We provide a desktop/laptop disaster backup solution for the Research Community. This service is for backing up work-related data from Mac, Windows or Linux desktop or laptop computers. This system does not back up MGB “Standard” PC workstations. For a backup to complete, the computer must be connected to the internet and powered-on (not in sleep mode).

Mass General Brigham Researchers may request Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts in the Mass General Brigham Research Control Tower. Please start the process with the Digital Technology Review (DTR), prior to completing the request on this site.

Azure VMs and storage are ordered via a ServiceNow form.

MGB's usage of Google Cloud Platform/GCP is a direct extension of MGB's network and is thereby capable of hosting/providing almost any service that would otherwise be provided in the internal network. In most cases, research workloads are best facilitated either by the on-prem HPC service or by the Terra subscription.

Terra is 'research computing in the cloud' powered by GCP and provided by the Broad Institute's Data Science Platform team.

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BioRender is a web-based application to help scientists create and share beautiful, professional scientific figures. Licenses will auto-renew each year, based on your purchase date.

ChemDraw is available for researchers to purchase from the Research Computing Core. ChemDraw is an annual cost of $183. Licenses are renewed annually on May 26, regardless of purchase date. Licenses are not prorated, if purchased later in the license year. Installation downloads are available for Windows and MacOS.

EndNote is reference management software, used to manage bibliographies and references when writing essays and articles.

FlowJo is the leading analysis platform for single-cell flow cytometry analysis. Flowjo licenses expire annually September 13th, regardless of purchase date; there is no prorating.

Grammarly is a web-based application to help researchers write more confidently. Grammarly licenses will renew each year on the date of your purchase, until you cancel.

GraphPad Prism Software combines scientific graphing, comprehensive curve fitting (nonlinear regression), understandable statistics, and data organization into one package. All licenses expire annually in August, regardless of date of purchase; there is no prorating. Each installation is a separate charge.

Imagetwin is an AI-based software for reviewing integrity issues in figures of scientific articles.

JMP is available for researchers to purchase from the Research Computing Core. JMP is only available as a desktop install. Installations are available for Windows and MacOS. After installation, JMP does not need a network connection. JMP is an annual fee, per User and licenses will auto-renew based on your purchase date.

MATLAB is a numerical computing environment developed by MathWorks. MATLAB allows matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, the creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs written in other languages, including C, C++, and Fortran. The license works on both Macintosh, Linux and Windows computers.

NVivo is a qualitative data analysis (QDA) computer software package. NVivo helps qualitative researchers to organize, analyze and find insights in unstructured or qualitative data like interviews, open-ended survey responses, journal articles, social media and web content, where deep levels of analysis on small or large volumes of data are required. NVivo licenses expire annually on February 27th, regardless of purchase date; there is no prorating.

SAS Citrix and Server licenses are available for researchers to purchase from the Research Computing. SAS licenses are automatically renewed annually on April 1st; license cost will be prorated after September 30. The Research Computing Core offers three options for running SAS: on Citrix, on Server, or on Desktop.

SAS Desktop is available for researchers to purchase from the Research Computing. SAS Desktop licenses renew annually in April; license cost will be prorated after September 30..

Stata is a complete, integrated statistical software package that provides tools for analysis, data management, and graphics. The license works on both Macintosh and Windows computers.

Researchers and Educators purchasing Zoom must register using this form. The cost is $105 per user per year.  If you are a Clinician who is seeing patients via Zoom, you do not need another license for other purposes. As per the Virtual Care Recording Policy, recording is disabled by default. If recording is required for other purposes, follow the guidance in the FAQs.

The BriefCASE storage option is high performance storage attached to the "ERISTwo Cluster":https://rc.partners.org/it-services/computational-resources#erisone-linux-cluster which supports large scale parallel processing of genomic and medical imaging data sets. BriefCASE storage is issued to Lab groups as a shared resource per Lab group or per project and can scale from 200GB to 50+ TB. Data protection is provided by daily snapshots that retain deleted or changed files for 2-7 days depending on recent activity. Data folders under 5TB may be eligible for tape backup, on request.

The Massive Array of Disks (MAD) service is archival solution that is cost-effective, massively scalable, tiered of storage that is centrally located within the highly secure MGB Data Center. This tier of storage should be considered for data that needs to be kept online and accessible but does not require frequent access or connection to applications that will operate on this data. MAD targets data that is written once and read seldom, where the files typically undergo little to no changes over time. The data's utility is high enough, however, that it needs to remains on-line and accessible for an extended period of time.

Order Research File Area storage through ServiceNow.