The introduction of cloud computing technology has rapidly shifted worldwide consumer behavior and expectations. From smartphones to movie streaming, most of us use "the cloud" in our personal lives on a daily basis - even if we don't know it. But is the accounting profession effectively using the cloud to meet the expectations of today's consumer? According to a 2014 survey by Network Management Group Inc. and Insight Research Group, 41 percent of professional accounting firms reported that they were not currently using any services or applications that could be defined as cloud computing, with 31.7 percent saying that they are likely to implement a Web-hosted or cloud-based version of one or more of their firm's tax and accounting applications over the next two years. But is that enough?
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机译：云计算技术的引入迅速改变了全球消费者的行为和期望。从智能手机到电影流媒体，我们大多数人每天都在自己的日常生活中使用“云”，即使我们不知道。但是，会计行业是否有效地利用云来满足当今消费者的期望？根据Network Management Group Inc.和Insight Research Group在2014年进行的一项调查，有41％的专业会计公司报告说他们目前未使用任何可定义为云计算的服务或应用程序，其中31.7％的人表示他们有可能在未来两年内，实施其公司的一个或多个税务和会计应用程序的Web托管或基于云的版本。但是够了吗？
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