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M.D. Anderson IS Technology Standards M.D. Anderson IS Technology Standards This document presents current hardware and software standards defined at M.D. Anderson, and lists some products that are currently prohibited from use at the institution. To be added to this list, any hardware or software items or types must first be evaluated and certified by the Integrated Desktop Services Technology Architecture Team. For more information about information systems technology standards, contact the Office of the CIO at 713-745-7960. Contents Standard desktop computer software .............................................................................................. 2 Workstation management tools....................................................................................................... 4 Preferred software........................................................................................................................... 4 Standard personal-computer hardware ........................................................................................... 5 Standard network/server software................................................................................................... 6 Standard network/server hardware ................................................................................................. 7 Web standards................................................................................................................................. 7 Database standards.......................................................................................................................... 8 Pager systems.................................................................................................................................. 8 Products prohibited from use .......................................................................................................... 8 last saved 11/9/06 page 1 of 8 M.D. Anderson IS Technology Standards Standard desktop computer software Windows desktop operating system • • Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 Macintosh Macintosh OS X, versions: • 10.2 • 10.3 (Panther) • 10.4 (Tiger) (on G5 only) Note: Support for Macs with Intel processors is expected to begin in Sept. 2006. antivirus software Trend Micro OfficeScan Corporate Edition version 7.3, Engine 8.000.1001 McAfee Virex 7.7 4INFO Helper (displays system and network information often needed during support calls) 4INFO Helper 1.06 4INFO Helper 1.02 email/calendar/databasecollaboration software client Lotus Notes R5, versions 5.0.11 and 5.0.13 Lotus Notes R6, versions 6.0.x and 6.5 web browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2800 Service Pack 1, including: • ClinicStation 2.9 Build 3353 • Macromedia Flash Player 8.0.22.0 • Macromedia Shockwave Player 10.0.1.11 • PDF reader/printer Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.x Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.x network operating system client Novell Client 4.90 SP2, ACU 7.0 Prosoft NetWare Client: • Panther (OS 10.3): version 1.2.3 • Tiger (OS 10.4): version 1.3.2 last saved 11/9/06 • Apple Safari 2.0.3, Build 417.8 Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 Both Safari and Firefox include: • Macromedia Flash Player • Macromedia Shockwave Player • Apple QuickTime • Windows Media Player. page 2 of 8 M.D. Anderson IS Technology Standards office productivity tools • • for Windows 2000: Microsoft Office 2000 SR1 Service Pack 3, including: o Word o Excel o PowerPoint o Access For Windows XP: Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Service Pack 2, including: o Word o Excel o PowerPoint o Access o Publisher o InfoPath • • • Microsoft Office X or Office 2004, including: o Word o Excel o PowerPoint o Entourage (email, project/personalinformation management tools) OmniGraffle 4.1.1 (flowcharting tool) OmniOutliner 3.0.1 Note: Office 2004 is required for OS X 10.4 (Tiger). Note: Microsoft Visio 2003 is preferred software; see next section. data compression NA terminal emulation • • • MDA-TV video streaming StuffIt 10.0 University of Massachusetts QWS3270 NetManage OnNet PDMS IP/TV 3.4.20.0 Brown University tn3270 X Mac TV 1.3.2 remote desktop connection, Citrix ICA Web Client cross-platform access 6.30.1050.0 Citrix 7.0 DWF design viewer Autodesk DWF Viewer 6.0 NA digital magazine reader NA Zinio 1.4.8 last saved 11/9/06 page 3 of 8 M.D. Anderson IS Technology Standards Workstation management tools Windows • • patch management software delivery • • Altiris Client Management Suite 6.x Novell ZENworks 7 Macintosh • • Altiris Client Management Suite 6.x FileWave 2.0.2 software and hardware inventory and reporting Altiris Service & Asset Management Suite 6.x Altiris Service & Asset Management Suite 6.x remote control Altiris Carbon Copy Solution 6.x Netopia Timbuktu 8.5 Note: Use of ZENworks and FileWave is being phased out as Altiris is implemented. Preferred software Preferred software consists of applications not included in the standard-software list above, but identified as useful for particular business-related purposes. Windows Macintosh image editing Adobe Photoshop CS2 Adobe Photoshop CS2 cross-platform document creation Adobe Acrobat Professional 7 Adobe Acrobat Professional 7 database development FileMaker Pro 7 • • • • FileMaker Pro 7 Developer FileMaker Pro 8 Advanced FileMaker Server 8 FileMaker Server 8 Advanced Note: The following are being tested and will become available as preferred software in summer 2006. • FileMaker Pro 8 • FileMaker Pro 8 Advanced • FileMaker Server 8 • FileMaker Server 8 Advanced desktop publishing, print layout • • Adobe InDesign CS2 Adobe PageMaker 7 • • Adobe InDesign CS2 Adobe PageMaker 7.1 graphic design • • • • Adobe Illustrator CS2 CorelDraw Graphics Suite 11 Internet/networking tools • • • • Adobe Illustrator CS2 CorelDraw Graphics Suite 11 Adobe GoLive CS2 Microsoft FrontPage 2003 Nortel VPN Client Fiberlink Global Remote off-site/remote access Lotus Notes solution for mobile devices last saved 11/9/06 CommonTime mNotes 4.0 or higher Adobe GoLive CS2 Nortel/Netlock-Technologies Contivity VPN client 3.3 NA page 4 of 8 M.D. Anderson IS Technology Standards OS emulation NA Microsoft Virtual PC 7 (on G5 only) productivity suite WordPerfect Office 11 NA flowcharting Microsoft Visio 2003 NA (Omnigraffle 4.1.1 is standard software for Macintosh and is on the standard image) project management Microsoft Project 2003 NA (Microsoft Entourage, which is standard software for Macintosh and is on the standard image, includes some project-management functionality) research tools • Thomson ResearchSoft EndNote X • Thomson ResearchSoft EndNote X Thomson ResearchSoft Reference Manager 10 science/research software DNAStar LaserGene 5 DNAStar LaserGene 6, 7 statistical tools • • • • • • • system utilities NA NA fax management Symantec WinFax Pro 10 NA SPSS 12 SPSS Data Entry Builder 4 SPSS Data Entry Station 4 SPSS SamplePower 2 StatSoft Statistica 6.1 SPSS 11.4 StatSoft Statistica 4.1 Standard personal-computer hardware Note: The IS Division recognizes that the PC hardware standards listed below are inadequate for certain users' computing requirements. Examples include users who run AutoCAD, use videoediting software, or require a workstation with exceptionally high multitasking capability. Dell's "Precision" line of workstations (http://www.dell.com/content/products/compare.aspx/precn?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz) is designed to meet the needs of such users. The Integrated Desktop Services Technology Architecture team will work with customers who require above-standard levels of computing power and features, to select the model(s) that will meet their needs. desktop computers • • last saved 11/9/06 Windows: o minimum: 1.8-GHz processor, 1 GB RAM o advanced-needs users: 3.0-GHz processor, 2 GB RAM Macintosh: G5 with dual processors and minimum 1 GB RAM page 5 of 8 M.D. Anderson IS Technology Standards notebook computers • • Windows: Pentium M processor, minimum 1 GB RAM Macintosh: o Powerbook G4 with minimum 1 GB RAM o iBook with minimum 1 GB RAM tablets • tablet: o HP Compaq tc4200 o Toshiba Portege M205 slate: Fujitsu ST5000 series • PC access control RF IDeas Proximity devices monitors • • personal printers HP LaserJet 1320 scanners HP 9100 and 9200 handheld computers any unit running Palm OS or Windows CE LCD projectors HP V6210 Windows: 17" LCD Macintosh: 17" LCD with DVI cable Standard network/server software network operating systems • • • Mac OS X Server Windows 2003 Server Novell NetWare 6.5 network protocols • • • TCP/IP LDAP Leap directory services Novell eDirectory, Microsoft ADS antivirus software Trend Micro ServerProtect, Normal Server 5.58 Build 1153 • Windows: Engine 8 • NetWare: Engine 8.1 patch management Altiris Server Management Suite 6.x software and hardware inventory and reporting BindView NETinventory email/calendar/databasecollaboration software • • thin client Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server, Feature Release 3 last saved 11/9/06 Windows: Lotus Domino 5.011, 5.013 Macintosh: Lotus Domino 6.02 page 6 of 8 M.D. Anderson IS Technology Standards Standard network/server hardware network printers all HP LaserJets servers please refer to: http://inside.mdanderson.org/departments/datacenterops/pdf/dcops serverhwstandards.pdf switches Cisco Catalyst 2900, 4500, and 6500 series routers Cisco 2500, 2600, 7200 series wireless LAN any wireless card that supports Leap (Cisco is preferred) Web standards Web server software • • • • • • Web development structure • • • • • • • • Web development languages last saved 11/9/06 • • • • • • • Microsoft IIS Oracle 9iAS, 10gAS SunONE Java Web Server Apache Macromedia JRUN Macromedia ColdFusion Server (MX and 7) J2EE XML ASP .Net Macromedia ColdFusion Web Services WebObjects cascading style sheets Java Javascript Visual Basic Macromedia ColdFusion Perl (server application support background processing) C++ (support selected external application interfaces) PHP page 7 of 8 M.D. Anderson IS Technology Standards Web content development • • • • • • Web content management Macromedia Spectra Visual Studio Jdeveloper Macromedia Dreamweaver MX (2004) Xcode Eclipse BBEdit Database standards relational database • • multidimensional database none database query/reporting tools Crystal Reports business intelligence tools none Oracle 9i, 10gR2 Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005 Pager systems Arch Communications paging systems and devices. Devices include: • Arch Elite Text message pager • Arch Motorola T900 two-way pager (with appropriate justification) • Arch Motorola Timeport (with appropriate justification) Products prohibited from use Use of the products and product categories listed below is prohibited at the institution due to potential risks to the computing environment. It is important to note that this list is not complete; the Information Services division identifies such products on an ongoing basis. For more information on prohibited IS technology products, contact the Information Security department at 713-745-9000. • • • • • Peer-to-peer file sharing tools, such as Napster, BearShare, Kazaa, Morpheus, GoToMyPC, Gnutella, etc. “Sniffer” tools (except by the Network Services department) Hardware/software tools used to obtain unauthorized access to any application, database, server, etc. Security tools purchased by a department that have not been reviewed by Information Security for acceptability prior to purchase and/or installation Any remote-control tools other than those listed in this document. last saved 11/9/06 page 8 of 8