Smart industry – Finland’s new growth booster
Teknologiainfo.net ‘Digital Finland 2010’ report compiles the new development goals of Finnish electronics, energy and IT sectors.A report entitled ‘Digital Finland 2010’ published by the Federation of Finnish Technology Industries presents Finland with a vision of how the use of ICT technology can create success in different sectors.
– Finnish ICT will find its place where global forces of change, its own areas of strength and new targets for investment intersect, says Hannu Hernesniemi, Research Director at Etlatieto Ltd, the company which produced the Digital Finland 2020 publication and acted as its main sponsor.
– Forces of change such as the aging population, urbanization and the growing emphasis on environmental and energy issues create demand in areas where the Finns have a great deal of expertise.
In the long run it is expected that the ICT sector will grow faster than the global economy as a whole, and that the Internet will become a central part of infrastructure. Every sector will need electronics, software and embedded systems created from them.
Digital technology will become a part of our everyday lives through appliances and entertainment systems and services. In the case of Finland of particular importance are for instance combinations of mobile technology and the Internet, applications and for example sensor technology.
According to the Federation of Finnish Technology Industries the public administration should start to utilize digitalization in its activities in order to improve productivity, create better services for citizens and increase its effectiveness. New initiatives based on open platforms would at the same time offer business opportunities to many service providers.
– Digital services could become a significant opportunity for growth for Finland. However, this requires the creation of an internal market for digital services within the European Union, marks Tommi Juusela, Chairman of the Research Project Steering Group and Nokia Corporation’s Director for content and development.
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