Investor AM: When in doubt, check IT

Wall Street analysts are digging to garner insight on the information technology sector, but they're not going far to get the goods. In some cases, they're not even leaving the office.

In recent weeks, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch analysts have gone to the techies in their IT departments and asked where the market is headed. How's that Microsoft rollout? What kind of routers are you buying these days? Servers? Storage? Full story. --Larry Dignan, ZDII