the licensing group manages site licensed and individually-owned software for current faculty, staff, and enrolled students. this licensed software has been procured to assist clemson university users with their daily computing tasks. we may keep titles on the list for 2 years or more after the license has expired because in many cases activating the license again only requires a maintenance fee versus the full product price. we want our users to know that this is an option if they see it on the list before purchasing.

see the bottom of this post for links to a flickr set of the images in this article. i think they do a good job of representing the full scope of the operation and the range of the types of products that are part of the service. the photo above shows the desk of a product support rep. it's fairly obvious that this is the place where the bulk of the work is carried out, and the source of the products in the rest of the picture.

google apps for business, google apps for education, and google apps for government are all marketed as a suite of web-based software products with the same user experience and the same flexible licensing options. the only differentiation between the three is in how they are organized. if you think about them as three distinct divisions, one can see how this isn't an ideal situation, however, from a revenue-earning perspective, it's better to be a division of a division of google than a standalone service and it makes more sense from a cultural perspective. 

see the full list of products included in this core evaluation below. please note that learndevelopment.org provides free evaluations for north star measurements for a subset of products, such as the 18 elearning standards and other extended learning community outcomes. 81555fee3f