Advanced Business Software Ltd (ABS) is a New Zealand owned and operated company. ABS is proud to be the distributor of Advanced Business Manager (ABM) business systems for New Zealand, delivering exceptional service and product with a team of professional business systems implementers.ABS supports and distributes, through its dealers, the entire range of ABM and companion products, and is proud of its close working relationship with the authors of ABM in Ireland, Advanced Accounting Software Limited.Advanced Accounting Software Ltd is an Irish based software development company founded by Paul Hayes, a qualified Chartered Accountant with vast experience of accounting software markets. The company specialises in the development of 3rd generation Windows accounting software and is rapidly becoming a leading supplier of accounting software internationally.As Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Accounting Software, Paul has considerable experience in accountancy and software industries. His experience ranges from being a partner in an accountancy practice for over 20 years to being CEO of a leading accounting and payroll software development and distribution company, for the past 15 years. He has also been a director of several other leading edge companies.Advanced Business Manager (ABM) is the company’s flagship product. It is an international joint venture involving partners in Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, together with Irish government support. These partners each have in excess of fifteen years experience in the industry. They are together responsible for the development and support of business software which is now being used by thousands of companies.The joint venture partners perceived that 2nd generation accounting software packages were reaching the limits of their development and were not providing users with the benefits of Microsoft’s recent technology developments. The result was a decision by the development teams to pool their experience and produce an innovative product for the next decade.Advanced Accounting Software represents the combined investment of the joint venture partners and is the owner of Advanced Business Manager.