2012
McAfee ViruScan 9.2
Oct. 21, 2012—McAfee released ViruScan for Mac 9.2 to support Apple’s new Mountain Lion operating system. Vanderbilt departments and students are eligible to download VirusScan 9.2 for free through the Vanderbilt Software Store or from http://its.vanderbilt.edu/antivirus.
Save on HP Systems for Home Use
Oct. 21, 2012—The Vanderbilt community qualifies for a $50 savings on HP Envy 6t Ultrabook systems through http://www.hpdirect.com/academy/vanderbilt. The offer is good through December 31, 2012 or while supplies last. Use coupon code NBEV83296 at checkout.
Save on Dell Systems for Home Use
Oct. 12, 2012—Dell is doubling Vanderbilt’s employee and student discount from 2% to 4% on all systems pre-installed with Windows 7. The offer is valid from 10/12/2012 to 10/29/20112. Vanderbilt students and employees who participate receive the regular Dell promotion, plus an additional 4% off. Order through Vanderbilt’s Dell portal (www.dell.com/dellu/vanderbiltu) to ensure you get the best...
Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
Oct. 7, 2012—Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 is available through the Vanderbilt Software Store. Product options include: • Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 for Windows • Microsoft Visual Studio Premium 2012 with MSDN Subscription through 7/31/14 • Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2012 with MSDN Subscription through 7/31/14 • Microsoft Visual Studio Test Professional 2012 with MSDN Subscription through 7/31/14...
Microsoft Windows Roadshow at Vanderbilt October 10
Oct. 4, 2012—Limit: 45 attendees Location: Sarratt Student Center, Room 189 Date/Time: Wednesday, October 10, 9AM -4:30PM Presenters: Troy Sharpe (Microsoft Datacenter Solutions Specialist) & Tim Cornett (Microsoft Education Technical Strategist) Agenda: • 9:00-9:15: Introductions • 9:15-10:15: Private Cloud Presentation and Demonstration Part I – Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V • 10:15-10:30: Break • 10:30-12:00: Private Cloud Presentation...
Free Upgrade for Acrobat XI
Oct. 4, 2012—Adobe provides pricing for Acrobat XI to volume license customers on October 15 and the Software Store expects to offer Acrobat XI before the end of October. Departments qualify for a free upgrade to XI if they place an order for Acrobat X through the Software Store on or after October 1, or if their...
New Adobe Products
Oct. 4, 2012—The Software Store expects to begin offering the following products to Vanderbilt departments by the end of October: • Acrobat XI • After Effects Creative Suite 6 • Audition Creative Suite 6 • Contribute 6.5 • eLearning Suite 6 • Fireworks Creative Suite 6 • Photoshop Elements 11 • Photoshop Elements 11 & Premiere Elements...
Microsoft Forefront Road Map Changes
Sep. 27, 2012—Microsoft announced changes to the road maps of several Forefront products on September 12th. See http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2012/09/12/important-changes-to-forefront-product-roadmaps.aspx for details.
GeoTrust Adivsories and Scheduled Service
Sep. 26, 2012—1. End of MD5 Support: See https://knowledge.geotrust.com/support/knowledge-base/index?page=content&id=AD302 for details. 2. 2048-bit key size enforcement: All GeoTrust Enterprise SSL certificates expiring after December 31, 2013 must have 2048-bit or greater key sizes. After December 31, 2011, 1024-bit keys are only available for one (1) year certificates. After December 31, 2012, GeoTrust will not accept 1024-bit keys...
MATLAB Release 2012b
Sep. 26, 2012—Mathworks released MATLAB 2012b on September 12th. Software Store customers with active MATLAB subscriptions qualify for a free upgrade to 2012b. The Software Store distributed free 2012b downloads to eligible customers on September 25th. MATLAB 2012b includes: • Aerospace Blockset • Aerospace Toolbox • Bioinformatics Toolbox • Communications System Toolbox • Computer Vision System Toolbox...