For the participants of the Computable Christmas Puzzle turns a fun challenge every time to see passing

For the participants of the Computable Christmas Puzzle turns a fun challenge every time to see passing by means of cryptic many IT developments in review of the past year. The final sought solutions anniversary edition in 2016 refer to the theme of 'digital transformation': that of Christmas puzzle is "Disruption is new magic word 'and the bonus puzzle' Innovations'.

According to one of the almost three hundred entrants disruption is a word that should be banned from the Dutch language as quickly as possible. But another contributor gave his son on the basis of the solution just the tip in order to devote his pre-university profile assignment to it disruptive or disruptive economy.

For the participants marked this anniversary edition anyway again 'many hours of fun digging in search and retrieval on the Web site of Computable during the Christmas holidays, "as someone wrote. Some puzzles alone, others do it together or call for help (with the help of brother loves working in the ICT).

Some puzzlers the anniversary edition was easier than previous years. As a contributor responded by saying that the puzzle did have liked more difficult 'and wrote another' fun puzzle; it went a lot faster than last year. " But there were also responses as "a tough puzzle, '' it was hard this year" and "We have entertained us with completing and cracked our brains. Thanks! A tough this year, but very nice! "

Tradition
And there were more enthusiastic responses like "Thanks for the super cute Christmas puzzle. I enjoyed it, '' Every year, 'just' fix the Computable Christmas puzzle. It remains fun. " and "Congratulations on the tenth edition of the Christmas puzzle! I have again this year been looking forward to and a lot of pleasure. " We do of course.

For the tenth time that we as editors organized the puzzle, we decided as a gift a bonus puzzle (solution: Innovations) to do it. Which was marked by acquisitions and investments in the Dutch ICT market. That was a big job for a number of participants: "The puzzle was a little easier than last year, except the bonus puzzle then, I could find only NXP with certainty," said one contributor.

In short, as one of the puzzlers reported: "A nice tradition this Christmas puzzle!"

The distribution of the prize
This time we could with the help of various PR agencies and IT companies again make available some great prizes. From the many correct entries, we have drawn the following winners:

The Computable Christmas Puzzle 2016 'A to Z' year came again along in the form of 26 cryptic about companies, institutions, individuals, business and developments that have been in the news. Who filled out the correct answers in Filippine found in the colored boxes the final solution: Disruption is new magic word. Here again the 26 descriptions were related to the ICT 2016, followed by the requested response and a brief explanation.

A: EU citizen gets this soon personal digital protection: GDPR (On April 14, 2016 the European Parliament approved the GDPR well, the General Data Protection Regulation of the General Regulation Data protection This regulation for privacy and data protection in the European Union is 25. in May 2018 by force.)

B: Italian scientist launched Galileo (the European satellite navigation system Galileo, named after the Italian physicist and astronomer Galileo Galilei, went into operation on December 15, 2016 In 2020, the European counterpart of the American GPS system has reached its full operational capacity. with a total of thirty satellites.)

C: Self-propelled minibus: ParkShuttle (The Park Shuttle, the self-propelled transport on the industrial Rivium in Capelle aan den IJssel, yet surely continue driving for two years, the Rotterdam The Hague Metropolitan Area decided in late 2016 to extend the concession of transport company Connexxion to. the end of 2018.)

D: This miracle machine makes paper without water: paperlab (Japanese printer manufacturer Epson announced to arrive with his paperlab to Europe This is an office machine that paper can be produced from waste paper disposed of with minimal use of water.).

E: Party for IT students: Campus Party (Campus Party 2016 took place from May 25 to 29 May in the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht This tech festival is a breeding ground for innovation, especially designed for tech talent, IT students and young. entrepreneurs.)

F: Here the data in the air: Science Park (Two data center operators chose their new data centers in the scientific Science Park in Amsterdam to go in the height Those of DigitalRealty opened in the fall of 2016, the Equinix data center must still. be phased out but reached in December, the highest point 72 meters).

G: Automated call: chatbot (A chatbot is an automated interlocutor, a combination of the word 'chat' and 'robot' Chatbots are mainly found on websites or message tools and often act as the source of information or services by visitors or customers. to enter into a dialogue. In a chatbot is incorporated artificial intelligence.)

H: They were allowed to purchase a distributor and a printer group but no chip business: Chinese (Chinese companies Tianjin Tianhai and Apex Technology were allowed, respectively, the US IT distributor Ingram Micro and take over the US printer company Lexmark, but US President Barack Obama held the acquisition of chip company Aixtron by the Chinese against Fujian.)

I: New business network for Nadella: LinkedIn (Software giant Microsoft took in June 2016 social media network on LinkedIn Director of LinkedIn Jeff Weiner, remained active as CEO and reported to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella..)

J: Fundamental participant aanbestedingsweg: Protinus IT (Protinus IT was selected as a preferred supplier for both sides of the data center resources procurement ROAD2016 Still went to the company to court to object to the selection of Infotheque who was not certified in his eyes. for the supply of Cisco equipment. the risk would be voided the tender. According Protinus iT ginhg it is a matter of principle.)

K: The tender for this system was not worth much: Business System (Service ICT Implementation - Dictu - the Ministry of Economic Affairs ceased in February 2016 the European Procurement Case centric work after fruitless negotiations with four (Atos, Genetics, Capgemini and Accenture) of the nine bidders.)

L: Prof with Microsoft business card should continue to give lectures: Leo Kouwenhoven (Leo Kouwenhoven, an expert in the field of electronic properties of nanostructures at TU Delft, the end of 2016 joined Microsoft, he will play a role in the introduction of a. quantum computer by Microsoft. He was allowed to remain as professor at the university.)

M: Japanese nepbank buy this British chip manufacturer: Advanced Risc Machines (mid-July, the Japanese investor Softbank bought British chipmaker ARM for 24.3 billion pounds).

N: Data Researcher at Data Scientist (also known as data scientist: a new profession in the IT sector: they are specialists who conduct research on big data.)

O: Music Hall for accounting: Heineken Music Hall (The Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam Zuid-Oost is called so until the end of 2016. Then called the music hall Afas Live The new sponsor Afas include accounting software provider.).

P: After 35 years in Lelystad is no continuity here: Computer Alternative Center (KPN closed its data center in Lelystad - the former, founded Computer Alternative Center in 1981. The data center in Almere, the new location of all backup and recovery activities. KPN).

Q: This innovation is threatening lumbering big banks: Fintech (The financial market is flooded with start-ups that innovative financial technology - FinTech - commercial use, allowing insurance companies and international banks to revise their business models.)

R: Transactions on peer-to-peer level: Block Chain (This is a potentially disruptive internet technology that allows information sharing simple, but also to regulate very efficient transactions with block chain to do peer-to-peer transactions without. intervention, for example, companies or banks, without complex contracts and all at no additional cost.)

S: ICT professionals get there by fusion One: Professional Association (Royal Dutch Association of Information Professionals - KNVI - goes along with the professional association for ICT professionals and managers, Ngi-NGN, and the union for documentary information SOD per January 1st. 2017 is a professional association named KNVI.)

T: Connect equipment to the Internet: Long Range Low Power (LORA stands for Long Range Low Power "and is a wireless communication technology with a range of 2.5 to fifteen kilometers per LORA antenna is ideal for connecting devices to it. internet, in the context of IoT: the internet or things).

U: Ricoh, FloraHolland, ING, IBM, Xerox, Vancis Unilever: Dismissal Rounds (also in 2016 there were again several layoffs among ICT professionals ranging from IT companies and banks to auctions and food companies.)

Q: Computer Pioneer that is put in the spotlight: Aad van Wijngaarden (Adriaan van Wijngaarden, 1916-1987, was born exactly 100 years ago on November 2, 2016, aanleding for various commemorative activities Van Wijngaarden was as head of the accounting department of the Mathematical Centre. at the birth of the computer in the Netherlands. he is considered one of the founders of computer science in our country. Later he was from 1961 to 1980, director of the Mathematical Centre, which today is called Mathematics and computer science).