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Software Directory for Sun Computers


(06/13/2008)


The Office of Information Technology (OIT) offers the following software programs to members of The Ohio State University community. We have attempted to give an explanation of the agreement where applicable. Please refer to Site Licensed Software Program for more information about how to obtain the software or to the Site Licensed Software Policy for general policy guidelines and an explanation of certain restrictions that may apply to usage on regional campuses.

NOTICE:  The IT Service Desk can only accept 100-W's for departmental sales (faculty and staff only).

NOTE: There is a Listserve email distribution list called SLICNEWS. This Listserve list is for announcements of all new OIT Site Licensed and volume purchase product releases and new products and for inquiries. You can also view recent product announcements from the site license Software Directory main page. Both services provide you with information; however, the SLICNEWS Listserve provides you with notices in your email with no further action on your part.

Users may subscribe to SLICNEWS  by sending the following email message:

To: listserver@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu

subscribe slicnews Firstname Lastname    (where you replace Firstname and Lastname with your name)

Software Available :

Gaussian 03 Maple 12 MATLAB 7.6
McAfee VirusScan Oracle Database Software RefWorks Current Release
SAS 9.1.3    

Gaussian 03 Revision E.01:

System Requirements:

Gaussian is a program for computational chemistry. It uses electronic structure modeling to investigate chemical phenomena. It is available to faculty, staff and for classroom use. Home use is not allowed. It is available only for main campus. The right-to-use license is no charge. Faculty and staff will sign an End User Agreement which also contains a Confidentiality Agreement, which OIT will forward to Gaussian, Inc. IT support staff are able to deploy copies to student labs but are not authorized to make distribution to any other faculty/staff. Each faculty/staff user must obtain their own copy from OIT after signing their own agreement. Students in labs are authorized to use the software only for projects and assignments for courses in which they are currently enrolled. Each student must sign a departmental computing policies form to use the software. The media may be loaned out at the IT Service Desk (025 Central Classrooms) for 3 working days for installation.  Software is distributed at the IT Service Desk. CDROM only.

Maple (version 12):

System Requirements:

A powerful and comprehensive symbolic algebra system used for engineering and mathematical instruction and research. Available to faculty and staff for use on computers on campus or in their homes for university-related business. Available to students who are employed as teaching or research assistants/associates for use on computers on campus only for university-related business. Software must be returned when leaving OSU.  Software is available on a CD-exchange basis at the IT Service Desk, 025 Central Classrooms. You must provide a blank CD-R with white ink-jet printable label. Alternatively, faculty and staff may purchase the CD for $5 with a 100-W.

- Faculty/staff users can view and print the Maple License Agreement, fill it out and bring it to the IT Service Desk to obtain the software.

NOTE: There is a special web site for Maple license holders on the OIT license. It is MaplePrimes and provides access to new and innovative technology from Waterloo Maple. You should contact the IT Service Desk at 8-help to validate your status as a license holder to receive an Authorization Code and then connect to MaplePrimes to set up your own account.

Additionally, you can access the Maple Application Center. This site offers a free online resource of technical solutions submitted by Maple users from around the world. When you link to this site, you also have access to the Maple Student Center for course help, Maple Power Tools which are add-on packages and The Maple Reporter which is published semiannually and covers new developments at Waterloo Maple, Inc.

MATLAB (version 7.6) :

System Requirements::

MATLAB is a part of Mathworks R2008a and is an interactive environment for numeric computation that specializes in working with matrices. It combines a powerful user interface with 2-D and 3-D graphics and a comprehensive library of mathematical analysis techniques. The Standard Configuration for faculty, staff and students also includes Simulink (differential equation models, simulation, linear and nonlinear models, continuous and discrete models), and Toolboxes (Bioinformatics, Control System, Curve Fitting, Data Acquisition, Parallel Computing, Image Processing, Instrument Control, Optimization, Partial Differential Equations, Signal Processing, Signal Processing Blockset, Simscape, SimMechanics, Statistics, Stateflow ). The Student Configuration is the same except that is does not contain Parallel Computing Toolbox. Available to faculty and academic staff for teaching and research on OSU owned or controlled computers and campus computer labs. It is also available to faculty, academic staff and students for use on personally owned computers. Student use is limited to use in meeting classroom requirements and courses of study offered by OSU. Commercial use is prohibited. Additional toolboxes may be ordered. Please contact Tim Mathieu of The Mathworks at 508-647-7016,  (tim.mathieu@mathworks.com) to inquire about quotations and orders for additional toolboxes. In this case The Mathworks will generate any additional license codes for add-on toolboxes (Child Licenses) for you to combine during installation with your Standard Configuration license codes. Media is distributed at the IT Service Desk in 025 Central Classrooms. A media set is $5, paid for with a 100-W. Alternatively, faculty and staff may exchange 1 blank DVD-R with white ink-jet printable label. Students must exchange 1 blank DVD-R media with white printable label. The bookstore in Central Classrooms, 2009 Millikin Rd., stocks acceptable media for exchange.

The MATLAB End User License Agreement must be signed by each user obtaining a copy of MATLAB. To facilitate this process, you can click on the link above and display the license as a .PDF file which you can print, fill out and bring to the IT Service Desk.

The MATLAB TAH Install Guide provides details on how to install additional toolbox licenses NOT in the OSU Standard Configuration along with the TAH license for the Standard OSU license configuration. If you are purchasing additional toolboxes not in the Standard OSU configuration, you may want to read this guide.

McAfee VirusScan (ver. 5.2):

System Requirements:

This is a desktop program for detecting and removing computer viruses. It allows you to scan your hard drives, memory and diskettes to find viruses and repair infected files. This license was obtained by OIT. Available to faculty and staff for main and regional campus use and home use. This is a right-to-use license and software must be returned to your department or OIT and deleted from your computer when you leave OSU. This product is obtained via electronic download (see below). Licenses are owned by OSU. Department computer support persons may install on multiple machines; however, they must insure that users receiving a copy get a copy of the McAfee License agreement and you provide OIT with the names of those to whom you have subdistributed.

This is a right-to-use license and software must be left with your department  when you leave OSU.   This product is distributed electronically via a limited-access FTP site maintained by McAfee at:

http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/

Click on "My Products" under Enterprise Downloads (see Note).  This will take you to current downloads of all of these products. Look for Command Line Scanners.

Review a copy of the McAfee License Agreement before you download the software.

Note: Access to the McAfee Enterprise download pages requires a Grant Number. This download site is intended for use by department computing support staff. Please contact software@osu.edu or 614-688-HELP to register your department and obtain the Grant Number.

Oracle Database Software:

System Requirements:

The Office of Information Technology has purchased a campuswide site license for the following Oracle software modules:

This is available to faculty, staff and students on main and regional campuses for administrative, teaching, research, or community service functions. Commercial use is prohibited. It may not be used on your home computer or for personal use. It is not available for use in the OSU Medical Center for non-medical functions such as patient management and billing. It is available to you while you are affiliated with OSU and must be left with your department or OIT when you leave OSU. You will order software CDs directly from an Oracle MetaLink web site. For authorization to access this site to order CDs you will need OSU's Oracle Customer Support Identifier (CSI). A file containing this number and additional instructions, the Oracle CSI file, can be downloaded from OSU Software Downloads.

RefWorks (current release):

System Requirements:

RefWorks is a Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows users to create their own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases. They can use these references in writing their papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography. RefWorks is a web-based application and hence is available to users on Windows, Macintosh and Unix, etc. No downloading or installation is needed since you use your web browser to access this application from a server. RefWorks has been acquired through the efforts of The Ohio State University Libraries in conjunction with other OhioLink member schools. OIT site licensing provides some cost sharing in support of this campuswide license. This application is available to faculty, staff and students on the main and regional campuses. To access the RefWorks web-based application, proceed to the OSU Libraries Research Databases web site.

SAS  (Version 9.1.3) Solaris 8 or later:

System Requirements:

The following products are included: Base, AF, ASSIST, CONNECT, EIS, ETS, FSP, GIS, GRAPH, IML, INSIGHT, OR,  LAB, QC, SECURE,  SHARE, SPECTRAVIEW, STAT, ACCESS Interface to: ORACLE,  SYBASE,   DB2, MySQL and INFORMIX databases.  The right to use license may be purchased at the IT Service Desk (025 Central Classrooms) with a 100-W. The server version  is available to faculty and staff for use on OSU owned machines located on campus for academic instruction,  research and administrative use OR for administrative use and must be returned when you leave OSU.  You must state your intended use. SAS Server is available on a per-processor basis. A CPU processor is a single integrated circuit on the motherboard with one or more cores. So, a dual core CPU counts as one CPU. The cost per CPU processor is $315. This software is renewable annually each August for a fee. The software is provided on CD-ROM which may be borrowed for three working days from the IT Service Desk.  If you are updating to this new version and have already paid for the current year, you will need only to provide identification at the IT Service Desk to borrow the software.

Note: Documentation may be viewed and printed by linking to http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/index.html

View the license agreement for teaching and research use. View the license agreement for administrative use.

CONTACT: For questions concerning this web page, please contact software@osu.edu or 614-688-HELP.

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