MHEC has entered into agreements with the vendors on this page to provide special pricing and terms to all colleges & universities in our member states. Because of the special nature of some software packages or the fact your institution currently uses the software, sole source buying may be acceptable. In any event, institutions should be able to use these contracts at renewal time. In some cases personal use licenses are available:

• VMWare – education organizations can get a significant discount off academic list price for products from this popular virtualization software vendor.
• Novell – The agreement extends ALA (Academic License Agreement) pricing at the highest level to all institutions in our region. It is updated annually.
• Oracle – The annually updated agreement covers virtually all Oracle products and services and provides special pricing and faster contracting for institutions.
• Trend Micro – The contract covers all Trend Micro products and is the result of a 2006 anti-virus software RFP, which is updated annually.
  Agreements with other vendors are currently being pursued.