SwissICT
SwissICT is the largest professional association for Swiss information and communication technology . With 210,800 people employed in ICT professions, the industry is an important factor in business and politics. The organization has a total of 3000 members. There are both provider and user companies as well as individuals.
history
SwissICT was created in 2000 through the merger of two associations - the Swiss Association for Data Processing (SVD, founded in 1968) and the Business Informatics Association (WIF, founded in 1955). This is also the basis of the association's openness for companies as well as for individuals at all hierarchical levels.
organization
President of the 11-member board is Thomas C. Flatt, another well-known board member is National Councilor Kathy Riklin . SwissICT has a professionally managed office, 17 working and specialist groups and an interdisciplinary commission of experts.
Focus
The association intends to create a tangible and visible identity for the industry and to promote the industry's reputation. The association advocates attractive framework conditions for employers and employees in ICT and promotes the technical know-how of its members.
At regular events, the association brings together experts from providers and users for a professional exchange, while others are devoted to topics such as social media , agile software development or IT procurement for Swiss authorities.
The association annually awards the Swiss ICT Award , the most important award in the industry. The association's regular services for the entire industry include the book Berufe der ICT , which has been published since 1981, as well as the annual results of the Swiss-wide ICT salary survey , which has been published since 1986.
The foundation sees itself as the primary representative of ICT vis-à-vis the public, politics and the authorities; the association attaches great importance to the responsible use of ICT for the benefit of the economy and society.
Members
The foundation is open to everyone working in ICT and all companies. In addition to individual members and SMEs, the members also include most of the well-known ICT companies, as well as important ICT users with many employees in the IT department, such as banks or the large retail companies. SwissICT members maintain the exchange of know-how and experience in official specialist and working groups, they are managed in the militia system and supported by the office. The specialist groups:
- ICT job profiles
- ICT salaries
- eHealth
- eLearning
- Open source software
- ICT investment
- ICT innovation
- IT service management
- IT governance
- Lean, Agile & Scrum
- Product lifecycle management
- Legal Commission
- Editing of swissICT Magazine
- Security
- Social Media and Mobile Computing
- Sourcing & Cloud
- SwiSMA ( software metrics )
- User experience
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ ICT Vocational Training: ICT Skilled Workers Situation - Latest Developments and Demand Forecast 202 4
- ↑ Brief portrait. swissICT, accessed on November 29, 2016 .
- ↑ About SwissICT ( Memento of the original from July 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ swiss ICT specialist groups
- ↑ Inside IT: Swiss ICT Award increases expert jury
- ^ Professions of the ICT. In: swissICT. Retrieved November 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Salaries of the ICT: Salary study for IT specialists in Switzerland. In: swissICT. Retrieved November 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Specialist groups. In: swissICT. Retrieved November 29, 2016 .
- ^ [1] Media release from December 19, 2013
