Here’s some hopefully helpful links:
- Installing Softimage 2012
- Download a local version of the help
- Release notes (new features and fixes)
- Activating your Softimage 2012 network license
- Softimage 2012 – Setting up satellite rendering
2012 Service Packs
2011 Service Packs:
eX-SI 
Good Start for this 2012 Release, can we hope for more elaborate Support in the Education side, like what SideFX doing right Now :
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1943&Itemid=66