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Licensing

Current licences maintained by IT Services

A licence gives permission to use a software package on more than one system or anywhere on a site or campus.

If you have a licence which you think would benefit the University, or have any enquiries regarding licences at the University of Glasgow, then please email admin@it.gla.ac.uk

Microsoft Products

Please note that the University has a Campus Agreement, which covers the most widely used Microsoft software, primarily:-

  • Microsoft Office Professional (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Outlook)
  • Microsoft Office Pro for Macintosh (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Virtual PC)

Please note that a great deal of Microsoft software is not covered by the Campus agreement, for example, Microsoft Project, Front Page, and all server software are not included.
For this reason the University also has the Microsoft Select 6 Scheme to cover these software packages. Details of both schemes can be found below:

Bibliographic Software: EndNote and Reference Manager

The University currently holds a licence for two products from ISI Research Soft. Copies obtained under the licence may be retained in perpetuity by GU users.

  • Current Version for Reference Manager is 10
How to obtain copies:

Single-use on campus

  • Single-use copies of Windows and Apple Mac products for use on University owned/operated machines are available for direct download.
    Register and download here >>
  • Single-use copies of both Windows and Apple Mac versions are  available on CD discs for load to campus machines. Available via IT Services Admin Front Desk
    Purchasing information >>
  • Personal Copies for use at home Personal copies of software for use on home machines will be available at a reduced cost. They can be purchased direct from the IT Services Admin Desk in the James Watt North Building.
    Purchasing information >>

Technical Support

Faculties/Departments wishing to install the software on a local network should contact Elizabeth McAlavey (E.McAlavey@compserv.gla.ac.uk) at IT Services, ext. 4828 if they require advice in this area.

Adobe Products

If you wish to place an order(s) contact:

Kelly Humphreys
Civica Services Ltd
Tel: 020 7760 2802
E-mail: khumphreys@civica.co.uk

IT Services has now finalised a Contractual Licensing Program - Educational Membership Agreement with Civica Services Limited - for the supply of Adobe Products. Advantages of this agreement include:

  • Cheapest licensing option
  • 1-2 day lead date
  • Contract rollover options
  • On-line licence management
  • Once the initial order has been placed small orders may be placed
  • Home usage rights
  • Media reproduction

When placing an order, please note that Glasgow is on Level 3 CLP of the Educational Prices.

Please note each order needs to quote the University CLP 4.5 Agreement Number 4400133773, the END USERS email address - this is the address the Licence notification will be sent to, and information on where to get the activation keys.

Matlab

Licence and Purchase Information

IT Services has successfully negotiated an annual licence with The Mathworks Limited for the use of Matlab throughout the University.  The Matlab licence is not centrally funded because not all faculties / departments use the software, however, IT Services administers the agreement on behalf of current users.

The licence is renewable on an annual basis and currently runs from 1 June 2007 to 1 June 2008.   A copy of the Agreement may be seen on application to IT Services.

Cost of an annual user licence is £150 and staff wishing to purchase a licence should complete a Register for Use Form (stand alone or networked). Instructions will be provided to either download software from central licence server or installation by disc for stand alone copy.

Please contact Sue Marwaha, Admin Manager, tel x 4838, if you require any further information regarding purchasing Matlab.
Technical enquiries: Derek Higgins

Product Information

Matlab is one of the most widely used tools in technical computing today. It is a high-level language and interactive environment for data analysis, and numerical computation and offers a more efficient method for tackling computing problems than traditional languages, such as C, C++ and Fortran.

Matlab provides a rich set of features covering a vast array of disciplines.  Toolboxes are available from Mathworks and third party suppliers to develop applications for such fields as:

  • Mathematical Computation
  • Bioinformatics
  • Statistics
  • Aerospace
  • Visualisation
  • Algorithm Development
  • Control systems design and simulation
  • Signal Processing
  • Image Processing
  • Financial modelling
  • Test and Measurement

Matlab in Academia
Matlab products have been widely adopted in the academic community to help make technical education more authentic and tangible. More than 3,500 universities around the world use these  products for teaching and research in a broad range of technical disciplines.

Platforms

Windows / Unix / Linux / Mac

SunSpectrum

SUN servers, workstations and Software (Unix)

SUN Microsystems are major suppliers of Desktop and Server UNIX computer systems to the University. The Computing Service runs the SunSpectrum support contract on behalf on the University.

IT Services offer support in purchasing Unix systems - email d.higgins@compserv.gla.ac.uk

Thin-client/server-based Computing

  • Esoft - IT Services recommend Esoft as the supplier of Citrix Metaframe

Metaframe is the name for the Citrix thin-client/server system software for Microsoft's Windows Terminal Server for Windows NT Server 4.0. Metaframe delivers a thin-client/server-based computing solution by extending Windows Terminal Server with additional client and server functionality. Citrix Metaframe software incorporates the Citrix's Independent Computing Architecture (ICA) protocol, an emerging standard for thin-client/server computing. Metaframe offers a cost-effective way to deploy, manage and support applications from a single point.

Novell based licences

IT Services has a licence for the following Novell products. In the first instance anyone wishing to implement Novell based solutions should contact Pete Mitchell (x 4854, p.mitchell@compserv.gla.ac.uk) to discuss their planned implementation.

  • Netware 5.1, 6.5
  • Zenworks Suite 6.5
  • NetMail 3.5x
  • Edir 8.7x
  • NFS Server
  • Prosoft Engineering Netware Client for the Macintosh
  • GPAS print accounting software
  • Audit login auditing software

Please note that it is your responsibility to ensure that the software delivered to you is used in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Site Licence.

Oracle licence

Management Information Services has a licence for the Enterprise Edition of Oracle RDBMS. The licence covers the University for campus wide use of the enterprise edition. The site licence includes JServer Enterprise Edition, InterMedia, Networking Kit, Objects for OLE, Advanced Replication Option, Distributed Option, Parallel Query option, SQL Plus, Visual Information Retrieval and Workflow. Also included are Advanced Backup & Recovery, Queuing, Connection Manager & Pooling, 64-bit option, MPI, OCI, ODBC Driver, Enterprise Manager and Enterprise backup utility.

If you wish to obtain this product please contact the MIS helpdesk on extension 3819 for further assistance, providing:

  • Your details (name, job title, Department/Faculty, email address, telephone extension)
  • Target Platform details (operating system, IP Number, name of the server)
  • Version of Oracle
  • Details of your Database Administrator (name, email address, telephone extension)

Please note that it is your responsibility to ensure that the software delivered to you is used in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Site Licence (Teaching, Research and Administration in the University of Glasgow).

Product: SPSS

Publisher: SPSS (UK) Limited

Costing Information

Licence / Product Information:

The SPSS family of products can be used for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to: Survey Research of all types; Marketing and Sales Analysis; Quality Improvement; Academic or Scientific Research. Its analytical tools provide you with complete data management, in-depth statistics and automatic statistical graphs.

The SPSS site licence is not centrally funded because not all faculties / departments use the software, however, Computing Service administers the agreement on behalf of current users.

The site licence is renewed on an annual basis . A copy of the Agreement may be seen on application to IT Services. Please contact Sue Marwaha, Admin Manager, tel x 4838, for further information.
Each year a licence code is provided by SPSS which will be distributed to users to allow continued use of the software. The codes are distributed following validation of the user's status within the organisation.

SPSS Platforms:

Windows Standard (Current SPSS Version for Windows Pro 200 / XP Pro)

Purchase details

IT Services has added a few options to the purchasing arrangements in a bid to allow staff and students to take full advantage of this site licence. You can purchase this software from IT Services Admin Front Desk by completing

Faculties or Departments who have more than 20 users

Annual contribution to University site licence which will allow use of the most up to date version of SPSS across all users in your department/faculty.
Please contact Sue Marwaha , Admin Manager, tel x 4838, to discuss and agree an annual contribution to the site licence based on total number of users.

Technical Support

John Buchanan  is the IT Services contact in respect of technical enquiries regarding the use of this software.