[Macpartners] IS&T Software Update for December 2005

[Deb Bowser]

Date: Thursday, January 5, 2006
To:  Members of the MIT Community: itpartners at mit.edu, 
macpartners at mit.edu, winpartners at mit.edu, 
sw-release-announce at mit.edu, ed-tech at mit.edu, linux-help at mit.edu
From: Software Release Team <swrt at mit.edu>
Subj: IS&T Software Update for December 2005
Cc:  is&t at mit.edu, itag at mit.edu, it-lead at mit.edu


This monthly communication is intended for Faculty, Staff and 
Students within the MIT Community, to provide updated information 
regarding new and upcoming software products and services.

Topics of the month:
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1. Recently released software
2. Software release efforts underway
3. Other projects underway
4. Volume & site license software update
5. Windows automatic update service (WAUS)
6. How are we doing?  Let us know


1. Recent Releases
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The team has been busy working on several release efforts in addition 
to the email migration project which is now in the delivery 
stage.  As announced in December, the releases of SecureCRT and 
SecureFX respectively, have been delayed as a result of bugs found 
and reported back to the vendor.  The team is currently working with 
the vendor to obtain updated code.


2. Software Release Efforts Underway
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Linux
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None


Macintosh
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SAPgui 6.40 (OS X 10.4.2 or later) - release announcement pending - Jan 2006
SAPgui 6.30 (OS X 10.3.9) - release announcement pending - Jan 2006
Tivoli Storage Management (TSM) 5.3.2 - Release effort underway - Jan 2006
Virex 7.7 - Release effort underway - Jan 2006

Windows
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Kerberos for Windows (KfW) 3.0 - Release effort ramping up - Winter 2006
Microsoft Anti-spyware, Beta 1, refresh 4 (build 1.0.701) - 
evaluation in progress
SecureCRT 3.0.x - Await new vendor release - TBD
SecureFX - 5.0.x - Await new vendor release - TBD

To obtain information on any of the software release efforts or other 
projects underway, please visit our page:

	<http://web.mit.edu/swrt/>

3. Other Projects Underway
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Email Migration Project:

IS&T wishes to remind the MIT community of the scheduled email 
migration events that will take place beginning this month.  Please 
refer to the IS&T Email Migration announcement for further details 
and scheduled events:
	
	<http://web.mit.edu/swrt/releases/emailmigration/migrationplans.html>

Email migration FAQ's:
	
	<http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/email/faq.html>

Email Migration at MIT page lists services and support options:
	
	<http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/email/migration.html>

For other IS&T sponsored IAP events, please see the IAP 2006 online guide:
	
	<http://student.mit.edu/iap/nsis.html>

For questions or inquiries, please email the team:  <email-migration at mit.edu>

4. Volume & Site License Software Update
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IS&T has renewed the over arching agreement with Mathworks for Matlab 
and is in the final stages of launching the ordering and distribution 
process to the MIT community.  We are targeting Monday, January 9th 
to start accepting orders.  A number of enhancements have been made 
this year, such as removing the need for generating 
requisitions.  Please stay tuned for more information about the 
improvements.  You can check <http://web.mit.edu/ist/products/vsls/> 
for news and updates on the Matlab distribution and other products.

The student distribution of Matlab provided by IS&T Academic 
Computing is also being upgraded to R14SP3 and will have new 
toolboxes available.  A new version should be available in the early 
part of IAP.


5.  Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS)
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We recommend users configure their Windows machines to use MIT's 
Windows Automatic Update Service (WAUS) for critical patches and 
service pack deployment.  For more information about and instructions 
on how to configure your machines to use WAUS, see the WAUS documentation at:

         <http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/windows/updates/>


6. How are we doing? - Let us know
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Do you find this communication helpful?  Are there other items of 
interest you would like to see included as well?  Please take a 
moment to let us know:

	<http://web.mit.edu/swrt/feedback.html>

You can always send e-mail to swrt at mit.edu with any questions and 
comments you have pertaining to this communication or other software 
release matters.

Deb Bowser
Team Leader - Software Release Team
Client Support Services
Information Services and Technology (IS&T)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room W92-176
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-3879
bowser at mit.edu