Pitt IT is offering free software to
teaching faculty via their Faculty Computing Program!
Teaching faculty can get software such as Acrobat Pro, Photoshop, MS
Office, Visual Studio, Matlab, etc. for FREE! However, there is a
catch: to use this software you must have a University IP address.
This specially-modified software requires a communication with a
license server every time it is run and therefore direct connection
to PITTNET, either by being physically at the University's network
or by connecting through a VPN. There is also the
possibility that all the licenses for a software product might be in
use and therefore users will have to wait their turn to use the
software.
In short, using this software on your office computer should be easy to
do. Using it outside of the University will be more difficult and, in
some cases, impossible.
You can learn more about this program at and the packages offered at:
https://technology.pitt.edu/software/faculty-computing-program/access.html
Note that all full-time faculty in the department have already been
approved for this program by the department chair.
To download the software please visit
http://software.pitt.edu.