TAXES Technology Column

June 2002- Acronyms, Applications, and Aspirations: An Update

Halfway into 2002, tax professionals confront a new array of aspirations for technology. Concomitantly there is a new array of acronyms. Since it has been a couple of years since techie talk has been the focus of this column, it seems like a good time to get up to speed. The purpose of this column is to examine some of the technologies that appear to have a bright future and a potential impact on accounting professionals and their clients. The emphasis is on Web services, contract automation, and distributed computing.

Referenced URLs

1. Web Services: Back to the Future (www.techtv.com/screensavers/showtell/story/0,24330,3374661,00.html)

2. Demystifying Web Services: How They Really Work (http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid26_gci797955,00.html)

3. Technology: Ten Smart Moves (www.cfo.com/printarticle/0,5317,6582|,00.html)

4. Accruent (www.mycontracts.com/)

5. DiCarta (www.dicarta.com/)

6. Ozro (www.ozro.com/)

7. Thin (Client That Is) Is In  (www.techrepublic.com/article_guest.jhtml?id=r00320011219ern01.htm&fromtm=e101-2)

8. Web-enabled thin-client computing (www.networkcomputing.com/1204/1204f2.html)

9. Grid Computing (www.extremetech.com/print_article/0,3428,a=25002,00.asp)

10. Entropia (www.entropia.com/calculator.asp.)

11. SETI (http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/)

12. National Foundation for Cancer Research (http://members.ud.com/download/gold/)

13. Distributed Computing Goes Corporate (www.techrepublic.com/article_guest.jhtml?id=r00520020401sss01.htm&fromtm=e101-2)

14. ExtremeTech Search (www.extremetech.com/)

15. Business 2.0 (www.business2.com/articles/mag/0,,14769,FF.html)

16. SANs (www.extremetech.com/article/0,3396,s=1039&a=6837,00.asp)

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