SPSS

SPSS for Administrative Users

As a result of changes to IBM’s SPSS licensing rules and a re-categorization of our legacy licenses, use of Tufts’ legacy SPSS licenses for administrative work is no longer permitted.

You can request a copy of the list of administrative users for whom administrative licenses were purchased by sending an email to ttscontracts@tufts.edu. All of the individuals on this list are now permitted to use SPSS Base, Advanced and Regression for administrative work. All Institutional Research users are licensed for Custom Tables in addition to the other three modules (Base, Advanced and Regression). For those administrative users that already have legacy licenses installed, Iris Schwartz, our former SPSS representative, Iris Schwartz, assured us that the software can continue to be used until the current activation nears expiration and is re-activated. Software does not have to be re-installed.  (Note: Iris Schwartz left IBM in 2013 and was replaced by Anthony Papp, who can be reached at apapp@us.ibm.com .)

As in the past, the TTS Site License program will continue to cover maintenance for these administrative SPSS licenses as long as funding is available. New administrative users, that is, users who will require licenses in addition to those already purchased, will need to acquire the software licenses on their own. And again, as in the past, new users who wish to add their licenses to the TTS SPSS Software Site ID will have maintenance covered by the Site License program in the out-years, as long as funding remains available.

These licenses are assets of the University. When an individual in a business unit no longer requires use of an SPSS administrative-use license, it may be re-deployed to a different administrative user at the University.

SPSS Campus License

As a result of changes to IBM’s SPSS licensing rules and a re-categorization of our legacy licenses, installation of Tufts’ legacy SPSS licenses in computer labs, libraries and the like is no longer permitted. To address this, Tufts acquired a Campus Edition license for SPSS. This is a subscription license agreement, which must be renewed annually. However, it allows for an unlimited number of installations of SPSS Base, Advanced and Regression modules on managed institutional computers in computer labs, libraries and offices. These licenses are strictly for teaching and non-commercial research use. This agreement covers all available SPSS desktop OS platforms. It does not, however, cover home use rights on personally-owned computers at this time.

Policy Change for SPSS

Please be aware of the following additional changes in SPSS license management at Tufts. The university has implemented a policy change for SPSS installations. Going forward, all requests for SPSS installations or activations, administrative or otherwise, will only be processed if they have been received via a Tech Connect ticket. When you submit the Tech Connect ticket requesting an activation code, include the computer name where the software is to be installed/activated. Further, LANDesk is a prerequisite for any future SPSS installation, upgrade or activation.

Obtaining an updated activation code for SPSS

Campus Edition Licenses:

Since the Campus Edition of SPSS is an annual subscription, activation codes are pre-set by IBM to expire annually on the subscription's anniversary date.  In FY14 and thereafter, this date will be adjusted to occur during the summer term in order to allow support staff sufficient time to push out updates before the start of the fall semester.

The TTS Support Services group has responsibility for creating updated LANDesk packages annually, following the renewal of the Campus Edition subscription and IBM's resetting of the annual expiration dates.  Updated LANDesk packages are created as part of the renewal process.  When the LANDesk packages are ready, the TTS Contracts group will send out a notification to the FSP list.  That notification will identify the LANDesk SPSS installation/re-activation packages that are available and where they may be found.  In general, full LANDesk installation packages will be created for the two most current, supported releases of SPSS.  Activation-only packages will be created for the three most current releases of SPSS. 

Under special circumstances, the LANDesk requirement for SPSS installations may be waived.  Contact Doug Anderson or George Moore to request a waiver of the LANDesk requirement.

Administrative User Licenses:

IBM prohibits the use of Campus Edition activation codes for Administrative User licenses.  Therefore, activations for Administrative User licenses follow a somewhat different process.  To obtain an activation for an Administrative user, send an email request to it@tufts.edu or create a Tech Connect ticket that includes the following information:

• Name of the user (which the Service Desk will verify against a list of Administrative User licenses).
• Name of the computer
• Confirmation that the computer has LANDesk installed
• Version and modules of SPSS you want a code for (i.e., Base, Advanced, Regression and, depending on the user, Custom Tables)
• On what date and in what year you want the code to expire

TTS will respond with the code(s) you need to install the desired SPSS modules. The media for SPSS can be found at \\titan\software$\FSP\SPSS