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To order licenses, please click on the order form link, print the form, fill in all the pertinent information, have the form signed by the first contact and someone authorized to spend the funds of the FAU you provide, and fax the completed form to Software Central at 310-206-4742.
Remember to check with your departmental CSC (computer support personnel) to make sure you are not already covered for the licenses you are contemplating purchasing. See the UCLA Computer Support Directory to find your CSC.
After we receive and process your order form we will send you a receipt. The receipt will include instructions on how to borrow or download the software to install the desired product on your machine(s).
Click here to see a list of software available at UCLA Computer Labs.
Vendors--(for Order Forms get Adobe Reader)
- Adobe Systems, Inc.
- Agilent Technologies
- Apple Computer
- AutoDesk
(07-08 Order Form)
- Cdigix
- CDW-G
- Check Point
- Citrix
- Computer Associates
- Compuware
- Credant Technologies, Inc.
- Cute FTP
- Diskeeper Contact Software Central for pricing
- eEye
Participate in the eEye Pilot
- EmC Networker (Legato)
- Endnote
- Environmental Systems Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
- Firefox
- Filemaker, Inc.
- HP(Compaq) Computer Corporation CSLG
- IBI
- IBM
- JMP
- KST
- Lotus
- Lumension (formerly Patchlink)
- Macromedia (See Adobe)
- Maple
- Mathematica
- McAfee Anti-Virus
- Microsoft
Microsoft Consolidated Campus Agreement- Novell ALA
- OnTrack Data International
- OpenOffice
- ORACLE Corporation
- Parallels
- PatchLink - (see Lumension)
- Personal TeX, Inc.
- R
- ReadyTalk
- Red Hat Linux
- SAS
- Software House International (SHI)
- Sophos Anti-Virus Software
- SPI Dynamics
- SPSS
- StarOffice
- STATA Corporation
- SUDAAN
- Sun Support
- Sun Academic Initiative Learning Connection
- Sybase, Inc.
- Symantec (Norton)
- SYSTAT
- Tripwire
- TurboZIP Express
- Vignette
- VMWare
- Watchfire
- Webroot Spy Sweeper
- WildPackets
Adobe Systems, Inc.
UCLA departments (only) can purchase Adobe Software products such as PhotoShop, PageMaker, Illustrator, GoLive, Acrobat, and all of the other academically licensed titles that Adobe offers through UC's preferred reseller, SHI. There is no minimum order, departments may order as few as one license under the UC CLP program. Media and documentation are available separately. Users agree to License Terms
To obtain pricing and further information go to SHI. To order contact SHI account team representatives, Michael Cassalle, Anthony Devito or Amanda Moler at 800-535-5210 or ucsystem@shi.com
Internet Resources: Adobe Home Page
Apple Computer
Apple Computer OS licenses area available through the UCLA Computer Store. To place an order, submit an LVO to the UCLA Computer Store. Please contact the UCLA Computer Store directly for pricing and availability. (310) 825-6952
Internet Resources: Apple Computer, Inc., Mac OS X site, Apple Software UpdatesAgilent Technologies
Agilent's combined software products give you access to an open system architecture that can integrate applications, instruments, and data into a rich source of information and control of your lab - regardless of vendor. There is a UC pricing agreement for Agilent Technologies testing and measurement tools and software. Discounts vary according to product.
Internet Resources: Agilent Technologies
AutoDesk
UCLA participates in the AutoDesk Comprehensive Education Solutions (ACES) program. Under this agreement UCLA departments may acquire the right to use an entire seventeen product suite of Design and Drafting products. This suite includes Autodesk VIZ, AutoCAD , Architectural Desktop, and many other components. Media may be checked out for installation, and technical support is provided via Software Central. For a complete list of products and pricing see the AutoDesk Order Form.
Licenses are annual and continued use requires annual renewal fee. Products may only be installed on UCLA owned or leased systems located at the UCLA sites specified in the agreement and upgrades to new releases are included during the contract period. Users agree to License Terms.
Internet Resources: AutoDesk, Inc
Cdigix
UC has a blanket agreement that allows individual campuses to sign individual "Service Order" agreements. See the UCOP Purchasing Database for more information.
Internet Resources: Cdigix
CDW-G
UC has a non-exclusive pricing agreement for IT hardware and software with CDW-G. Please visit UCOP Purchasing Database for more information.
Internet Resources: CDW-G
Check Point
UC has an agreement with Check Point for their Pointsec Mobile device encryption software and maintenance. Pointsec Mobile from Check Point addresses the need to secure the enterprise data that resides on mobile devices with a strong set of encryption products. Pointsec Mobile completely secures data on devices running Symbian, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile Smartphone and Palm OSes by encrypting files on the devices as well as their related memory cards. Encryption is performed automatically without user intervention, providing a mandatory, enforceable component to security policy.
Internet Resources: Check Point Software Technologies LTD.
Citrix
Software Central has established a Citrix Academic Entity Agreement for Citrix products at a substantial discount through DynTek, Inc., an authorized Citrix reseller. Products may only be installed on UCLA owned or leased systems and used for UCLA research or instructional purposes. License purchases include updates for the annual term of the agreement and then Subscriptions for ongoing maintenance will be available separately in subsequent years. Media kits are available separately and technical support must also be purchased separately.
Orders are placed with Brian Brakeville of DynTek, Inc. Each contract year (May 1 to April 30), there is an initial order point minimum, and all subsequent orders have a lesser point minimum. For questions on the current minimum point order and price confirmation, call Brian Brakeville brian.brakeville@dyntek.com at (949) 271-0821.
Citrix provides the power to centrally configure and manage servers and server farms anywhere, regardless of geography. However, the use of Citrix does not eliminate the need to purchase the appropriate Windows server and client access licenses.
Internet Resources: DynTek, Inc., Citrix Systems, Inc.
Computer Associates
UCLA departments may purchase software products from Computer Associates/CompuCom under a the UCOP negotiated volume licensing program. The agreement provides significant discounts for various products. The current price list can be found at the UCOP Planned Purchasing site. For questions, the Computer Associates Software Licensing Consultant is Carmen Gassman, carmen.gassman@ca.com 323-954-6446.
Internet Resources: Computer Associates Software Home Page
Compuware
UC has an agreement with Compuware for their enterprise software . UCLA is a registered institution.
Internet Resources: Compuware
Credant Technologies, Inc.
UC has an agreement with Credant Technologies, Inc. for their Mobile Guardian mobile device encryption software, support and maintenance. CREDANT Mobile Guardian is an integrated, policy-based mobile data security and management solution that provides the functionality to control the security of “all things mobile”.
Internet Resources: Credant Technologies, Inc.
CuteFTP
UCLA Bruin On-Line provides a file transfer protocol (FTP) program for both Windows and Macintosh machines at no charge to UCLA affiliated persons. CuteFTP is a very popular FTP client which allows you to transfer files between two computers. Features include drag and drop interface, resumable downloads, and SSL support.
Internet Resources: Bruin On-Line Software
Diskeeper
Is disk defragmentation decreasing your computer’s performance? Defragmentation is a fact of life. By using a defragmentation utility it is possible to achieve performance gains that meet or exceed many hardware upgrades. You must eliminate fragmentation to eliminate the most basic performance bottleneck on your system. Built-in defragmenters are manual-only and require full administrator privileges to operate. Running Diskeeper is like hiring an expert to constantly monitor and maintain your system’s maximum performance. Licenses are available at any time. Contact Software Central for current pricing. Departmental purchase only for installation on UCLA owned systems. There is an annual program cost for maintenance (licenses are perpetual). For technical support contact Software Central . Users agree to License Terms.
Intrernet Resources: Executive Software: Diskeeper
eEye
UCLA has a three year pilot agreement with eEye that provides free access to a suite of software products that identify and help protect against security threats to networks and computing systems. The eEye products available under the pilot agreement are: Retina, Iris, Secure IIS, Blink and Retina Enterprise Manger (REM). Access to these products is available to UCLA Department Network Coordinators, or Computer Support Coordinators, one per department.
For more information on the eEye pilot, contact safecomputing@ucla.edu or visit the Applied Security Task Force website.
Here is a list of the departments at UCLA using eEye. Users from the same department are required to coordinate usage.
Request access to the products available under the UCLA eEye pilot agreement.
For more information on eEye products go to eEye.
EmC (Legato)
There is a UC-wide agreement with EmC for a suite of their storage management services (formerly known as Legato Systems). New licenses are available at 40% off list price.
Please contact Tina Kasper at Kasper_Tina@emc.com or (408) 326-4069 if you wish to order new EmC Networker licenses. Licenses are permanent with annual maintenance costs for support and the right to upgrade. Users agree to License Terms.
Internet Resources: EmC
EndNote
Software Central has an agreement with Thompson Corporation for EndNote for Windows and Macintosh. Endnote is an all-in-one tool that can search bibliographic databases on the internet, organize references, images, PDFs and other files, and construct papers with built-in manuscript. EndNote is used by researchers, scholarly writers, students, and librarians. Department licenses are available from Software Central. Here is the order form for departments wishing to order EndNote licenses. Users agree to License Terms.
Internet Resources: EndNote
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
UC has an a agreement with Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) for most of their GIS products. The agreement provides annual licenses for ARC/INFO, ArcView GIS, and many other ESRI products. Newly added for 2008 is ArcGIS Image Server. The server combines image processing and image distribution, and enables the creation of new Web-based solutions that will increase the usage and value of geospatial imagery.
Academic Technology Services' GIS group is available to provide assistance to campus ESRI users and technical support requests may be sent to the ATS GIS Team. For more information on the available products and services, please see the ATS Geographic Information Systems website or Brief Introduction to ARC/INFO and ArcView. Here is the order form for departments wishing to license ESRI products. Users agree to License Terms.
Training via the internet is available via the ESRI Virtual University. UCLA affiliated individuals interested in signing up for the no charge courses UCLA has access to (most but not all) please visit the link above, note the course titles you require, then email those titles to Software Central for the required access information.
ESRI holds an annual User Conference in San Diego in the summer. Any faculty, staff or student from UCLA can attend any one day (and only one day) of the ESRI User Conference for free. The faculty, staff or student just needs to bring their UC identification with them to the conference registration booth. No pre-registration is required.
Internet Resources: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
Filemaker, Inc
There is a UC-wide agreement in place for FilemakerPro. SHI is the designated UC-wide reseller for this agreement. Contact SHI account team representatives, Michael Cassalle, Anthony Devito or Amanda Moler at 800-535-5210 or ucsystem@shi.com
Internet Resources: Filemaker, Inc.Home Page
Firefox
Firefox is an open source browser freely available to anyone. It is not a UC or UCLA agreement and as such is not supported by Software Central. We are providing thses links for your convenience only. Firefox is designed from the ground up to support open source standards across a variety of platforms. Firefox is Mozilla's browser-only package, and is widely regarded as the most secure browser available, with a built-in pop-up blocker, tabbed browsing, and build-in search functionality.
Click here to find out more about and download Firefox. Click here for license terms.
HP Computer Corporation CSLG
UC participates in the HP CSLG Program which provides access to PAK files for HP/Compaq/Digital software products (OpenVMS, UNIX). For a complete description of the CSLG and current product listings, visit the HP CSLG Program.
Available to UCLA Departments only. For information about licensing, contact Software Central. Users agree to License Terms.
Internet Resources: HP CSLG Program
IBI (INFORMATION BUILDERS)
There is a system wide price schedule in place for software from IBI. Licenses purchased under this agreement become a rider to the master, unless otherwise mutually agreed.
Internet Resources: IBI
IBM
UC has two IBM agreements; one for Services, Software and Hardware; one for Lotus products, and a negotiated price schedule for ESSO Enterprise Software and Services. These agreements allow customers to purchase licenses, disks, documentation, maintenance, and technical support separately or in any combination from an external reseller.
Internet Resources: IBM
JMP
UCLA participates in the system wide agreement to provide departments with annual JMP licenses at substantially reduced prices. Part of the SAS family of products, JMP dynamically links statistics with graphics to interactively explore, understand, and visualize data. Designed for anyone who wants to discover relationships and outliers in their data, JMP provides a comprehensive set of statistical tools as well as Design of Experiments and Statistical Quality Control in a single package. JMP runs native under Windows XP and Macintosh OS X. Follow this link to download a demo version. Licenses for UCLA owned or leased computers, or staff and faculty personal computers used for UCLA instruction or research may be ordered by completing the order form. Users agree to License Terms.
Internet Resources: JMP Home Page
KST DATA
UCLA participates in an agreement with KST Data for the procurement of Desktop computers, Portable computers, and Printers. Departments and UCLA affiliated persons (for personal purchases) are eligible to purchase on this agreement. Visit KST Data, select UCLA institutional or personal purchases from the drop down menu and browse their catalog.
Internet Resources: KST Data
Lotus (IBM)
There is a UC-wide agreement in place for all IBM Lotus products. SHI is the designated UC-wide reseller for this agreement. Contact SHI account team representatives, Michael Cassalle, Anthony Devito or Amanda Moler at 800-535-5210 or ucsystem@shi.com.
Internet Resources: Lotus Home Page
Lumension (formerly Patchlink)
UCLA currently has a campus-wide agreement with Lumension (formerly PatchLink) that makes their PatchLink Update patch management software, as well as their Scan and Security Management Console vulnerability management software, available for unlimited use by all UCLA units. Click here for a list of products that PatchLink provides patching for.
In order to support compliance with the campus Minimum Security Standards for Networked Devices (UCLA Policy 401), this agreement is centrally funded and is available for use by all UCLA units at no cost. Department IT Administrators (PAII and above as listed in the UCLA Online Directory) can obtain access to download these products by completing the online Lumension Access Request Form.
Unlimited technical support for these products is available to all UCLA Department IT Administrators. For technical support please call Lumension at (480) 970-1025, choose Option 2 from the main menu, and then follow the prompts to reach a Lumension technician.
Internet Resources: Lumension
Macromedia (see Adobe)
Internet Resources: Adobe
Maplesoft (Waterloo Maple)
Maple from Maplesoft is an interactive system that provides a complete mathematical environment for both symbolic algebraic expressions and arbitrary-precision numeric arithmetic. Maple is a useful tool for educators, scientists, engineers, researchers and students. Applicable to the physical sciences, business management, economics and finance. Includes a library of more than 2,500 functions common to many scientific and engineering applications. Facilities include arithmetic with integers, fractions, unknown variables, polynomials and general expressions, solving equations, factoring, taking derivative and series expansions of functions, indefinite and definite integration, solving differing equations and recurrence equations matrix operations, and plotting.
UCLA agreement provides licenses and access to the media and technical support via ATS' Software Central. Users agree to License Terms. Licensees may obtain updates to their current version by following this link.
Available to UCLA Departments, faculty, and staff only. Students are not eligible. Licenses for UCLA owned or leased computers, or staff and faculty personal computers used for UCLA instruction or research may be ordered by completing the order form . Media is available to licensing departments for one week check out periods.
Internet Resources: Maplesoft , Maple Application Center, Maple Primes (contact Software Central for login ID and password), the University of Florida Department of Statistics listing of statistical resources, CTI Statistical Resources on the Web
Mathematica
Mathematica is a comprehensive set of mathematical, scientific, engineering, and financial functions. Mathematica functions: work for any size or precision of number, compute with symbols, are easily represented graphically, automatically switch algorithms to get the best answer, and even check and adjust the accuracy of their own results.
Software Central has established a Comprehensive Annual Academic Agreement with Wolfram, Inc., which provides departmental Mathematica licenses at a significant discount. This agreement requires annual payments and provides the right to use any new releases, access to the media and technical support via Software Central.
The agreement also provides licensees with a no charge home use license (with a purchase of a office use license) Home use must be arranged separately directly from the Wolfram home use website. Additionally, each current license holder is eligible to download Wolfram Workbench which is an integrated development environment (IDE) that allows Mathematica and other Wolfram products develop large-scale technical solutions. For more information about Workbench, visit:
http://www.wolfram.com/workbench
To obtain licenses under this agreement, please complete the order form and return it to Software Central. Users agree to License Terms.For perpetual or student licenses, UCLA affiliated persons can purchase through theUniversity of California Volume-Purchase Program. This program allows UC faculty, staff, and students to purchase the professional version [perpetual license] of Mathematica and several other Wolfram Research products and services (excluding the product known as Mathematica for Students) at a 70% discount off the standard academic list price. These orders are taken at the Wolfram's 'Mathematica Store' Website.
Internet Resources: Wolfram Research, Inc, The Mathematica Online Resource Guide
McAfee Anti-Virus Software
UCOP has negotiated a pricing schedule agreement with McAfee for its anti-virus and various other products. Please contact SHI account team representatives Michael Cassalle, Anthony Devito or Amanda Moler at 800-535-5210 or ucsystem@shi.com for information and pricing or visit SHI
Microsoft Licensing at UCLA
UCLA participates in three distinct Microsoft Volume Licensing Programs for departments. It is possible for a single department to utilize all three licensing programs simultaneously. On every calendar quarter (January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1) Microsoft use rights are posted to a public web site at http://www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/userights/DocumentHome.aspx where you can download at your convenience, the most current use rights for that particular quarter. Before you deploy the products you license, it is important you review and understand the use rights and restrictions for those products. This will help ensure your compliance with those terms.
To keep informed about Microsoft Licensing developments at UCLA, join the UCLA Microsoft Licensing email list. This announcement only list is used to convey information about Microsoft licensing requirements, volume Educational License Programs (Open, Select, and Campus) and upcoming changes to the upgrade options.
Microsoft Consolidated Campus Agreement (MCCA)
This UC-wide agreement allows departments to purchase annual licenses for the most popular Microsoft desktop and server products at substantially discounted prices based on departmental FTE (Full Time Equivalents). Enrolling in the MCCA makes sense if your department: has more computers than people, wants simplified compliance and administration, lab computer desktop products at no additional cost, and consistent predictable expenses per year. Student coverage is also an option with the MCCA. Under the MCCA each department can choose its own custom mix of products. MCCA licenses are valid for one year (renewed annually) and include upgrade and downgrade rights on licensed products. Learn more about the MCCA.
Please check with your departmental license coordinator before you purchase any additional (single) Microsoft licenses via either of the two programs below because your department may already be covered for those products under the MCCA. Users agree to License Terms.
Microsoft Select License
UCLA participates in the UC wide Microsoft Select Program which provides new permanent licenses and software assurance for most Microsoft applications, operating systems, and networking software products (media and documentation available separately). The Microsoft Select License Program is available to UCLA Departments only. Microsoft Select Licenses are available through SHI, SHI account team representatives - Michael Cassalle, Anthony Devito or Amanda Moler at 800-535-5210 or ucsystem@shi.com via UCLA LVOs or POs. Follow this link for ordering instructions. Select licenses typically are priced 10-15% less than Open licenses. For additional information visit the Microsoft Select site. Users agree to License Terms.
For technical assistance on Microsoft products there are several options available from the Microsoft Education Support site.
Microsoft Open License
Departments may purchase Microsoft licenses and media via the Open Program (typically 10-15% more costly than the Select program) through the ASUCLA computer store in Ackerman. There is a minimum of 5 licenses per department per order, excluding media. Most Open licenses are purchased per machine and the program encompasses all available Microsoft licenses. Open licenses are permanent for the version purchased. Software Assurance (the right to upgrade and downgrade) is available for an additional fee. Please contact the ASUCLA computer store at x 56952 for information on ordering licenses on the Microsoft Open program.
MSDN Academic Alliance
Microsoft offers the MSDN Academic Alliance (MSDN AA) Program to University departments in the technology and design fields. There are two fee for use programs associated with the MSDN AA.
The Developer Academic Alliance Membership is for departments that use technology in support of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) courses.
The Designer Academic Alliance Membership is for departments that use technology in support of Visualization, Illustration, Design, and Art (VIDA) courses.
Both Academic Alliance programs have very strict usage guidelines. It is important to note that the software that is part of the membership may not be used for any IT infrastructure or administration purposes at the AA member’s school, university, foundation, or organization.
For technical assistance on Microsoft products there are several options available from the Microsoft Education Support site.
Internet Resources: Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Licensing Briefs, Microsoft Security Notification Service
Novell (ALA and VLA)
UCLA recently renewed its Novell ALA Agreement for 2006-07. The ALA is an annual agreement for a suite of products with the cost based on the total number of workstations in the department. Contact Software Central for a list of products available under the ALA.
UCLA Departments are also eligible for significant discounts on Novell products not available on the ALA but available under the UCLA-VLA #V1048MO13690. For Novell products not available under either the ALA or VLA, UCLA Departments may purchase under the State of California Master Agreement--the UCLA reference number is M30195459. Purchases may be made directly from Novell. Please contact Software Central for information on our current Novell representative. Users agree to License Terms.
Internet Resources: Novell Inc.
OnTrack Data International
UCLA Departments may purchase data recovery services and products from OnTrack Data International under a University of California Planned Purchasing Agreement. The agreement provides special pricing for data recovery services. Departments may download the Data Advisor at no charge. Special pricing is also available for their RapidRecall back up solution for PC's, click here for a rapid quote.
Internet Resources: OnTrack Data International
OpenOffice
OpenOffice is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite freely available to anyone. It is not a UC or UCLA agreement and as such is not supported by Software Central. We are providing thses links for your convenience only. and Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute.
Click here to find out more about and download OpenOffice. Click here for license terms.
ORACLE
UC has a software license and service agreement with ORACLE Corporation for thier software products with discounts of 50%-90%. Please visit the ORACLE Agreement page for details.
Internet Resources: ORACLE Corporation
Parallels
UC has an agreement for Parallels and Parallels Compressor licenses and maintenance. Parallels Desktop for Mac is the leading virtualization solution for the Mac, enabling Mac users to run Windows simultaneously with their Mac OS X on any Intel-powered iMac, Mac mini, MacBook, MacBook Pro, and Mac Pro Towers. Parallels Workstation for Windows is a hardware emulation virtualization solution. This stable, trusted technology maps the host computer’s hardware resources directly to each virtual PC’s resources, allowing each virtual machine to operate identically to a stand-alone computer. Parallels Compressor Workstation is a powerful, easy-to-use disk management tool that improves the performance of any Parallels, VMware and Microsoft virtual workstation running Windows by reducing virtual hard disk size by 50% or more. Parallels Compressor Server is a complete professional-grade, easy-to-use disk management tool that helps save storage costs, maximize hard disk resources and improves the performance of any Windows-powered Parallels, VMware and Microsoft virtual server or virtual workstation by reducing virtual hard disk size by 50% or more. Department Licenses are available from Software Central. Here is the order form for departments wishing to order Parallels products . Users agree to License Terms.
Internet Resources: Parallels
Patchlink (see Lumension)
Personal TeX, Inc.
PC TeX is a scientific typesetting system for books, mathematics, tables, technical material and general text. Paginates, hyphenates, justifies and draws rules. This commercial windows product from Personal TeX, Inc. provides access to built-in Windows text editor, help system, DVI screen previewer and printer drivers. For freeware or shareware versions of Tex, as well as utilities and technical resources see the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (be sure to read and comply with applicable license requirements).
The UCLA license agreement with Personal TeX, Inc. provides rights to use, media, and some documentation for PC TeX, PC TeX/386, and Big PC TeX programs (DOS) and PC TeX for Windows 95, NT, 2000 and XP. The UCLA licensed package also includes LaTeX and AMSTeX.
PCTeX licenses are available to UCLA Departments, staff, faculty, and students. Products may be installed on UCLA-owned and personally owned CPUs. Department Licenses are available from Software Central. To order, please complete the order form. Follow this link for updates and patches. Licenses may also be purchased from the UCLA Computer Store. Users agree to License Terms.
Internet Resources: Personal TeX, Inc. Home Page , Discussion group textalk@pctex.com (sign up with SUBSCRIBE in subject), CTAN, TeX Users Group.
R
Software Central frequently gets requests for the program known as R. R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It compiles and runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms, Windows and MacOS. For more information and to download R, please visit the R-projectt site .
ReadyTalk
UC participates in an agreement with ReadyTalk for voice and web conferencing at extremely favorable rates. Please contact Kim Morse, Sr. Account Manager (303) 209-1624 kim.morse@readytalk.com to arrange for a voice or video conference.
Red Hat Linux
UC participates in an agreement for maintenance on Red Hat Enterprise WS Academic Edition and Red Hat Enterprise AS Academic Edition software. Interested departments should contact DLT Solutions, Inc.
Internet Resources: Red Hat
SAS
SAS is a comprehensive package with very powerful data management tools, a wide variety of statistical analysis and graphical procedures. SAS provides a complete, comprehensive and integrated platform for data analysis. With SAS, you can easily access data from any source, perform data management, carry out statistical analysis and then present your findings in a variety of reports and graphs.
The SAS agreement makes available a bundle of SAS products called SAS Education Analytic Suite (EAS). Products and Fees differ based on Teaching & Research or Administrative Use.
SAS Licenses provide rights to use all products in the bundle on various common platforms. Licensees are also entitled to a one for one 'home use' license after completing and submitting the SAS Home Use Form. Home Use licenses are non-transferable and intended for the licensee's use only. Electronic documentation is included with the software and on the ATS web.
SAS annual licenses are available from Software Central to UCLA Departments only. The license can be purchased via the order form. Individuals who would like to purchase a license using their own funds should make arrangements to purchase SAS through their department.
To download the latest SAS updates and hot fixes click here. To subscribe to the SAS Technical Support email listserv click here . Users agree to License Terms.
Interested in a comparison of statistical packages? Please see our comparison of Stata, SAS and SPSS.
Internet Resources: SAS Institute Technical Support Services, SAS Install Center, UCLA ATS Statistical Computing
SHI
UC's preferred reseller of licenses not directly available from campus' volume software licensing offices (like Software Central) Please be sure to check with SHI before ordering software from any other off campus vendor as they have several pre-negotiated UC exclusive prices for various software. Items that are included in this special pricing are: Adobe (including Macromedia), Dantz, FileMaker, McAfee, Microsoft and Symantec. Michael Cassalle, Anthony Devito or Amanda Moler at ucsystem@shi.com 800-535-5210 are the SHI account team representatives. You can access the features of UC's customized extranet by setting up your own e-account. Just follow the directions on the site. You can purchase online, view real-time special pricing and quotes and access UC's dedicated account team.
Internet Resources: SHI
Sophos Anti-Virus Software
UCLA has negotiated an agreement with Sophos for all of their anti-virus products for desktop and gateway servers. These products are available at NO COST to UCLA students, staff and faculty through October of 2009.
The agreement provides the right to install the software on:
- UCLA owned or leased computer systems
- Personally owned systems of current UCLA Students, Staff, and Faculty
Desktop Anti-Virus media (self-extracting compressed files and/or disk images) and documentation may be downloaded from the UCLA Sophos Anti-Virus Software page. Users agree to License Terms.
Department IT Administrators (only) may request a username and password to download desktop and gateway anti-virus products directly from Sophos.
For questions on specific components of the license or availability of updates, please contact Bruin OnLine directly at consult@ucla.edu or (310) 267-4357 option 1.
Internet Resources: Sophos Home Page
SPI Dynamics
UC has a three year (until 2010) system wide agreement for web development and security products available from SPI Dynamics. SPI Dynamics delivers a comprehensive and accurate suite of application security products and services that support the entire Web application lifecycle, from development and quality assurance to deployment, ongoing operations management and auditing. For further information, follow this link
Internet Resources: SPI Dynamics
SPSS
SPSS is a statistical data analysis package. The SPSS products included in the UCLA agreement run on the Windows and Macintosh platforms and includes the Base, Advanced, and Regression modules. All SPSS for Windows licenses also include Sample Power module. Unfortunately, this module is not available in a Macintosh version. Sample Power helps you find the best sample size for your research. It also covers means and differences in means; proportions and differences in proportions; correlation; oneway and factorial Analysis of Variance (ANOVA); Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA); regression and logistical regression; survival analysis and equivalence tests.
Available to UCLA Departments, and current staff or faculty for UCLA related activities only. Departments may order licenses from Software Central and should complete the order form for single Windows or Macintosh machines. Each computer that executes SPSS must have its own license. SPSS licenses sold by Software Central Licenses provide access to the media, and technical support, and annual renewal is required. Media is available to licensing departments for one week check out periods, or licensees may request electronic download information from Software Central. Users agree to license terms. Documentation is available separately from ASUCLA Technical Books or via the web from SPSS. Network licenses are available directly from SPSS only.
UCLA affiliated individuals who would like to purchase a license using their own funds must make arrangements to purchase SPSS through their department. The right to use requires continuing UCLA affiliation. Students must purchase the SPSS Grad Pack from ASUCLA. The Grad Pack includes the same SPSS modules (Base, Advanced, and Regression) and is available to students only. For questions contact Software Central.
SPSS Patches are available by following this link. Once at the site, click on the LOGGING IN link towards the bottom of the page which takes you to the next page, where you should choose the LOGIN link. Licensees can use guest/guest as the login and password.
Interested in a comparison of statistical packages? Please see our comparison of Stata, SAS and SPSS.
Internet Resources: SPSS, Inc., UCLA ATS Statistical Computing
StarNet Communications--X-Win32
X-Win32 and X-Win32 Flash are StarNet's X Window Systems for Microsoft Windows that are available for licensing by all UCLA departments. These X-Windows applications are for users who want to run X in an integrated environment. Licenses include F-Secure necessary for accessing UCLA's Hoffman Beowulf Cluster for numerical computing or to other campus services. Licenses are available to departments by filling out the order form. Demo copies of X-Win are available for evaluation, directly from StarNet. Users agree to license terms.
Internet Resources: StarNet Communications Corp.
StarOffice
StarOffice 8 Office Suite is available free of charge to all UCLA staff faculty and students for use on institutionally owned machines only. StarOffice 8 is an office productivity suite, comparable to Microsoft Office that runs across multiple platforms, including Linux, Solaris, and Windows. It includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software, drawing program, and database client. StarOffice 8 Office Suite also offers graphics and photo editing, Web publishing, and more. Its user interface is easy to learn and use. The powerful, standalone applications in the StarOffice 8 Office Suite are not only fully integrated, they are also compatible with Microsoft Office file formats: ".doc", ".ppt", and "xls". , so you can easily access, edit, and share documents. Users agree to License Terms.
Free StarOffice Training is also available .
Users may download StarOffice 8 by following this link. You may have to register but registration and downloading are at no charge.
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Stata Corporation provides deep discounts to UCLA departments, faculty, staff, and students for their statistical products via the STATA GRAD PLAN. Stata offers further discounts for department purchase for student labs (minimum 10 licenses). Orders are placed directly with Stata Corporation, (800) 782-8272. via the GRAD PLAN pricing. Be sure to use the link above to take advantage of the GRAD PLAN pricing. For information about the available products, pricing, and ordering process please see How to Get Stata. The media, documentation, and licenses will be shipped directly to the purchaser or purchasing department.
ATS provides extensive support and training materials for Stata users, please see Resources to Help you Learn and Use Stata. For product information please see the Stata Product Information. Interested in a comparason of statistical packages? Please see our comparison of Stata, SAS and SPSS.
Internet Resources: Stata Corporation, ATS Statistical Consulting-Stata
SUDAAN
Software Central has arranged with RTI International to provide SUDAAN products to UCLA departments at a significant discount over academic list price.
SUDAAN is software for the statistical analysis of correlated data. It is specifically designed for analysis of cluster-correlated data from studies involving recurrent events, longitudinal data, repeated measures, multivariate outcomes, multi-stage sample designs, stratified designs, unequally weighted data, and without-replacement samples. SUDAAN fits marginal or population-averaged models using generalized estimating equations (GEE). Robust variance estimates are computed that fully account for intracluster correlation, unequal weighting, stratification, and without-replacement sampling. You can use SPSS or SAS to manage your database and easily use SUDAAN to analyze your SPSS or SAS data sets.
SUDAAN for SAS runs under
- PCs under Windows NT/2000/XP
- Sun workstations under Solaris 2.8 and up
- PCs under Linux Operating System
SUDAAN Stand Alone (for use with SPSS) runs under
- PCs under Windows 95/98/ME and NT/2000/XP and DOS
- SUN workstations under Solaris
- 32 bit Standalone for Solaris 2.6 and up
- 64 bit Standalone for Solaris 2.8 and up
- PCs under Linux Operating System
These annual licenses are available to UCLA departments only. Licenses are available to departments by faxing the order form. Users agree to license terms. SUDAAN Patches and Help Files are available from the vendor.
Internet Resources: SUDAAN
Sun Support
Participation in the UCLA-Sun Support program provides maintenance updates for Solaris operating system and/or compilers for SPARC and INTEL. Media may be purchased directly from SUN.
Available to UCLA Departments only. For maintenance on departmental licenses call Software Central, or see the recharge form. Users agree to License Terms.
Internet Resources: Sun Microsystem's Education
Sun Academic Initiative Learning Connection
Register for Free training via the Sun Academic Initiative Learning Connection - Please note this is for use by UCLA affiliated persons only.
Internet Resources: Sun Microsystem's Education
Sybase, Inc
The UC-Office of the President has negotiated a Systemwide agreement with Sybase which provides licenses, media, documentation, and maintenance at deeply discounted prices on most Sybase products.
All UC Sybase and Powersoft users must subscribe to the UCSYBASE listserv so that they will be informed of all program changes. To subscribe, send an email note to the UC Listserve System with the message text: subscribe ucsybase Firstname Lastname.
Internet Resources: Sybase, Inc.Symantec
There is a UC-wide agreement in place for many Symantec (Norton) products including, Norton Anti-Virus for desktops and servers, Norton Utilities, pcANYWHERE32 and Ghost. Licenses and media are available through SHI . Please contact SHI account team representatives - Michael Cassalle, Anthony Devito or Amanda Moler at 800-535-5210 or ucsystem@shi.com for more information.
Internet Resources: Symantec Home Page
SYSTAT
Software Central has a volume license arrangement with SYSTAT that makes the following SYSTAT products available to UCLA departments at a significant discount over list price:
AutoSignal – Automates the process of analyzing signals from data input to output of results, including parametric nonlinear modeling, user friendly methods to manipulate signal data, plotting peaks, contours or 3D surfaces.PeakFit - Provides nonlinear curve fitting to help separate overlapping peaks by statistically fitting numerous peak functions to one data set, which can help find even the most obscure patterns in data
SigmaPlot - Graphing software that enables: the quick creation of exact and customized graphs; easy data visualization with more than 80 2-D and 3-D technical graph types; and publishing charts and graphs anywhere including the web.
SigmaPlot Add-On Modules – Includes Electrophysiology Module, Enzyme Kinetics Module, and Ligand Binding Module.
SigmaScan – A complete image analysis package for studying the structure and size of visual information. Includes image analysis and data manipulation techniques to improve image quality, and transform images from one type to another, as well as into reliable statistics, understandable graphs and scientific conclusions.
SigmaStat – Research analysis software that provides guidance to ensure the propoer statistical method is used to analyze data, avoid the risk of statistical error, interpret results correctly, and generate an appropriate display and report.
Systat - Statistical software with every statistical procedure needed to carry out efficient statistical analysis of your data from the most elementary descriptive statistics to very advanced statistical methodology based on sophisticated algorithms.
TableCurve 2D – Automates curve fitting, data fitting and data modeling with a library of linear and nonlinear models and equations.
Table Curve 3D - Enables the fitting of complex data with its built in equation set that includes a wide array of linear and nonlinear models.These perpetual licenses are available to UCLA departments only by faxing the order form. Users agree to License Terms.
Internet Resources: SYSTAT, Inc.
Return to the top of the pageTripwire
UCLA participates in a multi-year system wide agreement with Tripwire that provides at least a 73% discount on purchases of their change monitoring software products. One small change can result in a huge impact to a computer network. Without a way to know what changes have occurred and whether or not they're desired, accidental, benign, malicious, intentional, or originate from inside or outside, IT teams have few options for preventing negative consequences and minimizing damage. Tripwire Change Monitoring and Analysis software gives you visibility into service-affecting changes. Tripwire software reduces trouble-shooting time and enables rapid discovery and recovery. Immediate detection of change on multi-vendor devices across the enterprise enables the fastest possible restoration to a Known and Trusted state, and maximizes the service levels provided to your internal and external customers. Products are available for servers and network devices. Additional product licenses may be ordered by using Tripwire order form. Users agree to License Terms.Internet Resources: Tripwire Home Page
TurboZIP Express
FileStream has made many of their products available to all UCLA faculty, staff or students at special academic license pricing which represents an approximate a 90% discount from current retail prices. Products are available for installation on personal and university owned computers. Included in this offer are TurboZIP and TurboZIP Express, Image Broadway, Turbo Browser (view 200+ formats, image editing, cataloging, and HTML editing) and a special bundle of Image Broadway and Turbo Browser. TurboZIP Express, is an easy to use Windows compression utility for opening and creating single and multi-volume ZIP and CAB files with built-in internal viewers, e.g. graphics, multimedia, text, so one can also work with compressed files "as is". To purchase these products, please use the secure order form found at Filestream. UCLA faculty and staff may also contact Filestream to make multiple-copy purchases instead of using the above online order form, which requires credit card. Information about products avaialble through this agreement can be found at the FileStream website . Please note that UCLA is granted free license to continue the use of TurboZIP Express in any existing installations on University owned computers, however, those installations are not available for any updates.
Internet Resources: FileStream, Inc.
Vignette
UCLA and UC San Diego participate in an agreement for unlimited use of Vignette (web) content management software. Please visit the UCOP Vignette site to view the contract.
Internet Resources: Vignette
VMWare (GovPlace)
UC has an agreement with GovPlace for VMWare virtualization software. VMware products provide enterprise-class virtual machines that increase server and other resource utilization, improve performance, increase security and minimize system downtime. Orders are placed quarterly by contacting the Information Technology Strategic Sourcing (ITSS) group at UCOP.
Internet Resources: VMWare
Webroot Spy Sweeper
UCLA has negotiated an agreement with Webroot to license Spy Sweeper. Spy Sweeper detects and removes spyware, adware, and other "malware" from your computer and protects your PC from future installations of unwanted programs.
These products are available at NO COST to UCLA students, staff and faculty through September of 2008. The license agreement provides the right to install the software on:
- UCLA owned or leased computer systems
- personally owned computers of current UCLA students, staff and faculty
To download the Spy Sweeper, visit Spy Sweeper Download
For more information on installing Spy Sweeper please visit the Instructions page.
For questions on specific components of the license or availability of updates, please contact Bruin OnLine directly at consult@ucla.edu or (310) 267-4357 option 1.
Internet Resources: Webroot
Watchfire
UC has an ongoing agreement with Watchfire Corporation for their web application security scanning software. This agreement also includes discounted pricing for computer base training (CBT0 on their products. For complete information click here.
Internet Resources: Watchfire Corporation
WildPackets
UCLA has established a volume purchase agreement with WildPackets for a suite of their network analysis tools. Products available for licensing include, EtherPeek (for wired networks), AiroPeek (for wireless networks), and NetSense. Additional tools included for network analysis and management are ProConvert, iNet Tools and Net Doppler. Licenses for UCLA owned or leased computers may be ordered by UCLA departments by completing the order form.
Internet Resources: WildPackets Inc.