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The Agreement covers numerous OpenText products: Exceed, Host Explorer, Exceed 3D, NFS Solo, NFS Server, Exceed onDemand, BI Query and Connectivity Secure Shell software, with pricing frozen since 2006. Open Text is the leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM).
This Agreement has now expired. Please contact Chest Help for more information.
Agreement Start: 1 August 2016
Agreement End: 31 July 2021
Subsequent invoice date: 1 May
Site licence for the main products and various user licences for some products.
Sites are bound by the Terms and Conditions of the Agreement, including payments, until the end of their chosen commitment period, either 31 July 2019 or until 31 July 2021. There is an annual opportunity to opt out of the commitment period by giving notice by 30 April and paying a penalty fee. Details are provided in the Schedule of Fees.
Higher and Further Education and Research Councils in the United Kingdom, and to Universities and Colleges of Further Education in the Republic of Ireland.
Other organisations aligned with Jisc’s charitable objectives of supporting education, research bodies and the public sector may ask to participate in the Agreement. Chest will liaise with the Supplier about any such requests.
This is the fourth five-year Chest Agreement for OpenText products (previously Hummingbird). Universities and colleges have consistently benefited from site licences, not available to commercial customers, and significantly discounted pricing.
Owner: OpenText AG, a company incorporated in Switzerland, at 102 Bahnhofstrasse, Aarau, CH‐5000
The following descriptions are adapted from Open Text product literature. Further details can be found at OpenText's Website.
Exceed - is a market and technology leading PC X server that empowers Windows users with cost-effective access to X Window applications on UNIX and Linux hosts with unparalleled performance and strong security.
Host Explorer - is a single, unified solution that offers both desktop-based software and a web-to-host based terminal emulation environment, both providing the same interface, the same features, the same power and the same administrative options.
Exceed 3D - empowers users with the experience of high-end OpenGL-based X applications, such as CAD/CAM design, manufacturing, medical, or seismic analysis applications, from Windows desktops. It is an add-on solution to Exceed.
NFS Solo - allow Windows users to access UNIX file and printer resources using the UNIX-native NFS protocol. They offer unparalleled performance, security and convenience, without modifying mission-critical host systems.
NFS Server - turns Windows PCs into enterprise-class NFS servers, allowing NFS-enabled devices to seamlessly access Windows file resources.
Exceed on Demand - is the next generation X11 window server solution that gives users high speed, reliable and security access over any network connection.
Connectivity Secure Shell - helps organizations achieve security compliance by providing Secure Shell (SSH) capabilities as an add-on product. It can seamlessly encrypts network traffic generated by applications in compliance with industry regulations, such as FIPS 140-2.
BI Query - is a powerful query and reporting application that helps users ask questions about database information and visualize the answers for more effective decision-making. BI/Query utilizes data models-graphical representations of underlying database structures - and a powerful reporting environment to access and analyze data sources quickly and easily. With BI Query, users can easily create ad hoc queries with qualifications and prompts. Meaningful, eye-catching reports can be created containing data from multiple sources, charts, tables, and crosstabs.
Accessing High Performance Computing and Graphical Applications remotely
Click here to find out how OpenText™ Exceed™ can be used by participating organisations to enable student and faculty to access high performance computing and graphical applications (EDA, CAD/CAM, CAE, GIS, Medical, etc) remotely from Microsoft Windows using a standard web browser.
Request Evaluation copies of OpenText products
Documentation may be downloaded from OpenText’s website.
Any training provided will be by negotiation between the Licensed Site and OpenText or their appointed agent. This may attract an additional charge. Any charges will be invoiced by OpenText or their appointed agent and will be billable to and payable by the Licensed Site concerned.
Support will be provided by OpenText via a single contact or his/her deputy at each Site.
Sign in at the OpenText Support Website
Or contact John Mapp or Marcus Cowley - 0118 984 8050 - connsupport.uk@opentext.com
OpenText or their appointed agent agrees to provide to the Institutions under this Agreement new Versions and new System Releases for all items for which they are licensed, when commercially available, as defined by the current OpenText Platform Availability List, throughout the period of the Agreement.
For connectivity products please refer to data sheets on the OpenText website
The software may be downloaded from OpenText’s website.
The Chest Order, together with the Licence Terms and Conditions, and any exceptions listed below, create a legally binding contract between your institution, organisation or company and the Licensor. Therefore please read the terms and conditions carefully and only submit a Chest Order if its terms and conditions are acceptable to your institution, organisation or company and you have the authority to make the financial commitment shown.
This Site licence is subject to the terms and conditions for the Standard Chest Licence for Software.
On receipt of a completed Order plus an Institution Purchase Order sites will be invoiced for the Agreement year in which the licence is issued.
For each subsequent year, Sites will be invoiced three months in advance of the anniversary date on 1 May to cover the period from 1 August to 31 July.
Pro-rata pricing is not available to Sites who become licensed part-way through a licence year.
On receipt of a completed Order, Institutions will be invoiced for the Agreement year in which the Licence is signed.
In subsequent years, Institutions will be invoiced three months in advance of the anniversary date of the Agreement, on 1 July.
There is monthly, pro-rata charging for Institutions which become licensed partway through a licence year.
Chest is an Enterprise of Jisc. All Purchase orders must be made out to Jisc, 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, BS1 6NB to cover all charges plus VAT.
All terms contained in a PO are expressly rejected and do not form part of the Licence or vary the Licence terms in any way.
Payments are due within thirty days of invoice date; recipients of late payments are entitled to interest in accordance with UK statutory provisions.
Sites commit to a three-year or five-year licence period but have the opportunity to opt out after each year provided three months’ notice in writing (by 30 April) is provided to Chest. Cancellation will take effect from 31 July in the same year. There is a cancellation charge of 10% of the combined total fees which would have been levied during the licence years thereby cancelled. Jisc will invoice the site for the relevant cancellation charge subsequent to receiving notification and will add its own Chest Fee of £150.
At the end of the Licence period for the software sites are required to delete all Open Text products from their systems. An exception to this is limited-user Exceed 3D licences, which are perpetual at the end of agreement but without updates or support.
It is the intention of Chest and Open Text to renew this five-year Agreement. If the Agreement is renewed or extended then new conditions may apply. If the Agreement is not renewed then any extension is a matter between sites and Open Text.
The Open Text software licensed under this Agreement may be used by any Authorised User of the Site for Educational Purposes, which includes the administration and management of the Site's educational and research operations, whether or not they are located on the Site's premises. These permissions are described in the Standard Chest Agreement Terms and Conditions for Software.
Copying of the Software is allowed in accordance with the Terms and Conditions for the Standard Chest Licence for Software.
Access via Citrix or terminal server is allowed.
Personal licences are not available under this Agreement.
Prices are in GBP (£) and exclude VAT
Where a site purchased a three-year licence and wants to extend their licence for the final two years of the Agreement, they will pay the 'five-year licence' prices for those final two years but no refund will be given on payments already made.
If you are licensing BI Query and would like to provide an additional technical contact for issues relating to BI Query only, please provide contact details during the order process.
There are three pricing tables:
Payment terms are shown on the terms and Conditions tab.
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