By Dana Cocchiarella

OIT Software Licensing is an on-campus resource for obtaining software at an educational discount. The majority of the software titles are offered for departmental use; however, there are some that are available for personal computers as well. Some of the most popular titles are from Adobe and Microsoft, in addition to others, such as SAS, SPSS, Matlab, and ESRI.

Over the summer, Software Licensing released some long-awaited products, including Windows Vista and Office 2007. New Adobe titles were also released, such as Creative Suite 3, Photoshop Extended CS3, Dreamweaver CS3, and Illustrator CS3, among many others.

The implementation of student licensing for Microsoft also began this past year. Students are now able to obtain Windows and Office at a significant discount. Student offerings will continue to grow, as the ability to sell select Adobe titles to students is on the horizon.

For more information on the software products available, please visit www.oit.umd.edu/slic.