ChangeWave's latest software purchasing survey shows business spending is stabilizing going forward – a welcome relief after the slowdown in growth seen in our July survey.

The October 12 – 25 survey of 1,602 respondents involved with software purchasing in their company finds spending beginning to improve in several software categories.

We're also picking up signs of momentum for a handful of major vendors going forward. Despite these improvements, the overall software spending environment is still sluggish with few signs of a major uptick in the immediate future.

Report Details Include:

• 90 Day Enterprise Software Spending Projections
• Projected Software Spending By Company Size
• Spending on Software Vendors – including Citrix (CTXS), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Microsoft (MSFT), Oracle (ORCL), Symantec (SYMC) and VMware (VMW)
• Adjustments to Overall Capital Budgets
• A Look at Software Categories Going Forward – including BI, SCM, Data Storage, Virtualization, CRM, ECM, and ERP, among others
• Underlying Reasons Behind Future Software Spending

Additional findings of interest include:

• Cloud Computing Software Trends
• How Software is Being Utilized within Specific Categories

Companies in the Report:

CITRIX (CTXS), HEWLETT-PACKARD (HPQ), MICROSOFT (MSFT), ORACLE (ORCL), SYMANTEC (SYMC), VMWARE (VMW)