ITS News Feed

Keep Your VUnetID for Life

frankc1 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:21:33 -0600

By Melanie Moran

Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff can now keep their Vanderbilt digital identity, known as their VUnetID, for life, making it easier to stay connected with the university and access key university resources after they leave.

McAfee 8.7 Update

casteen — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:32:55 -0500

ITS will be adding Virus Scan Enterprise 8.7 patches to the antivirus update repository on Wednesday, October 14, between the hours of 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM. These patches will add support for Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2. Systems configured to automatically update will receive and install these patches. No outage is expected during this time.

ITS launches Vmail to increase collaboration, consolidate resources

frankc1 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:49:28 -0500

All Vanderbilt faculty, staff and graduate student email will be powered by Vmail, Vanderbilt’s new enterprise messaging system, by the end of the academic year, resulting in expanded online collaboration tools and significant savings to the university and medical center.

Gmail will power all undergrad email beginning Oct. 2

frankc1 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:06:23 -0500

On Oct. 2, VU Gmail will become the exclusive email service for Vanderbilt University undergraduates. To claim their Gmail account prior to Oct. 2, students should visit http://its.vanderbilt.edu/gmail and follow the instructions. All remaining undergraduate mailboxes will be automatically directed to Gmail by Information Technology Services Oct. 2.

VUexchange Migrations Underway

frankc1 — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:13:37 -0500

It’s Here! VUexchange Migrations

DHCP Upgrade - Migrations Underway

frankc1 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:04:37 -0500

In an ongoing effort to maintain reliable, available, serviceable, and secure infrastructure, ITS plans to migrate campus subnets to new DHCP servers beginning Thursday, July 9.

To see a schedule of subnet migrations, login to the DHCP migrations website with your VUnetID and password. No outages are expected, but some printers and computers may need to be power cycled to reconnect to the network properly.

Please direct quesitons to the ITS Helpdesk at 615-343-9999.

VU Gmail Extended for Graduating Seniors

frankc1 — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:26:08 -0500

Vanderbilt University is pleased to announce that graduating undergraduate students can now continue to use their VU Gmail account, @vanderbilt.edu, after graduation. Students using VU Gmail accounts will be able to continue using their accounts indefinitely.

ITS Updates DNS Policy

frankc1 — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:19:41 -0500

The DNS policy governing domain name usage at Vanderbilt has been updated on the ITS website. The updated policy more clearly addresses the process to register and host non-Vanderbilt domain names and clarifies changes to sub-domain management. Click here to view the newly updated DNS policy.

Voice Network Upgrade Successful

frankc1 — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:24:26 -0600

February, 2009 – The last weekend in February was marked with a major milestone and accomplishment for the Vanderbilt voice network. The hardware and software for the voice network were successfully upgraded with very minimal downtime.

Software Store Enhancements

frankc1 — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600

December, 2008 — The ITS Software Store will roll out enhancements to its online system for purchasing software Dec. 1. The enhancements allow Vanderbilt departments to buy and download software for use on Vanderbilt computers without using the 1180 form.

Employees and students have used this storefront for several years to purchase software for personal use by credit card.

Vanderbilt research network expanded

frankc1 — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:52:31 -0600

November, 2008 — Vanderbilt began routing Internet2 and Internet 1 traffic onto a new 10 Gbps circuit. This new circuit increases available research bandwidth by 15 times the previous capacity! Vanderbilt's new 10 Gbps circuit to Atlanta, activated Dec. 1, increases Internet2 research bandwidth from 622 megabits per second to 9 gigabits per second. The other 10 percent (1 gigabit per second) is allocated to Vanderbilt's primary commodity-based Internet connection.

iPhone's @ Vanderbilt

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:22:14 -0500

Vanderbilt Community members interested in the much-awaited Apple iPhone 3G can synch their Exchange email, contacts, and calendar with the devie and obtain a discount on their service plan through AT&T.

The new iPhone 3G features access to a faster wireless network and support for Exchange ActiveSync so the phone can be synched directly with an Exchange server.