Software Store Blog

Vanderbilt employees and students qualify for a 77% discount off the Microsoft Store's price for Windows 7 Professional Upgrade (32-bit and 64-bit) through the ITS Software Store. Use your discount by shopping at http://its.vanderbilt.edu/softwarestore.

SPSS PASW 18 for Windows (including Windows 7) and Macintosh (including Snow Leopard) is available through the ITS Software Store.

ScienceSlides has been added to the ITS Software Store per request by the Medical Center. ScienceSlides may be used to enhance PowerPoint presentations.

SPSS 17 does not support Windows 7 or Snow Leopard (http://support.spss.com/ProductsExt/Statistics/Compatibility.html), Version 18 does support these operating systems. SPSS, Inc. estimates it will ship version 18 to Vanderbilt sometime during the second half of October. Version 18 will be a free upgrade to current subscribers. Please contact software.store@vanderbilt.edu if you need additional information.

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.