A report that finds continued stabilization in IT spending - with a majority of survey respondents planning to increase spending over 2010 levels - also finds increased use of server virtuaiization, managing data growth, information security, major application deployments and upgrades, and improving data backup and recovery are the top five strategic IT initiatives for their organizations over the next 12-18 months. The most significant change in the IT priorities of respondents is the increased importance attached to cioud computing services. Compared to 2010 survey results, the use of cloud infrastructure has increased from number 22 to number 12 on respondents' list of relative IT priorities, and the increased use of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for application delivery- has risen from number 24 to number 14.
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