Cloud accounting is the accounting work in the cloud computing environment, the essence is to use cloud technology to build a virtual accounting information system on the Internet, to complete the enterprise accounting and accounting management and other content. This model of using outsourcing for the construction and service of accounting informationization will further promote the forward development of accounting work.

In the traditional sense, the enterprise will buy their own accounting software as a product, and will be installed in the computer operating system. And with the emergence of cloud accounting software, the entry of financial management systems and management concepts have changed. Under the cloud accounting framework, accounting information is imported through the Internet, and what companies buy through online service providers is the right to use accounting software, not ownership.

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p>Characteristics of cloud computing

1, high reliability

"Cloud" uses multiple copies of data fault tolerance, computing nodes are isomorphic interchangeable and other measures to ensure high reliability of services, the use of cloud computing is more reliable than the use of local computers.

2, versatility

Cloud computing is not application-specific, in the "cloud" can be constructed under the auspices of a myriad of applications, the same "cloud" can support the operation of different applications at the same time.

3, high scalability

The scale of the "cloud" can be dynamically scaled to meet the needs of the application and user scale growth.

The advantages of cloud accounting

1, in the cloud accounting environment, accounting information **** enjoy in the "cloud", through cell phones, tablets and computers and other terminals, accountants can be anytime, anywhere on the accounting business, greatly improving the efficiency of the accountant.

2. The industry managers can realize the flexible adaptation of the enterprise to the market changes by mining and analyzing the financial and non-financial information in real time and making comprehensive and systematic predictions, identifying, controlling and responding to the enterprise's business risks.

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