Software Store Blog

As part of its Visual Studio 2010 launch on April 12, Microsoft announced that existing MSDN subscriptions were converted to equal or better subscriptions.  The following summarizes how each subscription was conve

Adobe announced the release of its new Creative Suite 5 products on April 12, 2010.  New offerings include: After Effects CS5 Contribute CS5 Design Premium CS5 Design Standard CS5 Dreamweaver CS5 Fireworks CS5 Flash Cata

Microsoft has announced price increases for Office, Project, SQL Server and Sharepoint Server. The increases are expected to take affect when these products are released during May and June this year. The new pricing will be posted in the ITS Software Store when it becomes available. If you need to avoid paying more for these products in the future, or plan on eventually migrating to the next releases, you might consider buying before May and including software assurance with your purchase. Software assurance includes new version rights and licenses include backward use rights.

Microsoft has announced it will stop offering Office Standard and Office Enterprise through its Student Select program when Office 2010 becomes available. Office Professional Plus 2010 will be the only edition of Office offered through Student Select. Vanderbilt employees and students who purchase Office Standard, Professional Plus, or Enterprise 2007 through the ITS Software Store between March 5, 2010 and September 30, 2010 qualify for a free Office 2010 Professional Plus license.

Matlab R2010a has been released and may be installed for free by customers who have purchased active Matlab subscriptions through the ITS Software Store. Current subscribers may access their download by logging into the Software Store and clicking on My Software. Matlab R2010a supports Windows (32-bit and 64-bit), Mac OS X (Intel 32-bit and Intel 64-bit), and Linux (32-bit and 64-bit).

GeoTrust has alerted the ITS Software Store that it will upgrade its public root certificate authorities (CAs) in a few months. After this change takes effect, all SSL certificates purchased by Vanderbilt departments through the Software Store will be signed from the upgraded CA structure and hierarchy. The upgrade will increase the RSA key length, and related strength, of each CA from 1024-bit to 2048-bit.

Vanderbilt employees and students who purchase Office 2007 for personal use through the ITS Software Store between March 5th, 2010, and September 30th, 2010 qualify for a free upgrade to Office 2010.

Free Workshop: Data Analysis with JMP Statistical Discovery Software Location: 120 Wilson Hall Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Time: 11 a.m.

Office 2008 through Student Select is back in stock in the ITS Software Store (http://its.vanderbilt.edu/softwarestore). Vanderbilt employees and students can again place orders for personal use copies of Office 2008 for Macintosh under the “Faculty/Staff” and “Students” tabs respectively.

Office 2007 through Student Select is back in stock in the ITS Software Store (http://its.vanderbilt.edu/softwarestore). Vanderbilt employees and students can again place orders for personal use copies of Office 2007 Standard, Professional Plus, and Enterprise under the “Faculty/Staff” and “Students” tabs respectively. We expect Office 2008 for Mac through Student Select to be back in stock early next week.