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2001 EDITORIAL CONTENTS The Finnish Way to Knowledge Society OBSERVATIONS AND REMARKS The Role of Network Operators will Remain Editorial Important Markku Markkula, Chairman of Board, TIEKE 3 Seppo Toivonen, Managing Director of the Finnet Association 30 ICT Cluster is a National Stronghold Sinikka Mönkäre, Minister of Trade and Industry 4 ICT Industry in Finland Needs an Interest Organisation Reijo Svento, Managing Director of FiCom 32 Multilingual IT – Gibberish Jyrki Lehtola, a Finnish scribe 5 SPECIAL APPLICATIONS Fitting Together the Clothing and ICT Industries: The National Strategy of the Winner Country Would you like to haveby Markku a Markkuladirect access to the Johannes Koroma, Managing Director, A Great Challenge Chairman of Board EU´s laboratory for wireless data communica- The Confederation of Finnish Industry and Employers TT 6 Pentti Hurmerinta, CEO, Reima-Tutta Oy 34 TIEKE Finnish Information Technology Development Center tions? Would you likeMember to lower of Parliament, your Committee R&D for thebudget Future, Finland The Trend in Documentation is Towards Outsourcing ELECTRONICS Sami Kangasharju, Managing Director, Mendez Oy 35 and increase your profits? The Tekes technol- The Mobile Information Society Builds Upon IP Protocol ogy nprogrammes a world of intensifying competition,introduce by theyou President to ofthe Finland, latest Ms.Tarja models that have proved useful in our Nokia 8 A Bouncy Lady to Break European Weather Monopolies technologiesit is a vital condition and for offerprivate com a- chanceHalonen, into her takerecent New advan Year speech.- work. Last August, a team consisting of Pirkko Saarikivi, Managing Director, Foreca Ltd 36 panies as well as the public sector The President also discussed the Finns’ representatives of the Committee for the Bluetooth Enabled Devices are an Emerging Trend tageI of R&D co-operation with Finnish compa- to be prepared for the future. This has skills to exploit their expertise, a fact Future and of Finnish business made an Rolf Svanbäck, Vice President, Telecom R&D, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS niesbeen and duly noted universities. in Finland. Expressed in that has in many fields made the nation excursion to the US with one of the Oy L M Ericsson Ab 10 Culminatum Ltd Oy, Helsinki Region Centre of Expertise 38 modern eWorld terminology, the crucial an inspiring example, and stressed the targets being the work of the Council notions that are rapidly penetrating the importance that the political and social on Competitiveness. Of special interest to The Growth of the Electronics and Electrical Industry Tampere Technology Centre Ltd 40 Continues Finnish society are networking and the stability of Finland has had on the the team was the “Innovation Index”, an Markku Alhonen, Deputy Director, Jyväskylä Science Park Ltd 41 seamless and transparent integration of country’s competitiveness. The ability to international analysis led by professors Federation of Finnish Electrical and Electronics Industry 12 Technopolis Plc, Oulu Region Centre of work processes into value chains. work together has made us a competitive Michael Porter (Harvard) and Scott Stern Expertise 42 What is my perspective on this nation and helped both private people and (MIT). The analysis offered us much food SOFTWARE INDUSTRY publication? Why am I writing this companies to cope and succeed. for thought but in quite a surprising way. The Importance of Embedded Software is Growing SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS introduction? We are all continuously Determination and skills to build the Much of our visit was spent answering Juhani Strömberg, Senior Vice President, Development, building up our knowledge and future to answer people’s needs and the question on how Finland has managed Sitra, Finnish National Fund for Research and TietoEnator Corporation 14 competencies either consciously or wishes are needed at every level. It is to improve its innovativeness even to the Development 44 unconsciously. Work concerning the future the Parliament’s responsibility to observe point that, according to the forecast, it The Role of Integrator and Consultant will be Finnish Business Solutions Worldwide Finpro 46 must be made more personal, passive the changes taking place in today’s world, will reach the number two position in Pronounced in the Future observation no longer suffices. I am to analyze them and take a stand 2005 in the global ranking, thus clearly Matti Mäkelin, Senior Vice President, Novo Group Plc 16 SOCIETY, GOVERNMENT AND R&D determined to develop my own Knowledge on the issues required of the Finnish beating the US. The Importance of High Availability and Information Society Brings a New Work Ethic Management tool kit, a collection of society and its different communities Several other recently published Network Security will Increase in the Future Pekka Himanen, Ph.D., Philosopher 48 continuously developing methods and and individuals in the future. This work international benchmarks also indicate Jukka Tapaninen, Vice President, Marketing, models, the core of which consists of is carried out on the parliamentary similar results. Finnish businesses, Government Aims at Expanding Electronic Services Stonesoft Corporation 18 my mission as a Member of Parliament: level by the Committee for the Future organizations and institutions active in Olavi Köngäs, Chief Information Officer, Ministry of Finance 50 “Make Finland a forerunner of the (www.parliament.fi/FutureCommittee), a the ICT field are also eager to create new A Supplier of Mobile Infrastructure Software must be Flexible and Fast A Unique Phenomenon: The Committee for the Future of information society development with permanent organ consisting of seventeen solutions for global networking. Extensive Members of Parliament. Petteri Koponen, CEO, First Hop Oy 20 the Finnish Parliament special emphasis on humanity and international cooperation requires that all Paula Tiihonen, Committee Counsel 52 innovations”. To succeed, we need to identify parties have the required insight into We Look for Future Successes in Finland Social innovations are beginning to the megatrends of the society, the both their own and other participants’ Vesa Sadeharju, Investment Director, 3i Finland Oy 22 Technology Programmes – Gateway to Finland’s World Class play a more fundamental role in our different phenomena affecting them, and background and know-how. ICT Technology national innovation culture. Advanced the attitudes of the various groups of I believe that this publication will The Growth of the Software Industry is Still Strong Tekes, the National Technology Agency of Finland 54 technological know-how and research society, including those that are not provide useful material and information Liisa Nakari, Executive Director, activities that create new opportunities considered desirable for well-being. The for each reader’s personal needs and IT Services Association TIPAL 24 The Next Generation Networks The Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) 56 are vital to success, but alone they work of the Committee for the Future purposes. To quote one of the thoughts of are not enough. The development of the is based on all-permeating success the Committee for the Future, I wish to TELECOMMUNICATIONS information society has provided us with factors defined by the Committee a few emphasize that “For a prosperous future Finns are Ready to Take the Next Step: FINNISH IT SUPPLIER INDEX 58 new possibilities to increase profitability years ago. These factors include wisely of our nation, we must be able to both The Mobile Internet in the form of Knowledge Management influencing globalization, exploiting identify everyday problems and create Olli-Pekka Heinonen, Minister of Transport and FINLAND IN FIGURES 59 and its main elements, the will and information and technology to the full, future visions. We need comprehensive Communications 26 skills for mutual learning and shared the human aspect of innovation and information but far-sighted thinking and Silicon Hill: A Platform for the Communications accomplishment. governance of matters and life. belief in our instincts are equally Technologies of Tomorrow The importance of national This ICT-Finland Review sheds light important”. ■ Elisa Communication Corporation 28 cooperation and working together towards on the background of Finnish know-how a common goal were also emphasized and discusses policies and operative Telia Wants Strong Position in Scandinavian Markets Tero Laaksonen, Managing Director of Telia Finland Oy 29 3 OBSERVATIONS AND REMARKS Minister of Trade and Industry, Sinikka Mönkäre: War of words in Finland ICT Cluster is a national Multilingual IT-Gibberish By Jyrki Lehtola Publisher stronghold TIEKE The Finnish Information Technology Development Center Editor-in-chief Design and Layout Ossi Partanen J-FormT:mi/Juha Räty Adress Photos Would you like to have a direct access to the Salomonkatu 17 A Ossi Partanen FIN-00100 Helsinki, Finland Juha Sorri EU´s laboratory for wireless data communica- Timo Raunio Internet tions? Would you like to lower your R&D budget http://www.tieke.fi/ Printed by and increase your profits? The Tekes technol- Koteva Oy Email Turku, Finland 2001 ogy programmes introduce you to the latest [email protected] technologies and offer a chance to take advan- Editorial board tage of R&D co-operation with Finnish compa- Aatto J. Repo Liisa Nakari Executive Director Executive Manager nies and universities. TIEKE Information Technology TIPAL IT Services Development Centre Association Leo Laaksonen Paula Tiihonen