Software Store Blog

Mathworks released MATLAB Release 2014a on March 6, 2014.  Software Store customers with active MATLAB subscriptions that expire April 30, 2015 are eligible to upgrade to 2014a at no cost. Vanderbilt's MATLAB product suite includes the following products.  End users would pay $15,300 per computer if Vanderbilt did not have a site license for MATLAB.  Departments pay $97.50 through the Vanderbilt Software Store.

Minitab, Inc.

Oracle released Security Alert CVE-2014-0160 for the OpenSSL Heartbleed vulnerability on April 18, 2014.  This Security Alert addresses a vulnerability which affects multiple OpenSSL versions implemented by multiple vendors in multiple products. See http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2014-0160-2190703.html for the list of affected Oracle products and patch availability information.  Oracle strongly recommends applying the patches as soon as possible.  

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Microsoft released Windows Server 2012 R2 Update on April 2.  The Update is free through Windows Update. See http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn645472.aspx for product information. Vanderbilt departments can order Windows Server 2012 R2 Update through the Software Store by placing an order under the Departments/Microsoft tab.

Microsoft released Windows 8.1 Update on April 8.  The Update is free through Windows Update. See http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/install-latest-update-windows-8-1 for installation instructions. Vanderbilt departments can order Windows 8.1 Update through the Software Store by placing an order under the Departments tab. Note that Windows 8.1 users must install the Update version by August 12 in order to co

Kivuto, the company that hosts the Vanderbilt Software Store, is upgrading ELMS (the storefront platform) on March 26, 2014 beginning at 6:00 AM.  Kivuto expects to complete the maintenance within 2 hours.  During this time, Kivuto will place the store in “maintenance mode” and will display a message indicating the store is temporarily unavailable to customers. During the maintenance period, Vanderbilt departments, faculty, staff and students cannot log into the Software Store.

During fall 2013, Microsoft introduced Remote Desktop clients for iOS and Android, and updated Remote Desktop for Mac OS X.  Microsoft is expected to eventually offer Remote Desktop for Windows Phone.  Remote Desktop lets users connect to remote Windows PCs. Last week, Microsoft released Remote Desktop 8.0.5 for Mac OS X on March 12, for iOS on March 15, and for Android on March 16. See https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/about-licensing/briefs/terminal-services.aspx to learn how to lice