Wolfram Research provides free online Mathematica related seminars to the education community. The 30-60 minute seminars are presented by senior Wolfram Research technical staff, provide an easy way to learn from Mathematica experts, and include live Q&A.

Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade 64-bit, in addition to Ultimate Upgrade 32-bit, is now available for sale to students and employees for personal use through the ITS Software Store. Each order includes one license and one media kit. Ultimate is the most feature-rich version of Windows 7, and includes BitLocker for protecting data against loss or theft.

For several years, the ITS Software Store has offered departments a large discount off academic retail pricing for Endnote and Reference Manager. Now, we’ve negotiated an agreement with the manufacturer that enables us to offer the same discount to employees and students. Start saving by shopping at http://its.vanderbilt.edu/softwarestore.

PowerISO v4.5 is available to the Vanderbilt community for free.

Quest Software is providing a free on-site demonstration of its TOAD software to Vanderbilt’s Database Administrator and Developer community. Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 5 p.m. CST Location: Room 238 Hill Center (1231 18th Avenue South) Agenda: 2:00 p.m. – Introduction to Quest Representatives 2:05 p.m. – Quest Overview, Introduction to the day’s agenda 2:10 p.m. – TOAD Tips and Tricks 2:50 p.m. – Application Performance Reliability and Quality as it relates to a Developer 3:30 p.m. – Break 3:45 p.m.

Windows 7 Upgrade is available for pre-order by college and university students for $29.99 through http://windows7.digitalriver.com. Each student may purchase one copy of Windows 7 Home Premium. 32-bit and 64-bit versions are available. Students can download the software or order a disk for $13. Downloads are expected to become available through the program on 10/22/09. Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade (32-bit) is available now to Vanderbilt students and employees for personal use through the ITS Software Store.

Endnote X3 for Windows and Macintosh has been released and is available through the Software Store. The Software Store has issued free downloads to customers who have pre-purchased X3.

Matlab R2009b is available as a free download through the Software Store to current subscribers. Those with active subscriptions may access the download by logging into their Software Store account and clicking on “My Software”.

Windows 7 Professional Upgrade and Windows Server 2008 R2 (Standard, Enterprise, and Data Center) are now available for sale to departments through the ITS Software Store.

McAfee VirusScan 8.7i for Windows is now available as a free download through the ITS Software Store. Release 8.7i supports Windows XP, Vista, and 7. In addition, the free McAfee VirusScan for Mac product in the Software Store has been updated to include a download for McAfee Security for Mac 1.0.