EDITOR'S NOTE

Good afternoon,

Cloud computing has climbed from fifth place last year to become the top technology priority for 2011 in a Gartner survey of 2,000 global CIOs.

iTnews' editor Brett Winterford isn't quite sure whether to attribute the change in CIO priorities to successful virtualisation projects last year, or effective vendor marketing schemes. What do you think?

-- Liz Tay

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TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Brett Winterford | April 12, 2011

WA Police warns businesses to change passwords.

By Nicole Kobie | April 12, 2011

Apple's market share still to slide.

By Lia Timson | April 12, 2011

Exploit carried via Microsoft Word attachments.

By John Hilvert | April 12, 2011

NBN expected to 'facilitate new opportunities'.

By Brett Winterford | April 12, 2011

Are new priorities a product of marketing or IT success?

By Liam Tung | April 12, 2011

Google denies it misled court.

By Jennifer Scott | April 12, 2011

Ramps up release schedule.

By Jennifer Scott | April 12, 2011

Fights ARM dominance.

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