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Guggenheim Partners analyst John DiFucci launched coverage of the group late Thursday, with some thoughts on where to place bets in the sector. DiFucci is new to Guggenheim, but a familiar name on the Street—at various times, he’s covered the software sector for Jefferies, J.P Morgan, Oppenheimer, and a couple of place that have since disappeared—Bear Stearns and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. DiFucci has Buy ratings on Oracle (ORCL), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Splunk (SPLK), Zscaler (ZS), and Progress Software (PRGS).