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AntiSpyware
Spy Sweeper antispyware program is now available to the Vanderbilt community at no cost to end users.

Antivirus
AntiVirus software is available to the University community at no charge to the individual or department.

Cellular and Mobility
Sprint offers the lowest cost for the greatest number of Vanderbilt users, based on current and historical calling patterns. Discounts are available for Faculty, Staff and Students.

Collaboration Services
With a common, university-wide learning environment that students, instructors and other customers quickly adopt, Collaboration Services such as Email, Calendaring and Course Management support multiple approaches to communication, organizing meetings/events, teaching, learning, and research. Creating dependable resources for team building, bridging professors and students, supporting transfer of class materials, class rolls, and information, ITS' collaboration services support widely diverse constituencies and education missions.

Data Network
One of the primary missions of ITS is to ensure the correct and efficient operation of the campus internet. The campus internet is the combination of several major components including the campus-wide Ethernet, remote access, and connectivity to the Internet. ITS monitors the operation of these components, diagnoses problems, provides network address assignment, evaluates new networking products, and develops future network designs.

Directory Services
Resources for faculty, staff, and student contact information. ITS ensures secure access to updated contact information to VUnetID authenticated users. As a value added service, ITS provides live person contact via "Operator Services" in order to page VUMC personnel, confirm contact information, and support conference calls.
PeopleFinder - a web-based Vanderbilt directory with contact information for VU faculty, staff, departments/organizations and students.
VUdirectory - Vanderbilt's email address book, accessible by your email client to search for Vanderbilt email addresses when composing a message.
Operator Services - call center and customer contact for Vanderbilt University and Medical Center, enabling customers to access services 24/7/365.
Emergency Red Phones - designed to provide communication coverage in the event of a phone system outage.

Hosting
ITS offers a comprehensive dedicated server and managed services product lines, from ColdFusion, Data Backup, Media Streaming, MySQL Databases, Print Services, Storage / VUspace, Server Co-location, Video Webcasting, Web Development Tools, to Website Hosting as well as the monitoring and administration of your systems.

Optical Scanning
Optical mark reading services to meet a wide range of instructional, research, and administrative needs.

Software Licensing
Vanderbilt students and departments can easily and inexpensively obtain software needed for teaching, learning, research, and administration.

Training
Hands-on instructor-led training focused on basic information and instructions for using various voice and network services, Internet clients, and instructional and research tools.

Video/Media Streaming
ITS can create simultaneous video streams in Real and Windows Media formats for events originating at Vanderbilt and also create archive files in these formats for later viewing. ITS can also provide a camera and operator for delayed archiving or assist in uploading existing content to the ITS media server.

Voice Network
ITS provides reliable and cost effective telecommunications services for the Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center community. Services include Automatic Call Distribution (ACD), Calling Cards, Cellular Service, Telephone Repair Service, Toll Free 1-800/866/877/888 Numbers, and Voice Mail.

VUmix
In an effort to promote legal methods of music distribution, Vanderbilt presents VUmix. There you'll find links to discounted music services for Vanderbilt users, including Napster, My Tracks, and Ruckus.

Video, Audio & Web Conferencing Services
There are a multitude of service and technologies in the Vanderbilt community to facilitate and enhance collaboration, conferencing, and educational efforts.