Software with Site Licences

There is a University-wide site licence for the following software. For further information about obtaining a copy of the software, please contact the UICS Help Desk, except where otherwise stated. In most cases, use of the software is free of charge to Riccarton and Scottish Borders Campus departments, although registration to use the software is always required.

Name Description

Newest Version

PC Cal Version Site Licence? Further information Home Use?
Adobe Open Options Scheme Scheme for purchasing Adobe software at reduced prices     NA Scheme for purchasing Adobe software at reduced prices. These include Acrobat, Photoshop and the former Macromedia products such as Dreamweaver  
ArcGIS ESRI GIS Software product.     Y Includes what was formerly known as ArcInfo and ArcView. Dongles are required at either server or PC level for ArcInfo. N
Borland Products C++, C Builder, J Builder, Delphi and IntraBuilder  

Compiler 5.02
Builder 5
Delphi 5

N The University holds 150 licences for use for teaching on PC Caledonia N
CAChe Chemistry Software for PCs and Apple Mac   6.1.12 N   Y
Datasets       Y Passwords available from the University Library  
EndNote Bibliographic Software (Windows and Mac)   0.X.0 Y To be added to PC Caledonia during summer 2007. Students and staff must purchase their own Personal Licence for home use. EndNote X1 for Windows imminent. N
EndNote Web

Bibliographic Software
(Web based)

    Y Cut down, web based version of the EndNote product. Available to staff and students on and off campus. Users can go to www.myendnoteweb.com to access EndNote Web.It can also be accessed through the ISI Web of Knowledge personalisation. Y
Exceed X Windows Server Software (Windows) 8 6 Y   Y
Exceed 3D An extension to the Exceed agreement 8   Y? Limited Licences. For further licences please contact Guilherme De Sousa, G.H.De_Sousa@hw.ac.uk Y
Exceed / Connectivity Secure Shell An extension to the Exceed agreement 2007   Y   N
LabView A graphical development environment with functionality for data, acquisition, instrument control, measurement analysis, and data presentation.     Y Funded by two Schools. If interested, contact Guilherme De Sousa, G.H.De_Sousa@hw.ac.uk N
Macromedia         Please see Adobe Open Options Scheme above.  
Maple Symbolic Algebra Package, available on many platforms, including PC, Apple Mac and Unix 11 9     N
Mathcad

Technical calculations, problem solving and publication
(Windows)

14 8 Y   N
McAfee Total Virus Defence

Anti-Virus Software
(Windows, Novell)

  VirusScan 8   Suite of software including E-Policy Orchestrator, Anti-Spyware and Anti-Virus software. Y
Microsoft Campus Agreement Microsoft Office Pro, Project, Visual Studio Academic and Operating System Upgrades Various XP, 2003 Y The Campus Agreement currently provides the University with campus wide use of Windows operating systems, Office Professional suites, Visio Professional, Project Professional, FrontPage and Visual Studio. Y*
Microsoft Select Scheme Purchase scheme for Microsoft products not covered by the campus agreement       Scheme for purchasing Microsoft software at reduced prices. These include Windows Server . N
Microsoft MSDN Academic Alliance Access to some Microsoft software for teaching and learning     N Scheme allowing students studying Computing degrees to obtain copies of some Microsoft software. If interested, contact the UICS IT Help Desk:
ITHelp@hw.ac.uk
Y
MindGenius Mind Mapping software 2005 2005 Y Perpetual licence. Y
Minitab Statistical Package. PC and Apple Mac. 15 14.1   Limited to 150 users in total, including those in Schools / departments and for teaching on PC Caledonia Also enables personal purchase of these products. Order forms from the Help Desk. N
MultiView

Terminal Emulation
(Windows)

2000 4.2.58   Perpetual licence. No longer updated. N
NAG FORTRAN Library also NAG Graphics Library Subroutine Library available on a wide range of platforms (not Windows) Mk. 20        
Next Wave Careers Information for Scientists       Web site accessible from Riccarton or Scottish Borders Campus: http://www.sciencemag.org/ N
Novell NetWare Novell Networking Software   6 Y   N
Novell ZenWorks Novell Software Deployment   4 Y   N
Origin Scientific Graphing and Analysis Software
(Windows)
7.5   Y   N
SPSS

Statistical software
(Windows)

15   999 Limited to 999 users but includes home use. Y
SPSS / AMOS An extension to the SPSS agreement
7 7 999 To be added to PC Caledonia 2007/2008. Limited to 999 users but includes home use. Y
Symantec Symantec Software such as the Ghost imaging software     N If interested, contact Guilherme De Sousa, G.H.De_Sousa@hw.ac.uk N
xv Interactive image manipulation program for X Windows       This agreement has now expired, but may be used without support or upgrade in perpetuity  

* Staff only


Last updated: 26 February, 2008