The list of software programs available through the I.T. on Tap service is constantly expanding, both in response to customer requests and as our team identifies popular applications that we think will be useful to our clients. Here is a snapshot of some of the software currently available.
Free Software Provided By I.T. on Tap
The I.T. on Tap service offers a wide range of open source software programs which you can use completely free of charge. We picked out the best quality software in each category, to ensure that you have a free software option available for each of your needs.
In some cases you may prefer to purchase a commercial product, if it suits your requirements better than any of the open source alternatives, and have us add it to your login. The choice is entirely yours - we support both options.
The free software currently available is listed below.
| Functionality | Software Program | An alternative to |
| Free office suite software (documents, presentations, spreadsheets) |
Open Office Writer, Calc, Impress |
an alternative to Microsoft Office |
| Free drawing software | Open Office Draw | an alternative to Microsoft Visio |
| Free drawing software | Dia | an alternative to Microsoft Visio |
| Free project management software | Open Workbench | an alternative to Microsoft Project |
| Free customer relationship management (CRM) software* | SugarCRM | an alternative to Salesforce.com |
| Free web content management software (CMS) | Joomla | an alternative to proprietary products |
| Free desktop publishing | Scribus | an alternative to Adobe InDesign |
| Free photo & image editing | GIMP | an alternative to Adobe Photoshop |
| Free WYSIWYG web editing software | Kompozer | an alternative to Adobe DreamWeaver |
| Free vector drawing software | Inkscape | an alternative to Adobe Illustrator |
| Free accounting software | GnuCash | an alternative to Quicken from Intuit |
| Free PDF creation software | CutePDF | an alternative to Adobe Acrobat |
| Free Wiki software (collaboration software) | DekiWiki | an alternative to Microsoft Sharepoint |
| Free mind mapping diagram software | Freemind | an alternative to Mindjet Mindmanager |
| Free business reporting software1 | Jasper Reports | an alternative to Crystal Reports |
| Free software development development software1 | Eclipse | an alternative to Borland JBuilder |
Limited time offer.
Coming soon.
Commercial Software Included With The Service
I.T. on Tap provides and maintains all the infrastructure used to deliver the service to your desktop, including the following core software systems.
| Functionality | Software Program |
| Operating system licences | Microsoft Windows |
| Email client and appointment diary | Microsoft Outlook |
| Email server mailbox with 2GB storage | Microsoft Exchange |
| Spam filtering | |
| Virus scanning |
Optional Software Available On A Monthly Rental
An increasing number of software vendors are moving away from the ownership model (licence purchase + annual maintenance contract) and offering a monthly rental in its place. I.T. on Tap believes this approach provides our clients with reduced risk and greater flexibility, thus we are encouraging software providers to make the change. These are the most frequently requested products available on a monthly rental.
| Functionality | Name |
| Wireless "push" email | Blackberry Enterprise Server |
| Documents, presentations, spreadsheets | Microsoft Office |
| Free drawing | Microsoft Visio |
| Project management | Microsoft Project |
| Desktop publishing | Microsoft Publisher |
| Personal database | Microsoft Access |
| Advanced CRM | SugarCRM Professional |
Your Existing Software Licences
If you have existing licences for a software product, not listed above, that you would like to continue using through the I.T. on Tap service, we will almost certainly be able to do so. (We occasionally encounter poorly-written software that will not run properly in a large-scale hosting environment such as I.T. on Tap, but this is quite rare.)
Our engineers are adding new software products each week in response to customer requests. Contact us with the details of your software program(s) and we'll confirm that we're able to support it.