Cloud Computing Final paper and presentation

IT 8003 Cloud Computing

Group Activity 1 “SuperTAX Software”

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SuperTax Overview  Did you know President Abraham Lincoln, one of

America's most beloved leaders, also instituted one of its

least liked obligations - the income tax? In this brief

history of taxes, see the historical events which shaped

income taxes in the United States today.

 SuperTax is an American tax preparation software

package developed in the mid-1980s.

 SuperTax Corporation is headquartered in Mountain

View, California.

Group Activity 1 “SuperTAX Software”

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SuperTax Information  Desktop Software

 Support MS Windows and Mac OS

 Software method: CD/DVD media format.

 Different versions:

 SuperTAX Basic, Deluxe, Premier, and Home & Business

 Used by millions of users and organizations

Group Activity 1 “SuperTAX Software”

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SuperTAX Project  SuperTAX has hired your group

as a consultant to move their

Desktop Software to a Traditional

IT Hosted Software, available

Online.

Group Activity 1 “SuperTAX Software”

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For Discussion:  Find the challenges that your team will encounter

attempting to move SuperTAX Software to the new platform.

 Prepared a presentation for the class.

 On your Group you will need to define positions.

For example:

 Project Manager, Senior Project Network, Senior Project Engineer, etc.

 The complete activity report needs to be submitted to Blackboard.