Trial members can't participate in discussions or view the TNN address book. Members of one of these tax associations can sign up for free access to the on-line portions of TNN that are specific to their associations. Coopers clients can sign up for access to the firm's private databases as well as access to other Coopers research sources. However, they don't have access to third-party information on TNN, such as external news feeds. In one respect, building an extranet differs from building any other network .
All roads lead to the end user.
This means the extranet should be designed so that users can access whatever they need without being conscious of the quirks and turnoffs along the way. While TNN's end users are experts, they're not experts in using the Web . When they began their careers, there wasn't much in the way of desktop computers. This means we have to provide a certain level of comfort and make our services easy to use. Coopers wanted to create a one-stop information source for tax professionals and hoped the increased level of service would make Coopers stand out from the competition.