Accountants have always exploited
emerging technologies to help them to
complete their tasks more accurately,
quickly or simply: from the incised clay
tablets of the Sumerian scribes, through
the adding machines of the 19th
century, to the calculators and
computers of the 20th century. But all of
these technology developments were
simple propositions by comparison with
the myriad technologies that are now
rapidly reshaping the worlds of business
and accountancy.