IT at DePauw

Supported Systems & Applications

Core Desktop Applications

Antivirus protection Symantec AntiVirus
Desktop and laptop operating systems Windows XP, Windows Vista (on student laptops), Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger, MacOS X v10.5 Leopard, Parallels Desktop for Mac
**9-01-2009: Due to incompatilibilities with Novell Netware, MacOS X v10.6 Snow Leopard is not supported at this time.
EmailGroupwise (Novell)
Image, graphics and multimedia design Adobe Fireworks or Photoshop, Flash
Office productivity - wordprocessing, spreadsheets, presentations, etc. Microsoft Office 2007 (Win) & Office 2008 (Mac) - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, OneNote
Statistical software SPSS
Web authoring Adobe Dreamweaver

 

Hardware

Faculty and staff desktops and laptops Dell, Apple, HP Tablet PCs
Student Program Laptops Dell, Apple, HP Tablet PCs
Shared departmental printers Hewlett Packard or Savin multifuntion printers
Individual faculty or staff member printers Hewlett Packard DeskJet/InkJets
** As part of the University's sustainability initiatives and cost-savings efforts, faculty and staff members are encouraged to use shared network printers rather than individual desktop units.
Technology labs and classrooms Dell desktops, Apple desktops, HP Tablet PCs, Wacom pen-enabled displays

 

Selected Systems & Infrastructure

Blog system for academic/curricular use WordPress
Digital docment imaging and management (enterprise-level) EMC Documentum ApplicationXtender
ERP - Enterprise-wide information system Oracle Database and Applications
ERP portal e-Services - Web-based portal developed & maintained in-house by DePauw applications services team
Email listserv management system L-Soft LISTSERV
Financial aid software system PowerFAIDS
Internet connection I-Light - Indiana's high-speed optical network (Internet-2)
Learning/course management system Moodle
Library digital collection management CONTENTdm and Luna Insight
Library interlibrary loan OCLC ILLiad Resource Sharing Management Software
Library reserves system Ares (Atlas Systems)
Network Operating System Novell Netware
Spam filtering Barracuda Spam Firewall

Last updated: 03-Sep-2009