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BDO Stoy Hayward order major software upgrade with Star Computers

BDO Stoy Hayward in Belfast, an independent office within the BDO network, has placed an order with Star Computers for their SQL based Practice Management software and Microsoft Dynamics Navision.

The Practice Management software will be an upgrade from the Access based solution the firm installed in 2002. "Since that time the firm has doubled in size, we plan to keep growing at an aggressive rate and we need a system that will keep pace with these plans" says Financial Controller, Paul Brown. "Star has served us very well over the past four years and although we considered other options, we always felt most comfortable with upgrading Star to SQL".

The firm is replacing Sage Line 50 with Navision, an SME level accounting solution which will be linked to the Star software. "There was nowhere further we could go with Line 50 so a new solution had to be found. Star's ability to provide a single source of supply for all of our accounting software requirements was clearly very helpful".

Before committing themselves BDO went through a careful due diligence process, including visiting two Star clients on mainland Europe. "Being able to go into the offices of Big 4 firms who are using Star for hundreds of staff was very useful" says Paul. "Not only were they able to confirm the software will do exactly what we want, they also had some very useful advice to give about how we should go about the implementation" Paul adds.

Besides upgrading the core Practice Management software to SQL, the firm are also introducing Star's web based 'Dashboard' software. "We were able to see what these other firms had done with Dashboard, and quite frankly it was amazing" concludes Paul.

BDO Stoy Hayward is the UK Member Firm of BDO International, the world's fifth largest accountancy network with more than 600 offices in 100 countries.

BDO's strength in the market place is mirrored in their achievements - Global Firm of the Year, Financial Adviser of the Year, Employer of the Year (twice) and one of the Top 50 Places Where Women Want to Work to name a few of their recent accolades.

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