NUIT Tech Talk: Are You Software Savvy? Presenter: Carol Prokop, Site License Coordinator, NUIT

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1 NUIT Tech Talk: Are You Software Savvy? Presenter: Carol Prokop, Site License Coordinator, NUIT

2 Agenda New Purchasing Methods Expanded Product Lists New Releases What s Coming Soon Free for Download Software Software Products for Faculty/Staff Software for the Office Software for Home Use Software for Students Purchase and Delivery

3 NUIT Site-Licensed Software Products may be available for same day delivery Prices are often deeply discounted and lower than other retailers Software selection is tailored to those products used by the academic and business community on campus where NUIT can offer a substantial savings New software products and updates are added on a regular basis

4 NUIT Site-Licensed Software The team: Dennis Sage Carol Prokop Rob Mangan

5 New Purchasing Methods SHI administers our Microsoft Select, Adobe, and Symantec contracts for Institutional use SHI accepts CUFS, P-Cards and PO s for Institutional MS and Adobe purchases and PO s only for Symantec purchases Select the desired staff/faculty product from e-academy offers personal home use Microsoft and Adobe products

6 Expanded Product Lists More choices offered for Microsoft and Adobe Institutional purchases (SHI) Popular titles are conveniently bundled license & media Microsoft Personal use products (Student Select) on e-academy Windows Vista Ultimate & Business Upgrades Microsoft Office 2007 for Windows Enterprise, Professional Plus and Standard editions Microsoft Office 2004 Standard for Mac Project 2007 Professional Visio 2007 Professional OneNote 2007purchases Limited Time Offer of Adobe Personal use products on e-academy (offer expires 3/15/08)

7 New Releases SAS Windows for FY08 SAS Linux for FY08 Mathematica Windows, Mac, Linux/Unix for FY08

8 New Releases Visit What s New & Changing with Northwestern at to read about new releases as they become available Watch your for notifications of new releases if you have purchased sitelicensed software previously Look for articles in ecommunicator, NUIT s online newsletter

9 Coming Soon SPSS 16.0 Windows & Mac (Intelsupport) Fall/Winter 2007 SPSS new annual license term overlaps Fiscal Years Begins December, 2007 (Q2FY08) and ends November, 2008 (Q1FY09)

10 Free for Download Software

11 Free for Download Software Symantec/Norton AntiVirus Windows XP Service Pack 2 AbsoluteFTP EndNote Remedy Stuffit Expander SSH Secure Shell Fetch

12 Software for the OfficeO

13 Adobe Software Adobe products such as Acrobat, Creative Suite, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and more! a la carte options Single license, maintenance, or media License bundles for express ordering Includes license, maintenance, media Pay SHI with CUFS, purchase order, or NU procurement card

14 Adobe Software What is maintenance? Insurance plan which provides free upgrades on new license purchases through the contract term (Adobe contract expires 10/31/09) Must be purchased simultaneously with new licenses What is renewal maintenance? Insurance plan which applies to older licenses which have had no lapse in previous maintenance coverage; available at the resigning of a contract

15 Northwestern s s SHI Site

16 Microsoft Software Microsoft products such as Office, Project, Windows Vista Business Upgrade, Windows 2003 R2 Standard Server, Visio and more! a la carte options Single license, media, maintenance (Software Assurance) Most popular Microsoft titles on SHI institutional site are bundled for express ordering Includes license and media Consult Vista and Office 2007 Known Issues URLs: Pay with CUFS, purchase order, or NU procurement card

17 When Should I Install Vista OS? NUIT recommends waiting Review re/windows/vistaissues.html NUIT will support Vista on a best efforts basis until Service Pack 1 has been released and thoroughly tested

18 Oracle Software 4th year of 7-year agreement New and existing Oracle users have access to Oracle's software, along with maintenance and support solutions Pricing based on number of processors and months left in fiscal year Purchase of this license will incur annual maintenance charges of approximately $2,000/year/processor Available free of charge for faculty using it in classrooms through the Oracle Academic Initiative

19 Matlab Available through Kellogg School of Management, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Feinberg School of Medicine, and Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences links on Matlab site at

20 Other Software MeetingMaker Maple Symantec/Norton AntiVirus Client Security and Ghost Mathematica and SAS Sold as annual licenses expiring 8/31/08 SPSS Sold as annual license expiring 11/30/07

21 Frequently Asked Question Q: Why can t I buy Windows Vista Business as a full license? A: Microsoft restricts volume licensing programs to only operating system upgrade products, and the prior operating system must be considered "qualifying". If you need the full system product, you will have to buy it commercially.

22 Software for Home Use

23 Microsoft Student Select This software is available for personal use: Office 2007 Professional Includes Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher, Infopath, and Word Office 2007 Enterprise Includes Pro components plus Groove, Communicator, and OneNote Office 2007 Standard Office Office 2004 for Mac Standard Includes Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Entourage. Windows Vista Business or Ultimate Upgrade Visio Pro, Project Pro, OneNote

24 Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional Photoshop CS3 Extended Creative Suite 3 Design Edition (Premium/Standard) Creative Suite 3 Web Edition (Standard) Creative Suite 3 Production Premium Creative Suite 3 Master Collection Limited time offer: expires March 15, 2008

25 Microsoft Student Select Purchase includes perpetual license and media (CD) Great prices! $60-97 plus shipping* Those with multiple computers at home should consider the Office Home and Student 2007 edition(s) Permits up to 3 installations per license Includes Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, and Word *subject to change

26 Frequently Asked Question Q: What qualifying operating systems are eligible for purchase of a Windows Vista Upgrade license? A: Your computer or workstation must first be licensed for one of the following: Windows Vista Business (N, K, KN) Windows Vista Ultimate Windows Vista Home Premium Windows Vista Home Basic Windows Vista Starter Edition Windows XP Professional Windows XP Tablet PC Edition Windows XP Professional N Windows XP Home Edition Windows XP Starter Edition Windows 2000 Professional Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Windows 98 (including Second Edition)

27 Mathematica Purchase at Users must own a license for their office computers to be eligible for home use To request a home use kit: Send order closed notification from NUIT to mathathome@listserv.it.northwestern.edu Include shipping address and specify Windows, Mac, Linux or Unix

28 SAS Purchase at Windows or Linux O/S Users must own a license for their office computers to be eligible for home use Users must complete a home use agreement:

29 SPSS Purchase at Users must own a license for their office computers to be eligible for home use Users must complete a home use agreement:

30 Software for Students

31 Discounted Software Available to Students Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional Photoshop CS3 Extended Creative Suite 3 Design Edition (Premium/Standard) Creative Suite 3 Web Edition (Standard) Creative Suite 3 Production Premium Creative Suite 3 Master Collection Autodesk Microsoft Student Select program - Office 2007 Enterprise, Professional and Standard - Office 2004 for Mac Standard - Windows Vista Business or Ultimate Upgrades - Visio Pro, Project Pro, OneNote - Software includes perpetual license and CD Maple SPSS Available from e-academy using personal credit card

32 Purchasing Software

33 Purchase and Delivery Order software: Software House International E-academy NUIT Site-Licensed Software Distribution Pay by credit card, NU procurement card, purchase order, or CUFS number, depending on the software and the purchaser Software may be delivered via server or on CD media

34 Frequently Asked Question Q: What if I need to reinstall my software? A: If you are reformatting a drive, you are permitted to reinstall unexpired site-licensed software. If you purchased the license from our website at you need to provide NUIT order number to questions@software.northwestern.edu. If you purchased from the reseller, please reuse your CD media

35 NUIT Site-Licensed Software

36 Software Center by e-academye

37 Questions?

38 Visit the NUIT Web Site!

39 Contact Us NUIT Site-Licensed Software

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