ABG Professional Information Launches NextPage Peer-to-Peer Content Network, Enabling Accountants to Improve Efficiency and Ensure Compliance to Accounting Regulations.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LEHI, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 2001 Using NextPage(R) NXT NXT Next (TM) 3, ABG ABG abbr. arterial blood gas ABG 1. Arterial blood gas 2. Axiobuccogingival–dentistry Seamlessly Integrates Content from ABG's Web site, abgweb.com, with Internal Content from Deloitte & Touche UK NextPage Inc., the leader in Peer-to-Peer Business Networking This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , Monday announced that ABG is using NextPage's NXT 3 Peer-to-Peer Platform to deliver direct access to accounting information from its Web site, abgweb.com, within accounting firms' corporate intranets. Deloitte & Touche, another NXT 3 customer, is one ABG customer integrating content from abgweb.com with its internal corporate content. This direct access, enabled through NextPage's Peer-to-Peer Content Network technology, gives accountants more relevant information at their fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. , increasing the efficiency and quality of their decision making for accounting clients. "NextPage's peer-to-peer technology is fundamentally changing the way partners and suppliers in the accounting industry exchange information," said Steve Savory, head of electronic publishing An umbrella term for non-paper publishing, which includes publishing online or on media such as CDs and DVDs. for ABG. "With this technology, accountants can now browse, search, navigate and personalize both content from abgweb.com and internal information as if it existed on their desktops." ABG's Web site, www.abgweb.com, delivers a comprehensive range of accountancy content online, from Accountancy magazine to the full text of up-to-date accounting standards. Publication subject areas include audit, company law, business management, business consultancy, financial management and tax. ABG also delivers online training, which reinforces skills learned at training events taken as part of a structured continuing professional development CPD is the means by which members of professional associations maintain, improve and broaden their knowledge and skills and develop the personal qualities required in their professional lives. program. Deloitte & Touche auditors are accessing corporate information with content from abgweb.com through a Peer-to-Peer Content Network enabled by NextPage. Auditors can browse, search and navigate both ABG and Deloitte & Touche information as if the information existed on their desktops. Yet, the content is distributed -- from abgweb.com at ABG's Web site or at Deloitte & Touche. "NextPage is helping ABG dramatically increase its value to the accounting industry," said Bill Wesemann, chief executive officer of NextPage. "We help publishers provide accounting firms with access to the industry's most current regulatory and policy information inside their corporate intranets. This helps accounting firms ensure their compliance with accounting standards." NXT 3 allows ABG to publish frequently updated information in various formats to its Web site, www.abgweb.com, or within corporate intranets or extranets. Users of ABG material access the information in its native format, such as Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. , Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. and Microsoft Excel (tool) Microsoft Excel - A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world. Latest version: Excel 97, as of 1997-01-14. . ABG connects its content in a peer-to-peer manner with the subscribing company so that ABG information is integrated with corporate content virtually, as if the combined information existed on users' desktops. "Having ABG information integrated with our information is another key to improved client service by our auditors," said Peter Danson, senior manager, Deloitte & Touche UK National Assurance & Advisory Group. "Our auditors are able to go to one source for their accounting and auditing information needs, improving their efficiency and their effectiveness in advising our clients." NextPage technology allows ABG to ensure it is delivering the most up-to-date information to customers. Because peer-to-peer connections between the publisher and customers are live, once an information owner The person or group responsible for applying security policies to an information object. at ABG makes a change to information in the Peer-to-Peer Content Network, it is immediately available to all subscribers to the Content Network. Content no longer needs to be centralized to be accessed. Rather, the content can be created and maintained in its original location by its original author. NextPage Premier Partner Catalyst Electronic Publishing Ltd. assisted in the creation and hosting of the ABG Web site. A UK-based company, Catalyst provides e-content consulting, design, implementation and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services based on "best in class" technology, experience and expertise. About NextPage NextPage Peer-to-Peer Business Networking simplifies cross-enterprise business by connecting information and people across organizational boundaries. With NextPage technology, employees, partners and customers can access distributed content, leverage business processes, and collaborate with peers. Distributed enterprises rely on NextPage to harness their knowledge assets, apply best practices, and capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. expertise. Companies such as Baker & McKenzie, Travelers Property Casualty, Citibank, Deloitte & Touche UK and ABG Professional Information rely on NextPage to power their extended enterprises. Visit www.nextpage.com or call 800/NEXTPAGE for more information. About ABG Professional Information ABG Professional Information is one of the UK's leading providers of information and training for finance, accounting and tax professionals. ABG content includes guidance on complying with accounting and auditing standards, tax regulations and legislation; business tools such as model statements, letters and checklists; news services such as the market-leading Accountancy magazine and full text of relevant accounting and auditing standards delivered on the day of publication. ABG is unique in delivering content in a variety of formats to suit the customer -- online, on CD Rom CD ROM Compact Disk Read Only Memory , in paper or via live training events. This customer-focused delivery is backed by the depth of knowledge and technical expertise of its parent, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales England and Wales are both constituent countries of the United Kingdom, that together share a single legal system: English law. Legislatively, England and Wales are treated as a single unit (see State (law)) for the conflict of laws. . Visit www.abgweb.com or call +44 20 7920 8998 for more information. About Deloitte & Touche UK Deloitte & Touche is the UK's fastest growing professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. firm with 22 offices, over 7,500 staff nationwide and fee income of (pound)822 million in 2000/2001. It is the UK practice of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Deloitte & Touche (also referred to as Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and branded as Deloitte.) is the second largest professional services firm in the world, and one of the Big Four auditors, along with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young and KPMG. , a global leader in professional services with over 90,000 people in 130 countries and fee income of $11.2 billion for the year ended May 31, 2000. For further information on Deloitte & Touche, you can access our Web site on www.deloitte.co.uk. NextPage is a registered trademark, and NXT and NextPage Matrix are trademarks of NextPage Inc. All other names are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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