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Office of Information Technology (OIT)


System Utilities & Security

Security, server administration, and compression software licensed by the Office of Information Technology and other University units for use across units is listed below. If you can't find what you are looking for, select another category at left or search by keyword in the upper right corner at top.

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  • DreamSpark™(Microsoft)

    Description Campus User License Type Operating System Price

    The University is participating in the Microsoft DreamSpark program, which offers students the option to download Microsoft developer software and designer tools free of charge.

    • All
    • Student Personal Computer
    • Windows
    No charge
  • ImageNow

    Description Campus User License Type Operating System Price

    ImageNow is the University's comprehensive imaging and document management system.

    • All
    • Collegiate or Administrative Unit
    • Departmental
    • Faculty or Staff Personal Computer
    • Faculty or Staff Work Computer
    • Student Personal Computer
    • Windows
    No charge
  • R-Wipe & Clean

    Description Campus User License Type Operating System Price

    R-Wipe & Clean securely removes files, browser caches, temporary files, recently used file listings, and previously deleted files that are in the computer's unallocated space.

    • All
    • Faculty or Staff Work Computer
    • Windows
    No charge
  • Symantec AntiVirus, Client Security, Endpoint Protection

    Description Campus User License Type Operating System Price

    Symantec AntiVirus protects your computer from viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. Symantec Endpoint (for Windows Vista or XP Pro) and Client Security (for other versions of Windows except 95) integrate essential technologies such as AntiVirus, antispyware, firewall, and intrusion prevention into one package. If you have Windows (except 95), you can install AntiVirus alone or with the full firewall. 

    • All
    • Collegiate or Administrative Unit
    • Departmental
    • Faculty or Staff Personal Computer
    • Faculty or Staff Work Computer
    • Student Personal Computer
    • Mac OS
    • Windows
    No charge
  • Symantec Ghost Solution Suite Version 2.5

    Description Campus User License Type Operating System Price

    Ghost Solution Suite provides high performance utilities for fast and safe system upgrading, backup, and recovery. Ghost writes disk images directly to popular CD-R/CD-RW drives, making it easy to back up your data.

    • All
    • Faculty or Staff Personal Computer
    • Faculty or Staff Work Computer
    • Student Personal Computer
    • Windows
    $5–$10
  • Virtual Private Network (VPN)

    Description Campus User License Type Operating System Price

    Virtual Private Network (VPN) enables you to create secure connections to remote networks using a protected, individual tunnel to that network.

    • All
    • Collegiate or Administrative Unit
    • Departmental
    • Faculty or Staff Personal Computer
    • Faculty or Staff Work Computer
    • Student Personal Computer
    • Mac OS
    • Red Hat Linux
    • Solaris
    • Windows
    No charge
  • WinZip Version 11.2

    Description Campus User License Type Operating System Price

    WinZip software "compresses" large files into smaller files for transfer over a network or for storage.

    • All
    • Faculty or Staff Personal Computer
    • Faculty or Staff Work Computer
    • Student Personal Computer
    • Windows
    Starting at $16
  • Windows Server Version 2008 R2 (Microsoft®)

    Description Campus User License Type Operating System Price

    With Windows Server you can develop, deliver, and manage rich user experiences and applications, provide a highly secure network infrastructure, and increase technological efficiency and value within your organization.

    • All
    • Collegiate or Administrative Unit
    • Departmental
    • Faculty or Staff Personal Computer
    • Faculty or Staff Work Computer
    • Student Personal Computer
    • Windows
    $30 - $2,000
  • Xwin32 Version 9.1 (StarNet)

    Description Campus User License Type Operating System Price

    X-Win32 server software connects Windows PCs with UNIX servers (including Sun Solaris, HP/UX, IBM AIX, SCO, and FreeBSD) and with Linux machines running Red Hat, SuSE, Mandrake, and other distributions of Linux.

    • All
    • Faculty or Staff Personal Computer
    • Faculty or Staff Work Computer
    • Student Personal Computer
    • Windows
    Starting at $25