ChangeWave’s latest corporate software survey shows a slight uptick in overall spending going forward. This is the best October spending outlook of the past seven years.

Importantly, the survey finds positive spending increases for a handful of major software categories – led by Data Storage, BI, and Security Software.

A total of 1,020 respondents involved with software purchasing in their company participated in the October 8-28 survey. ChangeWave Research is a service of 451 Research.

The complete report is available here.