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Faculty & Staff Software/Hardware Purchasing Options

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

Hardware

Software

Product Cost Information Preferred Vendor Contact/Purchasing 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.