The objective of this Carolina Counts initiative is to increase utilization of University software licenses by improving campus awareness of available software and by providing an easier process for acquiring software. This will not only provide substantial cost savings, but will also improve service to the University community.

1. Increasing Utilization of Software
Site Licenses

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Departments, Faculty, and Staff across campus often
negotiate their own software license agreements.
 Identical or similar software is purchased
 Lost opportunity for volume discounts
 Faculty, Staff, Students not aware of available software
 Higher administration cost to the University
 Distributed administration, packaging & software distribution
Current State

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Increase the utilization of University software licenses by
improving campus awareness of available software and by
providing an easier process for acquiring it.
 Substantial cost savings to the University
• Volume discounts
• Centralized administration
 Improved services
• Packaging
• Distributing
• Publicizing
 Centrally offered software is easier for individuals to find and
obtain
Objective

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 60+ Campus Wide Software Site Licenses
• (Microsoft, Adobe, SAS, etc…)
 Faculty/Staff orders FY 09-10
• (14385 software items ordered)
 Shareware Distribution
• (100k Yearly Downloads)
 Deployed New Student Ordering Site 01/2010
• (3692 software items ordered to date)
 Professional Grade Mass Media CD/DVD Duplication Service
Did you know?

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2009-2010 Campus Cost Savings
$8,822,476.05
Cost savings are based on top 10 software titles ordered and
calculation derived by license cost through Software Acquisition
versus standard educational price.
Cost Savings

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 Form a Software Licensing Committee
 Engage the University community to determine what similar or
identical software products are being purchased in order to
identify opportunities for cost savings
 Design and implement a new, more user-friendly software ordering
site for the University to replace the current IT Purchasing System
(ITP). We envision a one stop shop for Faculty, Staff and Students
that would also allow for distribution by download
 Redesign http://software.unc.edu with a more user-friendly
interface
Goals

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