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Negotiations between IBM and SUNY for the renewal of the SPSS contract were finalized on June 30. The previous license server (spss.itec.suny.edu) will be unavailable beginning Tuesday, July 1. As a result of the terms of the new contract, SUNY is required to change its license server model. Academic and administrative users can no longer point to a single license manager server. ITEC is awaiting license keys from IBM and is working diligently to enable the license servers to provide continuity of the service. As soon as ITEC has the new license servers in place, Computing and Technology Services will work to point campus workstations to the appropriate server. Until both of these steps are completed, SPSS users may experience downtime. We apologize, understanding that this is short notice and disruptive to our end users. Please understand that the contracts team has negotiated the new agreement to best meet the needs of SUNY, and this resulted in a last-minute procurement.