My Definitions
- IT is the applied science of creating a data infrastructure that supports the applications a team needs to accomplish its mission. It includes engineering servers, firewalls, switches and routers, workstations, and software.
- Web Development is the applied art of communicating an organization's mission to help people understand the what's, why's, who's, and how's necessary to accomplish its mission.
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Hey Nick, my comment turned into a blog post so I moved it to my blog rather than take yours over :-) http://wp.me/pdHZl-Q.
Excellent post, David!
I agree that the distinction between web development and IT is often blurred, particularly among those outside the field based on my experience in Boston Web Development. While both involve the same subjects, the application of the terms greatly differs. Your definitions differentiate the communication purpose of web development and the infrastructure support purpose of IT.
Thanks for helping to make the distinction.
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