Obtaining and licensing software
Students, faculty, staff, and departments
IU has negotiated strategic licensing agreements with software vendors to make their products available at reduced prices to students, faculty, staff, and departments. These products are available through various avenues, such as IUware and on physical media. (Much of the information below applies to software for IU departments; for more about purchasing software for a department, see the next section as well.)
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Browsers
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Database, GIS, and image processing software
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HTML editing software
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IU's software agreement with Adobe
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IU's software agreement with Corel
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IU's software agreement with Microsoft
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IU's software agreement with Novell and SUSE Enterprise Linux
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IU's software agreement with Red Hat
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IU's software and license agreement with ESRI
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IUware
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Personal productivity software
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Statistical and mathematical software
- Unix software via anonymous FTP
Additional information for departments
Departmental software purchases normally go through the IU Purchasing department; see Contractual Agreements. Click the appropriate vendor in the "Computer Software" category.
Open source software
The Research Technologies division offers open source software from its Open Source Software page.
Open source personal productivity software packages are also available.
