Application Development Slideshow: 12 Recession-Resistant Software Investments

By Edward Cone  |  Posted 07-16-2009
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IT leaders want to invest more in software initiatives, but the economy forces them to be more discriminating than ever. Forrester Research asked 431 North American and European executives what platform and infrastructure software they'll be spending on in the next 12 months. Here's what they said. Note: totals may not add up to 100 due to rounding.

12 Recession-Resistant Software Investments

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12 Recession-Resistant Software Investments
 
 
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Ed Cone has worked as a contributing editor at Wired, a staff writer at Forbes, a senior writer for Ziff Davis with Baseline and Interactive Week, and as a freelancer based in Paris and then North Carolina for a wide variety of magazines and papers including the International Herald Tribune, Texas Monthly, and Playboy. He writes an opinion column in his hometown paper, the Greensboro News & Record, and publishes the semi-popular EdCone.com weblog. He lives in North Carolina with his wife, Lisa, two kids, and a dog.
 
 
 
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