Most people know the difference between a builder and an architect, a bookkeeper and a chartered accountant and a cook and a chef. But there seems to be some confusion about the difference between computer technicians and IT consultants.

For some reason there is a preponderance of computer technicians who love calling themselves IT consultants. And there is the same preponderance of IT consultants that have ill-positioned their firms, and now the market regards them as computer repair people.

It’s like the many accountants who call themselves business experts.

But just as possessing a library card can’t give us the wisdom of Yoda, a few years of swapping mother boards and replacing crashed hard drives can’t turn us into IT consultants.

It’s a different ball game altogether, and this is what we discuss in this month’s issue of Tomicide Solutions. So go ahead an read the latest issue, entitled Are You an IT Consultant or A Computer Technician?