European Information Technology Observatory

The European Information Technology Observatory, abbreviated EITO, is a European initiative and published since 1993 market data for information and communications technology and consumer electronics in Europe.

The EITO owes its existence to the initiative of Enore Deotto (Milan, † 9 August 2008 Carnia ) and the support of Luis Alberto Herrera Petit (Madrid ), Jörg Schomburg (Hannover ) and Günther Möller (Frankfurt am Main). From 1993 to 2007, the market data were published as yearbook ( " EITO yearbook" ) and since 2008 are specified by country or market segment through an online portal for order.

Since 2008, directs the Bitkom Research GmbH, the European Information Technology Observatory (EITO ) and cooperates with the renowned market research companies GfK and IDC. In addition, flows over the EITO task force 's expertise EITO partner associations from 11 European countries. The EITO Task Force consists of 22 ICT market experts who are appointed by the EITO partner associations and EITO sponsors. Her work is also supported by the European Commission and the OECD.