University Technology Services

UTS Supported Software

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).

UTS does not recommend upgrading to Microsoft Windows Vista at this time. For more information click here.

Communications

Software	Version	Support Category	Source	Description/Changes in status
HummingBird Host Explorer	10	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	2003	1	Titles	Part of MS Office 2003 Suite
MS Access	2002	2	Titles	Part of MS Office XP Suite
MS SQL	2005	2

Desktop Client Software

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

Software	Version	Support Category	Source	Description/Changes in status
MS Internet Explore	6 & up	1	Microsoft	IE 6 does not work reliably with Oracle. See Oracle Software requirements for supported browsers
Netscape Communicator Pro	4.7x & up	1	Netscape	IE 6 does not work reliably with Oracle. See Oracle Software requirements for supported browsers
FireFox	1.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	2003	1	Titles	Email client
MS Outlook	2002	2	Titles	Email client
Mozzila Thunderbird	1.0.6 & up	2	Mozilla	Email client
PC-Pine	4.53 & up	2	UW	Email client
Corporate Calendar for Windows	10.1.2	1	Calender	Online calendar/Group scheduling application
Corporate Calendar Sync for BlackBerry	1 & Up	1	Calender	Synchronize Corporate Calendar and BlackBerry PDA
Timbuktu Pro	7.0 Build 937	1	UTS	Interactive problem determination and resolution software

File Transfer

Software	Version	Support Category	Source	Description/Changes in status
SFTP for Windows	3	1	Public	Recommended secure ftp
HummingBird FTP	10	1	UTS	File transfer protocol for Ethernet and modem pool

Graphics

Software	Version	Support Category	Source	Description/Changes in status
MS PowerPoint	2003	1	Titles	Presentation graphics - part of MS Office 2003 Suite
MS PowerPoint	2002	2	Titles	Presentation graphics - part of MS Office XP 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	XP Pro	1	Titles	Operating system for Intel-based computers
MS Windows	2000 Pro	2		Operating system for Intel-based computers. Microsoft no longer fully supports Windows 2000.
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	2003	1	Titles*	Spreadsheet part of MS Office 2003 suite
MS Excel	2002	2	Titles*	Spreadsheet part of MS Office XP 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	2003	1	Titles	Word processor part of MS Office 2003 Suite
MS Word	2002	2	Titles	Word processor part of MS Office XP Suite

Last Revised Date: March, 2013