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MATLAB Online

Nov. 19, 2014—MATLAB Online is a new web based service for MATLAB subscribers.  The service includes: MATLAB Eleven toolboxes MATLAB Web Desktop (an interactive environment for creating code and analyzing data) 500 MB cloud storage for data archiving, file sharing, and file publishing Mobile access from an iPhone, iPad, or Android device Go to http://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab/online/ to see...

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Black Friday PreSale Offer through Dell

Nov. 18, 2014—Vanderbilt students and staff have access Dell’s Black Friday deals one week earlier than the public!  Start saving this November 20 at 7 a.m. CST.  Shop at Dell.com/DellU/VanderbiltU or call 1-800-695-8133. Use Vanderbilt’s Member ID.  Visit https://hr.vanderbilt.edu/secure/discounts.php and search on Dell to find the Member ID. Join Dell Advantage for free and get 10% back...

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Pycharm Educational Edition

Nov. 18, 2014—PyCharm Educational Edition is a free, open-source software product under the Apache 2.0 license. Instructors can use PyCharm Educational Edition to create, change, and distribute interactive courses.  Students can use the software to get instant feedback and assignment scores. Users can report bugs on the public issue tracker, follow PyCharm on Twitter, and discuss PyCharm...

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McAfee VirusScan for Mac subscription to expire end of 2015

Nov. 13, 2014—Vanderbilt’s McAfee VirusScan for Mac subscription is set to expire December 31, 2014. Vanderbilt licenses Microsoft System Center EndPoint Protection (SCEP) as the preferred virus-scanning product through its Microsoft Campus Agreement. Vanderbilt will continue to offer VirusScan through December 31, 2015, providing customers with a year to migrate from VirusScan to SCEP.  SCEP offers deployment...

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Minitab 17 Available

Nov. 13, 2014—Vanderbilt faculty and students are eligible to buy Minitab 17, Minitab Express, and Minitab Quality Companion 3 through the Software Store. Six-month subscriptions cost $29.99. Twelve-month subscriptions cost $49.99. See http://www.minitab.com/en-us/academic/ for teaching resources.

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Microsoft offers .NET server core stack via open source, introduces free Visual Studio

Nov. 13, 2014—On November 12, Microsoft announced: It is going to open source the full server-side .NET core stack The open source version of .NET will support Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux Visual Studio Community 2013 is available and offers free access to all Visual Studio features Visual Studio 2015 Preview and .NET 2015 Preview are...

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nQuery Advisor + nTerim Available

Nov. 12, 2014—The Software Store now offers free of charge subscriptions for nQuery Advisor + nTerim to the Vanderbilt community. Faculty, staff, and students are eligible to download the software through the Software Store. Customers may install the software on home computers and computers owned by Vanderbilt. Subscriptions expire each year on September 24 and require an...

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MATLAB Platform Support

Nov. 11, 2014—MathWorks recently announced the following changes for MATLAB platform support: OS X 10.10 (Yosemite): Support begins with R2014b Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: Support begins with R2014b Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Support begins with R2014b Dropped Platforms: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008: R2015a will be the last release that supports...

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Holiday Savings through Dell!

Nov. 7, 2014—Vanderbilt faculty, staff, and students can save for the holidays through Dell: November 11 – November 19th: Exclusive AMD offers November 20 – November 25: Exclusive pre-sale for Members Only!  These deals will not be available to the public. November 26 – November 28: Black Friday!  Deals begin at midnight are limited in quantity. December...

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MATLAB & Simulink with Raspberry Pi Workshop at Vanderbilt

Nov. 6, 2014—Mathworks is hosting a free MATLAB workshop on campus next week. Date: November 12, 2014 Time: 2:00-5:00 p.m. Location: 298 Jacobs Hall Register This hands-on workshop provides an introduction to Simulink’s hardware support capabilities. Using Raspberry Pi as the target platform, participants will develop, simulate, and test custom algorithms, and deploy them on a Raspberry...

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