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Sector Wrap: Software Companies (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Shares of several major software companies closed down Wednesday, as an analyst encouraged Oracle investors to sell ahead of earnings.

IPO Preview: Double-Take Software (AP via Yahoo! Finance) - Double-Take Software Inc., a Southborough, Mass.-based maker of data protection and recovery software, plans to sell 7.5 million shares in an initial public offering expected for the week of Dec. 11.

Hall to buy Dallas software firm (Dallas Morning News) - Dallas real estate magnate Craig Hall got serious about the software business Wednesday, announcing that the software unit of his investment firm will spend $127 million for publicly traded Docucorp International Inc. of Dallas.

With Purchase of Consul, IBM Extends Its Reach in Herndon's Software 'Hotbed' (Washington Post) - IBM yesterday announced plans to buy Consul Risk Management, a compliance and security software company with the bulk of its developers in Herndon -- the third local software firm bought in IBM's recent buying binge.

Docucorp agrees to be bought by Skywire Software (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance) - Docucorp International, a document management software provider, in Dallas, said Wednesday that is being sold to Skywire Software for about $127 million.

Aplix And MontaVista Software Partner To Develop Software For Mobile Linux (Linux World) - Aplix Corporation announced it has formed a strategic alliance with MontaVista Software Inc. to integrate MontaVista's Mobilinux products with its middleware framework on Mobile Linux. Also, Aplix made an equity investment in MontaVista Software.

Embedded Linux Provider MontaVista Software Secures $21 Million Funding (Linux World) - MontaVista Software, supplier of production-quality embedded Linux operating systems and development tools, announced it has secured $21 million in funding led by Siemens Venture Capital. Also participating were NEC, Alloy Ventures, US Venture Partners, Aplix and others.

EAC Unit Recommends E-Voting Software Independence (eWeek) - A committee has voted that election results should be determined independently of whether or not voting machines have had software problems or security breaches.

LANDesk Software to focus on the region's emerging Business Process Automation market space (AME Info) - LANDesk Software, a leading provider of integrated systems, security and business process management solutions, will continue its focus on the Middle East's emerging Business Process Automation.

Egypt-based C3 reaches new heights with Altitude Software (AME Info) - Altitude Software, a leading independent contact centre solutions vendor today announced that C3, a leading international contact centre outsourcing provider located in Egypt, has implemented the Altitude uCI suite in its 500-seat, Cairo-based contact centre.