Assinform is the Italian association of Information & Communication Technology companies and an affiliate of the Confindustria (Confederation of Italian Industry) system.

It was established through the unification of two major industry associations (AITech and Assinform). It has a solid member base of more than 420 companies which cover most of the industry that in Italy counts over 370.000 employees and 25.000 businesses, accounting for 20 billion Euro in revenue (2% of national GDP). It is the major reference point for the Italian ICT industry: ranging from software companies, systems and equipment manufacturers, providers of applications, networks and services to Value Added Service and IT related content providers. It is an important chapter of Confindustria Servizi Innovativi e Tecnologici, the Federation that brings together organisations from the vast services sector, which includes businesses that offer services relevant to the innovation and new technology sectors: such as IT, telecommunications, digital media and multimedia content. (Read more)

Assinform publishes an annual Report - Rapporto Assinform sull'Informatica, le Telecomunicazioni e i contenuti Multimediali, a tradition that goes back 40 years - which is firmly established as the most important reference for the status and trends of the ICT market in Italy.