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Belfast firm in Irish Top Ten

A Belfast computer company has been named as one of the top ten in Ireland by the Irish Computer magazine.

Sybex Computing from Stanmillis, which has a turnover of around £ 4.5 m, was the only Northern Ireland company to be included in the list.

The magazine noted that last year, Sybex had changed its profile from being a hardware sales organisation to one which specialised in consultancy and software.

The company's main emphasis now is on a workflow and document image processing system which Sybex calls BPI, for Business Process Improvement.

Among recent contracts secured by Sybex were the provisions of systems for the Department of Agriculture, Northern Ireland Electricity and Scottish Power.

For the Department of Agriculture, the task was to install a computerised office automation system in the Agri-Food Development Service.

At NIE's Belfast office, Sybex developed an information system detailed underground electricity cables in the city.

The system holds a database of 80,000 colour diagrams drawn from notebooks which date back to 1925, and which are constantly being updated.

Engineers trying to trace a fault can call up the appropriate diagram, produce a colour print which they take with them to the scene, thereby speeding up the restoration of power.
