Reference no: EM133154940

1. Review the Intuit Turbotax site, describe the purpose of their Web server, and give an example of how their Web server would provide the following functionalities:
   1. Webpage requests
   2. Security services
   3. FTP (file transfer protocol)
   4. Search engine
   5. Data capture
   6. Email
   7. Site management
2. Describe the difference between a two-tier e-commerce site architecture and multi-tier e-commerce site architecture. Assuming that Intuit Turbotax utilizes a multi-tier architecture, give an example of what would occur at the Web server, middle-tier, and backend layers.
3. Assume that the Intuit Turbotax e-commerce team is looking for new server hardware and asked for your help. Research server hardware at IBM by selecting one of the Large Enterprise servers. Next, provide a summary of the key features of the selected model and describe how it works.
4. Assume that the Intuit Turbotax Web server software is Apache. We learned in Modules 3 and 4 that the Apache Web server is the most commonly used Web server software in terms of number of active websites and is based on "open source" code. Visit the Open Source Initiative, describe its meaning, and indicate two benefits to an organization who utilizes this Web server software.
5. Visit the Apache HTTP Server Project site and summarize the purpose of this project, the Web server software offered, and the reason why it is made available at no cost. If you were working in an e-commerce role for Intuit Turbotax, would you utilize this free software for your Web server? Support your response.