November 12, 2009
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Computer Business Services has moved to our temporary location! On Wednesday, November 11th, CBS moved out of the University Services Building location to our temporary location in Room 1001 Carnell Hall. We will not be reinstating the Microsoft Work-At-Home Program until we are in our permanent location, which should be in a few weeks. Keep checking our What's New page or join our Listserv for more information.
October 20, 2009
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Microsoft Work At Home Temporarily Suspended: Effective October 22, 2009, the Microsoft Work at Home software distribution program will be temporarily suspended while Computer Business Services relocates from the University Services Building (USB) to our new location.
More details will be forthcoming as they become available.
October 14, 2009
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New Statistical Software available to Faculty, Staff and Students! JMP statistical software is now available to all Faculty, Staff and Students free of charge on an annual basis. JMP is a business division of SAS.
JMP will be presenting a free seminar on the use of the product on November 3rd from 10:30am - 12:30pm in room 111 of the TECH Center. Registration for the seminar can be done on the Computer Services Seminars website. The seminar is open to all Faculty, Staff and Students.
For more information on JMP Statistical Software, visit the JMP page in the Software Procurement section of our website.
October 12, 2009
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Windows 7 is available to students! Students can purchase Windows 7 at a special academic price through Digital River Inc. Check out the offer details for more information.
September 18, 2009
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Snow Leopard has been released - Apple Inc. released their new operating system, Snow Leopard on August 28th. Unlike a typical Apple Release, there are several significant product incompatibility issues that have an impact to the University, notably Symantec Antivirus version 10.2 and SPSS v.17 for Mac. These programs will not function with Snow Leopard. For the complete list, go to http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3258.
At this time, Computer Services strongly recommends against upgrading from Mac OS Tiger or Leopard to Snow Leopard. End users should consider waiting to upgrade until the product has a chance to mature and for other software publishers to release compatible versions of their software.
Apple is currently shipping new machines with Snow Leopard installed. Please be advised that end users may not "roll back" their new machines to an earlier operating system and will have to contend with the potential challenges outlined.
We anticipate the Symantec and SPSS compatibility issues being resolved sometime in October. As soon as Computer Services is comfortable with the software being deployed, it will be communicated to the University community.
August 25, 2009
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Journey Ed will be on campus! On Thursday, August 27th, and Friday, August 28th, Journey Ed will be at the Barnes and Noble Bookstore located in the Howard Gittis Student Center on Main Campus (1755 N. 13th Street) from 9am to 7pm to enable Students, Faculty, and Staff to purchase select Microsoft and Adobe software and take immediate delivery.
Journey Ed will have complete boxed products of the following Microsoft and Adobe software:
- Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 ($59.98) - includes Access 2007, Excel 2007, OneNote 2007, Outlook 2007, PowerPoint 2007, Publisher 2007, and Word 2007.
- Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 ($84.98) - includes Entourage, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
- Adobe Design Premium CS4 for Mac and Windows ($309.98) - includes Acrobat 9 Pro, Dreamweaver CS4, Flash CS4 Pro, Fireworks CS4 , Illustrator CS4, InDesign CS4, and Photoshop CS4.
A valid Temple ID will be required to make a purchase.
August 19, 2009
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Adobe Upgrade Plan Renewals - If you have purchased Adobe software with an upgrade plan after August 2007, with the term ending August 31, 2009, it's time to renew your upgrade plan! Doing so will entitle you to receive any new product versions that are released through August 31, 2011. You are not required to renew but are encouraged to do so to protect your investment.
Renewals are to be ordered through September 25, 2009 in TUmarketplace via the Software House International (SHI) punchout. The items can be found on the Adobe page by clicking on the "Renewals" link.
Notices will be sent out to affected end users with pricing and part numbers specific to their original order(s). A price list for the Upgrade Plan Renewals can be found on the Software Procurement page by clicking on "Adobe Systems Incorporated."
August 3, 2009
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New Apple Final Cut Studio Released! On July 23rd, Apple announced their update to Final Cut Pro 7 which includes more than 100 new features and new versions of Final Cut Pro®, Motion, Soundtrack® Pro, Color and Compressor. The software is currently available on TUmarketplace in the Apple punchout.
July 1, 2009
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TUmarketplace is up and running! Starting July 1st, all Computer Hardware and Software requests must be submitted through TUmarketplace. Visit our Software Procurement, Hardware Procurement and Hardware Maintenance How to Order pages for more information.
May 29, 2009
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Adobe Upgrade Emails - With the current Adobe contract term coming to an end on August 31st, many end users have been receiving emails from Adobe with information regarding renewals of their software upgrade plans. Please forward those emails to software@temple.edu so that Computer Business Services can keep track of the needed upgrade plan renewals.
Upgrade Plan renewals, including pricing for the next contract term, will be available to end users at the end of June to the beginning of July.
May 1, 2009
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SOMA Renewals - On May 1st, SOMA Maintenance Contract Renewal Notices will be sent out to departments who have contracts for the 2008/2009 fiscal year. Current SOMA contracts will expire on June 30, 2009. Visit the Hardware Maintenance section of our website for 2009/2010 Maintenance Contract pricing. (NOTE: Please be advised that the renewals will be coming via email to keep up with the University's initiative to go green!)
February 16, 2009
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CS4 released for campus use - On February 2, 2009, Computer Business Services received approval to release the Adobe Creative Suite 4 (CS4) software product line for on-campus use by faculty and staff. All current and new Adobe software orders will be filled with CS4 software. All Creative Suite 3 (CS3) software orders that included the Adobe Upgrade Plan as well as orders that were processed and filled after October 2, 2008 will automatically receive free upgrades to CS4 products in the coming weeks.
December 18, 2008
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Software media cost is going up! As of January 5th, Computer Business Services will be raising prices for software media from $1.75 per disc, to $2.00.
November 21, 2008
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TUmarketplace Hardware Orders - If you are purchasing computer equipment through TUmarketplace, please place all orders no later than December 12th. This will ensure that the computer equipment arrives prior to the winter break.
November 10, 2008
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ALERT: Computer Business Services has been made aware of various companies contacting departments within Temple University and offering incentives for individuals to purchase toner cartridges. In addition, some have even called under the pretense of obtaining delivery information for cartridges that have not been ordered. This provides companies with the necessary information to ship the cartridges directly to end users. Once the cartridges are accepted onto campus, the end user is responsible for processing payment to the company.
Please be aware that these cartridges are extremely expensive and do not have a long life span. If a department is contacted and accepts delivery from one of these companies, the department will be charged for the toner and no returns can be made. If your department receives a phone call from an unknown company, please call Computer Business Services at 215-204-5000.
November 4, 2008
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Energy Star® Printers Available! Hewlett Packard has provided Computer Business Services with a listing of printing and imaging products that are Energy Star® qualified. Please keep these products in mind when choosing new equipment for your office to help with the University's Sustainability Initiative!
Software Site Licenses available on TUmarketplace! Adobe and Microsoft licenses are now available through TUmarketplace. Please be advised that Software Site License agreements will still need to be submitted to Computer Business Services in order to receive the product keys necessary for installation. For more information on how to order Adobe and Microsoft products through TUmarketplace, see our How to Order page under Software Procurement.
