2012
New Microsoft Products
Dec. 12, 2012—New Microsoft products are available through the Vanderbilt Software Store (http://softwarestore.vanderbilt.edu) under the “Departments” tab: • Office Professional Plus 2013: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/fp160948 • Office Multilanguage Pack 2013: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30354 • Project Professional 2013: http://www.microsoft.com/project/en-us/preview/default.aspx • Project Standard 2013: http://www.microsoft.com/project/en-us/preview/default.aspx • MapPoint 2013 North American Maps: http://www.microsoft.com/mappoint/en-us/home.aspx • Lync 2013: http://lync.microsoft.com/en-us/Pages/unified-communications.aspx We also offer Lync 2011 for Mac...
Office 2013 and Microsoft Home Use Program
Dec. 12, 2012—We expect Digital River, the company Microsoft uses to administer the Microsoft Home Use Program (HUP), to offer Office Professional Plus 2013 for Windows for $9.95 through HUP by mid-January 2013. Vanderbilt employees are eligible to buy Office for PC or Office for Mac through the Home Use Program. This is a benefit of Vanderbilt’s...
Office 2013 and Microsoft Student Option Program
Dec. 12, 2012—Kivuto, the company that hosts the Vanderbilt Software Store and administers the Microsoft Student Option Program for Vanderbilt, expects to offer Office Professional Plus 2013 for Windows through the Student Option Program by mid-January 2013. Vanderbilt students are eligible to download Office for PC, Office for Windows, and Windows 8 Upgrade through the Student Option...
Changes to Adobe CLP
Dec. 12, 2012—Adobe removed the option to buy maintenance for Creative Suite products through its Cumulative Licensing Program (CLP). Since Vanderbilt participates in CLP, this means departments can no longer buy maintenance for CS6 products under the “Departments” tab through the Software Store.
Mathematica 9
Dec. 12, 2012—Wolfram Research released Mathematica 9 last week. The new product is available through the Software Store. We placed a no charge download in the accounts of customers with active Mathematica subscriptions. See http://wolfram.com/mathematica/new-in-9/ for information on what is new in Mathematica 9.
PowerISO 5.4
Dec. 12, 2012—PowerISO.com released PowerISO v5.4 on August 27, 2012. We added v5.4 to the Software Store’s catalog. Departments, faculty, staff and students are eligible to download PowerISO at no cost through the Software Store. See http://www.poweriso.com/index.htm for product information.
SAS 9.3 Update
Dec. 12, 2012—SAS Institute released an update for SAS 9.3 (i.e. TS1M2 Rev:12w41). The update supports Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. The Software Store placed the update in the accounts of customers with active SAS subscriptions.
Centrally Managed Domains Increase 323% in 9 Months
Nov. 28, 2012—Vanderbilt adopted a new policy for registering, renewing and transferring university and medical center domain names on February 1, 2012. The goal of the policy is to: • Provide the university and medical center with an efficient domain registration, renewal and transfer process • Centrally track all domains used by the university and medical center...
Microsoft Campus Agreement Saves Vanderbilt Students and Employees over $3 Million
Nov. 28, 2012—Microsoft released Windows 8 during October 2012. Students pay $0 and employees pay $9.75 for Windows 8 through the Vanderbilt Software Store. These discounts are benefits of Vanderbilt’s Microsoft Campus Agreement. Specifically: • Students qualify for $0 copies of Microsoft Office and Windows Upgrade through the Campus Agreement Student Option Program • Employees are eligible...
New Microsoft Products Coming in December
Nov. 16, 2012—The Vanderbilt Software Store (http://softwarestore.vanderbilt.edu) will start offering these Microsoft products to departments next month after pricing becomes available: • Office Professional Plus 2013 • Office Multilanguage Pack 2013 • Project Professional 2013 • Project Standard 2013 • Visio Professional 2013 • Visio Standard 2013 • SharePoint Server 2013 Enterprise • SharePoint Server 2013 Standard...