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Request for Software – Nutrition
Posted by Kathleen Beauparlant in Installation & Configuration, Services, Software on August 15, 2012
The Request for Software – Nutrition form is required for distribution of software licenses owned by the Friedman School of Nutrition, such as SPSS. This form must be signed by one of the authorized requesters from the Friedman School of Nutrition. For a list of authorized requesters, please see the Authorized Requesters for Tufts Resources [...]
IBM SPSS AMOS
Posted by Kathleen Beauparlant in Installation & Configuration, Purchasing & Licensing, Services, Software on August 8, 2012
IBM SPSS Amos is a statistical software program that allows the user to create a non-graphical method to specify models. While this program is part of the SPSS family of products, it is not included under the volume licensing agreement with IBM for SPSS. Any individual who wishes to purchase AMOS must do so directly [...]
Tufts acquires Site License for ChemDraw Pro
Posted by Kevin Murphy in Frequently Asked Questions, Purchasing & Licensing, Software on July 5, 2012
Tufts has recently acquired a site license for ChemDraw by PerkinElmer Informatics. ChemDraw Pro is a software package that allows for the drawing of basic chemical structure and provides Chemical query properties. The ability to create and edit templates and nicknames, Annotation, Relative Stereochemistry, ISIS/Draw Compatibility, support for ISIS-style Data SGroups, Chemical File Formats, Expansion [...]
Software Policies
Posted by Paul Morrison in Computer Purchasing, Desktop Computing & Printing, Desktop Support, Installation & Configuration, Services, Software on June 22, 2012
Software Policies – Installation and Licensing The Office of Information Technology will only install fully licensed software that is compatible with our supported operating systems. For this reason, when a request is received to install software, we need verification that it was purchased and is licensed. In keeping with this, we ask for a Proof [...]
OIT – Who we Support
Posted by Paul Morrison in Desktop Computing & Printing, Desktop Support, Frequently Asked Questions, Installation & Configuration, Library Services, Purchasing & Licensing, Services, Software on June 22, 2012
Who we support: The Office of Information Technology (OIT) supports faculty and staff at Tufts University School of Medicine, its affiliates, The Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences and the Friedman School of Nutrition. OIT also supports Graduate students in the Sackler and Nutrition Schools working with Tufts-owned equipment (typically in Laboratories and Core facilities). OIT [...]
Am I eligible to purchase software for personal use at a discount?
Posted by Kevin Murphy in Frequently Asked Questions, Purchasing & Licensing, Service Catalog, Software on May 7, 2012
Tufts University has a contract with Kivuto to distribute software covered under Employee purchase programs via their web store at http://tufts.onthehub.com. Eligibility: Full-Time Faculty, Staff and Students Software is available from many vendors, including: Microsoft, Adobe, Parallels, National Instruments, Minitab, IBM, JMP, Systat, iGrafx, SigmaFlow, Quark, Trend Micro, Thomson Reuters, Inspiration, Columbia University, Student Backup, StatSoft, and [...]
Can I use Skype?
Posted by Kevin Murphy in Frequently Asked Questions, Installation & Configuration, Service Catalog, Software, Videoconferencing on April 23, 2012
Yes, Skype is allowed by OIT on Tufts managed computers. Skype is a peer to peer technology and when installed incorrectly, it may impact computer performance or hinder the Tufts network. Please contact OIT if you would like to have it installed, or if you have questions about how best to configure it in the [...]
R Project
Posted by Kevin Murphy in Purchasing & Licensing, Research Cluster, Software, Teaching, Learning & Research on April 18, 2012
R is a free open source software environment for statistical computing and graphics. To read more information, please visit the R-Project website. R and a number of packages available for R have been installed and are available on the Tufts Research Cluster. To see what packages are available, please visit the Research Computing Cluster Installed [...]
SAS Genetics Module
Posted by Kevin Murphy in Purchasing & Licensing, Service Catalog, Software, Teaching, Learning & Research on April 13, 2012
Tufts has purchased the SAS Genetics module as an add-on to the SAS Educational Analytic Suite software bundles that Tufts owns. The SAS Genetics module is now available, at no additional cost to users, for installation with every SAS license that has been purchased under Tufts’ annual volume license renewal. The only restriction pertains to [...]
Statistical Computing Blog
Posted by Kevin Murphy in Purchasing & Licensing, Service Catalog, Software, Teaching, Learning & Research on April 13, 2012
A blogsite run by UIT that includes Suggestions and comments about obscure and useful statistical software. Statistical Computing Matters
Desktop videoconferencing upgrade
Posted by Kevin Murphy in Frequently Asked Questions, Installation & Configuration, Service Catalog, Software, Videoconferencing on March 28, 2012
Cisco systems, which provides desktop videoconferencing services to Tufts University has upgraded their Movi client and changed the name. The new product is now named Cisco Jabber. The new Cisco Jabber client promises collaboration across multiple devices, including Windows, Apple, and Android. Alongside the currently available desktop clients for Windows and Apple, there are apps [...]
SAS Site License Agreement
Posted by Kevin Murphy in Frequently Asked Questions, Purchasing & Licensing, Service Catalog, Software on March 20, 2012
Tufts has signed a site license agreement with SAS for the use of their statistical analysis software. This software is available for teaching and research. Administrative use is not permitted. The license includes the following: Unlimited desktop installs for Windows 32-bit and Windows 64-bit Unlimited Windows server installs, 32-bit and 64 bit There is no [...]
Tufts VMWare Purchasing Agreement
Posted by Kevin Murphy in Frequently Asked Questions, Purchasing & Licensing, Service Catalog, Software on March 19, 2012
At the end of February 2012, Tufts entered into a 3-year purchasing agreement with VMWare. This agreement makes it possible for the University to acquire VMWare software at significant savings. For purchases of VMWare software products covered under the agreement, there will be a 51% discount off the commercial list price. Annual support costs will, [...]
Adobe Acrobat for Faculty Grants Program
Posted by Kevin Murphy in Purchasing & Licensing, Service Catalog, Software on March 10, 2012
The “Adobe Acrobat for Faculty Grants” program provides Adobe Acrobat licenses free of charge to Tufts faculty submitting grant applications to funding organizations. More and more funding agencies have begun to require that grant applications be submitted as PDF (portable document format) files. Adobe Acrobat, a software package used to create PDF files, is the [...]
Bioinformatics
Posted by Kevin Murphy in Purchasing & Licensing, Research Cluster, Service Catalog, Software, Teaching, Learning & Research on March 10, 2012
Bioinformatics: The application of computer science and information technology to the field of biology and medicine. For more information regarding the Bioinformatics resources available at Tufts University, please see the link below. Tufts UIT Research Computing Bioinformatics
Geographic Information Systems Center
Posted by Kevin Murphy in GIS & Mapping, Purchasing & Licensing, Service Catalog, Software, Teaching, Learning & Research on March 10, 2012
The GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Center is a teaching and research facility funded, maintained, and supported by University Information Technology (UIT) to promote and facilitate GIS, remote sensing, cartography, and geographic research and analysis. The GIS Center is located on Level 2 of the Tisch Library at the far end of the Map Room behind [...]
Common software available on the Tufts high-performance computing research cluster
Posted by Kathleen Beauparlant in Desktop Computing & Printing, Service Catalog, Software on March 6, 2012
Some commonly uses software titles available on the research cluster are: Matlab: high-level technical computing language and interactive environment for algorithm development, data visualization, data analysis, and numerical computation STATA: full data-management system with complete statistical and graphical capabilities Bowtie: ultrafast, memory-efficient short read aligner. It aligns short DNA sequences (reads) to the human genome [...]
Apple Educational Licensing Program (AELP)
Posted by Kevin Murphy in Service Catalog, Software on February 14, 2012
Tufts has entered into an Apple Educational Licensing Program (AELP). This one-year program covers university-owned computers systems. It allows a user to upgrade his or her system to the most current Macintosh operating system that the computer is able to execute. To obtain software, please contact OIT via e-mail at OIT@tufts.edu or via phone at [...]