Course Software - All Software

7-Zip is a free utility for extracting files from a compressed archive. Mac users should use StuffitExpander instead.

• Where Available: Mod Lab, PhD Lab, PhD Server, Student Computers, NRG
• Source: http://www.7-zip.org
• Cost: Free
• Platform: This specific utility runs on Windows only
• Mac Equivalent: Stuffit Expander is available on AppStore (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stuffit-expander/id405580712?mt=12)

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ACL Desktop is a data analysis application used in auditing.

• Where Available: Mod Lab, Student Computer, NRG
• Source: www.acl.com/products/desktop.aspx
• Cost: Free
• Courses:  ACC 358C, ACC 380K.4
• Platform: Windows

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Adobe® Flash® Player is a lightweight browser plug-in and rich Internet application runtime that delivers consistent and engaging user experiences, stunning audio/video playback, and exciting gameplay.

• Where Available: Mod Lab, Phd Lab, Student Computer, NRG
• Source: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/
• Cost: Free
• Platform: Windows, Mac

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Adobe® Reader® software is the free global standard for reliably viewing, printing, and commenting on PDF documents.

It's the only PDF file viewer that can open and interact with all types of PDF content, including forms and multimedia.

• Where Available:  Mod Lab, Phd Lab, Student Computer, RPC
• Source: http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/
• Cost: Free
• Platform: Windows, Mac

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Adobe Shockwave Player gives access to some of the best content the Web has to offer - including dazzling 3D games and entertainment, interactive product demonstrations, and online learning applications. Shockwave Player displays Web content that has been created using Adobe Director.

• Where Available:  Mod Lab, Phd Lab, Student Computer, RPC
• Source: http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/otherversions/
• Cost: Free
• Platform: Windows, Mac

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A powerful multimedia technology with a built-in media player, QuickTime lets you view Internet video, HD movie trailers, and personal media in a wide range of file formats. And it lets you enjoy them in remarkably high quality.

• Where Available: Mod Lab, Phd Lab, Student Computer, RPC
• Source: http://support.apple.com/downloads/#quicktime
• Cost: Free
• Platform: Windows, Mac

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Cisco AnyConnect is a Virtual Private Network program that lets you establish a secure, remote network connection to the University network from off campus. It is used to connect to many systems that are accessible only to campus networks and to users connecting in using the VPN.

• Where Available: Student Computer
• Source:Connect to the web based VPN interface at http://vpn.utexas.edu and select the option to download and install the client.
• Cost: Free
• Platform: Windows, Mac, iOS, Android
• Installation Help: https://www.utexas.edu/its/help/vpn

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Cisco Packet Tracer is a network simulator that can be utilized in training for Cisco certification exams by allowing students to create networks to experience troubleshooting without having to buy real Cisco routers or switches.

• Where Available: Mod Lab
• Course: MIS 373
• Platform: Windows

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This VM contains a single-node Apache Hadoop cluster including Cloudera Manager, example data, queries, and scripts.

• Where Available: Mod Lab, Student Computer
• Source: http://www.cloudera.com/content/support/en/downloads/download-components/download-products.html?productID=F6mO278Rvo
• Cost: Free
• Course: MIS 373
• Platform: Windows, Mac
• Installation Help: This VM requires virtualization software such as VMWare Player or Fusion. Please see VMWare Player and Fusion for information about obtaining this software.

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Eclipse is an OpenSource Integrated Development Environment (IDE) available for both Windows and MacOs. It may be used to program in many programming languages but is used to program in Java in certain business school courses.

• Where Available: Mod Lab,Student Computer
• Source:www.eclipse.org/downloads
• Cost: Free
• Course: MIS 373
• Platform: Windows, Mac
• Online Training: http://www.lynda.com/search?q=Eclipse

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Enthought Python Canopy Express is a particular distribution of the Python programming language. The full version costs money, but MIS 373 uses the free "express" version of this software.

• Where Available: Mod Lab Student Computer, RPC
• Source:www.enthought.com/products/epd.php
• Cost: Free
• Course: MIS 373
• Platform: Windows, Mac

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FileZilla is a cross-platform FTP application that supports FTP, SFTP, and FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS). Support for SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) is NOT implemented in FileZilla Server.

• Where Available: Mod Lab, Phd Lab, Student Computer, RPC
• Source: https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1
• Cost: Free
• Platform: Windows, Mac

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Git is a version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

• Where Available:  Mod Lab, Phd Lab, Student Computer, RPC
• Source: http://git-scm.com/downloads
• Cost: Free
• Course: MIS 373
• Platform: Windows, Mac

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IDEA® is a powerful and user-friendly data analysis tool designed to help auditors, accountants and other finance professionals perform data analysis quickly to help improve audits and identify control breakdowns.  IDEA allows you to analyze 100% of your data, guarantees data integrity and provides easy analysis with over 100 audit-relevant tasks.

• Where Available: Mod Lab, Phd Lab, NRG
• Course: MIS 373
• Platform: Windows

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• Where Available: Mod Lab, Phd Lab, Student Computer, RPC
• Source: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
• Cost: Free
• Course: MS Business Analytics courses
• Platform: Windows, Mac
• Installation Help: Installing VirtualBox
• Online Training: http://www.lynda.com/search?q=Java

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Matlab is a computational environment and programming language used in analysis of large data sets.

• Where Available: Mod Lab, Student Computer, RPC
  • Matlab is also one of the applications available on the Stat Apps terminal server maintained by the Department of Statistics and Data Sciences. For more information about this server please visit http://stat.utexas.edu/consulting/stat-apps-server.
    
• Source: http://www.campuscomputer.com (search for Matlab in the product search box); employees should contact MSB Computer Services
• Cost: $99 for students; free for employees
• Courses: MIS 381N, FIN 372, MS Business Analytics courses
• Platform: Windows, Mac
• Online Training: http://www.lynda.com/search?q=matlab

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Microsoft Office Pro is a suite of desktop applications including word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation software compatible with Windows and Mac used by over a billion people worldwide.

• Where Available: Mod Lab, Phd Lab, Student Computer, NRG

• Source: Microsoft Office can be run online withing Office 365 or installed onto your computer from there. For more information please visit https://office365.austin.utexas.edu/. Employees should contact MSB Computer Services

• Cost: Free through Office 365 (https://office365.austin.utexas.edu/)

• Platform: Windows, Mac

• Online Training: http://www.lynda.com/search?q=Microsoft+Office
  • http://www.lynda.com/search?q=Microsoft+Excel
  • http://www.lynda.com/search?q=Microsoft+Word
  • http://www.lynda.com/search?q=Microsoft+PowerPoint

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Access is a part of the Microsoft Office suite and is an easy-to-use tool for quickly creating browser-based database applications. Your data is automatically stored in a SQL database and can be easily shared with colleagues. NOTE: Available for Windows only.

• Where Available: Mod Lab, Phd Lab, Student Computer, NRG

• Source: Microsoft Office can be run online withing Office 365 or installed onto your computer from there. For more information please visit https://office365.austin.utexas.edu/. Employees should contact MSB Computer Services

• Cost: Free through Office 365 (https://office365.austin.utexas.edu/)

• Course: MIS 301, MIS 301H
• Platform: Windows
• Online Training: http://www.lynda.com/search?q=Microsoft+Access
  

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Project Management software to keep track of events and to create network charts and Gantt charts. NOTE: Available for Windows only.

• Where Available: Mod Lab, Phd Lab, Student Computer, RPC
• Source: Imagine (see installation help link)
• Cost: Free
• Platform: Windows 
• Installation Help: Please see Using Imagine and VMAP wiki page for information about how to download and install this software through this program.
• Online Training: www.mccombs.utexas.edu/lynda
  

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Microsoft Office Visio is a diagramming and vector graphics application used to create professional diagrams to simplify complex information with shapes, collaboration tools, and data-linked diagrams. NOTE: Available for Windows only.

• Where Available: Mod Lab, Phd Lab, Student Computer, NRG
• Source: MS Imagine (see installation help link)
• Cost: Free
• Course: MIS325
• Platform: Windows
• Online Training: http://www.lynda.com/search?q=Visio
• Installation Help: Please see Using Microsoft Imagine and VMAP wiki page for information about how to download and install this software through this program.

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• Where Available: Mod Lab, Phd Lab, Student Computer, NRG
• Source: Imagine (see installation help link)
• Cost: Free
• Course: MIS 304, MIS 333K
• Platform: Windows
• Online Training: http://www.lynda.com/search?q=Visual+Studio
• Installation Help: Please see Using Imagine and VMAP wiki page for information about how to download and install this software through this program.
  

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Oracle software distributed online is free to use for development, testing, research, and educational purposes. All of your student work involving Oracle products qualifies for license free usage. Oracle Database Server is the server component and is only required in the MS-IROM program.

• Where Available: Student Computer
• Source:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/index.html
• Cost: Free for academic and research use
• Course: MS Business Analytics courses
• Platform: Windows
• Installation Help: Installing Oracle Database Server

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Brief description. . .

• Where Available: Mod Lab, Phd Lab, PhD Server, Student Computer, RPC
• Source:https://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp
• Cost: Free
• Course: MIS 373, MS Business Analytics courses
• Platform: Windows, Mac

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The Oracle SQL Developer is the developer client software used to connect an existing Oracle database server. IROM undergraduates in certain courses just need this component. A class server is provided for these students to use. Graduate students in the MS-IROM program will also need to install their own Oracle SQL Server.

• Where Available: Mod Lab, Student Computer, NRG
• Source:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sql-developer/downloads/index.html
• Cost: Free for academic and research use
• Course: MIS 325, MS Business Analytics courses
• Platform: Windows, Mac
• Installation Help: Installing Java Development Kit and Oracle SQL Developer

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Decision Tools is a set of Microsoft excel add-ins for risk and decision analysis. It includes @Risk, StatTools, PrecisionTree, TopRank and other Excel add ins. It is a commercial product from Palisade Corporation. The McCombs School of Business has negotiated a number of licenses for student use. You will need to install Microsoft Office (free Office 365 subscription) first if you are installing Decision Tools on your computer - https://office365.austin.utexas.edu/

• Where Available: Mod Lab, Student Computer, NRG
  • Decision Tools is one of the applications available on the Stat Apps terminal server maintained by the Department of Statistics and Data Sciences. For more information about connecting to this server, please see our wiki page at https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/MSBTech/Configuring+a+Remote+Desktop+Connection+for+the+Stat+Apps+Server.
  • Decision Tools is available on the computers in the NRG.
• Source:  You can download Decision Tools to your own personal computer at https://utexas.box.com/v/dtsinstaller (you will be prompted to login with your EID to download the installer). Download and run the file to install.
  
• Cost: Free

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R is an open source programming language designed for statistical computing. It is freely available from The Comprehensive R Archive Network. RStudio is a free Integrated Development Environment that provides a more graphical interface for writing R programs. RStudio includes R. If you choose to use RStudio or the course you are taking requires it, then you do not need to separately download R itself.

• Where Available: PhD Server, Student Computer, RPC
• Source: http://cran.us.r-project.org
• Cost: Free
• Course: MS Business Analytics courses
• Platform: Windows, Mac
• Online Training: An interactive tutorial on basic to advanced R features is available within R itself. It is called Statistics With Interactive R Learning (SWIRL). More information about installing and using this feature can be found at http://swirlstats.com/students.html
  
• Installation Help: Information about installing and using R can be found at http://cran.rstudio.com/manuals.html

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R is an open source programming language designed for statistical computing. It is freely available from The Comprehensive R Archive Network. RStudio is a free Integrated Development Environment that provides a more graphical interface for writing R programs. RStudio includes R. If you choose to use RStudio or the course you are taking requires it, then you do not need to separately download R itself.

• Where Available: PhD Server, Student Computer, RPC
• Source:http://www.rstudio.com
• Cost: Free
• Course: MS Business Analytics courses, MIS 373
• Platform: Windows, Mac
• Online Training: http://www.lynda.com/search?q=RStudio
  • An interactive tutorial on basic to advanced R features is also available within R itself. It is called Statistics With Interactive R Learning (SWIRL). More information about installing and using this feature can be found at http://swirlstats.com/students.html
• Installation Help: Information about installing and using R can be found at http://cran.rstudio.com/manuals.html

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SAS is software. . .

• Where Available: Mod Lab East, Phd Lab, PhD Server, Student Computer, RPC
  • SAS is also one of the applications available on the Stat Apps terminal server maintained by the Department of Statistics and Data Sciences. For more information about this server please see our wiki page at https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/MSBTech/Configuring+a+Remote+Desktop+Connection+for+the+Stat+Apps+Server visit the Stat Apps page at  http://stat.utexas.edu/consulting/stat-apps-server.
    
• Source: https://ut.service-now.com/utss/KAhome.do?number=KB0013524
• Cost: $30 for installation media, $85/year for license. 
• Course: STA 371, MS Business Analytics courses
• Platform: Windows
• Installation Help: Installing SAS with Enterprise Miner and Text Miner

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Stata is a general-purpose statistical software package

• Where Available: PhD Servers
  • Stata is also one of the applications available on the Stat Apps terminal server maintained by the Department of Statistics and Data Sciences. For more information about this server please visit https://stat.utexas.edu/training/stat-apps-server.
• Source: http://www.stata.com
• Cost: Stata is not available for purchase through normal software channels at the university. It is purchased by the business school directly from StataCorp for specific research purposes only. 
• Courses: Stata is not specifically used in courses, but is used by PhD students for some research projects
• Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux
  

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Tableau Public is an open source data visualization application.

• Where Avaliable: Student Computer
• Source: There is a free, public version, which is available to anyone, and a more advanced version which is free for students*
  Free Version: https://public.tableau.com/s/download
  Student Version: https://www.tableau.com/academic/students
  * Note: The use of the student version of Tableau requires you submit proof that you're a qualifying student. That verification is
  done through a third party, SheerID.com, and not through UT. Please review SheerID's privacy policy before submitting any documentation
  to them.
  
• Cost: Free Public and Student versions ($999 for standard Desktop version, $500 for Online version)
• Course: MS and BBA Business Analytics courses
• Online Training: http://www.lynda.com/search?q=Tableau

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TortoiseSVN is a Windows Subversion client used to check in and check out software code from an Apache Subversion based software code repository.

• Where Available: Mod Lab, Student Computer
• Source:www.tortoisesvn.net 
• Cost: Free
• Course: MIS 373, MS Business Analytics courses
• Platform: Windows, Mac

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VMWare Player is software that will allow you to run virtual machines in your won computer.

• Where Available: Mod Lab, Student Computer
• Source: VMWare Academic Program (see installation help link)
• Cost:  Free through VMAP; $70 through the Campus Computer Store.
• Course: MIS 373
• Platform: Windows (for Player), Mac (for Fusion)
• Mac Equivalent: VMWare Fusion
• Installation Help: Please see Using Imagine and VMAP wiki page for information about how to download and install this software through this program.

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Weka is an open source Java based collection of machine learning algorithms for solving data mining problems.

• Where Available: Student Computer
• Source:http://sourceforge.net/projects/weka
• Cost: Free
• Course: MS Business Analytics courses
• Platform: Windows, Mac

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Wolfram CDF Player allows you to view documents in the interactive Computable Document Format (CDF).

• Where Available: Mod Lab, Student Computer
• Source:www.wolfram.com/cdf-player
• Cost: Free
• Platform: Windows, Mac

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