Information Technology - from both the class lecture and readings it seems to me that IT is acquiring, storing, managing, etc. information. IT's goal is to help people create and use information. From the words information and technology this makes perfect sense to me and seems to be the correct definition of IT.
Why then do when most people think of IT in the job market it is generally thought of as the "computer people?" The people that come to your office and fix your computer, get rid of your viruses, install new software. IT in the public's view (at least in the corporate world) seems to refer to computer technicians or computer scientists - the people that fix your computer - and has nothing to do with information. Is this a legitimate description of an IT professional and if not how did this public perception come about?
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