December, 2008 — The ITS Software Store will roll out enhancements to its online system for purchasing software Dec. 1. The enhancements allow Vanderbilt departments to buy and download software for use on Vanderbilt computers without using the 1180 form.

Employees and students have used this storefront for several years to purchase software for personal use by credit card.

ITS configured the new storefront with its top selling products. Discounts are also available for many other titles.

During 2008, some 59,428 software licenses were purchased prior to this enhanced functionality. Each license required 4 minutes to process by ITS staff. The time savings gained from no longer processing each license equates to 3962 hours per year.