After an explosive surge last quarter, ChangeWave's latest corporate software survey points to a tighter software spending environment for the next 90 days. Nonetheless, overall software spending remains stronger than 6 months ago and healthier than for much of the past three years.

And while the survey shows a tightening among all of the major software categories – including Data Storage, Virtualization, BI and CRM – most continue to show positive growth, though not by as much as they did three months ago. A total of 1,607 respondents involved with software purchasing in their company participated in the April survey.

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), VMware (VMW) and Microsoft (MSFT)
• Adjustments to Overall Capital Budgets
• A Look at Software Categories Going Forward – including BI, 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:

ADOBE (ADBE), CITRIX (CTXS), HEWLETT-PACKARD (HPQ), IBM (IBM), MICROSOFT (MSFT), ORACLE (ORCL), SAP (SAP), VMWARE (VMW)

The complete Corporate Software Spending Report is available here.