IT News

Thu, 05/07/2015
Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) is pleased to announce the availability of the Office 365 (O365) Mobile platform to the MIT community. Office Mobile apps let you create, edit, view, and print Office documents (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) from your mobile device. With an O365...
Fri, 04/03/2015
IS&T has recently announced the availability of two pieces of BE relevant software, SnapGene and PyMOL. SnapGene is molecular biology software for editing, annotating and sharing plasmid maps. SnapGene allows users to easily plan and simulate DNA manipulations, visualize reading frames and...
Mon, 03/23/2015
Intuit QuickBase is now available to the MIT community.    This cloud-based workspace lets users build customizable database applications and web forms. QuickBase applications can be used to collect and collaborate on information, automate workflows, and share reports. QuickBase is...
Wed, 03/11/2015
SolidWorks is now available to all MIT faculty, staff, and students for academic and research purposes at no cost. SolidWorks runs on Windows. Included with SolidWorks are the following add-ons: ·      SolidWorks Premium ·     ...
Mon, 02/09/2015
On January 29th, Microsoft released Outlook for iOS and Outlook for Android. Information Systems & Technology (IS&T) currently recommends that users not install this application for security reasons. The new Outlook for iOS and Android remotely stores a copy of your Exchange password....
Fri, 10/10/2014
On October 27, 2014 MIT Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) will retire the “MIT N” and “MIT SECURE N” wireless networks. MIT SECURE will remain as the wireless network of choice. Most users will not be impacted by this change - most wireless devices will...
Tue, 06/24/2014
CrashPlan is the new recommended backup solution at MIT for desktops and laptops and is available for download here.  CrashPlan is cloud-based and is offered at no cost to members of the MIT community. CrashPlan can run as a continuous backup or be configured to backup at a scheduled day/time...
Wed, 06/04/2014
There is a new model for licensing Adobe Acrobat Professional and Adobe Creative Cloud (formerly Creative Suite) at MIT. Adobe Acrobat is now available to all faculty and staff for use on Institute-owned equipment at no cost and can be downloaded here. Also available to faculty and staff are the...
Thu, 05/01/2014
MATLAB is now available free to MIT faculty and staff.  More information can be found here. The MATLAB software is downloaded from MathWorks, so you will need to create and/or log in to a MathWorks account. A list of step-by-step installation instructions can be found here.