Faculty
Find the IT resources, support, and help available to you
Mathematica
« Back to Software Grid
Mathematica provides a single integrated, continually expanding system that covers the breadth and depth of technical computing—and with Mathematica Online, it is seamlessly available in the cloud through any web browser, as well as natively on all modern desktop systems.
How to Obtain
Licensing
Mathematica is licensed for use by MIT students, faculty, and staff on MIT-owned and personal machines.
Actual ODBC Driver for Oracle
« Back to Software Grid
How to Obtain
Actual Technologies ODBC drivers allows Mac OS X users connect to enterprise databases using common desktop applications such as Microsoft Excel and FileMaker Pro.
Create pivot tables, charts, and graphs from an Excel database via Microsoft's built-in support for ODBC queries. ODBC drivers support the Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), making it easy to configure a cloud-based Oracle database.
Red Hat Enterprise
« Back to Software Grid
Red Hat Enterprise Linux speeds application delivery across physical, virtual, and cloud environments using lightweight, portable containers. It provides the flexibility to quickly adapt to business demands on a stable foundation known for its mission-critical reliability and military-grade security.
How to obtain
Licensing
Computing Equipment Loan Program
IS&T maintains a limited pool of computing equipment available for loan to eligible MIT community members.
Email and Calendar
MIT provides integrated email and calendaring to community members via Exchange Online.
Conferencing (Audio and Web)
IS&T supports the Zoom audio and web conferencing service for the MIT community.
Note: IS&T has retired MIT's Webex service.
APIs
IS&T provides a number of web services for accessing enterprise data or integrating with our central systems through the MIT Developer Connection. Application developers can integrate with or consume data from these systems using a standard protocol via the MIT APIs below.
Computer Repair
MIT Hardware Service Center
The MIT Hardware Service Center is now open for computer hardware repairs at its temporary location in the Atlas Service Center. A partnership with ComputerCare, the center is available to all MIT students, faculty, and staff.
MIT Kerberos Accounts
Your MIT Kerberos account (sometimes called an Athena/MIT/email account) is your online identity at MIT. Once you set up your account, you will be able to access your MIT email, educational technology discounts, your records, printing services, and much more.
When you register for an account on MIT's Athena system, you create your MIT Kerberos identity.
Pages
