Purchases and Recommendations

Services

Purchases and Recommendations

Copy/Print Systems and TV

Wireless on Campus

Information Technology

Offices & Services

OFFICES & SERVICES

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Purchases & Recommendations

Information Technology (IT) will facilitate purchase of technology for campus use. To achieve cost savings the university will leverage our combined purchase power and plan for security considerations when implementing a new software or hardware.

All University departmental purchase not only requires the budget supervisor’s signature but requires the associated area’s Vice President’s signature as well as Vice President of Information Technology signature.

For question, concern, or request, please contact the IT Help Desk to coordinate the purchases.

Purchases

Purchases (Faculty/Staff):
Software and Hardware must be purchased through the IT department. Products purchased outside of the University will not be supported. The IT department will work to get the best possible product for the amount of money that is available. IT will send out information comparing items and giving their recommendation so that the individual can choose what item meets their goal. Once the product has been determined, IT will create a Purchasing Order that will then be emailed to the individual. The client must then need print the Purchasing Order and have the budget supervisor sign and return to the Purchasing Agent, Jennifer Condi.

Discounted Software for Faculty, Staff & Students:
If you are a current faculty, staff or student wanting to purchase a discounted software through the University’s ICUT Agreement, please click here. The purchase is between you and Campus Tech. The University does not provide any support for this software.

UST Students and Faculty also have the option of using the Logisoft Adobe Student & Faculty Store.

Get the software you need at great academic discounts at VarsityBuys.com.

Software Licensing
Types of Licenses:
The University purchases three types of licenses.

The Site license is a license that covers the entire University. Windows XP and Office are examples of a Site license.
The Individual license is a license that only covers that individual. Adobe Pro and Macromedia Studio 8 are examples of this license.
The concurrent license is a license that is shared through the University Servers. SPSS and McAfee are examples of this license.

Software Licensing:
The University of St. Thomas supports a number of software solutions and has site licenses for certain products. Other products have a limited number of seats per license. If IT does not have an available seat one can be purchased through IT by contacting the Helpdesk at x6900 and opening a Work Order.

Software license are reserved for one computer only. Installing software on a secondary computer is software piracy. If a second computer needs a certain software package, please call IT and order another license.

System Recommendations

Minimum Recommendations for New Computer

Desktop Recommendations :

Intel Pentium® 4 Processor 2.8GHz, 1M Cache, 533 FSB
512MB RAM / 80GB EIDE 7200RPM Hard Drive
Keyboard & Scroll / 2 button mouse
17 inch Color Monitor (16.0 viewable)
128 MB Video Card
1.44MB 3.5 Inch Floppy Drive
Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP (Home or Professional) Service Pack 2
10 /100 Network Card
V.90 Data/Fax Modem 56K
48x32 CD-RW/DVD Combination Drive
Sound Card with speakers
USB Ports

Laptop Recommendations:

Intel Pentium® M® Processor 1.70 GHz
14.1" XGA Display
512MB RAM
80GB Hard Drive
32MB Video Card
Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP (Home or Professional) Service Pack 2
10 /100 Network Card
Internal 56K Modem
CD-RW/DVD Combination Drive
Sound Card
Lithium-Ion Battery
Wireless Card (802.11b or 802.11g Compliant)
Carrying Case

Recommended Accessories:

Wireless Network Card – (802.11b Compliant) Needed to access Campus Wireless Network. ( See Wireless Networking Link…)

Internet Service Provider (ISP) - (For Students not living On-Campus) with Dial-up, DSL, or Cable connection

3 Year Warranty or Service Contract

Backup Device: a Zip and/or CD-R(W)

Printer: Inkjet or laser

Recommended Software:

Microsoft Office Suite 2003
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Anti-Virus Software – With automatic virus definition update service
Adobe Acrobat Reader

NOTE: These specifications reflect a minimum recommended system. A hardware upgrade should be considered if the user will use this computer for mathematical computations, modeling, graphing, gaming, or programming suites.

Printers/Scanners/Faxes

	Smaller Individual Units	Larger Departmental Units	Local Connection	Network Connection
LaserJet	HP 1320		X
		HP 4240n	X	X
Fax	HP 1250		NA	NA
OfficeJet	HP 5610		X	X
		HP 6310	X	X
Color LaserJet	HP 2840		X	X
		HP 3600n	X	X
All-In-One		HP 3390	X	X
Scanner	HP 5590		X
		HP 8300	X	X