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Kodan and the City of Helsinki will implement the capital region's public services core information system using Finnish cloud provider UpCloud, prioritizing technical performance, security, and local infrastructure.

Kodan and the City of Helsinki are implementing the core information system using the domestic cloud service UpCloud

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This article brings together what we’ve learned from that practical work. It’s a hands-on summary of recent developments in the AI space.

AI in practice: what we’ve learned so far

Nikolas Kohvakka, Kodan's project manager in the Helsinki partnership

“It’s a significant project for us, but not a foreign one. The principles are the same: understanding, clarity, and collaboration.”

“Software development is essentially the art of turning real-world chaos into something a computer can understand.” 

“Tolerate uncertainty. Accept that you can’t know everything right away. Write down what you don’t yet know, and come back to it later. That’s how you manage complexity without losing focus.”

Building clarity from complexity: Our approach to major projects

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What it takes to start large digital projects and why clarity always wins?

Kodan has been part of the Nokia RXRM journey for years, with a dedicated team of developers involved across multiple projects from an early stage.

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From early research all the way to commercial products, and still going strong.

Delivered across several global industry and entertainment sectors.

Contributed to two Red Dot Awards for the Nokia 5G 360 Camera.

Building a solution with Nokia that enables industries to choose to see everything

Kodan designed and built a new platform for PowerPark to handle ticket sales, accommodation bookings, and gate validation.

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Consolidates tickets, services, and accommodation into one seamless, high-converting checkout.

Built to thrive during high-volume spikes, turning heavy traffic into consistent, reliable revenue

Drives double-digit increases in digital revenue by removing technical barriers to purchase

Building a scalable ticketing and booking platform for PowerPark

MPS partnered with Kodan to rethink the personnel assessments process from the ground up, starting not from technology, but from experience.

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Saves 3,800 hours of work every year through automation.

Eliminates manual work through a unified, automated system flow.

Removes friction and confusion for a clear, seamless process.

Turning a fragmented personnel assessment process into a clear, automated experience

Kodan helped the City of Helsinki build their award-winning Helsinki Design System.

Example user interface components from HDS web page

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Recognised as the best design system in Finland at Grand One 2023.

One unified component library replacing a fragmented digital landscape across all city services.

Released under an open-source licence for any city or organisation to adopt.

Helsinki Design System: A unified digital identity for the city

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LokiTime is now the most widely used key management software in Finland.

A fully renewed architecture on Google Cloud enables fast national and international growth.

New APIs let clients connect LokiTime directly into their own systems.

Creating the #1 key management software in Finland

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Kodan turned a crude idea into a user-tested prototype.

The game helps organisations predict and reduce work-ability-related costs.

Ready-to-build designs ensured a smooth transition for Keva’s developers.

Building a solution with Nokia that enables industries to choose to see everything

Building a scalable ticketing and booking platform for PowerPark

Turning a fragmented personnel assessment process into a clear, automated experience

Helsinki Design System: A unified digital identity for the city

Creating the #1 key management software in Finland

Design for improved working life

Some of our clients

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Daily life at Kodan

Kodan and the City of Helsinki are implementing the core information system using the domestic cloud service UpCloud

AI in practice: what we’ve learned so far

Building clarity from complexity: Our approach to major projects

Some of our people

Olli Aalto

Diana Giova

Pasi Hämäläinen

Mikko Jokinen

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Some of our clients

Contact us

Daily life at Kodan

Kodan and the City of Helsinki are implementing the core information system using the domestic cloud service UpCloud

AI in practice: what we’ve learned so far

Building clarity from complexity: Our approach to major projects

Some of our people

Olli Aalto

Diana Giova

Pasi Hämäläinen

Mikko Jokinen