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PerkinElmer markets three suites with the word "Ultra" in their names. This may explain the continued confusion by folks communicating about their products!

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ChemIT's characterization of the naming and licensing issues, as of Dec. 2013

PerkinElmer markets three suites with the word "Ultra" in their names. This may explain the continued confusion by folks communicating about their products!

See PDF, "PerkinElmer Informatics Desktop Suites Comparison", for the comparison choices ChemIT selected using PerkinElmer's (as of Dec 2013) official comparison page:

• http://compare.cambridgesoft.com/CompareSuites.aspx (broken link, as of 5/12/14; see PDF, above)

Note: The above site is not as handy as the PDF PerkinElmer made available before, but that document was from 2012. And a current version of that one-page handout is apparently no longer being provided by PerkinElmer.

From left-to-right on the attached PDF, we have:

(1) What the Library has communicated it has licensed (ChemBioDraw Ultra 13.0 Suite). This is the product we've had access to for many years, until recently.

(2) What the Library is actually licensing today (ChemBio3D Ultra 13.0 Suite). Thank you!

(3) What CCB licensed under duress (ChemDraw Std 13.0 Suite), Fall 2013.

Hopefully the Library's information (on its blog and in its catalog records) will have the product name match the licensing to reduce confusion and prevent unpleasant surprises. (In winter 2013, at least, both locations currently state CUL has licensed ChemBioDraw Ultra, which is simply not correct.) The most recent communications from the Library (below) was initially very confusing to Oliver, and he thought that it may be confusing to others.

We in Chemistry remain very appreciative of the Library's efforts to help Chemistry researchers by investing in this software!

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From: Pat Hine
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 10:43 AM
To: CHEMGRAD-L; CHEMSTAFF-L; CHEMFAC-L
Cc: Jill Elizabeth Wilson
Subject: FW: ChemBioDraw Ultra - now available

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From: Jill Elizabeth Wilson
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 8:26 AM
To: Pat Hine
Subject: ChemBioDraw Ultra - now available

Hi Pat,
Please forward to any and all Chemistry email lists – we want to alert users about this being available.   More information can be found on our blog:

http://blogs.cornell.edu/problemsolved/2013/12/03/chembiodraw-ultra-now-available/

Thanks as always!
Jill

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See also:

• http://it.chem.cornell.edu/chemdraw/

 Note: March 30, 2015, PerkinElmer wrote to let us know of the CambridgeSoft Corporation name change to PerkinElmer Informatics, Inc.

This page identifies what software is included in the “ChemOffice Professional 15” ensemble.

• Note that there are more elements which work on a PC than work on a Mac. Details below.

Naming issues related to ChemOffice Professional 15

This vendor often uses the identical name for both an individual product and the collection of software products containing the individual product. These factors contribute to confusion when trying to understand their product line:

• http://www.cambridgesoft.com/literature/pdf/ChemOffice_15_Product_Suites_Dots_Chart.pdf
• ChemIT's locally cached copy, as of 5/19/2015.

Summary of what is included in ChemOffice Professional 15, by platform, per above cited PDF

For Mac and PC users, ChemOffice Professional 15 includes

• ChemDraw Pro
• ChemDraw Plugin Pro (part of the ChemDraw Pro program)
• TLC/Gel Electrophoresis (part of the ChemDraw Pro program)
• ChemProp (part of the ChemDraw Pro program)

For PC users only, ChemOffice Professional 15 includes the above, as well as:

• ChemDraw ActiveX Pro (part of the PC's ChemDraw Pro program)
• Chem3D ActiveX Pro (part of the PC's ChemDraw Pro program)
• ChemBio3D Ultra
• ChemBioFinder Std
• ChemDraw/Excel
• ChemBioFinder/Office
• pKa, LogP, LogS (Mol. Networks)
• ChemScript
• Gaussian/MOPAC Interfaces
• Autodock/Conflex Interfaces
• GAMESS