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PyCharm 4.0.1 Available
Dec. 15, 2014—JetBrains released PyCharm 4 on November 20, 2014. Vanderbilt faculty and students are eligible to download PyCharm for $0 through the Software Store. Faculty may use PyCharm for academic (non-commercial) research and educating students in classes. Students may install the software on personally owned computers for doing coursework. Each license includes product maintenance. See http://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/whatsnew/...
Free MATLAB and Simulink Seminars
Dec. 4, 2014—Mathworks offers free, online MATLAB workshops to the academic community. Upcoming seminars include: Collect and Analyze data using MATLAB and Raspberry Pi Friday, December 5, 8:00 a.m. or 1:00 p.m. Learn how MATLAB can acquire and analyze data from sensors and imaging devices connected to your Raspberry Pi. Sign up Online Parameter Estimation and Adaptive...
Introducing the Dell Chromebook 11 – Now Available for Students and Staff!!
Dec. 2, 2014—Vanderbilt University members save 46% during Dell’s Cyber Week event. Get the Dell Chromebook 11 – an affordable Chrome OS laptop that’s lightweight, and features excellent battery life to keep you powered up throughout your day. Chrome OS Intel Celeron processor 2GB memory and 16GB solid state drive 11.6″ display Market value is $398.57. You...
Cyber Week Savings through Dell
Nov. 24, 2014—Dell’s Cyber Week begins Monday December 1, with rotating door busters through the data starting a 7 a.m. and continuing all week! Inspiron 11 3000 Series 2-in-1: $391.99. Get the performance of a laptop and the convenience of a tablet in one device. Search Order Code: FNCWR1204h. Includes Intel Pentium processor, Windows 8.1, 11.6″ HD touch display,...
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Available
Nov. 24, 2014—VUIT renewed Vanderbilt’s Campus Wide Site Subscription to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). The subscription provides: Unlimited access to RHEL Academic Client and Server editions Unlimited access to Smart Management modules The right to use RHEL in both non-production and production operating environments Faculty, staff, and students can use RHEL Academic Edition for personal or...
Software Store Scheduled Maintenance
Nov. 20, 2014—The Vanderbilt Software Store will be temporarily unavailable between 6 and 8 a.m. on Tuesday, November 25. Kivuto, the company that hosts the Software Store, has scheduled maintenance during this time. The website will display a message indicating that the store is temporarily unavailable to customers.
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...
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...
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...
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...