I am pleased to announce that NYU has negotiated an agreement with Oracle Corporation to license a suite of Oracle software products for use throughout the University.

The products include Oracle's database management software for all platforms, as well as Internet application tools and other products. A full list is available at www.nyu.edu/its/adcom/oracle/.

This new arrangement enables Schools, departments, offices, faculty and staff to acquire the licenses to run the entire suite or selected products, as well as to get ongoing Oracle support, at significantly discounted prices. Pricing depends upon the scope and nature of use. Even further discounts are available for academic uses of the products.

Under the terms of the agreement, the products can be used only for University business, with includes administration, instruction and research. Neither personal use nor commercial use of the products is permitted.

We have established a new Oracle Licenses service in ITS Administrative Computing Services to manage the licensing process within the University for these products, including software distribution, collection of license and maintenance fees from Schools and departments, and ongoing support. We are available for questions, comments and assistance. You may contact us at (212) 998-1146 or oracle.licenses@nyu.edu. Please also watch the ITS website at www.nyu.edu/its/adcom/ for updates about this offering.

This new agreement incorporates all previous license agreements that members of the NYU community have with Oracle to use these products for University business. This means that, from now on, Administrative Computing Services will make one comprehensive payment to Oracle for annual maintenance fees for both existing and new licenses. We are contacting all currently known license holders to ensure that maintenance payments previously made directly to Oracle for these products are instead handled through Administrative Computing Services. Please confer with us before making any further payments directly to Oracle associated with these products.

Oracle offers a number of other products that remain outside the scope of the University-wide agreement. For licensing and servicing of those products, please continue to deal directly with Oracle or other providers.
 

 
As Chief Information Technology Officer, Marilyn McMillan heads NYU's Information Technology Services.