Software Store Blog

Dell is doubling Vanderbilt’s employee and student discount from 2% to 4% on all systems pre-installed with Windows 7. The offer is valid from 10/12/2012 to 10/29/20112. Vanderbilt students and employees who participate receive the regular Dell promotion, plus an additional 4% off. Order through Vanderbilt’s Dell portal (www.dell.com/dellu/vanderbiltu) to ensure you get the best pricing. Add to your benefits by registering for Dell Advantage.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 is available through the Vanderbilt Software Store.

Limit: 45 attendees Location: Sarratt Student Center, Room 189 Date/Time: Wednesday, October 10, 9AM -4:30PM Presenters: Troy Sharpe (Microsoft Datacenter Solutions Specialist) & Tim Cornett (Microsoft Education Technical Strategist) Agenda: •9:00-9:15: Introductions •9:15-10:15: Private Cloud Presentation and Demonstration Part I – Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V •10:15-10:30: Break •10:30-12:00: Private Cloud Presentation and Demonstration Part II – System Center Suite

Adobe provides pricing for Acrobat XI to volume license customers on October 15 and the Software Store expects to offer Acrobat XI before the end of October. Departments qualify for a free upgrade to XI if they place an order for Acrobat X through the Software Store on or after October 1, or if their existing Acrobat X licenses include active software maintenance. The Software Store will place a free upgrade to XI in the Software Store accounts of eligible customers.

The Software Store expects to begin offering the following products to Vanderbilt departments by the end of October: •Acrobat XI •After Effects Creative Suite 6 •Audition Creative Suite 6 •Contribute 6.5 •eLearning Suite 6 •Fireworks Creati

Microsoft announced changes to the road maps of several Forefront products on September 12th. See http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2012/09/12/important-changes-to-forefront-product-roadmaps.aspx for details.

1.End of MD5 Support: See https://knowledge.geotrust.com/support/knowledge-base/index?page=content&id=AD302 for details. 2.2048-bit key size enforcement: All GeoTrust Enterprise SSL certificates expiring after December 31, 2013 must have 2048-bit or greater key sizes. After December 31, 2011, 1024-bit keys are only available for one (1) year certificates.

Mathworks released MATLAB 2012b on September 12th. Software Store customers with active MATLAB subscriptions qualify for a free upgrade to 2012b.

Thomson Reuters released EndNote X6 for Windows in early September. Customers who bought EndNote X5 for Windows through the Software Store on or after July 6, 2012 qualify for a free upgrade to X6. The Software Store provided a free download to eligible customers on September 20th. Thomson Reuters expects to release EndNote X6 for Mac to volume license customers by the end of October.

IBM released SPSS Statistics 21 during late August. Software Store customers with active SPSS subscriptions qualify for a free upgrade to SPSS 21.