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Information technology in the Nordics

• April 06, 2016 06 Apr'16

  Finnish contest looks for real-world 5G applications

  Finnish city Oulu is running a competition to unearth apps that can utilise 5G networks

• April 04, 2016 04 Apr'16

  Digital Single Market: European Commission warned not to over-regulate online platforms

  Ministers from 11 EU member states warn European Commission off over-regulating use of online platforms during the creation of the Digital Single Market

• April 04, 2016 04 Apr'16

  Enterprise IT conference comes to the Nordics

  IP Expo is holding an event focused on the Nordic region for the first time as countries such as Sweden and Finland become leaders in enterprise IT

• March 29, 2016 29 Mar'16

  Sweden’s central bank puts brake on cash-free society

  Sweden has been on a fast track to become the world’s first cashless society, but now its central bank is stamping on the brakes

• March 29, 2016 29 Mar'16

  DNB to close 59 branches in Norway as online banking dominates

  Norwegian bank DNB is closing branches and cutting jobs as more customers move to digital channels

• March 24, 2016 24 Mar'16

  BMW Group signs HPC and hosting deal with hydro-powered Swedish datacentre operator

  BMW Group inks deal with green datacentre operator in Sweden

• March 24, 2016 24 Mar'16

  CIO interview: Martin Uudelepp, Fonus Group

  The interim CIO of Swedish family law and funeral group Fonus tells Computer Weekly about his role as a “chaos pilot”

• March 24, 2016 24 Mar'16

  Dutch creativity and pragmatism attracts IT companies to Amsterdam

  An appealing lifestyle and the largest internet exchange in the world combine to make Amsterdam a great place to set up an IT company

• March 23, 2016 23 Mar'16

  Danish utility NRGi goes offshore for IT platform transformation

  Danish utilty NRGi has outsourced its IT to Indian services supplier Wipro as it attempts to transform its operations amid increased competition

• March 22, 2016 22 Mar'16

  Akamai report raises questions over UK broadband stats

  Akamai’s latest 'State of the internet' report claims UK average broadband speeds may not be rising as fast as hoped or claimed

• March 21, 2016 21 Mar'16

  Norway’s Storebrand chooses Cognizant for digital transformation

  Norwegian financial services firm becomes the latest Nordic-based organisation to sign a major IT outsourcing deal with an India-based supplier

• March 21, 2016 21 Mar'16

  Britain to pay billions for monster internet surveillance network

  New questions raised about Britain’s snoopers’ charter after Denmark abandons its own UK-style surveillance programme for a second time

• March 18, 2016 18 Mar'16

  What does the IT sector think of the UK potentially leaving the EU?

  The referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union is fast approaching and the country’s IT sector is taking sides

• March 18, 2016 18 Mar'16

  Danish taxi drivers protest against Uber at startup event

  Taxi drivers in Denmark protest about the inclusion of Uber at Nordic Startup Conference in Copenhagen

• March 17, 2016 17 Mar'16

  CIO interview: Charlotta Nyström, Kemira

  Finnish chemical industry group CIO sees networking with other CIOs as an essential part of her job

• March 17, 2016 17 Mar'16

  CIO interview: Mogens Kristensen, Sydbank

  Danish bank’s IT head explains the advantages of sharing some IT systems with other banks

• March 17, 2016 17 Mar'16

  Which IT services suppliers are European businesses most satisfied with?

  TCS has won top spot for European customer satisfaction for the third year running, according to Whitelane Research

• March 15, 2016 15 Mar'16

  Germany-Finland subsea cable tipped to fuel European datacentre market growth

  The deployment of a European subsea data cable could put Finland on the map for datacentre investors

• March 15, 2016 15 Mar'16

  UK outsourcing sector wants to remain in a reformed EU

  A survey of UK outsourcing companies reveals that three quarters of all respondents want to remain in a reformed European Union (EU)

• March 14, 2016 14 Mar'16

  CIO Interview: Janne Suuriniemi, Finland’s National Police Board

  Finland’s National Police Board CIO overhauls a major IT transformation in mid-flight. He tells Computer Weekly about the challenges and his answers to them

• March 11, 2016 11 Mar'16

  Ex-Cabinet Office rep claims ‘simple’ tender rewrite could open up G-Cloud to Europe

  Former Cabinet Office Crown representative says a simple rework of the G-Cloud tender could open up the procurement hub to public-sector buyers across the EU

• March 10, 2016 10 Mar'16

  Indian suppliers are mopping up Nordic business

  Indian IT suppliers are blazing a trail in the Nordic region with large deals and major local investments

• March 04, 2016 04 Mar'16

  Legal spears fly at Privacy Shield

  Police Scotland is investigating the implications of the end of Safe Harbour. Service providers must comply with UK law, regardless of where they are based

• March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16

  Swedish outdoor powertool maker outsources to HCL

  Husqvarna has expanded an existing IT outsourcing agreement with Indian IT services firm

• March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16

  Finland’s Kone chooses IBM for IoT push

  Lift manufacturer is using IBM Watson as part of its internet of things strategy after a multi-year agreement with the IT giant

• February 29, 2016 29 Feb'16

  European Commission releases legal details of EU-US Privacy Shield

  EC claims the publication of legal texts and written assurances marks the start of the new-look data-sharing agreement coming into force

• February 29, 2016 29 Feb'16

  CIO interview: Anders Candell, Stora Enso

  CIO at Finnish pulp and paper manufacturer shares advice for shouldering a new CIO position and guiding the business towards innovative technology

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Tech Nordic Advocates partners with Nordic Startup Conference

  Tech Nordic Advocates, sister organisation of startup group Tech London Advocates, is partnering with the Nordic Startup Conference show in Copenhagen in March

• February 24, 2016 24 Feb'16

  IT could help avert Norwegian healthcare crisis

  With a per capita healthcare spend already the highest in the world, Norway is facing a healthcare crisis as its population is increasingly dominated by elderly people

• February 23, 2016 23 Feb'16

  CGI to provide insurance sector with weather information service

  CGI develops a proof of concept for a system that would use huge volumes of data from weather forecasting supercomputers to help insurance companies plan ahead

• February 22, 2016 22 Feb'16

  HR technology heads to cloud in Finland

  Computer Weekly talked to Finnish experts about Finnish enterprises moving to cloud-based HR IT systems

• February 19, 2016 19 Feb'16

  CIO interview: Robert Sjöström, Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA)

  CIO of Swedish hygiene and forest products company tells Computer Weekly how digital technology is changing the firm from inside out and how he manages this transformation

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  University of Greenwich data breach highlights the dangers of insider threats

  A personal data breach at the University of Greenwich highlights the repercussions for organisations that fail to review what they publish online

• February 16, 2016 16 Feb'16

  Mobile apps could put an end to ‘hated’ staff appraisals

  Josh Bersin, founder of Bersin by Deloitte, reveals the top HR technology trends for 2016

• February 16, 2016 16 Feb'16

  UK police reports good progress on fighting cyber crime globally

  International law enforcement collaboration around cyber crime is making progress, says National Cyber Crime Unit deputy director Sarah Goodall

• February 16, 2016 16 Feb'16

  EU managers need to up cyber security collaboration, study finds

  There is still much work to be done in the area of collaboration and sharing responsibility when it comes to preventing data breaches, a study has found

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Spy bill review fails to address all issues, says cyber expert

  UK parliament’s Joint Committee review fails to address issues of collateral damage and business protection by spy agencies, says cyber security expert

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Sweden’s NFT Ventures looks to Finland for fintech startups

  Swedish startup fund that targets financial technology developers has expanded its reach into Finland

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  Amnesty International joins calls for UK spy law changes

  Amnesty International urges the UK government to re-draft its Investigatory Powers Bill to restore public confidence through proper judicial oversight

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  CIO interview: Ismo Platan, SSAB

  Retiring CIO of Swedish steel company tells Computer Weekly about the progress made in merging two Nordic steel firms and looks at the biggest hurdles that lie ahead

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Social engineering is top hacking method, survey shows

  Social engineering tops the list of popular hacking methods, underlining the need for continuous monitoring, according to security firm Balabit

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  TechUK calls on government to take reports on spy laws seriously

  Government must address the fundamental concerns raised by expert witnesses, MPs and Lords about the draft Investigatory Powers Bill, says TechUK

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Surveillance bill needs more work, says joint parliamentary committee

  Important clarity is lacking in a number of areas in the draft UK surveillance bill, says the joint parliamentary committee appointed to examine it

• February 10, 2016 10 Feb'16

  Finnish construction company YIT opens a virtual IT test lab

  Finnish construction company YIT has opened a lab to allow its staff test out their digital ideas

• February 09, 2016 09 Feb'16

  ISC calls for more clarity in planned surveillance bill

  Parliamentary committee overseeing the UK intelligence community wants greater clarity on intrusive powers granted by the draft Investigatory Powers Bill

• February 09, 2016 09 Feb'16

  BCS calls for criminalisation of reckless data disclosure

  The BCS believes criminalising reckless disclosure would reassure the public in how data is managed under planned surveillance laws

• February 08, 2016 08 Feb'16

  EC awards first cloud contracts to Accenture, Atos, BT and IBM

  The European Commission has revealed details of the suppliers that have secured a place on the three Lots making up its Cloud I framework

• February 08, 2016 08 Feb'16

  Assa Abloy outsources IT transformation to Wipro

  Swedish lock maker has outsourced its IT infrastructure to Indian IT services firm

• February 08, 2016 08 Feb'16

  Bulk data collection unnecessary for surveillance, says cyber expert

  Opting for bulk data collection and other intrusive surveillance overlooks other means available that do not involve collateral damage to businesses and innocent people, says cyber expert

• February 08, 2016 08 Feb'16

  CIOs urged to act on datacentre power outage threats

  Colocation provider Verne Global calls on CIOs to pay attention to Institution of mechanical engineers' concerns over sustainability of UK energy supply

• February 05, 2016 05 Feb'16

  Swedish insurer pens infrastructure deal with City Network

  Insurance company Folksam is using infrastructure as a service as part of its IT modernisation programme

• February 05, 2016 05 Feb'16

  EU-US Privacy Shield: Can written assurances adequately protect EU data from US snoops?

  Privacy campaigners have been quick to question whether Safe Harbour’s replacement will be looked on favourably by the European Court of Justice

• February 04, 2016 04 Feb'16

  Insurance giant RSA outsources to Wipro

  Insurance group takes on infrastructure as a service from Indian supplier Wipro in a bid to consolidate its European IT

• February 03, 2016 03 Feb'16

  Finnish police pick Gemalto for e-passports and IDs

  Finnish authorities sign new contract with digital security specialist to supply electronic identity documents for citizens

• February 02, 2016 02 Feb'16

  EC confirms EU-US Privacy Shield to replace Safe Harbour data-sharing agreement

  The European Commission (EC) confirms it has negotiated a replacement for Safe Harbour, and expects it to come into force in three months

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  Irish row over Safe Harbour deepens

  Ireland faces legal challenge over the independence of its data commissioner, in wake of the scrapping of the Safe Harbour data protection agreement

• February 01, 2016 01 Feb'16

  Göteborg Energi outsources IT with €40m deal

  Nordic energy company will use outsourcing agreement as a platform to modernise its IT environment

• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  Business urged to take action on data privacy

  Security professionals use Data Protection Day to encourage businesses to do more to protect personal data

• January 27, 2016 27 Jan'16

  CIO interview: Jo De Vliegher, Hydro

  The CIO at Norway's Hydro has established an IT department that allows for regional autonomy and central guidance at the same time

• January 26, 2016 26 Jan'16

  Could Sweden become the first cashless society?

  Sweden is fast becoming a country where cash is on the periphery of payments, and some think it might be the first to become cashless

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  Manage cyber risk for business benefit, says industry expert

  Cyber risk management can add business benefit while improving security, says Digital Policy Alliance advisory panel member Philip Virgo

• January 25, 2016 25 Jan'16

  Google pays HMRC £130m in tax deal

  Google is to pay more UK tax in line with new rules – £130m, said to cover the last 10 years – but denies any wrongdoing in the past

• January 22, 2016 22 Jan'16

  Amazon to create 2,500 UK jobs in Europe-wide recruitment drive

  Online retailer has set out plans to recruit staff across all areas of its business in 2016

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  Young high-earners driving fintech revolution

  Consumers are quickly adopting fintech products and services, with young high-earners leading the charge

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  CIO interview: Janne Aalto, Finnish telco DNA

  When Finnish telco DNA wanted to transform its business, it made startup consultant Janne Aalto its CIO to lead the move to lean and agile

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  PwC acquires Polish cloud consultancy for European operation

  PwC is buying Poland-based IT services firm Outbox to build its cloud skills and resources across Europe

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Digital Single Market must be adopted without delay, says EU parliament

  MEPs pass resolution urging the EU to adopt Digital Single Market proposals and enact new protections for consumers as soon as possible

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  UK IT and business process outsourcing plummeted in 2015, show ISG figures

  The amount of money UK organisations spent on IT and business process outsourcing fell sharply in 2015, compared to the previous year

• January 19, 2016 19 Jan'16

  Migration recommendations could hike the cost of Indian IT services

  Government recommendations to tighten up the rules around overseas workers in the UK could increase IT costs for businesses

• January 18, 2016 18 Jan'16

  CIO interview: Kim Lindgren, Tieto

  Tieto's CIO is taking the Finnish IT services company through a “cloudification” transformation, starting with Google Apps and with cognitive computing on his horizon

• January 15, 2016 15 Jan'16

  CIO interview: Kari Saarikoski, Finnair

  Finnair is on a digital transformation journey and the airline’s CIO is changing the IT department as it progresses

• January 15, 2016 15 Jan'16

  CIO interview: Michael Moesgaard, Dong Energy

  Dong Energy’s IT head talks about the challenges of working for an energy company going through a business transformation

• January 14, 2016 14 Jan'16

  Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent celebrate honeymoon

  Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent officially complete their merger and celebrate their first day of combined operations

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  Visibility key to stopping cyber adversaries, says security veteran

  Companies are beginning to accept that they will be compromised, so the demand is growing to know just how often and how deep, says ForeScout CEO Michael DeCesare

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  Firms can monitor employees’ online chats, EU court rules

  Human rights court says it is not unreasonable for employers to want to verify that staff are completing their professional tasks during working hours

• January 12, 2016 12 Jan'16

  St Claraspital deploys virtual desktops to boost staff efficiency

  St Claraspital took home the prize for best desktop virtualisation project at the 2015 Best of VMworld Europe User Awards – and this is why...

• January 11, 2016 11 Jan'16

  Taking a closer look at the Milton Keynes smart city project

  The "MK: Smart" project took home the Best of Show prize at the recent VMworld Europe show in Barcelona – and this is why...

• January 11, 2016 11 Jan'16

  Top priorities for Nordic CIOs in 2016

  What are the main priorities for CIOs in the Nordic region this year? Computer Weekly asks some of the region’s experts

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  European police smash ATM malware gang

  Cyber criminals caused substantial losses across Europe by using Tyupkin malware to access ATM cash cassettes

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  Mixed prospects for IT spending in Europe

  Europe’s economies have varying expectations for IT spending over the next couple of years as the global market sees moderate growth

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  French intelligence ‘could have prevented Paris attacks'

  A former US intelligence director turned whistleblower tells MPs and peers that bulk collection of internet and phone data is putting lives at risk

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  CIO interview: Mats Hultin, Saab Group

  Saab Group's CIO talks to Computer Weekly about the huge challenge of integrating 40 separate IT organisations into one

• January 06, 2016 06 Jan'16

  Audi drivers go online with European MVNO agreement

  Audi drivers will be able to buy in-car connectivity through an MVNO agreement spanning 13 European countries

• January 05, 2016 05 Jan'16

  Seven standout Nordic enterprise startups on the rise

  The Nordic region is a hotbed for IT startups and, while it is better known for consumer-targeted creations such as Angry Birds, there are more and more startups targeting businesses

• January 04, 2016 04 Jan'16

  Nokia takes control of Alcatel-Lucent

  Nokia takes control of 80% of outstanding Alcatel-Lucent shares and prepares to wrap up multi-billion euro deal

• December 22, 2015 22 Dec'15

  Top 10 Nordic CIO interviews of 2015

  A review of the top Nordic CIO interviews from Computer Weekly

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Europe’s digital skills gap set to narrow over next five years

  Forecast for 2020 suggests the shortage of skilled IT workers will not be as great as previously expected

• December 16, 2015 16 Dec'15

  Deal on EU data protection is close

  A deal to standardise data protection rules across the EU could be imminent after compromises were made

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Mobile roaming revenues to drop by a quarter in Europe

  Juniper Research looks ahead to 2017 to predict the likely effect of when mobile roaming charges across the EU member states are phased out

• December 15, 2015 15 Dec'15

  Norway’s TeliaSonera demonstrates 1Gbps 4.5G network

  Norwegian operator TeliaSonera demonstrates the fastest download speeds yet obtained over a commercial mobile network

• December 14, 2015 14 Dec'15

  Rockwool invests €2m in global HR project

  Manufacturer interviewed other companies about their HR systems before choosing a system to harmonise its processes across 38 countries

• December 14, 2015 14 Dec'15

  Hundreds of European banks apply for .bank domain

  Over 500 European banks have applied for the .bank domain name, as part of their defences against cyber crime

• December 11, 2015 11 Dec'15

  UK hosts international cyber attack response test

  The UK has hosted an exercise to test how investigators and prosecutors across Europe and the US would work together in the event of a complex international cyber criminal incident

• December 11, 2015 11 Dec'15

  Eight startups selected for Cyber London security accelerator programme

  Cyber London has selected startups from the UK, Finland, Hungary, Israel, Brazil and South Africa for its second cyber security accelerator programme

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  HPE goes live with Europe-wide cloud service catalogue

  HPE’s Cloud 28+ service catalogue is open for business and hopes to encourage wider take-up of off-premises services across the continent

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  European Commission proposes rules for digital content and online sales

  The EC has published proposals aimed at promoting access to digital content and online sales across the European Union and include an overhaul of copyright laws

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  Volvo finance department expands system support beyond Sweden

  Volvo Group Treasury has extended an outsourcing agreement with Virtusa to give it the same support response times worldwide

• December 09, 2015 09 Dec'15

  Nordic startups take on the enterprise mobile app market

  Nordic startups are targeting the mobile market with software to help customers create apps as demand from businesses in their home region and beyond grows

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  New EU data protection laws to force global business strategy rethink

  More than two-thirds of global firms expect new EU data protection laws to dramatically increase costs of doing business in Europe

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Low-cost Nordics expect datacentre growth

  The Nordics offers advantages as a datacentre location, with each of its five countries offering something different