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Select a category that best describes how the software if being used from the below. SSC recognizes that not all software will fit under a single category perfectly. If the mandate beside the category does not indicate SSC, please do not continue to submit the request to SSC.

01-Data management software
Corporate data management software delivers, enables and supports data management as a corporate platform. Corporate data management software provides the management of corporate data resources and services by developing and execution of the architectures, policies, practices and procedures that properly manage the full data life cycle needs at a corporate level.

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102 Business Intelligence SoftwareBusiness intelligence software provides business information, data and reporting on a work group or entity wide basis. Functionality, design components and interfaces enable data-mining, scheduled and ad-hoc reporting and interoperability with other software such as performance measurement.
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104 Data Warehouse SoftwareData warehouse software enables the creation and management of a data repository as a data warehouse and includes the functionality to retrieve and analyze data, to extract, transform and load data, and to manage the data dictionary
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106 Relational Database Management Systems SoftwareRelational database management systems software controls the creation, maintenance, and the use of a database including data that is stored in the form of tables and the relationship among the data is also stored in the form of tables.
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108 Database Modeling SoftwareDatabase modeling software aids in the modeling and graphical design of a database and determines the manner in which data is stored, organized and manipulated in a database.
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110 Database Tools, Utilities & Management SoftwareDatabase tools, utilities and management software are interactive tools; utilities and service management packs that manage, analyze and report test data results within a database environment.
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112 Extract, Transformation and Load SoftwareExtract, transformation and load (ETL) software aids in the extraction, transformation and load of data from outside sources into a database or data integration applications.
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114 Master Data Management SoftwareMaster data management software providing processes for collecting, aggregating, matching, consolidating, quality-assuring, persisting and distributing data throughout an organization to ensure consistency and control in the ongoing maintenance and application use of this information.
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116 On-Line Analytical Processing SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
On-line analytical processing (OLAP) software provides multidimensional analytical processing, queries and reporting of data and information online.
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118 Personal Database Software - MS AccessPersonal database software has database functionality and design that is typically of a personal or client workstation nature, as compared to a large corporate relational database. This software stores user-entered data in a structured file format, supporting ad-hoc queries, provides tools for sorting, selecting, and viewing user-specified records and generates reports on records matching user-specified criteria
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120 Web Analytical SoftwareWeb analytical software is used to collect, analyze and report on website activities. The measurements and analysis is typically used to report, improve and or optimize websites and Internet activities
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02-Information management software
Corporate information management software delivers, enables and supports information management as a corporate platform. Corporate information management provides the management of information resources and services by developing and execution of the architectures, policies, practices and procedures that properly manage the full information life cycle needs at a corporate level.

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202 Case Management SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Case management software is a product group that provides management of case(s) including collaborative communication, assessment, planning, implementation, coordinated work-flow, monitoring, and evaluation functionality and design and integrates/patterns contents from different data sources while tracing (audit trail) the status of ongoing data, information, and decisions.
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204 Content Management SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Content management software provides the collection, taxonomy analysis of information and search and retrieval functionality and design. This software can also automatically scan content according to a predefined set of rules for future cross-referenced retrieval. Additional capabilities include the application of common publishing templates for common look and feel within a work-group or entity wide application.
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206 Digital Asset Management SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Digital asset management software manages the annotation, cataloguing, storage, retrieval and distribution of digital assets such as audio, video, and other media content.
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208 Document Management SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Document management software provides storage, processing, management and retrieval capabilities for electronic documents and files. Document management software often interfaces with word processing, image recognition, text retrieval and database systems and data.
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210 Document Scanning and Image Recognition SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Document scanning and image recognition software automates the process of scanning and identifying content in hard-copy documents through optical character recognition processes and procedures.
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212 Electronic Forms SoftwareElectronic forms software enables users to design and utilize forms electronically and is often used to create data entry systems that interface with data repositories or databases.
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214 Feedback Management SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Feedback management software enables organizations to centrally manage deployment of client surveys while dispersing authoring and analysis throughout an organization. Often used to process client feedback using Internet technologies.
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216 Knowledge Management SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Knowledge management software provides a wide variety of methods that can be used to simulate the performance of the expert with a knowledge base. This software uses some knowledge representation to capture the subject matter expert�s (SME) knowledge and a process of gathering that knowledge from the SME and codifying it according to the formalism, which is called knowledge engineering.
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218 Portal SoftwarePortal software creates, enables and makes possible internet, intranet, extra-net and or virtual private network(s) containing multiple channel services, processes or methodology to meet electronic organizational demand. Functionality and design integrates multiple platforms and data streams of input into a single dynamic, real time client user environment.
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220 Records Management SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Records management software offers record management functionality and procedures that process files and records within an organization and typically includes classification, storage and archival or destruction of records.
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222 Search and Information Access SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Search and information access software provides an entry point for access to information. Information sources can be single repositories or multiple sources of information. Search and information access capabilities often include looking up and retrieving information that has multiple dimensions or facets thereby enabling users to explore, locate, organize, and retrieve data and information.
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224 Social Media SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Social media doftware provides platforms for social communication such as blogs, social networking, etc. and often includes collaborative authoring that includes wikis, bookmarking, etc. and multimedia such as photo, audio and or video sharing.
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226 Web Content Management SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Web content management software provides management functionality and features that automate or and or improve the authoring, editing and administration procedures for web content publishing and distribution.
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228 Workflow & Collaboration SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Workflow and collaboration software automates and manages the workflow of a work-group or entity. This software enables information or tasks to be passed from one or more participants and or resources, according to a set of procedural rules.
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230 Incident and Field Resource Management SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Incident and field resource management software provides response management of incidents and resources for resolution in emergency and non-emergency environments. Incident and field management software also provides policy and procedural functions and features, reporting capabilities, as well as alerting, messaging and group communications functions and performance elements.
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03-Enterprise resource management software
Corporate resource management software delivers, enables and supports resource management as a corporate platform. Corporate resource management provides the management of corporate information resources and services by development and executes the architectures, policies, practices and procedures that properly identifies and manages the full resource life cycle needs at a corporate level.

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302 Bar-Coding & Labeling SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Bar coding and labeling software provides universal product code (UPC) bar code scanning, processing and storing functionality and design. Bar coding and labeling software typically provides the ability to design and print labels and bar codes, supports bar code readers and supports major bar code standards while integrating with software applications and development tools such as inventory and financial management business functions.
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304 Budget Preparation SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Budget preparation software is used to plan fiscal budgets and often includes scenario planning of a strategic nature. Budgets are typically involving corporate finances, decision analysis and or investment decision processes.
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306 Customer Relationship Management SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Customer relationship management software (CRM) manages interactions with customers and or clients and provides entity wide management of client or customer data and information for data mining, profiling and return on investment analysis. CRM will typically organize, automate and augment business processes and procedures. CRM will often act as an interface for entity wide systems such as accounting, human resources and database.
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308 Enterprise Resource Planning SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Enterprise resource planning software provides entity wide planning and management of resources so as to allow and improve the information flow between business units and functions inside an enterprise. Typically will use a central database on a common platform so as to consolidate business policies, processes and procedures in a uniform manner enterprise wide.
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310 Finance & Accounting SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Finance and accounting software provides accounting, financial management and financial asset control functionality and design. Standard capabilities include general ledger (GL), accounts receivable (AR), accounts payable (AP), inventory, purchase order (PO) and point of sale (POS). This software also tracks securities and investments, debts, rates, budgeting, grants, loans, downloads financial transactions and investment status from online data sources, forecasts future revenue, income, and or cash flow programs, modules or components.
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312 Financial Auditing SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Financial auditing software allows for the audit review and analysis of the financial statements of an organization allowing for conclusions on whether or not those financial statements are relevant, accurate, complete, and fairly represent the organization�s position.
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314 Governance Risk Compliance & Incident ManagementThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Governance risk, compliance and incident management software covers activities including corporate governance, enterprise risk management and corporate compliance verification and validation against applicable laws and regulations.
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316 Grants & Contributions Management SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Grants and contributions management software assists in the designing, building and deploying of grants. This software controls all aspects of the funding process - from initial requests, through assessments and recommendations, to authorizations, payments and subsequent monitoring of outcomes.
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318 Human Resource Evaluation & Selection Systems SoftThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Human resource evaluation and selection systems software assists in employee management within an organization. This software provides forms, coordinates procedures, tallies results and or statistics in an effort to effectively evaluate, manage and inform the human resources of an organization.
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320 Human Resource Management Systems SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Human resources management systems software captures and records human resource data through database, reporting and analysis features and functions. Human resource management systems software typically interfaces with other corporate administrative applications.
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322 Inventory & Asset Management SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Inventory and asset management software manages assets from acquisition, usage to disposal and provides management and administrative functionality, design, components and interfaces. This software also provides asset record keeping, asset tracking, bar code software and interfaces with common databases.
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324 Library Management Systems SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Library management systems software is an enterprise resource planning system for a library, used to track items owned, orders made, bills paid, and patrons who have borrowed or are using library assets.
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326 Pension SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Pension software manages, collects, and allocates retirement benefits.
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328 Performance Measurement SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Performance management software supports performance & accountability frameworks and provides tools to aide in collecting supporting data that is used for performance measurement, evaluations, and audits.
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330 Procurement & Contract Management SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Procurement and contract management software helps to automate the purchasing function of organizations and establish effective process and compliance management.
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332 Property Management SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Property management software coordinates personal property, equipment, tooling and physical capital assets that are acquired and used to build, repair and maintain end item deliverable. Property management involves the processes, systems and manpower required to manage the life cycle of all acquired property as defined above including acquisition, control, accountability, maintenance, utilization, and disposition.
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334 Salary Management & Payroll SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Salary management and payroll software allow an organization to effectively manage salaries in accordance with complex taxation requirements and other organizational requirements.
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336 Transactional Processing & Transaction ManagementThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Transactional processing and transaction management software handles transaction and batch processing of large number of documents, providing transformation, business process and preservation.
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338 Vendor Management SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Vendor management software provides tools for engaging and managing the relationship with vendors.
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04-Development environments software
Development environments software delivers, enables and supports software development as an operating environment and platform. Software development environments software facilitates the design and creation of software and web applications.

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402 Application Life-Cycle Management SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Application life-cycle management (ALM) software manages the life of an application through governance, development and maintenance. It is comprised of tools that facilitate and integrate requirements management, architecture, coding, testing, tracking, and release management.
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404 Software Development Platform SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Application development software is used to develop software products in a planned and structured process and includes tools in which computer programs are coded.
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406 Software Testing SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Software testing software assesses the functionality, reliability, security and performance of software in a development environment.
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408 Systems Architecture Design SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Systems architecture design software aids in designing the architecture, components, modules, interfaces, and data for a system
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410 Web Development SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Web development software provides tools to assist in developing web sites and applications. This can include web design, web content development, client liaison, client-side/server-side scripting, and e-commerce development.
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05-Middleware software
Middleware software delivers, enables and supports the middle layers of the open systems interconnection (OSI) stack as an enterprise platform; middleware provides the software functions as an intermediate layer between applications and operating system or database management systems, or between client and server.

Category NameMandateService Line
502 Application Infrastructure SoftwareApplication infrastructure software provides a secure and flexible environment to build, deploy and run applications.
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504 Systems Integration & Connectivity SoftwareApplication integration and connectivity software enables the integration of systems and applications
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505 Application Integration & Connectivity SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
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506 Business Process Management SoftwareBusiness process management software helps optimize performance by discovering, documenting, automating, and continuously improving business processes.
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508 E-Commerce SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
E-commerce software automates and integrates B2B, B2C and C2B processes between disparate systems
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510 Managed File Transfer SoftwareManaged file transfer software provides a single platform supporting all methods of business file-transfer including automated, ad-hoc and collaborative processes, resulting in a centralized and fully governed file transfer solution.
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512 Message Oriented Middleware SoftwareMessage oriented middleware (MOM) software provides software infrastructure focused on sending and receiving messages between disparate systems
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514 SOA Governance SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Service oriented application (SOA) governance software establishes decision rights for the development, deployment, operations and management of web services and monitors and reports on decisions and results.
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06-Network infrastructure software
Network infrastructure software delivers, enables and supports the infrastructure found within a computer networks. Network infrastructure provides the network components, functions and features related to network resources and services.

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602 Archive SoftwareArchiving software handles documents in such a way that information can be created, shared, organized and stored efficiently and appropriately.
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604 Backup SoftwareBackup software provides a user the ability to make an exact duplicate of an original source file, data, database, system or server and to perform a recovery of the data.
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606 Data Migration SoftwareData migration software aids in the process of transferring data between storage types, formats, or computer systems.
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608 Fax SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Fax software automates the process of sending, receiving, and managing fax traffic for an entire network. This software integrates with any existing email system giving users full faxing capabilities.
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610 File and Print Services SoftwareFile and print services software provides a method of filing and printing computer data typically on a network. Essentially, file services organize files into a database for the storage, organization, manipulation, and retrieval by the computer�s operating system.
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612 Network Communications SoftwareNetwork communications software allows independent and potentially non-concurrent applications on a distributed system to communicate with each other.
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614 Network Storage SoftwareNetwork storage software provide file-based data storage services and provide block-based storage services in support of devices responsible for holding and retaining data on a network.
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616 Remote Desktop SoftwareRemote desktop software provides access and a graphical interface to another computer.
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618 Switching SoftwareSwitching software acts as a virtual hardware switch to forward packets to require ports based on the packet address.
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620 Unified Communications SoftwareUnified communications software provides a set of integrated real-time collaboration services for voice, data and video. Functionality may include rich presence, enterprise instant messaging (IM), online meetings, etc.
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07-Operating systems software
Operating systems software delivers, enables and supports operating systems and how a hardware platform controls software applications and related devices found in a system infrastructure environment. It is low-level software that schedules tasks, allocates storage, handles the interface to peripheral hardware and presents a default interface to the user.

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702 Desktop Operating System SoftwareDesktop operating systems software is an operating system designed for client workstations such as desktops, notebooks, and laptops
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704 Mainframe Operating System SoftwareMainframe operating systems software is an operating system designed for mainframe systems
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706 Mobile Operating System SoftwareMobile operating dystems doftware is an operating system designed for mobile and small form factor devices such as phones, net-books and tablets .
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708 Real-Time Operating System SoftwareReal-time operating dystem doftware is an operating system designed for real-time applications.
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710 Server Operating System SoftwareServer (network) operating dystems software is an operating system designed for sharing resources between client processes typically found within a network.
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08-virtualization software
Virtualization software delivers, enables and supports virtual environments, processors and applications by isolating system resources from underlying computing or application services. Virtualization provides the components, functions and features including host and or guest systems, machines or types.

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802 Application Virtualization SoftwareApplication virtualization software allows for the creation of application packages independent of any operating system. The application package can be installed and isolated from the host operating system but is still able to interact with the host and other applications. Virtual applications can be freely installed or removed without disrupting the host.
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804 Desktop Virtualization SoftwareDesktop virtualization software allows for the creation and modification of an operating system independent from the hardware. The virtual desktop should be able to run on multiple different hardware platforms and move freely from one to another when required without modifications.
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806 Server Virtualization SoftwareServer virtualization software allows for the creation of multiple guest operating systems (guest operating system (OS)/virtual machine (VM) within a server host operating system (Host OS). It allows for unmodified guest operating systems to run in isolation while using the same instruction set as the host OS. These environments utilize some resource sharing and process isolation.
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808 Storage Virtualization SoftwareVirtualization storage software provides block or file allowing delivery through various protocols such as fibre channel or network file system. Storage systems can provide either block-accessed storage, or file accessed storage. Access is delivered over various protocols or file systems thereby allowing separation of the logical storage from the physical storage or eliminating dependencies between data access file and location of physical data.
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810 Virtualization Backup & Recovery SoftwareVirtualization backup and recovery software provides recovery techniques with virtualized servers to improve system up time and recovery time objectives as well as recovery point objectives. This software also ensures the integrity of the data to retrieve.
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812 Virtualization Management SoftwareVirtualization management software provides complete management tools to manage and optimize a virtualized environment.
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814 Virtualization Monitoring Tools SoftwareVirtualization monitoring tools software provides complete monitoring tools to monitor and set host configuration standards, infrastructure capacity, application performance and workload ownership of a virtualized environment.
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816 Virtualization Security SoftwareVirtualization security software is security software specific to virtualized systems and includes software such as anti-virus, firewall, or network security.
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09-Operations management software
Operations management software delivers, enables and supports management operational components, functions and features. Operations management provides the tools, utilities and components needed to manage the provisioning, capacity, performance and availability of the computing, networking and application environment.

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902 Change and Configuration Management SoftwareChange and configuration Management Software provides process automation, change control; build management, traceability and reporting.
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904 Desktop Management SoftwareDesktop management software provides functionality and features to manage the desktop remotely from a central administrative location.
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906 Call Center Software.Help desk and call centre software offers service desk support functions, incident management, problem management, change management, improved support staff productivity, administration and reporting functionality, information and management tools. This software may also provides contact management functions, scheduling and calendar functions and supports messaging and group communication functions.
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907 Non-IT Help Desk.This category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
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908 Network Management SoftwareNetwork management tools software offers network management functions that provide control of a network, maximize its efficiency and productivity and minimize system errors. Network management functionality typically includes fault, account, configuration, security and performance components.
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910 Patch Management SoftwarePatch management software manages the deployment of patches in an automated fashion.
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912 Server Performance Testing & Analysis SoftwarePerformance testing and analysis software enables testing network and information technology (IT) systems for performance, interoperability and compliance with standards and functional specifications; simulating users, traffic, and transactions, and other parameters, in order to determine and optimize system availability, capacity, security and other parameters.
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913 Application Performance Testing & Analysis SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
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914 Software Asset Management SoftwareSoftware asset management software that manages and optimizes the purchase, deployment, maintenance, utilization, and disposal of software applications within an organization.
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916 Storage Management SoftwareStorage management software provides centralized visibility and control across physical and virtual heterogeneous storage environments to improve storage utilization, optimizes resources, increases data availability, and reduces capital and operational costs.
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10-Client productivity software
Client productivity software delivers, enables and supports client-computing productivity. Client productivity Software provides components, functions, features that enhance client productivity by making information or knowledge accessible, useable and complete.

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1002 Adaptive Computing Technology SoftwareAdaptive computing technology software delivers, enables and supports clients in the performance of computing tasks that the client was formerly unable or had great difficulty in attaining or accomplishing respectively. Adaptive computing technology software accessibility functions, enhancements and or changes to the methods of client interoperability or interaction with computing devices thereby making information or technology more accessible, useable and complete from a client perspective.
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1004 Calendar & Scheduling SoftwareCalendaring and scheduling software delivers, enables and supports Users by providing an electronic version of a calendar and or allowing users to schedule time and events through appointment books, address books and or contact lists. Calendar and scheduling provides individual, group or entity wide calendaring and scheduling functions and features.
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1006 Desktop Publishing SoftwareDesktop publishing software delivers, enables and supports users in creating, automating and or publishing client desktop information in hard or soft copy. Desktop publishing software provides assemble, edit and publishing functions and features in various input/output formats.
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1008 Electronic Mail and Messaging SoftwareElectronic mail and messaging software delivers, enables and supports Users by providing electronic mail and or messaging. Electronic mail and messaging software allows the client to compose, receive, view, edit, manage and or send electronic mail or messages from one client to others.
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1010 Graphic Design, Imaging & Viewing SoftwareGraphic design, imaging and viewing software delivers, enables and supports graphic creation, view, edit and or manipulation of graphic digital imagery. Graphic design, imaging and viewing software provides functions and features in various input/output formats.
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1012 Multimedia Streaming SoftwareMultimedia streaming software delivers, enables and supports software are licensed software applications that allow users to transfer multimedia data so that it can be processed as a steady continuous stream. Multimedia streaming software allows users to convert the data in real time into playable audio/video as it arrives. The user needs a player, which sends the data as a steady stream to the application that is processing and converting it to sound or pictures.
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1014 Office Automation Suite SoftwareOffice automation suite software delivers, enables and supports software are licensed software applications that bundle common office functionality such as word processing, spreadsheets, presentation graphics, personal information management and electronic messaging into an integrated suite of functionality.
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1016 Personal Information Management SoftwarePersonal information management software delivers, enables and supports Software are licensed software applications that provides personal organization functionality such as task management, calendaring, messaging and organization components. This software also provides contact management functions, scheduling and calendar functions and supports messaging and group communication functions.
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1018 Portable Document SoftwarePortable document software delivers, enables and supports software are licensed software applications that enables Users to create, convert, and/or view portable document format (PDF) files.
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1020 Project Management SoftwareProject management software delivers, enables and supports software are licensed software applications that enable users to manage plan, organize, display, monitor and control project work and the resources applied to it.
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1022 Structured Content Authoring SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Structured content authoring software delivers, enables and supports software are licensed software applications that enable users to open, create, edit, manage and save structured data such as extensible markup language (XML).
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1024 Training and E-Learning SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Training and e-learning software delivers, enables and supports software are licensed software applications that enables users to learn or train on specific subject matter by executing special training modules on a computing device. This type of software can include computer based training (CBT), web based training (WBT) or video conferencing software based training software (VCBT).
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1026 Translation SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Translation software delivers, enables and supports software are licensed software applications that enable users to translate content by providing multilingual and bilingual translation utilities with multiple lexicons, dictionaries and repositories. Translation software can also localize terminologies, maintain translation memory and or reference repositories of word pairs.
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11-Scientific and engineering software
Scientific and engineering software delivers, enables and supports specialized scientific and engineering components, functions and features. Scientific and engineering software provides the scientific or engineering functional resources and services required within a scientific or engineering computing environment.

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1102 CAD, CAE & CAM SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Computer aided design (CAD), engineering (CAE) and manufacturing (CAM) software provides design, engineering, and or manufacturing tools to create, manage and output technical drawings and processes.
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1104 Engineering Analysis SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Engineering analysis software has the functionality of separating engineering designs into the mechanisms of operation or failure, analyzing or estimating each component of the operation or failure mechanism in isolation, and re-combining the components according to basic physical principles and natural laws.
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1106 Equipment Control Systems SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Equipment control systems software manages, commands, directs or regulates the behaviour of other devices or systems.
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1108 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Geographic information system (GIS) software captures, stores, analyzes, manages, and presents data that is linked to a location. GIS is the merging of cartography and database technology.
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1110 Geo-spatial SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Geo-spatial software is software that uses analytical methods with terrestrial or geographic data sets.
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1112 Lab & Medical Equipment SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Lab and medical equipment software interfaces with lab and/or medical equipment to control and/or receive, interpret, and manipulate data output from the device.
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1114 Mapping and Cartography SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Mapping and cartography software offers users the ability to create and work with geographic maps, information or data functions.
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1116 Mathematical and Computational SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Mathematical and computational software is used to model, analyze, or calculate numeric, symbolic, or geometric data.
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1118 Statistical Analysis SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
Statistical analysis software is used for data analysis, manipulation, and the planning of the collection of data, in terms of the design of surveys and experiments.
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12-Security operations software
Security operations software delivers enables and supports operational components, functions and features required to secure a computer system, network and environment. Security operations software provides the security programs, applications, architectures, policies, practices and procedures to securely manage full life cycle requirements of a secure enterprise.

Category NameMandateService Line
1202 Anti-Malware SoftwareAnti-malware software provides protection against threats from spyware, viruses, worms, spam, etc. attacking hosts, networks or applications by detecting and/or preventing infections or malicious behavior, reporting on malicious events and providing remediation tools to remove or quarantine malicious code.
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1204 Application White-Listing SoftwareApplication white-listing software permits only authorized applications to run on a system
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1206 Biometric SoftwareBiometric software provides the function of uniquely recognizing humans based form of identity for access management, access control, and surveillance. Functions can include face, voice and/or fingerprint recognition. This biometric data and information can be analyzed and processed and then used for computer processing and authentication.
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1208 Business Continuity SoftwareBusiness continuity software aids in the prevention and recovery from disruptions of computer systems.
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1210 Computer Forensics SoftwareComputer forensics software outlines and explains the current state of a digital artifact.
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1212 Security Content Classification & Marking SoftwareContent classification and marking software identifies and marks classified and protected information
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1213 General Content Classification & Marking SoftwareThis category does not fall within SSC's mandate, and therefore, if able, please purchase under your departmental authority, and if not, please submit to PSPC.
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1214 Data Loss Prevention SoftwareData loss prevention software identifies, monitors and protects data in use, data in motion and data at rest through deep content inspection and contextual analysis of transactions.
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1216 Encryption SoftwareEncryption software encrypts and decrypts data, usually in the form of files on (or sectors of) hard drives and removable media, email messages, or network transmissions.
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1218 Endpoint Security SoftwareEndpoint security software distributes security applications to end-user devices (endpoints) on a network in a centrally managed fashion.
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1220 Firewall SoftwareFirewall software is designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network by permitting or denying computer applications based upon a set of rules and other criteria. Firewalls typically function as filters, gateways, and/or proxies.
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1222 Identity Management SoftwareIdentity management software identifies individuals in a system and controls access to resources in that system by placing restrictions on the established identities.
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1224 Internet Monitoring, Filtering & Access Control SoInternet monitoring, filtering and access control software is used to monitor, filter and control inappropriate use of the Internet.
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1226 Intrusion Prevention and Detection SoftwareIntrusion prevention and detection software inspects inbound and outbound network activity and identifies and prevents suspicious patterns that may indicate a network or system attack attempting to break into or compromise a system.
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1228 Mobility Security SoftwareMobility security software provides automatic security controls for mobile users that allow enterprises to deploy wireless tools that maintain security rules. In addition, they provide reporting tools to ensure that users are maximizing and controlling wireless costs.
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1230 Security Information Event Management SoftwareSecurity information event management software collects, retains and reports on activity log data from anywhere in the IT infrastructure. It provides the tools to track and correlate events across multiple sources ensuring immediate notification of suspicious activity.
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1232 Privacy SoftwarePrivacy software protects the privacy of users. This software typically works in conjunction with Internet usage to control or limit the amount of information made available to third-parties. This software can apply encryption or filtering of various kinds to mask information about a user�s identity.
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1234 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) SoftwarePublic key infrastructure (PKI) software creates, manages, distributes, uses, stores, and revokes digital certificates. In cryptography, a PKI is an arrangement that binds public keys with respective user identities by means of a certificate authority (CA).
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1236 Remote Access SoftwareRemote access software facilitates communication with a device from a remote location through a data link. Typically this is performed using a virtual private network (VPN).
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1238 Security Risk Management and Policy Compliance SoftwareSecurity risk and policy compliance software is used to manage, monitor, report on, and audit both security risks and policies to address those risks. Solutions often include remediation management, compliance and enforcement, policy assessment, vulnerability management, remediation, and reporting towards the objective of sustainable compliance.
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1240 Unified Threat Management SoftwareUnified threat management software is an all-inclusive security product that has the ability to perform multiple security functions in a single application including network fire-walling, network intrusion prevention and gateway anti-virus (AV), gateway anti-spam, virtual private network (VPN), content filtering, load balancing and reporting.
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