Ever wonder what great tools the people in information technology use that you just don’t know about? The software and applications listed below are the tools that your Rowan-Cabarrus ITS teams use and recommend for your safety, security, productivity and convenience.

Do you know of a great, free tool that you think others would like to know about?  Let us know.

Essentials

• Adobe Flash Browser Plugin – For Viewing Flash Online
• Adobe Reader – For Viewing PDF Files

Virus & Malware Protection

• Malewarebytes

Security & Privacy

• KeePass – Password Safety Tool
• TrueCrypt – Encrypted File System

Productivity Applications

• AutoHotKey – Create Keyboard Shortcuts and Macros
• Evernote – Manage Notes, Web Clippings, Photographs and More
• Freemind – Mind Mapping
• Google Documents – Powerful Office Suite Online (Documents, Spreadsheets, PDFs, Presentations, Graphing, Drawing and Online Forms)
• Google Reader – Manage RSS Feeds to Keep Up with Your Favorite Websites
• Google Sketchup – CAD Drafting Software
• Open Project – Project Management Software
• Prezi – Online Presentation Making Tool
• Remember the Milk – Task Management with Email and Text Message Reminders
• SugarSync – File Backup and Cloud Access to Your Files
• XMind – Mind Mapping and Other Visualizations

Utilities

• 7Zip – Tool for Opening .zip, .rar and Other Compressed Files
• Adobe Shockwave – For Viewing Shockwave Online
• Greenshot – Screen Capture and Annotation
• Microsoft Excel Viewer
• Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer
• Microsoft Word Viewer
• PDFCreator – Print to PDF
• PDFsam – For Splitting and Merging PDFs without Adobe Acrobat
• Picnik – Powerful Online Photo Editing
• QuickTime – For Viewing QuickTime (MPEG-4) and Other Media Files
• RealPlayer – For Viewing RealPlayer (.ra, .rv etc.) and Other Media Files
• Windows Media Player – For Viewing Media Files