This page contains links to Brown University licensed software and sources for commonly used applications. By selecting the product title, you will be linked to instructions on how to obtain the software. All Brown University licensed software products will require that you authenticate with your Brown username and password prior to permitting access to the software.

Several products are controlled by the KeyServer. You must have KeyAccess installed and be connected to the Brown University campus KeyServer to install and run these products.

Although not controlled by KeyServer, any product title having this "license managed" notation is controlled by a network license manager. You must be connected to the Brown network to use license managed software.

Indicates that the software is a Universal Binary application. These products will run on both Intel and PowerPC computers.

Some software may be purchased as a stand-alone license so that a connection to Brown's network is not needed. See Brown's Software Purchases web page for a list of products that are available under this special purchase arrangement and for information about whether you may qualify for this type of license. (Academic use license restrictions apply.)

Macintosh Software   (click on column heading to sort)
Product (click item for instructions)	Released	Description	Restrictions	Type
Acrobat Pro	2009.11.06	Create, edit, view, and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.  Adobe	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	PDF
Acrobat Reader	see vendor	View, navigate, and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files.  Adobe	Free	PDF
Adobe CS4 Design Premium	2009.05.29	Adobe's suite of applications for design and publication. Applications include Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop.  Adobe	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Publication
ChemBioDraw Ultra	see vendor	Chemical structural drawing application.  CambridgeSoft	All Brown users	Visualization
Contribute CS4	2009.05.29	Adobe's web content manager and web editing application.  Adobe	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Web tool
Dreamweaver	2009.05.29	WYSIWYG web authoring software. Part of Adobe Creative Suite.  Adobe	All Brown users, on campus/VPN, educational use only	Web tool
EndNote X1	2008.03.03	Bibliography software. (Macintosh OS 10.4.11+, 10.5.2+) Thomson Researchsoft	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Bibliographic
EndNote X.0.2	2007.07.31	Bibliography software. (Macintosh OS 10.3.9 or 10.4.4+) Thomson Researchsoft	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Bibliographic
Entourage	2008.02.13	Email client. Part of Microsoft's suite of office productivity applications.  Microsoft	Brown faculty and staff (MSCA)	Office suite MSCA
Excel	2008.02.13	Spreadsheet software. Part of Microsoft's suite of office productivity applications.  Microsoft	Brown faculty and staff (MSCA)	Office suite MSCA
FileMaker Pro 10v3	2009.08.05	Database development and management application. (Macintosh OS 10.4.11+)  FileMaker Inc.	All Brown users	Database
FileMaker Pro 10v3 Advanced	2009.08.05	Database development and management application with tools for advanced development and customization. (Macintosh OS 10.4.11+)  FileMaker Inc.	All Brown users	Database
Firefox	see vendor	Web browser.  Mozilla Foundation	Free	Web browser
Fireworks	2009.05.29	Fireworks is a graphic image development tool that is part of Adobe Creative Suite.  Adobe	All Brown users, on campus only/VPN, educational use only	Graphics
Flash	2009.05.29	Flash is a multimedia development tool. Part of Adobe Creative Suite.  Adobe	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Web tool
Flash player	see vendor	Browser plugin for playing flash content.  Adobe	Free	Media player
Fugu	see vendor	Secure file transfer using SSH (Secure SHell).  University of Michigan	Free	SSH
Illustrator	2009.05.29	For creation of vector graphics. Part of Adobe Creative Suite.  Adobe	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Graphics
InDesign	2009.05.29	Page layout and publication software. Replaced PageMaker. Part of Adobe Creative Suite.  Adobe	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Publication
Insight Client	see vendor	Used to view collections of digital images.  Luna Imaging, Inc.	Free	Media viewer
iTunes	see vendor	Music management and player.  Apple	Free	Media player
Kaleidagraph 4.0	2008.01.03	Data analysis, graphing and plotting software. (For Macintosh OS 10.1.5+)  Synergy Software	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Visualization
KeyAccess 6.1.5.3	2009.07.15	For accessing software managed by KeyServer. (Macintosh OS 10.3.9+)  Sassafras Software	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Software Access
Logger Pro 3.7	2009.09.15	Data collection tool for science and math education.  Vernier	All Brown users	Computational
MacVector 7.2	2003.10.23	Sequence editing and analysis package.  Accelrys	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Visualization
Mail	see vendor	Email client provided with Macintosh OS X Operating Systems.  Apple	Free	Email
Maple 11	2008.02.28	Mathematical problem solving software.  Maplesoft	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Computational
Mathematica 7	2009.05.18	Symbolic algebra and numerical computation software. (Macintosh OS 10.4.11+)  Wolfram Research, Inc.	Faculty, Staff, clusters, on campus only	Computational
MatLab r2008b	2009.01.07	Mathematical computation, analysis, visualization, and algorithm development.  The MathWorks	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Computational
Mozilla web browser	see vendor	Mozilla web browser.  mozilla.org	Free	Web browser
Office 2008	2008.02.21	Microsoft's suite of office productivity applications that includes Entourage, Excel, PowerPoint and Word.  Microsoft	Brown faculty and staff (MSCA)	Office suite MSCA
Office 2004	2004.08.24	Microsoft's suite of office productivity applications that includes Entourage, Excel, PowerPoint and Word.  Microsoft	Brown faculty and staff (MSCA)	Office suite MSCA
OpenOffice	see vendor	Sun Microsystem's suite of open source office productivity applications.  Sun Microsystems	Free	Office suite
Opera	see vendor	Opera Web browser.  Opera Software	Free	Web browser
Photoshop	2009.05.29	Image editing software. Part of Adobe Creative Suite.  Adobe	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Graphics
PowerPoint	2008.02.13	Presentation software. Part of Microsoft's suite of office productivity applications.  Microsoft	Brown faculty and staff (MSCA)	Office suite MSCA
QuickTime player	see vendor	Multimedia player.  Apple	Free	Media player
RealPlayer	see vendor	Multimedia player.  Real	Free	Media player
Safari web browser	see vendor	Safari web browser.  Apple	Free	Web browser
SciFinder Scholar 2007a	2008.08.06	Client for searching the American Chemical Society databases.  CAS	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Search
Shockwave player	see vendor	Browser plugin for playing shockwave content.  Adobe	Free	Media player
Sibelius 4.0	2006.03.22	Music notation and composition software.  Sibelius	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Music
Stata SE 10.0	2007.10.24	Data analysis, plotting and 3-D visualization. (Macintosh OS 10.4.4+)  Stata	All Brown users, on campus/VPN, Educational use only	Computational
Stuffit Expander	see vendor	Expands and decodes compressed files.  Aladdin Systems	Free	Decompression
Symantec AntiVirus 10.2	2008.04.03	Symantec AntiVirus client for Mac OS 10.4 and later.  Symantec	All Brown users	AntiVirus
Tecplot 2008	2009.04.24	Data analysis, plotting and 3-D visualization.  Tecplot, Inc.	All Brown users	Visualization
tn3270 X	2006.07.24	3270 terminal emulation software.  Brown University	All Brown users	Connectivity
Virtual PC for Macintosh 7.0	2005.05.25	Emulates Microsoft Windows on Macintosh OS X, permitting access to some Windows applications.  Microsoft	Brown faculty and staff (MSCA)	VirtualizationMSCA
Virtual Private Network (VPN) Client 4.9	2008.03.31	Permits Brown University off-campus and wireless users secure access to Brown network services. (Macintosh OS 10.4+)  Cisco Systems	All Brown users	Connectivity
Word	2008.02.13	Word processing software. Part of Microsoft's suite of office productivity applications.  Microsoft	Brown faculty and staff (MSCA)	Office suite MSCA

User guide

Clicking on a tab containing computing platform (Macintosh, Windows, UNIX) will load the software selections for the clicked platform. Clicking on a column heading will sort the table based on the clicked column.

Table Headings

• Product - the name of the product. Clicking on a product name within the table will bring you to a page providing instructions on how to obtain and install the product.
• Released - this is the date the product was released or last updated by CIS.
• Description - brief description of the product. The name of the product's author/vendor follows the description in small print.
• Restrictions - a summary of user and usage restrictions on the product.
  In most cases, products that are restricted to "on campus only" may be accessed through Brown's VPN.
  Items labeled (MSCA) are restricted to Brown University paid Faculty and Staff.
• Type - a best fit categorization of the function of the product.