Recommended IT Tools

Based on the SLAC IT Collaboration and Communications tool survey results, and in conjunction with the SLAC IT Council, we have developed and published an IT Recommended Tool Matrix to provide guidance in selecting tools for:

In setting out to establish a recommended tool matrix our strategy was to focus on two key data points; user preference and tool usage, while also giving consideration to other important factors. We utilized a lab-wide survey to learn what our users preferred. Log data and data storage information were used to determine which tools were more widely utilized among our users. Other important factors we had to consider were Stanford and DOE alignment, cost, tool life expectancy, support requirements, market dynamics, and resiliency.

 

Collaboration

ToolRecommendedGeneral SupportLimited Adoption & SupportEnd of Life
 Recommended by SLAC 
with the highest adoption 
rates amongst SLAC users.
Departmental adoption for 
specific use cases and fully 
supported by SLAC IT.
Niche use cases with limited 
adoption, usually supported 
by the department or group.
Targeted for 
decommissioning 
within 24 months.
Document Collaboration    
Google Docs/Slides/Sheets

   
Microsoft Office 365 

  
Overleaf  

 

Video Conferencing  

 

 

Zoom 

 

 

Microsoft Teams 

 

 

Skype  

 

Blue Jeans  

 

WebEx  

 

Virtual Whiteboard  

 

 

Google Jamboard  

 

Microsoft Whiteboard 

 

 

Mural  

 

Miro  

 

Communication

ToolRecommendedGeneral SupportLimited Adoption & SupportEnd of Life
 Recommended by SLAC 
with the highest adoption 
rates amongst SLAC users.
Departmental adoption for 
specific use cases and fully 
supported by SLAC IT.
Niche use cases with limited 
adoption, usually supported 
by the department or group.
Targeted for 
decommissioning 
within 24 months.
Document Collaboration    
Google Docs/Slides/Sheets

 

 

 

Microsoft Office 365

 

 

 

Overleaf

 

 

 

Video Conferencing

 

 

 

 

Zoom

 

 

 

Microsoft Teams

 

 

 

Skype

 

 

 

Blue Jeans

 

 

 

WebEx

 

 

 

Virtual Whiteboard

 

 

 

 

Google Jamboard

 

 

 

Microsoft Whiteboard

 

 

 

Mural

 

 

 

Miro

 

 

 

Device Configuration

ToolRecommendedGeneral SupportLimited Adoption & SupportEnd of Life
 Recommended by SLAC 
with the highest adoption 
rates amongst SLAC users.
Departmental adoption for 
specific use cases and fully 
supported by SLAC IT.
Niche use cases with limited 
adoption, usually supported 
by the department or group.
Targeted for 
decommissioning 
within 24 months.
Cardinal Key

   

Digital Signatures

ToolRecommendedGeneral SupportLimited Adoption & SupportEnd of Life
 Recommended by SLAC 
with the highest adoption 
rates amongst SLAC users.
Departmental adoption for 
specific use cases and fully 
supported by SLAC IT.
Niche use cases with limited 
adoption, usually supported 
by the department or group.
Targeted for 
decommissioning 
within 24 months.
AdobeSign

   

Remote Access

ToolRecommendedGeneral SupportLimited Adoption & SupportEnd of Life
 Recommended by SLAC 
with the highest adoption 
rates amongst SLAC users.
Departmental adoption for 
specific use cases and fully 
supported by SLAC IT.
Niche use cases with limited 
adoption, usually supported 
by the department or group.
Targeted for 
decommissioning 
within 24 months.
Remote Access Unix    
NoMachine

 

 

 

FastX

 

 

 

Secure CRT

 

 

 

PuTTY

 

 

 

Remote Access Windows

 

 

 

 

Citrix

 

 

 

Scientific Engineering Applications

ToolRecommendedGeneral SupportLimited Adoption & SupportEnd of Life
 Recommended by SLAC 
with the highest adoption 
rates amongst SLAC users.
Departmental adoption for 
specific use cases and fully 
supported by SLAC IT.
Niche use cases with limited 
adoption, usually supported 
by the department or group.
Targeted for 
decommissioning 
within 24 months.
Analysis Tools    
Ansys

 

 

 

LabVIEW

 

 

 

Mathematica

 

 

 

MATLAB

 

 

 

2D CAD Tools

 

 

 

 

AutoCAD

 

 

 

3D CAD Tools

 

 

 

 

Solid Edge

 

 

 

Mechanical Design Tools

 

 

 

 

ETI_GD&T Trainer

 

 

 

Second Factor Authentication

ToolRecommendedGeneral SupportLimited Adoption & SupportEnd of Life
 Recommended by SLAC 
with the highest adoption 
rates amongst SLAC users.
Departmental adoption for 
specific use cases and fully 
supported by SLAC IT.
Niche use cases with limited 
adoption, usually supported 
by the department or group.
Targeted for 
decommissioning 
within 24 months.
Hardware Token

 

 

 

DUO Push

 

 

 

DUO Mobile Passcode

 

 

 

YubiKey

 

 

 

Text message passcode 

 

 

 

Storage

ToolRecommendedGeneral SupportLimited Adoption & SupportEnd of Life
 Recommended by SLAC 
with the highest adoption 
rates amongst SLAC users.
Departmental adoption for 
specific use cases and fully 
supported by SLAC IT.
Niche use cases with limited 
adoption, usually supported 
by the department or group.
Targeted for 
decommissioning 
within 24 months.
Content Storage    
Google Shared Drive

 

 

 

Microsoft OneDrive

 

 

 

Sharepoint

 

 

 

Network File Shares

 

 

 

Confluence

 

 

 

AFS

 

 

 

Stanford Box

 

 

 

DropBox

 

 

 

Design Documents

 

 

 

 

Siemens Team Center

 

 

 

Confluence

 

 

 

CDMS

 

 

 

Electronic Logging

 

 

 

 

Elog