The Information and Communication Technology Department was the first Business Unit born in our society and today represents the Technological Core of our Group.

In order to better understand what IT represents, we hereunder quote the definition from Wikipedia [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_and_Communication_Technology]:

It is not [...] easy to provide a precise definition, since there is no general and widely shared definition. ICT can also be considered as an essential resource for the organizations, in which it becomes very important to be able to handle quickly, effectively and efficiently the increasing volume of information. For this very reason, ICT should be considered a strategic weapon, able to provide better quality data and information within the organizations, and thanks to technology’s spreading and interconnectivity, can help organizations to redefine their relationship with customers, suppliers and other organizations through the so-called IT Service Management (ITSM).

ICT professionals are characterized by a variety of intervention skills, from installation to design telematics architectures, from managing databases to designing integrated services in order to converge computing and telephony into new methods for the electronic transmission of information.

Information Technology is also an area of study that is dealing with the storage, processing or conversion and representation of the information, with the aid of computers and the technologies related to them. Part of this area is study, design, develop, implement, support and manage computerized information systems and telecommunications, with emphasis to the software applications and the hardware hosting them.

Therefore, our IT Department mainly deals with technical aspects related to information, starting from it’s communication and elaboration. Since the distinguishing feature of our Group, however, is this “horizontal” approach to our activities, the line between business units is not clear and our collaborators in our Companies often have to deal with at least two Departments in their work.

The Information and Communication Technology is what today can be considered the fulcrum of every company and society, as the information and its effective and smooth circulation are, for the past two decades, the engine of Businesses at all levels.

The objective of MAASI’s Group IT Department is to render transparent and efficient all the infrastructure of the information management and processing, in order to liquefy and improve their use by our customers, always in relation to their Core Business.