Statistics Austria conducts an annual survey on the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in Austrian enterprises with at least ten employees in selected branches of the economy. The focus is on topics such as e-commerce, the use of cloud services, the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence.
The survey of ICT use is carried out on the basis of a random sample. It is based on the EU regulation on European business statistics, supplemented by implementing regulations that contain the indicators to be collected each year.
Due to harmonised definitions and a uniform methodology, important indicators for EU-wide benchmarks can be identified to monitor the progress of digital transformation. Austrian results are available in the autumn of the particular survey year, EU-wide results at the end of the year.