Typically, genuine IT (as opposed to ICT, which might describe how your 'phones work or manage the security system) is used to collate raw facts (data) into information that allows decisions to be taken about the way a business should be run.
This is more important the larger the organisation, where the amount of raw facts about the business is likely to be too large for members of senior management to collect together and use manually.
This is more important the larger the organisation, where the amount of raw facts about the business is likely to be too large for members of senior management to collect together and use manually.