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The Eduserv Software Messenger 28 August 2008
Featured this issue:
- F-Secure - free 30-day trials and Antivirus for Mobile Devices
- Invitation to join Anti-Virus Software Focus Group
- Eduserv saves institutions £800,000 on Microsoft Licences
- Tickets to Microsoft TechEd 2008 IT Professionals to be won!
- Enrol now- NVivo 8 Workshops
- September Webinars from Adept Scientific
- Your software wishes
1. F-Secure - free 30-day trials and Antivirus for Mobile Devices
F-Secure offer a range of anti-virus solutions that protect workstations, workstations and file servers or complete enterprises against viruses, trojans, spam, worms, spyware and network intrusions.
Free trials of F-Secure products can be downloaded and installed by visiting www.f-secure.com/webclub. For full functionality please contact Nicola Garwood (nicola.garwood@eduserv.org.uk) for the evaluation key code which unlocks the product for 30-days.
For further information about the Chest Agreement please visit the F-Secure Agreement.
Also, F-Secure have offered a special limited time offer - 100 free Antivirus for Mobile Devices for all orders placed between now and 31 December 2008. These will be delivered in the form of licence keys and are valid for 1 year.
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2. Invitation to join Anti-Virus Software Focus Group
Eduserv would like to invite interested parties to join its Anti-Virus Software Focus Group.
The purpose of the Anti-Virus Focus Group will be to:
• share experiences and best practice with regards to the use, management, implementation, and purchase of anti-virus software within the academic community
• provide a forum to discuss any issues or challenges (and potential solutions or work-arounds) concerning anti-virus software
• impart Eduserv with guidance about the key issues relating to licensing terms and conditions of anti-virus software. This information will be used to inform our negotiations for new agreements and the renewal of existing agreements.
• act as a “sounding board” for reviewing proposals from anti-virus suppliers
• take a collective approach to leverage larger suppliers to negotiate with Eduserv with the whole academic sector in mind.
Whilst the group will look specifically at anti-virus software, it will take a pragmatic approach and discuss other software where there may be some overlap.
It is anticipated that the group will meet twice annually in a convenient location with the first meeting being autumn 2008. Refreshments and lunch will be provided.
To register your interest in joining the Anti-Virus Focus Group, or for more information, please contact Nicola Garwood at nicola.garwood@eduserv.org.uk .
When logging interest, please provide the time of year or potential dates which would be most convenient to you for the first meeting.
3. Eduserv saves institutions £800,000 on Microsoft Licences
The take up of the Chest Microsoft Campus Agreement since it started last November has been phenomenal – especially considering that many sites’ existing Microsoft Campus Agreements don’t come up for renewal until the late summer.
Based on the staff numbers of the sites already signed up, Chest will save these institutions over £800,000 during the term of the agreement. These savings are just on the preferential pricing obtained from Microsoft and don’t include reduced procurement costs and additional discounts obtained from the resellers as part of our tender exercise.
With the majority of sites’ Campus renewals due in the next few months, we expect to increase these savings to well in to seven figures.
For further details please follow this link:
http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/agreements/software/existing/mscampus/overview
4. Tickets to Microsoft TechEd 2008 IT Professionals to be won!
If you’re interested in attending TechEd, Microsoft’s premier technical education conference just for IT professionals event in Barcelona this November 3-7, you can win a ticket at EduCoMS.net, the online community for education IT professionals using Microsoft technologies.
To be in with a chance of winning, all you have to do is contribute to the site and become our star community member of the month. For more details visit http://www.educoms.net/Pages/About.aspx
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5. Enrol Now - NVivo 8 Workshops
(The following invitation has been published on behalf of the supplier, QSR International, provider of qualitative research software. Details of the agreement: http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/agreements/software/existing/qsr)
QSR International will be hosting series of two day workshops in our latest product, NVivo 8, on the following dates in the UK. For more information on the workshop format and costs, and to download an enrolment form, click the relevant link below:
To find out about the two day workshop in Bristol on 1-2 September visit: http://www.qsrinternational.com/training-and-events_conferences-and-events_detail.aspx?view=567
To find out about the two day workshop in Glasgow on 29-30 September visit: http://www.qsrinternational.com/training-and-events_conferences-and-events_detail.aspx?view=646
To find out about the two day workshop in Manchester on 8-9 October visit: http://www.qsrinternational.com/training-and-events_conferences-and-events_detail.aspx?view=569
These workshops are ideal for those using research software for the first time, or for those who have used previous versions of QSR software. Workshop costs include lunch and morning and afternoon refreshments. Desktop computers are provided and you’ll receive your own comprehensive workbook.
Our workshops are always popular so we encourage you to enrol now to avoid missing out. Just complete the enrolment form available from the website and email it to training@qsrinternational.com
For any questions or to speak with us about training at your site, email training@qsrinternational.com
Alternatively you can view additional NVivo 8 training workshops throughout the UK at:
http://www.qsrinternational.com/training-and-events_conferences-and-events.aspx
6. September Webinars from Adept Scientific
(The following invitation is extended on behalf of Adept Scientific)
September webinars from Adept Scientific introduce software to help manage references and write essays
Back by popular demand after a short break over the summer, UK technical software specialists Adept Scientific are running their series of FREE webinars about EndNote, EndNote Web and Reference Manager again in September. In just 1/2 an hour, you'll discover how much time and effort you could save finding and storing useful references, citing authors and creating bibliographies. These events make an ideal introduction to reference management software; need-to-know information for anyone involved in research, especially for staff and students enrolled at sites with a relevant Chest licence. Please pass on this information to anyone who would benefit from a software overview.
Please note, these webinars are not designed to act as software training sessions. To improve your knowledge of using our bibliographic tools, please refer to our range of public courses at http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/training/
- Find out about NEW EndNote X2 at 2.30pm on 4th September
- Find out about Reference Manager at 2.30pm on 11th September
- Find out about EndNote Web at 2.30pm on 18th September
View the upcoming webinar schedule and enrol at http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/webinars
If you'd like more information about Adept's web seminars or would like to set up a session solely for your institution, please email Stephanie
Marshall on biblio@adeptscience.co.uk
7. Your software wishes
If you would like Eduserv to investigate an agreement for software that would benefit your institution, why not make a wish? Wishes are the best way for you to tell us which products we should be negotiating for on your behalf.
If you would like to make a wish for a new products then please complete our online wish form:
http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/future_agreements/add_a_new_wish
To view the complete software wish list and wish for products on it see:
http://www.eduserv.org.uk/chest/future_agreements/wishes?productType=S
Ansys - engineering simulation solutions
http://www.ansys.com/
10 wishes
Exeed Freedom - A solution to increase the productivity of X Window application users and allow organizations to streamline UNIX infrastructure.
http://connectivity.hummingbird.com/products/nc/exceedfreedom/index.html
2 wishes
LabVIEW - software tool for designing test, measurement, and control systems
http://www.ni.com/labview/
9 wishes – Eduserv met with supplier in July and are awaiting response
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