We assist our affiliates with office software purchases and support based on our staff's expertise.  This section describes the software and operating systems that we support, and gives general information about how to purchas software through us.   Please contact us if you have any questions.

We assist our affiliates with office software purchases by recommending tools based on our staff's expertise and on the standards of FAS and Harvard University.

We also assist departments and research centers at CGIS in ordering software at a discount through Harvard's Site Licensing and Govconnection websites. Most popular desktop applications can be ordered through a Harvard University billing code at a discount.

If you would like to order software, receive a quote, or have any questions about software recommendations, please contact us.

Note: Departments, centers, and individuals are required to track their respective software licenses.

We offer support and installation for the following applications:

    Microsoft Office Pro
    ESET Antivirus
    Secure FX
    Secure CRT
    Sassafras K2 (KeyAccess)
    Adobe Acrobat Professional
    Macromedia Dreamweaver
    Endnote
    Winedit
    Maple

Free commercial applications:

    Adobe Reader 10.0
    FireFox
    Thunderbird

We provide support for desktop and laptop computers with the following operating systems (OS):

    PCs - Windows XP and above
    Macs - OS X 10.3 and above
    RCE - RedHat Enterprise Linux

Note: OS support is available for English language versions only.

Statistical software provided through the FAS Computing website include the following:

    STATA SE 10
    Mathemetica
    Matlab
    SPSS

Appliations available through our Computer Labs include:

    SAS
    S-plus
    Matlab
    STATA