Swiss Informatics Society SI

Name

Swiss Informatics Society SI

Legal name

SI - Schweizer Informatik Gesellschaft

Website

https://swissinformatics.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bern

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: SI generates revenue through annual membership fees from approximately 1,500 IT professional members across Switzerland.
2. ECDL/ICDL Certification Administration: From January 2025, SI together with SAQ manages ECDL/ICDL certification backoffice operations, supporting test centers across Switzerland.
3. Event Attendance: SI offers free attendance at events for members, with non-members potentially paying for certain programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SI is a Swiss-wide non-profit professional association for IT graduates and practitioners, serving approximately 1,500 members through annual membership, professional networking, continuing education, IT policy advocacy, and topic-focused events. It delivers professional certifications (IT Expert SI, SI Professional), manages ECDL/ICDL certification backoffice in partnership with SAQ, and publishes the SI Digital Magazine alongside the annual Swiss IT Congress (SITC).

Product overview

Swiss Informatics Society (SI) is a nationwide non-profit professional association for IT graduates in Switzerland, representing approximately 1,500 IT experts. Rather than a unified software product, SI offers a portfolio of professional services including the annual Swiss IT Congress (SITC), SI Evening Talks event series, Interest Groups (SIGs), professional certifications (IT Expert SI, SI Professional), ECDL/ICDL certification management, publications (SI Digital Magazine), and topic-focused spotlights on areas like E-ID, Data Privacy, Security, and Digital Resilience. The organization is affiliated with SIRA (research association) and SISR (Suisse Romande section).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Swiss IT Congress (SITC) Annual congress organized by SI that addresses current IT topics with speakers from government, academia, and industry, providing a national forum for Swiss IT professionals to discuss technology trends and challenges.
• SI Evening Talks Regular online and in-person event series covering specialized IT topics such as Bitcoin/cryptocurrency, cybersecurity, Agile, networking, and project management, offered to SI members and the broader IT community.
• IT Expert SI Certification Tertiary-level professional certification demonstrating IT competence, quality of training, and business competencies, awarded by SI to qualified IT professionals in Switzerland.
• SI Professional Certification Professional certification awarded by SI recognizing qualified IT experts and supporting their career progression within the Swiss IT profession.
• ECDL/ICDL Certification Management International computer literacy certification program administered by SI in partnership with SAQ, providing backoffice operations and continued test center support across Switzerland.
• SI Digital Magazine Online publication featuring articles, interviews, news, and resources on informatics and IT topics in Switzerland, including the IT Fire Interviews series focused on women in IT.
• SI Interest Groups (SIGs) Specialized interest groups (SIGs) formed around specific IT topics including Software Engineering, AI (SGAICO), Databases, User Experience, Business Informatics, IT Operations/Hardware (Green IT), and Societal Topics, each led by SI members with topic-specific events.

Quantifiable outcome

• Largest professional IT association in Switzerland with approximately 1,500 members

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSI is closely linked to IFIP worldwide and co-hosted the IFIP General Assembly at Genolier Innovation Hub in September, organizing a symposium on IT and Medicine. IFIP Vice-President Jacques Sakarovitch participated in SI's 40th anniversary celebration.
• CEPIS (Council of European Professional Informatics Societies)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSI cooperates with CEPIS at the European level as part of its international network of informatics societies.
• digitalswitzerlandmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSI cooperates with digitalswitzerland as one of its key organizational partners in Switzerland to promote digital initiatives.
• SAQmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSI together with SAQ is responsible for ECDL/ICDL backoffice operations from January 1, 2025. Support for test centers continues without interruption.
• GI eV (Germany)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSI maintains close ties with its sister society in Germany, supporting cross-border professional networking among German-speaking informatics societies.
• OCG (Austria)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSI maintains close ties with its sister society in Austria, supporting cross-border professional networking among German-speaking informatics societies.
• Swiss ICTmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSI cooperates with Swiss ICT as one of the key organizations representing IT professionals and promoting the Swiss IT landscape.
• Swiss Universities and HES InstitutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSIRA (Swiss Informatics Research Association) represents professors and lecturers from Swiss universities, ETHs, and universities of applied sciences. SISR co-organizes events with HES and universities.
• SATW (Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerSI maintains partnership with SATW as part of its network of Swiss technical organizations.
• SVIA/SSIE (Swiss ICT Association)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerSI partners with SVIA as part of its Swiss IT ecosystem network.
• DIDAS (Digital Identity & Data Sovereignty Association)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSI collaborates with DIDAS on digital identity topics. SI and DIDAS presented Trust Flow Diagram Repository concept at e-ID Participation Meeting organized by Federal Office of Justice.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• IEEE Computer Society: Global technical society within IEEE serving computing professionals with certifications, conferences, publications, and standards. Comparable offering mix to SI but at much larger scale and with global, industry-wide rather than national scope.
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): Global professional society for computing with 100,000+ members, SIGs, conferences, publications, and the digital library. Overlaps with SI's mission but operates at significantly larger scale across the global IT/academic community.

Regional players

• Swiss ICT: Major Swiss ICT industry association representing ICT companies and professionals. Competes for the same member/share-of-voice in the Swiss market and cooperates with SI on overlapping policy topics.

Direct peers

• CEPIS — Council of European Professional Informatics Societies: European umbrella of national informatics societies including SI itself; comparable as a federation of professional IT bodies focused on certification, policy, and pan-European representation.
• Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) e.V. Germany's largest professional association for informatics with regional chapters, interest groups, conferences (GI-Jahrestagung), and certification activity. Sister-society peer to SI with near-identical structure and offerings in a larger market.
• BCS — The Chartered Institute for IT: UK-based chartered professional body for IT practitioners offering membership, certifications (e.g., CITP, RITTech), events, and policy advocacy. Closely comparable in mission, structure, and revenue model to SI's professional association role for Swiss IT professionals.
• Austrian Computer Society (OCG): Austrian professional society for informatics providing conferences, publications, working groups, and member services. Explicitly identified as a sister society of SI in the input data, sharing the same model and DACH-region focus.

Others

• digitalswitzerland: Swiss cross-industry initiative promoting digitalization. SI is a named partner; digitalswitzerland operates in an adjacent advocacy and ecosystem role rather than direct professional certification, making it a peer/partner rather than direct competitor.
• Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (SATW): Swiss network connecting academia, industry, and policy on technical sciences including IT. Listed as a partner of SI; comparable as a Swiss technical-society peer with overlapping policy and networking activities.

Emerging players

• ITPE — IT Professionals in Europe: European-level federation focused on IT professional competences and certifications. Comparable in mission to SI's certification programs (IT Expert SI, SI Professional, ECDL/ICDL) but operates across multiple EU member states.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SI_Society
• Facebookfacebook.com/www.swissinformatics.org
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/swiss-informatics-society-si
• Instagraminstagram.com/swiss_informatics

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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