Software Store Blog

Quest Software is providing a free on-site demonstration of its TOAD software to Vanderbilt’s Database Administrator and Developer community. Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 5 p.m. CST Location: Room 238 Hill Center (1231 18th Avenue South) Agenda: 2:00 p.m. – Introduction to Quest Representatives 2:05 p.m. – Quest Overview, Introduction to the day’s agenda 2:10 p.m. – TOAD Tips and Tricks 2:50 p.m. – Application Performance Reliability and Quality as it relates to a Developer 3:30 p.m. – Break 3:45 p.m.

Windows 7 Upgrade is available for pre-order by college and university students for $29.99 through http://windows7.digitalriver.com. Each student may purchase one copy of Windows 7 Home Premium. 32-bit and 64-bit versions are available. Students can download the software or order a disk for $13. Downloads are expected to become available through the program on 10/22/09. Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade (32-bit) is available now to Vanderbilt students and employees for personal use through the ITS Software Store.

Endnote X3 for Windows and Macintosh has been released and is available through the Software Store. The Software Store has issued free downloads to customers who have pre-purchased X3.

Matlab R2009b is available as a free download through the Software Store to current subscribers. Those with active subscriptions may access the download by logging into their Software Store account and clicking on “My Software”.

Windows 7 Professional Upgrade and Windows Server 2008 R2 (Standard, Enterprise, and Data Center) are now available for sale to departments through the ITS Software Store.

McAfee VirusScan 8.7i for Windows is now available as a free download through the ITS Software Store. Release 8.7i supports Windows XP, Vista, and 7. In addition, the free McAfee VirusScan for Mac product in the Software Store has been updated to include a download for McAfee Security for Mac 1.0.

Vanderbilt’s KMS service has been upgraded to support Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 Server client activation requests. Rebooting a networked Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 client should enable the client to automatically activate through the new service. Please contact software.store@vanderbilt.edu if you need more information.

Vanderbilt’s SPSS contract has been finalized.

Phoenix Integration’s ModelCenter 8 software has been added to the ITS Software Store’s product catalog per request by the campus community. ModelCenter Standard Desktop (Academic) includes: •RSM Toolkit •Analysis Server •Monte Carlo Risk Analysis •Design of Experiments •Geometry Viewer •Base plug-in libraries: Excel, Matlab, Mathcd •Modeling and Simulation Tools: Flames, STK, Extend •Costing Tools: PRICE, SEER, ACEIT •CADFusion Pak The software may be installed for free on Vanderbilt and student-owned computers.

The following product updates will become available during August through Microsoft’s Select program: •Entourage Mac 2008 with SP2 •Messaging Security Suite 9.0 with SP2 •Office 2008 for MAC with SP2 •Office SharePoint Server SP2 (Multilanguage) •Windows HPC Server 2008 with SP1 •Windows HPC Server OS 2008 with SP2 •Windows HPC Server OS without Hyper-V 2008 with SP2 •HPC Pack 2008 with SP1 •Windows 7 Professional •Windows 7 Professional Language Pack •Windows Server Itanium 2008 R2 •Windows Server Language Pack 2008 R2 •Windows Server Datacenter 2008 R2 •Windows Server Standard 2008 R2 •Wind