1.   As a result, many software companies that sell their products worldwide do not build in sophisticated encryption features.

2.   But Grasso said the problem was the fault of the exchange, not the hardware or software companies that sell equipment to the Big Board.

3.   It needs fewer checkers than other software companies because its employees are awake on the job.

4.   Local software companies Wall Data Inc. and Active Voice Corp. also pushed Puget Sound stocks higher.

5.   But despite such an awareness, software company ShowCase Corp of theUnited States recently opened an office in Kuala Lumpur as its regionalheadquarters.

6.   Microsoft Corp., the only software company larger than Oracle, is making a similar push on the Internet.

7.   The new owners are Charles Wang and fellow software company executive Sanjay Kumar.