New generation of software-makers takes over a family firm; the founder of Vertex, which specializes in local and state tax data for companies, has given his children control

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Ray Westphal has turned the voting rights of his company over to his three children. Vertex Inc. developes tax data software for about 10,000 customers, up from 4,000 customers in 1992. It has partnered with the Big 5 accounting firms and other important technology companies. Employee benefits include an onsite daycare center.

Executive changes & profiles, Vertex Inc.

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Software maker SAP to add nearly 600 jobs

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Philadelphia, Penn.-based SAP America Inc. has announced that it will expand operations in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania by building three research and development centers. The expansion, which includes hiring almost 600 more workers, will be completed by the end of 2002.

New capacity, new plant construction, Labor force information, SAP America Inc.

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Microsoft: not too broken up

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Microsoft Corp. employees, led by chairman Bill Gates, are confident that the ruling by a federal judge to break up the company will be overturned by the appeals court.

Strategy & planning, Microsoft Corp., MSFT

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