BMG Meeting

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BMG Meeting November 13, 2007
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Agenda

• Software Services Mission
• Our Services
• General WebStore Information
• Why Use the WebStore?
• Recent Developments
• Questions

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Software Services - Mission
We will provide our customers with the software
products they need at the lowest prices
accompanied by the highest level of support.
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Services

• WebStore
• Volume Purchase Assistance
• Contract Management
• CD/DVD Duplication

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WebStore General Information

• Went live September 2001
• E-academy ELMS system now used in over 5,000
  campuses in over 30 countries.
• Over 150 Software Offers
• Accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AMEX, Banner
  Accounts
• Campus mail, mail order, pickup or electronic
  download delivery methods
• Many products available at no cost (Virus
  Protection, Ad-Aware)

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Why Use the WebStore?

• Cost Savings
• 9/1 average savings
• Academic Superstore charges twice as much for
  Adobe products and three times as much for
  Microsoft products.
• Pickup, campus mail, mail order physical media
  delivery methods
• Electronic download if vendor allows
• Update/upgrade notification

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WebStore Sales
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Recent Developments

• Adobe
• Staff/Faculty Pilot Program (until 03/28/2008)
• Maintenance Renewal (11/30/2009)
• MATLAB now available to staff/faculty and grad
  students at no cost
• Mathematica for students next hopefully
• UIC/UIS Integration
• IBUY
• PCard Purchase Review (Genomic Biology/Real)

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Questions