To describe Freddie Mac as being on the warpath to IT innovation would be an understatement. The mortgage financing company, which just three years ago was under congressional scrutiny for accounting processes, is going full-steam ahead with new tech projects aimed at every corner of its business. It will spend $350 million this year alone on applications and services to move ahead on initiatives that will increase its competitiveness in a very challenging marketplace. Find out why it's hiring tech professionals like crazy to get 70 percent of its IT work done in-house and why it's grabbing on-the-shelf software like crazy.

For more on how Freddie Mac is innovating with IT:
- read the case study at Optimize