ChangeWave’s latest corporate software survey shows a modest improvement in business software purchasing – the first significant growth uptick of the past three quarters.

The January 7 – 25 survey of 1,093 respondents involved with software purchasing in their company, found improvements across several spending categories, led by Virtualization, BI, Database Software and ERP. ChangeWave Research is a service of 451 Research.

The complete report is available here.