Tweet This week Barclays Capital, a premier global equity research firm, released the results of their CIO survey of 100 CIOs representing the US (65) and Europe (35) in September 2010 to get indications of IT spending for 2010 into 2011.  

The purpose of this survey was to assess the growth prospects for the virtualization market in the third quarter of 2010 and the remainder of the year.  

The survey reports the following:
•    2010 Spending Intentions Downtick vs. April; 2011 Looks Better
•    Survey Positive for Software & IT Services
•    Mixed Read on Server Virtualization
•    Windows 7 Cycle Should Accelerate in 2011
•    Oracle, Salesforce.com, and SAP Appear Best Positioned for Apps Rebound

To read the full report, please click the following link: BarCap CIO Survey: Positive for Software