ICT use by companies broken down by sector of industry (SIC 2008), 2008
Explanation of symbols
Table explanation
This table contains figures on the use of information and communication technology (ICT) by companies. These include:
- use of computers;
- internal and external networks, including the internet;
- software and its application;
- Supply Chain Management;
- Automated Data Exchange;
- communication with government via the internet;
- the extent to which companies use the internet for buying and selling;
- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).
The figures refer to companies with 10 and more employed persons. Reference date is 31 December.
Data available from: 2008.
Status of the figures:
The figures are final.
Changes as of 8 March 2019:
None, this table is discontinued.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore
Description topics
- Number of companies >= 10 employed perso
- Total number of companies with 10 and more employed persons in the
Netherlands on 31 December. - Companies with internal networks (LAN)
- Use of linked computers in the company. This includes links between
different locations of the same company. Such a link (network) is
called a Local Area Network (LAN) and may be a "fixed" and "wireless"
connection. A company can have several types of LAN (wireless, intranet,
extranet).- LAN
- Number of companies with a LAN (Local Area Network).
- Wireless LAN
- Number of companies with a wireless LAN (Local Area Network).
- Intranet
- Number of companies with an internal company communications network
allowing internal file exchange between its users.
- Extranet
- Number of companies with an extranet: a secured extension of an intranet
that allows external users to access parts of the company's intranet.
- Companies with external networks
- External networks include internet or other networks than the internet,
such as Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
EDI is a standard for electronic exchange of structured messages between
business partners.- Teleworkers
- Number of companies with employed persons who regularly, at least half a
day a week, work outside their place of work and have access to the ICT
system of the company. The employed person must have access to files
and/or software, not just email.
- Internet
- Companies with software/ICT applications
- ICT applications: special software with a limited application (e.g. an
accounting package).- ERP software
- Number of companies using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software.
ERP software systematically integrates data of various units within the
company, such as planning, purchasing, logistics and production.
- Supply Chain Management (SCM)
- Supply Chain Management is the integration of a company's business and
ICT system with that of its business partners to coordinate the
availability and supply of products/services. This is electronic data
exchange on expected production, stock, demand, supply, product
development etc. and can be done via:
- the internet or another network;
- Automated Data Exchange.
Hand typed emails are excluded.- Total number of companies using SCM
- Total number of companies using Supply Chain Management.
- Companies that secure messages
- Companies taking measures to protect electronic data flows.
- Total of secured messages
- Number of companies using a form of security when sending or receiving
electronic messages, such as a digital signature or a cryptographic
protocol.
- Digital signature
- Number of companies transmitting electronic messages using a digital
signature or other methods to validate the sender and the messages.
- Cryptographic protocols
- Number of companies that made use of a secured communications protocol
(e.g. cryptographic protocols SSL and TLS) for orders received via the
Internet.
SSL: Secure Socket Layer.
TLS: Transport Layer Security.