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University IT recommends a variety of standard software packages, identified further
down the page. Use of these operating systems and applications will ensure
you the most interoperability, fewer problems, and better support. The University
and Hospital comprise a diverse environment with many needs specific to the
individual department. Your Computer Administrator or IT department should
be consulted before purchasing any hardware or software.
Some software products have requirements that are not met by your environment
or computer system. In addition, some products may conflict with others when
run on the same workstation. Your Computer Administrator or IT department
should be consulted before purchasing any hardware or software.
Support
The University provides a Support Staff who are familiar with the
installation, varying levels of use and troubleshooting of these packages.
In many cases they have attended training sessions themselves in order
to provide a quality service. Beyond the software identified below,
a "best effort" assistance
effort will be made. Please understand that if we are not familiar and
trained in a particular software application, the time spent on problem
resolution may be limited, and issues may take longer to resolve, or
not be able to be resolved at all. We can not fully support products
that are deemed obsolete by the original manufacturer or are used beyond
their original purpose and design.
Operating Systems |
Product |
Recommended |
Obtained Through |
Vendor Links |
Notes |
MAC OS 10.4.x (Tiger) |
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IT
Computer Sales |
Apple |
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Internet Browser |
Product |
Recommended |
Obtained Through |
Vendor Links |
Notes |
Safari |
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Included with Mac OS X |
Apple |
Safari v1 does not support Windows Authentication and thus cannot be used to access Sharepoint sites. You must use Safari v2 or above
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Firefox |
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Freeware |
Mozilla |
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Note: Internet Explorer for Mac is no longer available for download |
E-mail Clients |
Product |
Recommended |
Obtained Through |
Vendor Links |
Notes |
Eudora |
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Freeware |
Qualcomm |
POP3 / IMAP client |
AppleMail |
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Included with Mac OS X
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Apple |
POP3 / IMAP client
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Entourage 2004 |
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Included with Office 2004 for Macintosh
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Microsoft |
Exchange 2003 supported
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Antivirus Clients |
Product |
Recommended |
Obtained Through |
Vendor Links |
Notes |
Norton Antivirus |
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IT
Computer Sales |
Symantec |
Mac OS 10.3.9 or later |
Sophos Anti-Virus |
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UR
Information Security |
Sophos |
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Secure FTP Client |
Product |
Recommended |
Obtained Through |
Vendor Links |
Notes |
Cyberduck |
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Cyberduck |
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Mac OS 10.3.9 or later |
Office Suites |
Product |
Recommended |
Obtained Through |
Vendor Links |
Notes |
Microsoft Office 2004 |
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IT
Computer Sales |
Microsoft |
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Terminal Client |
Product |
Recommended |
Obtained Through |
Vendor Links |
Notes |
Terminal App |
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Included with Mac OS X |
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TN3270 |
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Brown University |
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Access to the University mainframe (No FTP) |
WebConnect |
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UR Mainframe |
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Used to access the University mainframe (No FTP) |
VPN Client |
Product |
Recommended |
Obtained Through |
Vendor Links |
Notes |
Cisco VPN |
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University IT - VPN |
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Access to the University network from off campus (NetID required to download) |
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