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ITS Software

  
Operating Systems & Applications:
  
Vendors & Functions:
    ITS Support Center
(831) 459-4357
help@ucsc.edu
   Kerr Hall Room 54
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Frequently Asked Questions
How to Get Software
Click here for Student Software
Software for personally-owned computers.
Free Software Free for Students
Several software packages are free for student use:
 
Purchase Software for Student and Home Computers
BayTree Bookstore Bay Tree Bookstore, 459-2082 stocks or can order software for student computers or faculty/staff personally-owned computers at educational discounts.
The Bay Tree Bookstore participates in discount licensing programs Adobe Student Option and Microsoft Student Select. These discount programs are open to UCSC students, faculty and staff.

Current campus ID is required for purchase.
Click here for Faculty and Staff Software
Purchase software for university-owned computers
Free software Free software for faculty/staff use
Purchase Software from ITS
Contact ITS Software Licensing to purchase UC Agreement priced software:
Get Software from UC Reseller
SHI - UC Software Reseller Use the CruzBuy punchout to purchase UC Agreement priced software from Software House International (SHI) for these software vendors:
Get Software Direct from the Vendor
License Software for Your Department

Microsoft Consolidated Campus Agreement (MCCA)

Adobe Acrobat Term Site License Program (Acrobat TSL)

ITS Software Licensing

ITS makes software available to you through educational or volume discounts by facilitating campus wide agreements with software vendors. We also coordinate site license and volume purchase agreements of software in association with UC Office of the President. This service helps you save money by pooling our resources.
Software Function Pages
Antivirus

Business Systems

Desktop Virtualization

Email Clients 		SFTP - Secure FTP

SSH - Secure Shell

Statistics
What software is supported by ITS?
Software Standards

ITS provides varying levels of support for installation, troubleshooting, and use of software based on regularly updated standards. Compliance with these standards ensures your computers and software will be supported by the ITS Support Center. Support for non-standard equipment and software will be referred to your Divisional Liaison or local IT specialist.
Software Release

New versions of standard software are frequently released for Windows and Mac computers. ITS Software Release allows for planning and testing of updated software.

Currently Being Tested

  • Windows 7
  • Internet Explorer 8.0
  • FileMaker Pro 10
Business Systems
Test Cube Info
Release Process
Discussion Board
Page updated: February 3, 2010