{"title":"Software management","authors":"Cindy Dooling, Jeff White, Cathy Lee","doi":"10.1145/1181216.1181237","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Software management problems? In this session presenters will discuss and demonstrate how Pima Community College (PCC) reigned in control of the software on 5,550 desktop and portable computers located over six campuses, two district offices, and nine center locations.To combat the lack of software standards and perceived legality issues, PCC developed a software plan with input from faculty, staff, and administrators. Prior to implementation of this plan, all users could purchase, download, or share software at will. During this session you will learn how PCC developed the plan and overcame many obstacles including: support issues, auditing and verification, compatibility, user adoption, license agreements, and plan enforcement. In addition, you will learn about IT staff certification and training.Since implementation PCC has enjoyed many benefits including; bulk or volume purchasing, up to date software, college-wide site license agreements, improved standards, reduced need for helpdesk support, consistency between locations, higher user awareness, and increased IT staff credibility.","PeriodicalId":131408,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 34th annual ACM SIGUCCS fall conference: expanding the boundaries","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2006-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of the 34th annual ACM SIGUCCS fall conference: expanding the boundaries","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1181216.1181237","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Software management problems? In this session presenters will discuss and demonstrate how Pima Community College (PCC) reigned in control of the software on 5,550 desktop and portable computers located over six campuses, two district offices, and nine center locations.To combat the lack of software standards and perceived legality issues, PCC developed a software plan with input from faculty, staff, and administrators. Prior to implementation of this plan, all users could purchase, download, or share software at will. During this session you will learn how PCC developed the plan and overcame many obstacles including: support issues, auditing and verification, compatibility, user adoption, license agreements, and plan enforcement. In addition, you will learn about IT staff certification and training.Since implementation PCC has enjoyed many benefits including; bulk or volume purchasing, up to date software, college-wide site license agreements, improved standards, reduced need for helpdesk support, consistency between locations, higher user awareness, and increased IT staff credibility.