“In an on-prem setting, IT professionals only interact with vendors at the point of sale, after which those in infrastructure management roles are responsible"
Hmm.. there was me thinking that as someone paid to manage infrastructure, I was an IT *professional* ... you know, on account of being PAID to work with IT!
Maybe I should add "IT Professional" to my skills list on Li / CV etc given that I both manage infra AND go to vendor meetings?