Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Available
November 24, 2014
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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 educational purposes such as:
Faculty, staff, or student laptops or desktops for personal and academic use
Computer labs available to faculty, st
Software Store Scheduled Maintenance
November 20, 2014
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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
November 19, 2014
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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 the list of available toolboxes, system requirements, service features, and limitations.
Black Friday PreSale Offer through Dell
November 18, 2014
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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.
Pycharm Educational Edition
November 18, 2014
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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
McAfee VirusScan for Mac subscription to expire end of 2015
November 13, 2014
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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.
Minitab 17 Available
November 13, 2014
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Vanderbilt faculty and students are eligible to buy Minitab 17, Minitab Express, and Minitab Quality Companion 3 through the Software Store.
Six-month subscriptions cost $29.99.
Twelve-month subscriptions cost $49.99.
See http://www.minitab.com/en-us/academic/ for teaching resources.
Microsoft offers .NET server core stack via open source, introduces free Visual Studio
November 13, 2014
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On November 12, Microsoft announced:
It is going to open source the full server-side .NET core stack
The open source version of .NET will support Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux
Visual Studio Community 2013 is available and offers free access to all Visual Studio features
Visual Studio 2015 Preview and
nQuery Advisor + nTerim Available
November 12, 2014
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The Software Store now offers free of charge subscriptions for nQuery Advisor + nTerim to the Vanderbilt community.
Faculty, staff, and students are eligible to download the software through the Software Store.
Customers may install the software on home computers and computers owned by Vanderbilt.
Subscriptions expire each year on September 24 and require an annual renewal.
Users have access to Premium Support through Statistical Solutions during the subscription term.
Subscriptions include produc
MATLAB Platform Support
November 11, 2014
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MathWorks recently announced the following changes for MATLAB platform support:
OS X 10.10 (Yosemite): Support begins with R2014b
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: Support begins with R2014b
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Support begins with R2014b
Dropped Platforms:
Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008: R2015a will be the last release that supports Windows XP, Vista, Windows Server 2003 R2, and Windows Server 2008.
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