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Administrative and infrastructure computing support is provided by University Technology Services (UTS).
Instructional support is provided by Learning Technologies Research Centre (LTRC).
Research support is provided by Research & High Performance Computing Support (RHPCS).

Communications

Software	Version	Support Category	Source	Description/Changes in status
HummingBird Host Explorer	13	1	UTS	Secure communication with client desktop systems and MCMMVS1
SSH for Windows	3	1	Public	Recommended secure shell

Databases

Software	Version	Support Category	Source	Description/Changes in status
MS Access	2010	1	Titles	Part of MS Office 2010 Professional Suite
MS SQL	2005	2

Desktop Client Software

Oracle Browser users should use the recommended browsers. See Oracle Software requirements.

Software	Version	Support Category	Source	Description/Changes in status
MS Internet Explorer	9 & up	1	Microsoft	IE 6 does not work reliably with Oracle. See Oracle Software requirements for supported browsers
FireFox	16.x& up	1	Mozilla	FireFox does not work reliably with Oracle. See Oracle Software requirements for supported browsers
UnivMail Web Interface		1	Browser	Univmail
MS Outlook	2010	1	Titles	Email Client - Part of the MS Office 2010 Professional Suite
Mozzila Thunderbird	17 & up	1	Mozilla	Email client
Corporate Calendar for Windows	10.1.2	1	Calender	Online calendar/Group scheduling application
Corporate Calendar Sync for BlackBerry	2.47 & Up	1	Calender	Synchronize Corporate Calendar and BlackBerry PDA

File Transfer

Software	Version	Support Category	Source	Description/Changes in status
HummingBird FTP	13	1	UTS	File transfer protocol for Ethernet and modem pool

Graphics

Software	Version	Support Category	Source	Description/Changes in status
MS PowerPoint	2010	1	Titles	Part of MS Office 2010 Pro Suite
Photoshop	6 & up	2	Titles	Image editing tool

Languages

Software	Version	Support Category	Source	Description/Changes in status
CFML	MX	1	Titles	ColdFusion programming language.
Perl	5	2	Public	Programming/scripting language for UNIX & Win 32

Operating Systems

Software	Version	Support Category	Source	Description/Changes in status
UNIX	Solaris 2.8 & up	1	UTS	Operating system for SUN Unix workstations
LINUX	Red Ent. Linux 3.x & up	2	RedHat	Operating system
MS Windows	Windows 7 Pro	1	Titles	Operating system for Intel-based computers
MS Windows	XP Pro Pro	2		Operating system for Intel-based computers.
MS Server	2003	1	Titles	Server operating system for Intel-based computers.
MS Server	2000	2	Titles	Server operating system for Intel-based computers.

Spreadsheets

Software	Version	Support Category	Source	Description/Changes in status
MS Excel 2010	2010	1	Titles	Spreadsheet part of MS Office 2010 suite

Utilities

Software	Version	Support Category	Source	Description/Changes in status
emacs	19.xx	2	Public	Unix editor
vi		2	Public	Unix editor

Virus Protection

Software	Version	Support Category	Source	Description/Changes in status
TrendMicro	Current Version	1	UTS	Anti-Virus Software https://antivirus.mcmaster.ca

Web Authoring

Software	Version	Support Category	Source	Description/Changes in status
Dreamweaver	MX & up	1	Titles	Web design and editing. Dreamweaver MX is the only supported tool for McMaster Web Redesign
Fireworks	MX and up	2	Titles	Design, optimize and integrate web graphics
Freehand	MX and up	2	Titles	Create illustration and layout for print and web
Flash	MX and up	2	Titles	Web animation tool
Content Management System		1		See www.mcmaster.ca/cms/ web_services/cms.html.

Web Servers & Software

Software	Version	Support Category	Source	Description/Changes in status
Apache	1.3 & 2.0	1	Public	Recommended web server for Windows, Unix and Linux
Cold Fusion	MX	1	Titles	Web application server
IIS on MS Server 2003	6	2	Microsoft	Web server Not recommended
Real Player Real Audio		2	Real

Word Processors

Software	Version	Support Category	Source	Description/Changes in status
MS Word	2010	1	Titles	Word processor part of MS Office 2010 Pro Suite

Last Revised Date: March, 2013