Software Store Blog

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

E-academy, the company that hosts the Vanderbilt Software Store (http://vanderbilt.onthehub.com) entered into an agreement with VMware that allowed e-academy to sell Workstation and Fusion at discount to academic users. VMware has discontinued the discount program it had with e-academy and e-academy has removed the VMware products from the Software Store. Customers may purchase the software directly from VMware at https://www.vmware.com/vmwarestore/.

The Vanderbilt Software Store partners with e-academy to offer the Software Store service.  E-academy has announced a new Access Guarantee Program.

The Vanderbilt Software Store has added Able2Extract PDF Converter for Windows to its product catalog.   You can use Able2Extract PDF Converter to perform scheduled, batch conversions of selected portions of PDF files.  You can convert the PDF files into: HTML files Text files Excel spreadsheets (columns and tables are preserved) Editable Word documents (graphics and text are preserved) PowerPoint Publisher AutoCAD (vector images and text are preserved) Image formats such as JPEG, TIFF, GIF, BMP, and PNG

Thomson Reuters has released Endnote X5 for Mac OS X. Vanderbilt Software Store customers who purchased Endnote X4 for Mac after April 20, 2011 are eligible for a free upgrade to X5.

Adobe has released version 10 of Photoshop Elements, Premiere Elements, and the product bundle that includes these two products. Vanderbilt Software Store customers with active maintenance on these products are eligible for a free upgrade. In addition, customers who purchased these products through the Store after September 2, 2011 qualify for a free upgrade.

IBM has released SPSS 20.  The Vanderbilt Software Store sells an SPSS 20 product bundle that includes: SPSS Statistics Base (for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux) SPSS Regression (for Windows, Macintosh and Linux) SPSS Advanced Statistics (for Windows, Macintosh and Linux) SPSS Amos (for Windows) We have provided a free download for SPSS 20 to customers with active SPSS subscriptions. Please contact

RJ Young, a Vanderbilt SmartPrint supplier, has scheduled a Technology Fair that includes lunch and a drawing for an IPAD. Date: Thursday, September 22, 2011 Morning Session: 9 AM – 12 PM Afternoon Session: 12 PM – 4 PM Where: Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium, Admiral’s Room Lunch: Provided by Maggiano’s The fair includes pre

Informatics, MIS and ITS have pooled resources to fund a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) annual subscription for the Vanderbilt community.