IBS Software
The following is a lists of available software on Brandeis IBS Systems. Research software such as Matlab and STATA, while available on the Computer Cluster & Classroom Systems via a "cluster" licence, must still be purchased by the individual Faculty, Staff, or Student.
IBS Software Packages
- Windows 7 - Windows 32 bit operating system
- Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro - read and create PDF documents
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 - for editing photos
- Barra Aegis 4.0.1 - portfolio analysis (available on Cluster & Classroom, must be purchased for Students or Faculty)
- CRSP Compustat 1.2 - database of financial, statistical and market information (available on Cluster & Classroom, must be purchased for Students or Faculty)
- DTV4PC - for viewing Internet broadcast television from all over the world
- Google Earth - interactive world map of satellite imagery
- Investext
- Klipfolio - live feeds of weather, financial news/stock quotes/currency rates, etc.
- Mathematica 7 - computation, modeling, simulation, visualization, development, documentation, and deployment
- MATLAB - a numerical computing environment and programming language (available on Cluster & Classroom, must be purchased for Students or Faculty)
- Microsoft Office 2003 Proofing Tools - a collection of editing technologies that enable users to proof Office documents in more than 50 different languages
- Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 - full MS Office suite Microsoft Silverlight - for viewing next-generation rich multi-media web content
- Mozilla Firefox - web browser
- Oracle IRM Desktop/Sealed Media - for viewing protected documents
- PDF2Word - for converting a PDF document to a Word document
- PowerDirector Express - for video editing PowerDVD - for playing DVD's PowerProducer- for video editing
- QuickTime - for viewing video content
- Real Alternative 1.9.0 - for viewing video content
- SPSS 15.0 for Windows - statistical and data management software program (free to Students & Faculty via LTS Software Website)
- Stata 12 - statistical software (available on Cluster & Classroom, must be purchased for Students or Faculty)
- Symantec AntiVirus
- StratSim Marketing - marketing simulation
- Thomson One Banker with the VentureXpert Module
- Windows Internet Explorer 8 - web browser
- Windows Media Player 11 - for viewing video content
- WRDS - Web-based
Other University Software:
Brandeis Library & Technology Services provides software purchasing at educational prices for various non-supported software packages. For a full list of Software specifications at Brandeis, please visit the
LTS Software website.