{"id":393,"date":"2011-12-21T12:59:29","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T17:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/?page_id=393"},"modified":"2024-01-24T14:18:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T19:18:39","slug":"site-licensed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/support\/site-licensed\/","title":{"rendered":"Site-Licensed Software"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Overview<\/th>\n<td>In some cases it is to the University\u2019s advantage to purchase a site or bulk license for certain commercial software and make licenses available to the general BU community for free or to a smaller community at a reduced, shared cost. IS&amp;T negotiates the terms, purchases the licenses, and distributes them as appropriate for each application. We also maintain and provide support for site-licensed software.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Available To<\/th>\n<td>Students, Faculty, Researchers, Staff<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Benefits<\/th>\n<td>Departments and individuals can obtain important software applications for free or at a reduced cost. IS&amp;T provides support for the software.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Key Features<\/th>\n<td>Site-licensed software at BU includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/desktop\/site-licensed-software\/microsoft\/\">Microsoft software<\/a> \u2013 including Office and Windows<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/desktop\/site-licensed-software\/ftp\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">File transfer (FTP) software<\/a> \u2013 Fetch for Mac<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/desktop\/support\/get-connected\/software\/mainframe-connection-software\/host-on-demand-hod\/\">Mainframe connection software<\/a> \u2013 Host On Demand (HOD)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/desktop\/site-licensed-software\/papercut\/mathsci\/\">Mathematical &amp; scientific software<\/a> \u2013 LabVIEW, Maple, Mathematica, MATLAB, S-PLUS<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/desktop\/device-security\/endpoint-protection\/\">CrowdStrike<\/a> \u2013 Anti-virus and anti-spyware protection for Windows and Macs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/desktop\/site-licensed-software\/papercut\/\">PaperCut<\/a> \u2013 Print management software for departmental printers<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Statistical Software\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/support\/site-licensed\/statistical\/\">Statistical software<\/a> \u2013 JMP, SAS, SPSS for Microsoft Windows<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"VPN\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/support\/network\/remote\/vpn2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VPN software<\/a> \u2013 Cisco Secure Client VPN<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/desktop\/site-licensed-software\/papercut\/xwindows\/\">X Window System <\/a>&#8211; X-Win32 for Microsoft Windows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Requirements<\/th>\n<td>Requirements vary by package and are listed on the individual product pages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cost<\/th>\n<td>No charge for most; \u00a0LabVIEW is cost recovered from colleges. View individual software pages for more information.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Getting Started<\/th>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow the links on this page to the software overview and download pages for each listed package.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Purchasing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/support\/purchasing\/\">Purchase software<\/a> for personal or departmental use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In some cases it is to the University\u2019s advantage to purchase a site or bulk license for certain commercial software and make licenses available to the general BU community for free or to a smaller community at a reduced, shared cost. 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