Holiday Savings through Dell!
November 7, 2014
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Vanderbilt faculty, staff, and students can save for the holidays through Dell:
November 11 - November 19th: Exclusive AMD offers
November 20 - November 25: Exclusive pre-sale for Members Only! These deals will not be available to the public.
November 26 - November 28: Black Friday! Deals begin at midnight are limited in quantity.
December 1 - December 7: Cyber Week! Dell will have limited quantity deals on Cyber Monday and standing deals lasting all week long.
December 8 - December 14: Days of Deals! Dell will offer a new dea
Microsoft Office 365 users get unlimited OneDrive storage
November 7, 2014
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Vanderbilt students are eligible for a free of charge subscription to Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus through the Microsoft Student Advantage Program.
Subscriptions initially included 1TB of storage through OneDrive for Business. Microsoft recently announced it is dropping the storage limit. Office 365 subscribers now get unlimited OneDrive storage.
Student Advantage customers will see their storage upgrades during 2015.
See https://blog.onedrive.com/office-365-onedrive-unlimited-storage-faq/ fo
MATLAB & Simulink with Raspberry Pi Workshop at Vanderbilt
November 6, 2014
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Mathworks is hosting a free MATLAB workshop on campus next week.
Date: November 12, 2014
Time: 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Location: 298 Jacobs Hall
Register
This hands-on workshop provides an introduction to Simulink’s hardware support capabilities.
Using Raspberry Pi as the target platform, participants will develop, simulate, and test custom algorithms, and deploy them on a Raspberry Pi platform from within the Simulink environment. Lab modules will include examples of v
MATLAB 2014b available free of charge
November 6, 2014
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Mathworks released MATLAB release 2014b last month.
Release Notes
System Requirements
Current MATLAB subscribers are eligible to upgrade to release 2014b free of charge. The Software Store placed free a free download in the accounts of eligible customers.
New Outlook for Mac available to Office 365 users
November 6, 2014
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Microsoft released a new version of Outlook for Mac for Office 365 users on October 31, 2014. See http://blogs.office.com/2014/10/31/new-outlook-mac-available-office-365-customers/ for details.
Create and edit on Microsoft Office mobile apps for free
November 6, 2014
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Today, Microsoft announced that Apple iPhone, Apple iPad, and Google Android users could create and edit Microsoft Office content free of charge.
See http://news.microsoft.com/2014/11/06/microsoft-brings-office-to-everyone-everywhere/ for more information.
New Online Product Catalog
November 6, 2014
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Software Store customers have a new option for quickly finding the product they need. We posted a new online catalog with links to each product in the store. Other catalog features include:
Filtering by purchasing eligibility (i.e. student, faculty/staff, or department)
Sorting by platform (i.e. Windows, Mac, or Linux)
Searching by product name
Icons for payment method (i.e. pay with a cost center or personal credit card)
Icons for computer ownership (i.e.
New Adobe Products
November 6, 2014
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Adobe recently released several new products including:
Adobe ColdFusion 11 Enterprise (for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris)
Adobe ColdFusion 11 Standard (for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris)
Adobe ColdFusion Builder 3 (for Windows, Mac, and Linux)
Microsoft offers Office 365 ProPlus free to students through Student Advantage
August 25, 2014
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Beginning Friday, August 29, Vanderbilt students will be able to install Office 365 ProPus free of charge on up to five devices, including PC, Mac, tablet, and mobile.
Office 365 ProPlus includes:
Office 365 ProPlus for PC (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Access, Publisher, Outlook, Lync, InfoPath)
Office 365 for Mac (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Office Mobile for iPhone (Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, PowerPoint Mobile, OneNote Mobile, Lync Mobile)
Office Mobile for Android (Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, PowerPoint Mobile, OneNote Mobile, Lync Mobile
Vanderbilt Software Store Maintenance Scheduled for August 12 from 6-8:00 AM
August 8, 2014
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The Software Store is scheduled to undergo maintenance on August 12, 2014 from 6:00 to 8:00 AM. During this time, customers will not be able to log into the Software Store.