eMSD offers Adobe products to faculty and staff through March 15, 2008

Enterprise Information Technology Services Press Release
The University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

Monday, November 12, 2007

WRITER: Bert DeSimone, 706/338-9849, bert@uga.edu
CONTACT: George Bond, 706/542-0383, gbond@uga.edu

ATHENS, Ga.— eMSD has made arrangements with Adobe to offer its software products to faculty and staff at the same cost savings as originally offered to students. When eMSD was initially launched, Adobe products were available only to students.

As announced in August of this year, Managed Software Distribution (MSD), a provider of quality software at reduced prices for UGA and institutions within the University System of Georgia, is extending its service offering to individuals who wish to purchase software for their personal use through the eMSD program. In the past, only faculty and staff could purchase software, and the purchase was for institutional use only.

Those purchasing through eMSD can expect to see savings of between 50% and 75% over retail pricing. Purchases can be made using most popular credit cards.

Products available through this special offer, which ends March 15, 2008, include Adobe's Creative Suite 3 line of bundled software products. Please see the following flyer for more information on the Adobe products available through eMSD:

http://eits.uga.edu/brochures/adobe-emsd-flyer.pdf

To order Adobe products, as well as selected Microsoft products, through eMSD, visit the eMSD Web site:

http://emsd.uga.edu

UGA students, faculty, and staff can use their MyID to access the eMSD ordering catalog.

MSD, a unit within EITS, has been serving the software needs of the University System of Georgia since 1987. During fiscal year 2006, MSD recorded more than 112,000 products delivered. Since MSD's inception, savings are estimated to be in excess of $44 million when compared to statewide contract pricing and other dealer educational pricing.

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