Benefits

• Site licence for less than the price of 2 processors
• Flexible licence periods, between 1 and 3 years
• Fixed pricing until 31 December 2014 

Eligible Institutions

Higher and Further Education instituions in the UK, Associated Sites and Universities and Third Level Colleges in the Republic of Ireland.

Background Information

Eduserv has had an Agreement for Ingres software since 1990 and this has been amended and extended a number of times since. The current Chest Agreement runs until 31 December 2014.

Supplier Details

Owner: Actian

Product Description

Full product descriptions can be found at the Actian website: http://www.actian.com/

This Agreement covers an Ingres Product Bundle consisting of the following individual products:

• Ingres Enterprise Relational Database
• OpenROAD Developer and Runtime
• Enterprise Access for Oracle
• Enterprise Access for SQL Server

Also offered through this Agreement is:

• Vectorwise Enterprise Edition for up to eight CPU cores.

Pricing

Payment Terms

All prices are in GBP.  All prices exclude VAT which shall apply at the appropriate rate. Payments are due within thirty days of invoice date. Recipients of late payments are entitled to interest in accordance with the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Regulations 2002.

Please note that where a licence period of greater than one year is selected, sites will be invoiced three months in advance of the renewal date (on 1 October).

Agreement Period

Start date: 1 January 2012         End date: 31 December 2014

Commitment Period

Institutions can join the agreement at any point during the Agreement Period and can either licence the products annually, for two years, or for a full three-year term.

How to Order

Complete the following forms:

• Licence Form  (PDF, 542 Kb)  
• Purchase order made out to "Eduserv"

Signed and completed paperwork should be emailed to Eduserv at help@eduserv.org.uk.

Alternatively you can send your forms to:
Eduserv
Royal Mead
Railway Place
Bath
BA1 1SR

Licence Type

Site licence with Eduserv General Licence Terms and Conditions.

Termination Clauses

At the end of the chosen Licence Period sites are required to remove all copies of Ingres from their systems, unless they renew the licence for a further term.

Location and Use Permissions

Students
Academic Staff
Non-Academic Staff
Staff home use rights
Student home use rights
Access via Citrix, Terminal Server

Personal Licences

Not available under this Agreement.

Product Documentation

Full documentation is available online.

Training and Training Materials

Full details of training courses can be found on the Actian website. 

Participation in courses is not included under this Chest Agreement and additional charges may apply.

Technical Support

Actian will provide email, online and telephone advice and support to the nominated Technical Contact and his/her Deputy at Licensed Sites during normal business hours.

• Tel: 01753 559 538 
• Toll Free: 0800 587 3071 
• Service Desk: https://servicedesk.actian.com

Only registered support users can download software.  To register, complete the registration form at: http://www.actian.com/user/register.php

Although Licensed Sites are permitted to use versions of Ingres prior to version 2.6, currently support is only provided for the most up to date version. Support for version 2.6 ceased on 31 December 2009.

System releases, new versions and functionality

Licensed sites are entitled to all updates and new versions that are made generally available to customers. Updates include full releases, patches, and service packs.  There is no defined release cycle.

Platforms

Full details of supported platforms can be found on the Actian website.