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.

This image identifies software that works on the Windows Vista (32-bit) Operating System. Some applications may require additional configuration steps. Please consult the installation instructions.

Windows Software   (click on column heading to sort)
Product (click item for instructions)	Released	Description	Restrictions	Type
7-Zip	see vendor	Archiving utility for zipping and unzipping files.  7-Zip	Free	Compression
Access	2008.02.13	Database software. Part of Microsoft's suite of office productivity applications.  Microsoft	Brown faculty and staff (MSCA)	Office suite MSCA
Acrobat Pro	2008.05.01	Create, edit, view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.  Adobe	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	PDF
Acrobat Force Reader Tool	2004.09.29	Makes Adobe Acrobat reader the default application for opening PDF files.  Brown University	All Brown users	PDF
Acrobat Reader	see vendor	View and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files.  Adobe	Free	PDF
Adobe CS3 Design Premium	2007.10.25	Adobe's suite of applications for design and publication. Applications include Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop.  Adobe	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Publication
Adobe CS3 Web Standard	2007.07.17	Adobe's suite of applications for web development. (Replaces Studio.) Applications include Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks and Contribute.  Adobe	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Web tools
Adobe CS2	2005.11.02	Adobe's suite of productivity applications for Windows. Applications include Acrobat, GoLive, Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.  Adobe	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Publication
ArcGIS 9.2	2007.01.30	Suite of Geographic Information System software products.  ESRI	All Brown users, on campus only	GIS
ChemBioDraw Ultra	see vendor	Chemical structural drawing application.  CambridgeSoft	All Brown users	Visualization
Contribute	2007.10.25	Contribute is a web publishing environment. Part of Adobe Creative Suite.  Adobe	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Web tool
Dreamweaver	2007.10.25	WYSIWYG web authoring software. Part of Adobe Creative Suite.  Adobe	All Brown users, on campus/VPN, educational use only	Web tool
EndNote X1	2007.07.31	Bibliography software.  Thomson Researchsoft	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Bibliographic
Exceed 2007	2007.11.14	X-terminal emulation.  Hummingbird	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Connectivity
Excel	2008.02.13	Spreadsheet software. Part of Microsoft's suite of office productivity applications.  Microsoft	Brown faculty and staff (MSCA)	Office suite MSCA
Excel Viewer	2008.05.08	A tool to view Microsoft Excel spreadsheets created in Excel 97 or later.  Microsoft	Free	Office ViewerMSCA
FileMaker Pro 9.0	2007.09.11	Database development and management application.  FileMaker Inc.	All Brown users	Database
Firefox	see vendor	Web browser.  Mozilla Foundation	Free	Web browser
Fireworks	2007.10.25	Fireworks is a graphic image development tool that is part of Adobe Creative Suite.  Adobe	All Brown users, on campus/VPN, educational use only	Graphics
Flash	2007.10.25	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
Foxit Reader	see vendor	View and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files.  Foxit Software	Free	PDF
Illustrator	2007.10.25	For creation of vector graphics. Part of Adobe Creative Suite.  Adobe	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Graphics
InDesign	2007.10.25	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
InstallShield Update	see vendor	Performs an InstallShield update and repairs errors with some installers.  InstallShield	Free	Install
Internet Explorer 7	see vendor	Microsoft web browser.  Microsoft	Free	Web browser MSAll
iTunes	see vendor	Music management and player.  Apple	Free	Media player
Java Client	see vendor	To run web applications and applets that use Java technology.  Sun Microsystems	Free	Web plug-in
Kaleidagraph 4.0	2008.01.03	Data analysis, graphing and plotting software.  Synergy Software	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Visualization
KEDIT 1.6	2008.04.22	Text editor.  Mansfield Software Group	All Brown users	Text editor
KeyAccess 6.1.2.1	2007.07.10	For accessing software managed by KeyServer.  Sassafras Software	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Software access
Mail	see vendor	Windows email client for Windows Vista.  Microsoft	Free	Email
Maple 11	2008.02.18	Mathematical problem solving software.  Maplesoft	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Computational
Mathematica 6.0	2007.07.10	System for symbolic algebra and numerical computation.  Wolfram Research, Inc.	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Computational
MatLab r2007b (7.5)	2008.01.03	Mathematical computation, analysis, visualization, and algorithm development.  The MathWorks	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Computational
Microsoft Developer Tools	see vendor	Tools for web, database, and Windows development including Visual C++ and SQL Server features.  Microsoft	Free	Developer toolsMSCA
Novell Netware Client	2007.01.30	Novell Netware clients for Windows 2000/XP.  Novell	Free	Connectivity
Novell Client 1.0 for Vista	2007.10.25	Novell Netware client for Windows Vista.  Novell	Free	Connectivity
NVivo 7 SP4	2007.07.12	Qualitative data analysis software.  QSR International	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Computational
Office	2008.06.09	Microsoft's suite of office productivity applications that includes Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher and Word.  Microsoft	Brown faculty and staff (MSCA)	Office suite MSCA
Office 2007 Save as PDF or XPS Add-in	2007.05.01	Create PDF or XPS files in Office 2007.  Microsoft	Free	Office Add-in MSCA
Office Compatibility Pack	2006.11.29	Allows users of Office 2003 to open, edit, and save documents, workbooks, and presentations in the file formats new to Microsoft Office 2007.  Microsoft	Free	Office Add-in MSAll
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
Outlook	2008.02.13	Email client. Part of Microsoft's suite of office productivity applications.  Microsoft	Brown faculty and staff (MSCA)	Office suite MSCA
PCTeX 6	2007.05.23	A TeX and LaTeX system for professional typesetting of technical documents.  Personal TeX, Inc.	All Brown users	Publication
Photoshop	2007.10.25	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
PowerPoint 2007 Viewer	2007.05.01	A tool to view PowerPoint presentations created in PowerPoint 97 or later.  Microsoft	Free	Office ViewerMSCA
PuTTY SSH client	see vendor	Secure terminal connection using SSH (Secure SHell).  Simon Tatham	Free	SSH
QuickTime player	see vendor	Multimedia player.  Apple	Free	Media player
RealPlayer	see vendor	Multimedia player.  Real	Free	Media player
Remedy ARS Client 7.1	2007.11.07	Action Request System trouble tracking and reporting client.  BMC Software	All Brown users	Help Desk
Respondus 3.5	2007.07.26	Exam creation tool.  Respondus, Inc.	Brown Faculty and Staff	Education
SAS 9.13	2007.10.18	Data and statistical analysis.  SAS	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Computational
SciFinder Scholar 2007	2007.08.07	Client for searching the American Chemical Society databases.  CAS	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Search
SecureW2	2008.01.17	Open source EAP-TTLS wireless access client for Windows XP/Vista.  SecureW2	Free	Connectivity
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
Sigmaplot 8.0	2007.07.27	Data analysis and visualization.  Systat	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Visualization
S-Plus 8	2007.09.13	Data and statistical analysis.  Insightful	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Computational
SPSS 16	2008.06.18	Data and statistical analysis.  SPSS	All Brown users, on campus only	Computational
Spybot Search & Destroy	see vendor	Spyware removal tool.  PepiMK Software	Free	Security
Stata SE 10.0	2007.10.23	Data analysis, plotting and 3-D visualization.  StataCorp	All Brown users, on campus/VPN	Computational
Symantec AntiVirus 10.2 for Vista	2008.02.28	Symantec AntiVirus client for Windows Vista only.  Symantec	All Brown users	AntiVirus
Symantec AntiVirus 10.1.5	2006.11.09	Formerly Norton AntiVirus, Symantec AntiVirus client.  Symantec	All Brown users	AntiVirus
Tecplot 2006	2008.03.20	Data analysis, plotting and 3-D visualization.  Tecplot, Inc.	All Brown users	Visualization
Virtual PC	see vendor	Makes multiple Windows operating systems available on one computer.  Microsoft	All Brown users	Virtualization
Virtual Private Network (VPN) Client 5.0.0.2	2008.04.10	Permits Brown University off-campus and wireless users secure access to Brown network services.  Cisco Systems	All Brown users	Connectivity
Visual Studio Pro 2008	2008.04.09	Suite of Microsoft developer applications including Visual C, Visual C++, Visual J and Visual Basic. Microsoft	Brown faculty and staff (MSCA)	Programming MSCA
WinAmp player	see vendor	Multimedia player.  Nullsoft	Free	Media player
Windows Defender	see vendor	Protects Windows computers against pop-ups and security threats. Included with Vista.  Microsoft	Free	Security
Windows Update Configuration Tool	2003.08.27	Configure Windows Update and basic security settings.  Brown University	All Brown users	Security
Windows XP SP3 Block/Unblock Tool	2008.06.09	Enables or disables Windows Updates from automatically installing Windows XP SP3.  Brown University	All Brown users	Security
WinSCP	see vendor	Secure file transfer using SSH (Secure SHell).  Martin Prikryl	Free	SSH
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
Word Viewer	2008.05.08	A tool to view Microsoft Word documents created in Word 2000 or later.  Microsoft	Free	Office ViewerMSCA
ZipGenius	see vendor	Archiving utility for zipping and unzipping files.  ZipGenius	Free	Compression

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.