ICT use by companies by company size, 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.
Changes as of 8 March 2019:
None, this table is discontinued.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore
Description topics
- ICT specialists and users on 31 December
- ICT stands for information and communication technology.
An ICT specialist is an employee who may specify, design, develop,
install, administer and manage ICT systems, including network management
and conducting evaluations and ICT research, such as a software developer,
system administrator or a 'head IT department'.
An ICT user is an employee using a computer and standard packages (such as
word processing, spreadsheets, databases) and/or office-related software
(such as accounting packages, CAD/CAM packages, SPSS) at work.- Staff working with a computer
- Number of employed persons who work at a computer at least once a week.
- Staff working with internet
- Number of employed persons regularly using a computer with internet
access for their work.
- Teleworkers
- Number of 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.
- 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
- Use for sales
- Sales via external networks, or online sales, are defined here as sales
of products ordered electronically (excluding hand typed email).
They include sales via the company website (public, generally accessible),
or via non-public systems including Automated Data Exchange (ADE).- Sales via external networks
- Number of companies that use external networks for sales of goods and
services.
- Via Automated Data Exchange (ADE)
- Via other non-public systems, including Automated Data Exchange (ADE).
- Sales via non-internet networks
- Number of companies that use non-public systems, including Automated Data
Exchange (ADE) to sell goods and services.
- Use for purchase
- Purchases via external networks or electronic shopping is defined here as
placing an order electronically (excluding hand typed email).- Purchase via external networks
- Number of companies that use external networks for the purchase of goods
and services.