Software Store Blog

Mathworks recently announced the release of MATLAB 2012a. R2012a includes new features in MATLAB and Simulink, along with updates and bug fixes to 77 other products.

GeoTrust, the Software Store’s supplier for Enterprise SSL certificates, has sent the following alert: The following changes address industry standards recently adopted by the Certification Authority/Browser (CAB) Forum, and will go into effect in mid-April: 1.Subject Common Name (CN) in Subject Alternative Name (SAN) field entries: During enrollment, the GeoTrust system detects if the CN is already part of the SAN field. For no additional cost, we will automatically add the CN in a SAN field if it is not already included.

Vanderbilt has adopted a new policy for registering, renewing and transferring domain names. Visit http://its.vanderbilt.edu/domain_name_policy to read the policy.

Coming soon, higher education faculty, staff and students will be eligible to buy Office 2010 and Office 2011 for personal use through a new program called Microsoft Office University 2010 & Office for Mac University 2011. Pricing is unknown at this time, but the estimated retail price is $99. Vanderbilt employees and students will be able to order and download Office University products through the Vanderbilt Software Store.

Starting April 1, 2012, Vanderbilt students and employees will no longer be able to buy the products listed below through the Microsoft Student Select Program: oMicrosoft Office oMicrosoft Windows 7 Upgrade oMicrosoft Expressions Studio This means Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff will no longer be able to place orders for these products through the Vanderbilt Software Store (http://vanderbilt.onthehub.com) under the Students/Microsoft Select tab and the Faculty/Staff/Microsoft Select tab respectively.

Please join Mathworks for a free MATLAB seminar for the Vanderbilt community. •Date & Time: Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 2:00-5:00 p.m. •Location: Featheringill Hall, Room 134 (see http://www.vanderbilt.edu/map/ for directions) •Topic: Advanced Graphics and Visualization Techniques with MATLAB The seminar will focus on visualizing data, viewing images, and manipulating graphics in MATLAB. The presenter will: oExplore techniques for customizing graphical displays, generating animations, and creating publication quality graphics.

Beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 4, e-academy (the company that hosts the Vanderbilt Software Store) will take the storefront located at http://its.vanderbilt.edu/softwarestore out of production.

IBM SPSS Statistics 20 GradPack is now available for purchase by students and IBM SPSS Statistics 20 Faculty Pack is now available for purchase by faculty through http://vanderbilt.onthehub.com.

The Vanderbilt Software Store uses two storefronts to offer discounts to the Vanderbilt community: Store 1: http://its.vanderbilt.edu/softwarestore Store 2: http://vanderbilt.onthehub.com E-academy hosts both stores for Vanderbilt.  We are working with e-academy to merge the two stores based on feedback from customers in our recent Software Store Customer Satisfaction Survey.  We expect to complete this process by December 31, 2011. During January

Free SQL Server 2012 Workshop at Vanderbilt Cost: Free Date: 12/7/11 Time: 2-5 p.m. Location: Room 106, Management Hall Parking: Available at Scarritt Place or behind Starbucks Registration: Send email to tcornett@microsoft.com with the names of the people who wish to attend.  Please include the word REGISTRATION in the message SUBJECT line.  Seating is