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Mathematica 8 in Education and Research
Aug. 31, 2012—Wolfram Research, maker of Mathematica, invites the Vanderbilt community to a free Mathematica 8 Tech Talk: • Topic: Mathematica 8 in Education and Research • Presenter: Troy Schaudt • Date: Thursday, September 13, 2012 • Time: 4:00-5:00 p.m., including Q&A • Location: SC 1206 • Directions: Go to http://www.vanderbilt.edu/map/ and select Building SC MATH Mr....
HP Academy Labor Day Sale
Aug. 31, 2012—Vanderbilt students, instructors, faculty, administration, alumni, former students, and parents of students qualify for free shipping and combined coupon savings up to 50% through the HP Academy Program during HP’s Labor Day Sale. The sale lasts from August 29, 2012 through September 5, 2012. • Get an extra $100 off select customizable PCs configured at...
Free Upgrade Offer for Parallels 8
Aug. 31, 2012—Customers who purchased Parallels 7 between July 25 and September 4, 2012 through the Vanderbilt Software Store qualify for a free upgrade to Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac. Kivuto, the company that hosts the Software Store, will send an email with instructions on how to upgrade to eligible customers. Customers have until October 31, 2012...
Software Store Maintenance Scheduled for August 14
Aug. 10, 2012—E-academy, the company that hosts the Vanderbilt Software Store, will perform maintenance on the underlying platform on Tuesday, August 14th, from 6-7:30 a.m. Central Time. During this time, we will place the Software Store in “maintenance mode” and we will display a message indicating that the Software Store is temporarily unavailable. Please contact us at...
New Products Expected during August and September 2012
Aug. 6, 2012—The Software Store expects the following products to be released during August and September 2012: • Microsoft Windows 8 • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 • Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 • Thomson Reuters Endnote X6 • IBM SPSS 21 • Matlab R2012b Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and Visual Studio 2012 should become available during the...
New SPSS Site License Provides Cost Savings to Vanderbilt’s Teaching and Research Communities
Jul. 25, 2012—The Software Store has upgraded Vanderbilt’s SPSS site license from Statistics Standard to Statistics Premium per request by SPSS users. Statistics Premium offers more advanced and comprehensive analytical capabilities. Statistics Standard includes SPSS Statistics Base, SPSS Advanced Statistics and SPSS Regression. Statistics Premium includes many more products: IBM SPSS Statistics Base IBM SPSS Advanced Statistics...
Apple OS X Mountain Lion Upgrade
Jul. 25, 2012—Apple has released OS X Mountain Lion. You can buy Mountain Lion now through the Vanderbilt Software Store under the Departments/More Software tab for $11.49. If you purchase through the Software Store (i.e. through Apple Volume Licensing), you can only install the OS on Vanderbilt owned Macs. Before you upgrade, make sure your Mac can...
Hewlett Packard Academy Program
Jun. 29, 2012—The Vanderbilt community is eligible to save up to 10% on Hewlett Packard consumer products through the Hewlett Packard Academy Program. Vanderbilt students, instructors, faculty, administration, alumni, former students, and parents of students can participate in this program. Annual limits apply to discounted purchases. Limits are subject to change and currently allow you to buy...
Adobe Creative Suite 6 Available through the Vanderbilt Software Store
Jun. 29, 2012—Vanderbilt departments, students and employees can save up to 85% off the retail price for Adobe Creative Suite 6 through the Vanderbilt Software Store. Students and employees can buy personal use copies for home computers under the Students/Adobe SLP and Faculty/Staff/Adobe SLP tabs respectively: • Adobe CS6 Design & Web Premium: $374.60 • Adobe CS6...
Vanderbilt Software Store Maintenance
May. 31, 2012—The Vanderbilt Software Store (http://vanderbilt.onthehub.com) will be unavailable on Tuesday, June 5th, from 6 a.m. until approximately 7:30 a.m. E-academy, the company that hosts the Software Store, will display a message indicating that the site is temporarily unavailable to the end user while it performs maintenance on the ELMS platform (i.e. the platform used for...