The IBS Computer Cluster is equipped with 36 Dell Optiplex 755 computers.  These computers come equipped with Windows 7 and the latest releases of University endorsed software and IBS Licensed Software.  There is a printing and copying station located in the computer cluster for any of your printing needs (must have "WhoCash" to use the cluster printers).

These systems are "refreshed" multiple times per semester.  During a refresh, all files on the computer are wiped clean.  It is highly recommended that users do not save files directly to these systems.

755 System Specs:

• Quad Core Processor
• 4GB Ram
• SATA 3.0GB/s Hard Drive
• 128MB Video Memory

Computer Cluster Software:

• Windows 7 - Windows 32 bit operating system
• Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro - read and create PDF documents
• Barra Aegis 4.0.1 - portfolio analysis
• CRSP Compustat 1.2 - database of financial, statistical and market information
• Investext
• Mathematica 7 - computation, modeling, simulation, visualization, development, documentation, and deployment
• MATLAB - a numerical computing environment and fourth generation programming language
• Microsoft Office
• SPSS 15.0 for Windows - statistical and data management software program
• STATA 11 - statistical software
• Thomson One Banker with the VentureXpert Module
• WRDS
• More...