Software licensing processes are extremely varied, which can affect installation and its use.
See also
- Section one can place information only visible to people in the Chemistry department
- Info and resources only accessible by Chemistry IT staff
- Software information visible only to Chemisty IT staff
- R:\Chem IT\Software & Licensing\Software Licenses.xlsx
- T:\Scientific Apps\
Sub-pages
Software installation
Getting media and other tricks.
- Adobe — CU has paid for site license to Acrobat (all CU machines) and Creative Cloud (1/2 of CU's systems). It can be hard to install the software, however. And you must inventory-track most installs.
- Adobe changes licensing 2013 — Adobe announces the shift to monthly subscription model for software.
- Copy of Adobe, in case easy reversion or comparison needed — CU has paid for site license to Acrobat (all CU machines) and Creative Cloud (1/2 of CU's systems). It can be hard to install the software, however. And you must inventory-track most installs.
- FileMaker Pro installation instructions — Version 16 in use by Chemistry IT. Most others using v11.
- Panapto — Must get application through Blackboard. ChemIT staff have a course established just for this purpose.
- Varian Cary Eclipse Software on Windows 7 — The drivers present on the installation discs are made for windows NT4 and so will not work on newer OSs or 64-bit OSs.
- WebEx — First, add computer to the correct CU AD group policy, managed by ChemIT.
Software licensing
ChemIT facilitates access to many licensed software packages. Please feel free to ask us if you have software needs- we can often save you money and time.
- Licenses ChemIT directly manages or bulk-purchases
- ChemBio3D
- Intel compilers
- Microsoft Imagine (was DreamSpark) — Microsoft allows use of select software for education and research, including their operating systems and programming tools.
- PGI compiler — PGI compiler required to compile Gaussian so ChemIT renews maintenance at $810/yr.
- SBGrid software — Leslie Kinsland, Ealick's group, manages CU's SBGrid software licensing.
- Software not licensed by ChemIT
- Autodesk, including AutoCad and Inventor — For Windows and Mac: Licensed for any Cornell-owned computer. And more!
- CrystalMaker
- EndNote — EndNote licensing is expensive and options are varied and not straightforward. This page attempts to untangle their costs and trade-offs related to the different buying and upgrading options.
- LabVIEW — The Chemistry Department pays CU Software for this license on behalf of all uses in Chemistry. It was $1,800 in 2015.
- Microsoft Office for Chemistry Grad students — Everyone at Cornell can get MS Office for free, on their personal devices.
- Pearson Crystal Data software — Oliver's installation notes from June 15, 2016, sent to Leah at the Library.
- Software licensed centrally (for researchers), but with issues