The European Information Technology Observatory (EITO) gathers high quality and up-to-date information on European and global markets for information technology, telecommunications and consumer electronics. The EITO is managed by Bitkom Research GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of BITKOM, the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media. EITO is sponsored by CeBIT, KPMG, Simo, Systems and Telecom Italia. The research activities of the EITO Task Force are supported by the European Commission and the OECD.