The latest news from the Office of Information Technology
The NACS Web site (www.nacs.uci.edu) allows faculty and staff to gain easy access to information about computing and networking services. This article surveys some of its features, but there are many more you can discover on your own.
Downtimes and problems report
The top item in the left-hand navigation is a “Systems Status” alert box. In it [...]
Many departments at UCI participate in the UC/Microsoft software leasing program known as UC-MCCA. This is a program for acquiring up-to-date Microsoft software at aggressive discounts. For example, a license for Windows XP with Office is less than $40, compared to around $100 for the typical University license. The program allows software updates whenever new [...]
UCI faculty and staff have access to a wide range of discounts on software, including operating systems, business applications, and research software.
Because some of these licenses are available only to subscribing schools and departments, the Computing Support Coordinator in your department or school is the first person to contact for software license information.
NACS works through [...]
UC has negotiated a bulk license purchase agreement with Macromedia. Most popular Macromedia (and Allaire) products are available, including Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, and Cold Fusion.
Under the terms of the agreement, a minimum order representing ten “points” is required. For example, five new Dreamweaver licenses would meet this requirement. You may mix and match different products [...]
Microsoft has made significant changes in the programs under which UC has been making volume purchases of Microsoft operating systems and application software.
The new Microsoft Academic Select 6.0 (”Select”) and Microsoft Academic Campus 4.0 (”Campus”) agreements allow departments two ways of securing the tools they need.
Some of these changes (such as a more limited range [...]
NACS is pleased to announce that a site license for ArcView GIS has been acquired and that the software is now available for distribution on campus. GIS, or Geographic Information Systems, is software that combines geographic information with data about that area, making the data more approachable and useful. See http://www.gis.com/whatisgis/index.html for more information on GIS.
Thanks to [...]