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.
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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. |
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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. |
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This image identifies software that works on the Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit) Operating System. Some applications may require additional configuration steps. Please consult the installation instructions. |
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| 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 | 2011.02.14 | Database software. Part of Microsoft's suite of office productivity applications. Microsoft | Brown-paid faculty and staff (MSCA) |
Office suite MSCA |
| Acrobat Pro 9.5.4 |
2013.03.12 | Create, edit, view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Adobe | Brown faculty and staff on campus/VPN |
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| Acrobat Pro 10.1.6 |
2013.03.12 | Create, edit, view and print Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Adobe | Brown faculty and staff on campus/VPN |
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| Acrobat Force Reader Tool | 2004.09.29 | Makes Adobe Acrobat reader the default application for opening PDF files. Brown University | All Brown users | |
| Acrobat Reader | see vendor | View and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Adobe | Free | |
| Adobe CS 5.5 Design Premium |
2012.05.15 | Adobe's suite of applications for design and publication. Applications include Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop. Adobe | Brown faculty and staff on campus/VPN |
Publication |
| ArcGIS 10 |
2011.10.25 | 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 CS5 |
2011.02.07 | Adobe's web content manager and web editing application. Adobe | Brown faculty and staff on campus/VPN |
Web tool |
| Dreamweaver |
2012.02.01 | WYSIWYG web authoring software. Part of Adobe Creative Suite. Adobe | Brown faculty and staff on campus/VPN |
Web tool |
| EndNote X5
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2011.09.19 | Bibliography software. Thomson Reuters | All Brown users, on campus/VPN |
Bibliographic |
| Excel | 2011.02.14 | Spreadsheet software. Part of Microsoft's suite of office productivity applications. Microsoft | Brown-paid 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 |
2009.08.05 | Database development and management application. 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. FileMaker Inc. | All Brown users | Database |
| Firefox | see vendor | Web browser. Mozilla Foundation | Free | Web browser |
| Fireworks |
2012.02.01 | Fireworks is a graphic image development tool that is part of Adobe Creative Suite. Adobe | Brown faculty and staff on campus/VPN, educational use only |
Graphics |
| Flash |
2012.02.01 | Flash is a multimedia development tool. Part of Adobe Creative Suite. Adobe | Brown faculty and staff on campus/VPN |
Web tool |
| Flash Player | see vendor | Browser plugin for playing flash content. Adobe | Free | Media player |
| Forefront Endpoint Protection | 2011.12.07 | Malware detection and eradication tool. Microsoft | Brown faculty and staff |
AntiVirus |
| Foxit Reader | see vendor | View and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Foxit Software | Free | |
| Identity Finder | see vendor | Detects and secures sensitive data on your computer. Identity Finder, LLC | Brown faculty and staff |
Security |
| Illustrator |
2012.02.01 | For creation of vector graphics. Part of Adobe Creative Suite. Adobe | Brown faculty and staff on campus/VPN |
Graphics |
| InDesign |
2012.02.01 | Page layout and publication software. Part of Adobe Creative Suite. Adobe | Brown faculty and staff on campus/VPN |
Publication |
| InstallShield Update | see vendor | Performs an InstallShield update and repairs errors with some installers. InstallShield | Free | Install |
| Internet Explorer 8 Block/Unblock Tool | 2009.04.20 | Enables or disables Windows Updates from automatically installing Internet Explorer version 8. Brown University | All Brown users | Security |
| 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 7.0.1.3 | 2013.03.12 | For accessing software managed by KeyServer. 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 |
| Maple 16 |
2012.06.27 | Mathematical problem solving software. Maplesoft | All Brown users, on campus |
Computational |
| Mathematica 8
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2012.03.14 | System for symbolic algebra and numerical computation. Wolfram Research, Inc. | Faculty, Staff, clusters, home use |
Computational |
| MatLab | 2010.11.09 | Mathematical computation, analysis, visualization, and algorithm development. The MathWorks | All Brown users, on campus/VPN, home use |
Computational |
| Microsoft Developer Tools | see vendor | Tools for web, database, and Windows development including Visual C++ and SQL Server features. Microsoft | Free | Developer toolsMSCA |
| Microsoft Security Essentials | 2011.09.01 | AntiVirus client for Windows XP and later. Microsoft | All Brown users | AntiVirus |
| NAG ASLI Software Suite | 2011.02.08 | NAG math programming libraries. NAG | All Brown users, on campus only |
Programming |
| NVivo 10 |
2012.11.02 | Qualitative data analysis software. QSR International | All Brown users, on campus/VPN |
Computational |
| Office | 2011.02.14 | Microsoft's suite of office productivity applications that includes Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Publisher and Word. Microsoft | Brown-paid faculty and staff (MSCA) |
Office suite 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 | 2011.02.14 | Email client. Part of Microsoft's suite of office productivity applications. Microsoft | Brown-paid faculty and staff (MSCA) |
Office suite MSCA |
| PCTeX 6 | 2009.07.28 | A TeX and LaTeX system for professional typesetting of technical documents. Personal TeX, Inc. | All Brown users | Publication |
| Photoshop |
2012.02.01 | Image editing software. Part of Adobe Creative Suite. Adobe | Brown faculty and staff on campus/VPN |
Graphics |
| PowerPoint | 2011.02.14 | 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 7.5 | 2010.10.28 | Action Request System trouble tracking and reporting client. BMC Software | All Brown users | Help Desk |
| Respondus 4.0.5 | 2012.08.27 | Exam creation tool. Respondus, Inc. | Brown Faculty and Staff | Education |
| SAS 9.3.4 | 2012.09.11 | Data and statistical analysis. SAS | All Brown users | Computational |
| SecureW2 | 2012.07.17 | EAP-TTLS wireless access client for Windows XP/7. SecureW2 | All Brown users | Connectivity |
| Shockwave player | see vendor | Browser plugin for playing shockwave content. Adobe | Free | Media player |
| Sibelius 7.0 |
2013.02.18 | Music notation and composition software. Sibelius | All Brown users, on campus/VPN |
Music |
| Sigmaplot 12 |
2013.02.18 | Data analysis and visualization. Systat | All Brown users, on campus/VPN |
Visualization |
| S-Plus 8 |
2007.09.13 | Data and statistical analysis. Tibco | All Brown users, on campus/VPN |
Computational |
| SPSS 21 | 2013.05.22 | Data and statistical analysis. SPSS | Faculty, Staff, clusters, on campus only |
Computational |
| Spybot Search & Destroy | see vendor | Spyware removal tool. PepiMK Software | Free | Security |
| Stata SE 12.0 |
2012.07.10 | Data analysis, plotting and 3-D visualization. StataCorp | All Brown users, on campus/VPN Educational use only |
Computational |
| Tecplot 2013 | 2013.05.22 | Data analysis, plotting and 3-D visualization. Tecplot, Inc. | All Brown users | Visualization |
| Tecplot 2012 | 2012.05.30 | 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 | 2011.08.17 | Permits Brown University off-campus and wireless users secure access to Brown network services. F5 | 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 |
| Windows Defender | see vendor | Protects Windows computers against pop-ups and security threats. Included with Vista. Microsoft | Free | Security |
| WinSCP | see vendor | Secure file transfer using SSH (Secure SHell). Martin Prikryl | Free | SSH |
| Word | 2011.02.14 | Word processing software. Part of Microsoft's suite of office productivity applications. Microsoft | Brown-paid 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.
Products that are restricted to "on campus/VPN" require you to be connected either on campus or through Brown's VPN.
Items labeled (EES) are restricted to Brown University paid Faculty and Staff. - Type - a best fit categorization of the function of the product.