ChangeWave's latest software purchasing survey shows a burst of momentum to lead off the new year. Simply put, the January 11-24 survey has uncovered the best corporate spending outlook in nearly four years.

Importantly, the survey of 1,604 respondents involved with software purchasing in their company finds spending increases across multiple software categories – including ECM, BI, Data Storage and CRM.

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), EMC (EMC) and Microsoft (MSFT)
• Adjustments to Overall Capital Budgets
• A Look at Software Categories Going Forward – including BI, SCM, Data Storage, Virtualization, CRM, ECM, and ERP, among others
• Key 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), EMC (EMC), HEWLETT-PACKARD (HPQ), MICROSOFT (MSFT)

The complete Corporate Software Spending Report is available here.