There are several options available to faculty and staff for purchasing discounted software and hardware for professional and personal use. The following is a list of hardware and software that is available to you at a discounted price, or at no additional cost.
Whenever possible, open source alternatives are listed for your consideration. Please note that these options have not been tested by IT for compatibility with the campus environment, but may serve as a low cost alternative.
Note: If you would like to install any software/hardware on your work computer, please contact your local technical support staff.
Software
Product | Cost Information | Preferred Vendor | Contact/ | Personal Use |
| Adobe Creative Suites, Acrobat Pro, Dreamweaver, Flash Professional, ColdFusion, Photoshop, etc. See open source equivalent to Adobe Acrobat (Foxit PDF Creator & Editor) See open source equivalent to Photoshop (GIMP) See open source equivalent to Adobe In-Design & Pagemaker (Scribus) | Educational Discount Available | Dell/ASAP | Contact your college or department's administrative or technical support staff | Visit The Matador Bookstore |
| Adobe Macromedia Dreamweaver 8, Fireworks 8, Flash 8 and Contribute 4 | No Additional Cost | Download from the CSUN Software Download Page | N/A | Note: These versions are no longer available for purchase. Newer versions are available from The Matador Bookstore |
| Amos | No Additional Cost | Download from the CSUN Software Download Page | N/A | Download from the CSUN Software Download Page |
| Apple Mac OS X 10.6 | Educational Discount Available | Apple | Contact your college or department's administrative or technical support staff | Visit the Education Apple Store |
| Apple iLife | Educational Discount Available | Apple | Contact your college or department's administrative or technical support staff | Visit the Education Apple Store |
| Apple iWork | Educational Discount Available | Apple | Contact your college or department's administrative or technical support staff | Visit the Education Apple Store |
| Avid Media Composer | Educational Discount Available | Dell/ASAP | Contact your college or department's administrative or technical support staff | Visit The Matador Bookstore |
| Cisco VPN (Virtual Private Network) | No Additional Cost | Download from the CSUN Software Download Page | N/A | Download from the CSUN Software Download Page |
| Clickers Student Response Systems | No Additional Cost | N/A | Contact the Faculty Technology Center | N/A |
| Elluminate Webconferencing Tool | No Additional Cost | N/A | Contact the Faculty Technology Center | N/A |
| Foxit A True and Complete PDF Solution (equivalent to Adobe Acrobat) PDF Creator PDF Editor | Open Source Alternative. Low Cost. | N/A | Contact your college or department's administrative or technical support staff | Download from Foxit |
| Fugu SFTP | No Additional Cost | Download from the CSUN Software Download Page | N/A | Download from the CSUN Software Download Page |
| GIMP GNU Image Manipulation Program (equivalent to Adobe Photoshop) | Open Source Alternative. No Cost. | N/A | Contact your college or department's administrative or technical support staff | Download from GIMP for PC Users Mac Users |
| Hershey Singularity Office Suite (Document scanning and imaging software) | No Additional Cost | Hershey Systems, Inc. | Contact your college or department's administrative or technical support staff | N/A |
| HiSoftware Acc Verify/Acc Repair, Hi-Caption, Link Validation Utility | No Additional Cost | Download from the CSUN Software Download Page | N/A | Download from the CSUN Software Download Page |
| LecShare Accessible HTML Powerpoint File Conversion | LecShare Lite – No additional Cost LecShare Pro – Educational Discount | N/A | Contact the Faculty Technology Center | N/A |
| Microsoft Office for PC and Mac See open source equivalent (Open Office) | No Additional Cost | Dell/ASAP | Contact your college or department's administrative or technical support staff | To obtain a single license for $15, visit the Matador Bookstore in-person |
| Microsoft Visio & Project See open source equivalent to Visio (Draw by Open Office) | Educational Discount Available | Dell/ASAP | Contact your college or department's administrative or technical support staff | Visit The Matador Bookstore |
| Microsoft Windows 7 | No Additional Cost | Dell/ASAP | Contact your college or department's administrative or technical support staff | Visit The Matador Bookstore |
| Moodle Learning Management System | No Additional Cost | N/A | Contact the Faculty Technology Center | N/A |
| Open Office The Free and Open Productivity Suite Writer (equiv. Word), Calc (equiv. to Excel), Impress (equiv. to PowerPoint), Draw (equiv. to Visio) and Base (equiv.to Access) | Open Source Alternative. No Cost. | N/A | Contact your college or department's administrative or technical support staff | Download from Open Office for PC Users Mac Users |
| R Project (equiv. to SAS and SPSS) | Open Source Alternative. No Cost. | N/A | Contact your college or department's administrative or technical support staff | Download from R Project |
| Respondus 4.0 | No Additional Cost | N/A | Contact the Faculty Technology Center | N/A |
| SAS Education Analytical Suite See open source equivalent (R Project) | No Additional Cost | SAS, Inc. | Contact your college or department's administrative or technical support staff | N/A |
| Scribus Open Source Desktop Publishing (equiv. to Adobe In-Design & Pagemaker) | Open Source Alternative. No Cost. | N/A | Contact your college or department's administrative or technical support staff | Download from Scribus |
| SoftChalk Lesson Builder | No Additional Cost | N/A | Contact the Faculty Technology Center | N/A |
SPSS/PASW See open source equivalent (R Project) | No Additional Cost | Download from the CSUN Software Download Page | N/A | Download from the CSUN Software Download Page |
| StudyMate Author | No Additional Cost | N/A | Contact the Faculty Technology Center | N/A |
| SSH Secure Shell + Secure FTP | No Additional Cost | Download from the CSUN Software Download Page | N/A | Download from the CSUN Software Download Page |
| Symantec Anti-Virus Corporate Edition | No Additional Cost | Download from the CSUN Software Download Page | N/A | Download from the CSUN Software Download Page |
| Turnitin Online Plagiarism Prevention Tool | No Additional Cost | N/A | Contact the Faculty Technology Center | N/A |
Hardware
Product | Cost Information | Preferred Vendor | Contact/Purchasing | Personal Use |
| Apple Laptops, Desktops, etc. | Educational Discount Available. View the Standard Desktop/Laptop Recommendations for Apple | Apple | Contact your college or department's administrative or technical support staff. | Visit the Education Apple Store, or the Matador Bookstore's Hardware page. |
| Dell Laptops, Desktops, etc. | Educational Discount Available. View the Standard Desktop/Laptop Recommendations for Dell | Dell | Contact your college or department's administrative or technical support staff. | Visit Dell University to learn about the Employee Purchase Program. |
| HP Laptops, Desktops, etc. | Educational Discount Available. View the Standard Desktop/Laptop Recommendations for HP | HP | Contact your college or department's administrative or technical support staff. | Visit HP Academy, or the Matador Bookstore's Hardware page. |
