Gemalto seals digital identity card deal in Sweden

  Swedish tax agency signs single supplier contract with digital security firm to provide physical and digital ID cards

• February 01, 2017 01 Feb'17

  European Union reaches final agreement on mobile roaming charges

  Mobile roaming charges in the European Union will end by 15 June 2017 after final agreement was reached on the regulation of wholesale prices

• February 01, 2017 01 Feb'17

  Finnish city takes €10bn leap into digitisation

  Tampere is encouraging its people, businesses and government organisations to come together to make digital transformation work for everyone

• February 01, 2017 01 Feb'17

  Manufacturers collaborate to secure process control systems

  Nearly 100 companies are working together to develop open standards for process control systems that will bring prices down and improve their resilience to cyber attacks

• January 29, 2017 29 Jan'17

  Artificial intelligence will increase productivity by sharpening human mind

  The combination of AI and humans will triple productivity if businesses get the balance right for different roles

• January 26, 2017 26 Jan'17

  Human-centric technologies will dominate next three years

  Accenture says businesses will develop technology and services to match human behaviour in the next few years

• January 25, 2017 25 Jan'17

  Nordic CIO interview: Peter Krantz, Sweden’s national library

  Making information accessible for hundreds of years is the challenge facing the CIO at Sweden’s Kungliga Biblioteket

• January 24, 2017 24 Jan'17

  TechUK outlines its Brexit negotiation priorities

  IT industry body TechUK outlines what it believes are the Brexit negotiation priorities for the UK IT sector

• January 24, 2017 24 Jan'17

  Stockholm offers sustainable datacentre safe haven to hyperscale cloud firms

  Sweden's capital city looks to capitalise on recent country-wide tax breaks for datacentre operators, to encourage cloud and colocation firms to set up shop in its new environmentally-friendly business parks

• January 17, 2017 17 Jan'17

  Private and public cloud fuelled Emea infrastructure sales in Q3, shows IDC data

  Demand for traditional IT hardware slumps, as sales of private and public cloud-enabling technologies soar, shows IDC data

• January 16, 2017 16 Jan'17

  CIO interview: Alexandra Drevenlid, Tieto

  Tieto has replaced the position of CIO with chief digital officer. The first person to hold the position and its creator explains what this means to the Nordic IT services giant

• January 10, 2017 10 Jan'17

  Top fintech trends in Sweden in 2017

  The Nordic region is a hotspot for IT startups and Sweden is a country punching above its weight in financial technology

• January 04, 2017 04 Jan'17

  Top IT priorities for Nordic CIOs in 2017

  What are Nordic CIOs planning for 2017?

• December 29, 2016 29 Dec'16

  Top 10 HR technology stories of 2016

  Here is a rundown of Computer Weekly's most popular stories on HR technology in 2016

• December 20, 2016 20 Dec'16

  Top 10 CW Nordics stories of 2016

  Read the top 10 Nordic enterprise IT stories from Computer Weekly

• December 19, 2016 19 Dec'16

  What does Tech Nordic Advocates network look like a year on?

  Group set up to stimulate collaboration in the Nordic and Baltic IT communities to help them grow is a year old

• December 14, 2016 14 Dec'16

  Swedish Cider company upgrades to cloud ERP to keep up with growth

  Apple-based product manufacturer moves to an industry-specific ERP system in the cloud

• December 14, 2016 14 Dec'16

  Swedish trading venue Nasdaq Stockholm fined for cyber security failures

  The Swedish financial services regulator FI fines Nasdaq Stockholm and its clearing operation for not managing its security supplier adequately

• December 12, 2016 12 Dec'16

  KPMG cautions CEOs against ignoring GDPR requirements because of Brexit

  Professional services giant KPMG says UK businesses cannot afford to ignore incoming European data protection requirements if they want to continue to trade successfully with the continent in future

• December 09, 2016 09 Dec'16

  IT Priorities 2017: Nordic organisations to spend more on cloud services

  The adoption of cloud computing in its many guises will be a top priority in the Nordic region in 2017

• December 09, 2016 09 Dec'16

  From Symbian to finance apps – Nokia expertise harnessed by banks

  Banks in the Nordic region are taking advantage of the Nokia legacy left in Finland

• November 29, 2016 29 Nov'16

  Finnair digitises core business processes via Apple and IBM

  Finnair is working with IBM to bring user-friendly apps to its internal workforce

• November 23, 2016 23 Nov'16

  IBM, HPE and T-Systems compete for Europe-wide €5.3m hybrid cloud contract

  European research groups confirm details of who made it through to next stage of their hybrid cloud procurement process

• November 18, 2016 18 Nov'16

  Elekta turns to workforce analytics to inform board decisions

  Board executives at healthcare company Elekta are analysing workforce data to make better strategic decisions

• November 18, 2016 18 Nov'16

  HCL completes integration of Volvo Group IT services

  Deal sees 2,560 Volvo Group staff transferred to HCL, bringing mainframe expertise to Indian IT services firm

• November 17, 2016 17 Nov'16

  Telenor IoT strategy required core software change

  Norwegian telco is expanding its internet of things business, which packages all the components its customers require to offer IoT-based services

• November 16, 2016 16 Nov'16

  Finland’s Automatia launches real-time platform

  Finnish ATM network operator launches a mobile payments platform that banks and service providers can offer their customers

• November 16, 2016 16 Nov'16

  IBM’s Watson supercomputer brought to Finnish healthcare

  Authorities in Finland are working with IBM to improve healthcare through cognitive computing

• November 16, 2016 16 Nov'16

  Coop Denmark replaces NetApp with VMware software-defined VSAN

  Scandinavian retailer Coop simplifies virtual server storage with VMware Virtual SAN software-defined storage and sidesteps bandwidth bottlenecks on NetApp Metro Cluster replication

• November 15, 2016 15 Nov'16

  GSMA calls for global 5G agenda

  As advanced preparations begin for the next World Radiocommunication Conference in 2019, the GSMA calls on governments to work together on a global spectrum plan for 5G

• November 11, 2016 11 Nov'16

  CIO interview: Eva Listi, Systembolaget

  The new CIO of alcohol retailer Systembolaget tells Computer Weekly how she addresses the challenge of running IT at the state-owned company

• November 11, 2016 11 Nov'16

  Copenhagen fintech hub opens its doors

  Copenhagen gets a financial technology startup co-working venue as the city attracts more digital entrepreneurs

• November 03, 2016 03 Nov'16

  Suppliers fail to impress as companies ramp-up HR tech

  A major survey of European firms shows that few believe HR technology suppliers have had a positive impact on their business, as they ramp up spending on HR technology

• November 02, 2016 02 Nov'16

  Coca-Cola cloud project bottles rewards for 25,000 staff

  Coca-Cola European Partners, which bottles 15 billion litres of soft drinks each year, is working with an HR technology supplier to develop flexible rewards packages for its 25,000 employees

• November 02, 2016 02 Nov'16

  Three-quarters of banks see startups as best way to access latest technology

  The latest survey of banks by Efma and Infosys reveals a big appetite for working with startups in the traditional banking sector

• November 02, 2016 02 Nov'16

  Sweden’s Civil Contingencies Agency updates document management system in digital push

  Public sector agency modernises core system through an IT outsourcing agreement that will support digital transformation

• October 28, 2016 28 Oct'16

  Interview: How Swedish bank prepared robot for customer services

  SEB bank is currently integrating artificial intelligence into its customer services channels, following an internal trial of the technology

• October 25, 2016 25 Oct'16

  CIO interview: Björn Ekstedt, PostNord

  For PostNord, one of the Nordic’s largest logistics companies, the rise of e-commerce means the continual digital rehaul of its business models

• October 20, 2016 20 Oct'16

  Best of VMworld Europe User Awards 2016: The winners

  Find out who won what, including the best of show prize, at the 2016 VMworld Europe User Awards in Barcelona

• October 18, 2016 18 Oct'16

  Saving Lauri Love: activists plan their next move

  An eclectic bunch of activists, charity workers and reformed hackers spent a rainy Sunday afternoon plotting their next move in a campaign to save Lauri Love from extradition to the US on hacking charges

• October 18, 2016 18 Oct'16

  IBM Q3 results suggest firm’s big cloud bets are paying off

  IBM posted flat revenue figures for third quarter overall, despite solid growth generated by its big data, cloud and artificial intelligence activities

• October 14, 2016 14 Oct'16

  Three-quarters of Brits use mobile banking

  Europeans are rapidly taking up mobile banking which, combined with the adoption of contactless cards, is driving the digital payments sector

• October 14, 2016 14 Oct'16

  Nordea bank joins rival’s mobile payment platform

  Nordea signs up to the mobile payments platform from Danske bank for its customers in Denmark and Norway

• October 13, 2016 13 Oct'16

  Case study: Denmark’s Bang & Olufsen takes control of sales data

  Denmark based audio-visual equipment maker uses cloud-based channel management software to give it the sales insight it needs to make better decisions

• October 13, 2016 13 Oct'16

  CIO interview: Mia Forsäng, Swedish municipality Vara

  Despite moving on to pastures new, the former CIO at Swedish municipality Vara tells Computer Weekly how she used her people skills to transform the IT department

• October 07, 2016 07 Oct'16

  Engineering company uses HR technology to cut staff leaving rates

  Aveva has seen its employee attrition rate fall by 5% a year, partly as a result of its investment in HR technology

• October 06, 2016 06 Oct'16

  Swedish bank uses Amelia the robot for customer services

  SEB is using AI software from IPsoft for customer service after a successful internal project

• October 05, 2016 05 Oct'16

  Flytoget’s digital transformation accelerates express train service

  Flytoget implements a development platform to enable it to respond quickly to the demands of digital-minded customers

• October 04, 2016 04 Oct'16

  Best of VMworld Europe User Awards 2016: Shortlist announced

  Find out who made the shortlist for this year's Best of VMworld Europe User Awards, which is set to take place on Wednesday 19 October 2016 at VMworld, Barcelona

• September 21, 2016 21 Sep'16

  Brussels proposes new rules to stop abuse of roaming charge rules

  The European College of Commissioners has proposed new rules to help prevent abuse of the end of mobile roaming charges across the EU

• September 21, 2016 21 Sep'16

  Finland’s OP Financial Group outlines digital ambitions

  Chief digital officer at financial services group describes how new technology is fundamentally changing the business

• September 21, 2016 21 Sep'16

  IBM opens first Nordic cloud datacentre

  Oslo datacentre is IBM’s 12th in Europe and 48th globally and will target large and small enterprises and startups to offer services

• September 21, 2016 21 Sep'16

  Best of VMworld Europe User Awards 2016 open for entries until 30 September

  The Best of VMworld Europe User Awards 2016 are now open for entries until 30 September. Read the criteria and find out how to submit your nomination here

• September 16, 2016 16 Sep'16

  EC overhauls telecoms rules to bolster broadband, 5G

  The European Commission is set to make a number of changes to European Union telecoms rules to support ultrafast network connectivity

• September 13, 2016 13 Sep'16

  DNB and Nordea to merge IT operations for Baltic super bank

  Two of the Nordic region’s banks will use joint operations, including IT, to help them grow in the Baltic area

• September 09, 2016 09 Sep'16

  Nordic CIO Interview: Mattias Forsberg, Scandinavian Airlines

  The CIO of Nordic airline SAS talks to Computer Weekly about how digital technologies are changing customer experiences as well as the business itself

• September 08, 2016 08 Sep'16

  Bank IT spending to hit $241bn across four major global regions

  IT spending across four major economic regions will increase by around 4% in 2016, but Europe is the least certain

• September 01, 2016 01 Sep'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Mattias Wedar, Eniro

  Computer Weekly talks with Mattias Wedar, head of user and customer experience at Eniro, about how the Swedish directory company is tackling change with closer integration of IT and product development

• August 23, 2016 23 Aug'16

  There is life in Finland’s IT sector despite Nokia and Microsoft layoffs

  Regional development organisations in Finland describe how despite massive job cuts Nokia and Microsoft have provided the foundations for IT industry development

• August 10, 2016 10 Aug'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Johan Tömmervik, SKF

  Johan Tömmervik, CIO of Swedish-founded bearing and seal manufacturer SKF, tells Computer Weekly about the challenge of creating services for a diverse customer base

• August 09, 2016 09 Aug'16

  Finland brings e-patient records and 5G into health tech testing

  Oulu University Hospital in Finland is using replica electronic patient records to support technology testing

• August 02, 2016 02 Aug'16

  Swedish fuel supplier replaces multiple systems with single ERP application to free up IT

  Preem is in the middle of a project that will see it replace about 40 business systems with off-the-shelf ERP

• August 02, 2016 02 Aug'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Liv Fiksdahl, DNB

  CIO of Norwegian bank tells Computer Weekly how Indian outsourcing partners help her keep costs down and digitise the business

• July 29, 2016 29 Jul'16

  German digital bank Fidor acquired by French banking giant

  Fidor CEO says merger with BPCE will allow challenger to continue its international expansion

• July 28, 2016 28 Jul'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Vesa Erolainen, Pöyry

  Doubts were raised when Vesa Erolainen, CIO at Finnish engineering and consulting company Pöyry, outlined his IT transformation plan, but he ended up winning an award for it

• July 26, 2016 26 Jul'16

  Date set for landmark hearing into EU-US data transfers

  Irish court hearing triggered by Austrian law student Max Schrems could have huge implications for EU-US trade and the data privacy rights of millions of EU citizens

• July 21, 2016 21 Jul'16

  IT outsourcing falls steeply in second quarter but IT as a service sees strong growth

  Sales of IT as a service growth in Europe helped offset a huge fall in the total value of traditional IT and business process outsourcing contracts

• July 20, 2016 20 Jul'16

  Mobile data freebies spark controversy in Sweden

  Telia’s offer of data freebies to customers has brought criticism from some that believe it breaches net neutrality rules

• July 19, 2016 19 Jul'16

  US government joins legal challenge of EU-US data transfers

  Helen Dixon, Ireland’s data protection commissioner, is asking the European Court of Justice to rule on the legality of EU-US data transfers, post-Safe Harbour, in a landmark legal challenge

• July 19, 2016 19 Jul'16

  Private data should only be kept for ‘serious crime’, says European Court

  European Court of Justice lays down the limits of data retention following legal challenge by two UK MPs, and David Davis withdraws his name from legal action after assuming a post in Theresa May’s cabinet

• July 14, 2016 14 Jul'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Roland Grunéus, Intrum Justitia

  Roland Grunéus, the CIO of Swedish-founded Intrum Justitia, reveals the credit management services group’s efforts to make better use of data

• July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

  EU-US Privacy Shield wins EU backing to proceed

  The US data-transfer agreement wins the backing of the European Union, paving the way for it to come into force

• July 06, 2016 06 Jul'16

  Iceland tops list of low-risk datacentre locations

  Europe nabs six out of the top 10 spots in Cushman & Wakefield's list of low-risk locations to build or buy up datacentre capacity

• July 05, 2016 05 Jul'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Tore Burheim, University of Bergen

  IT director of Norwegian university tells Computer Weekly about digitising education and creating co-operative clusters

• July 04, 2016 04 Jul'16

  Facilities firm ISS picks IBM Watson IoT to manage client sites

  Danish outsourcing and services firm signs new deal with IBM to use Watson’s internet of things capabilities to better manage its clients’ properties

• June 30, 2016 30 Jun'16

  Brexit: Cloud community mulls over implications for data protection regulation reform

  TechUK fears Brexit could see the UK lose its power to influence cloud regulations, while others say it could free the market from having to toe the EU line so closely

• June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16

  Brexit: Datacentre investments set to slow as economic stability concerns hit CIOs

  As the economic uncertainty around Brexit continues, CIOs may put new datacentre investments on hiatus, warns analyst

• June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16

  IT services sector faces freeze amid Brexit wrangling

  The IT services sector across the globe will be hit by the uncertainty around the UK's future relationship with the EU, but a spending freeze will eventually thaw

• June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16

  US government may ask for travellers’ social media details

  The US government is seeking permission to request details of travellers’ social media presence

• June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16

  Vodafone may pull jobs out of UK after Brexit

  Vodafone says it may pull its headquarters out of the UK after the country voted for Brexit

• June 28, 2016 28 Jun'16

  Finland’s prisons move to a cashless world

  Inmates in Finland’s prisons will no longer need to use cash as a pre-paid card system is rolled out

• June 27, 2016 27 Jun'16

  Banking IT community faces uncertain Brexit future

  The financial services IT community faces a period of uncertainty as finance firms reassess plans following the EU referendum result

• June 23, 2016 23 Jun'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Martin Althén, Husqvarna

  The CIO at power tool maker Husqvarna tells Computer Weekly how he is repositioning the company through digitalisation

• June 20, 2016 20 Jun'16

  Nets and Coinify launch blockchain development lab in Denmark

  Nordic payments technology firms work together on blockchain proof-of-concept developments

• June 16, 2016 16 Jun'16

  Why leaving EU would be disastrous for UK digital scene

  Startups and government minister discuss the risks that leaving the EU would bring to the UK IT industry

• June 15, 2016 15 Jun'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Magnus Åkerlind, Loomis

  Director of global IT co-ordination at Swedish cash-handling company Loomis tells Computer Weekly about harmonising IT globally while protecting local independence

• June 13, 2016 13 Jun'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Johnny Bröms, Swedish fast-food chain Max Burger

  The CIO of Swedish fast-food chain tells Computer Weekly how digital technology is increasing sales and supporting expansion

• June 08, 2016 08 Jun'16

  Icelandic airport uses Wi-Fi to improve services and efficiency

  The swiftly expanding Keflavik Airport in Reykjavík is using a combination of sensors and Wi-Fi to monitor passenger movement and improve airport efficiency

• June 07, 2016 07 Jun'16

  Swedish bank Sparbanken Syd expands IT outsourcing to trading

  Swedish bank Sparbanken Syd outsources the IT that runs its trading business to Finland's Tieto supplier, to cut costs and improve the quality of its services

• June 02, 2016 02 Jun'16

  Finland to deploy national Sigfox IoT network

  Internet of things service provider Sigfox has announced plans to extend its global network across Finland by 2017

• June 02, 2016 02 Jun'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Claes-Håkan Johansson, Preem

  CIO of Swedish fuel company tells Computer Weekly about the firm’s digital journey and how IT has made sure it is part of the business

• May 26, 2016 26 May'16

  Nordic CIO interview: Petteri Naulapää, Stockmann

  CIO of Finnish-listed international retailer tells Computer Weekly about the department store’s journey towards omnichannel