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Building a Bridge — Using the ITS Video Bridge multipoint control unit, a Vanderbilt researcher participated in an uninterrupted all-day video conference with three other researchers at three other institutions across the country.
VUcal Retired — The legacy calendaring service VUcal was retired at the end of 2007, after being phased out the last […]

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Virtual Infrastructure — Virtualization continues to have a significant positive impact on the Vanderbilt ITS infrastructure. (Virtualization means using software to segment "virtual" servers to act as standalone servers. Many virtual machines can exist on one physical server.) Virtual wins:

ITS staff moved virtual machines from the Stevenson Data Center to the […]

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Getting Better All the Time — Vanderbilt University's email and web "reputation" has improved during the last two years from "poor" to "neutral" to the current "good" as rated by Senderbase.org.
A poor rating indicates a "problematic level of threat activity" at the IP address or domain and a likelihood that email or […]

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Gigabit Network for Researchers — ITS helped gain approval and funding for two gigabit network switches which will greatly benefit medical research at Vanderbilt.
Two members of the Pharmacology Dept. asked for new hard drives to accommodate their lab research as they could only write data to Blue Arc managed storage at 1/4th […]

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Back to School News
ITS Assists During Back to School Weekend — During Move In Weekend, ITS mobilized 61 volunteers, including staff from Peabody, Housing, the Dean of Students' office, and 14 students, to assist incoming first year students in connecting to Vanderbilt's data network. This effort took place across four areas of campus, […]

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Automatic Exchange Email Accounts for New Nursing Students — When each new School of Nursing student creates their VUnetID, an Exchange email account is now automatically created for the student. The School of Nursing had long wanted this change. It enables them to better communicate with new students and avoids juggling email […]

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Children's Telethon Fundraising Record – ITS set up Automatic Call Distribution for the Children's Miracle Network telethon June 2-3. The event raised a record $1.65 million for Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. More than 800 calls were answered over a 10-hour span. ITS also had a technician stationed onsite.
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Server Security Enhancements – The ITS Application Hosting and Network Security teams increased security scanning for the ITS Data Center. Through this process the teams identified and eliminated several critical vulnerabilities. Additional security assessments are planned for departments across campus interested in this service.
Voice Mailbox Capacity Management – As […]

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VUMC Phone Reduction –- ITS deleted 796 unused phone extensions in the Vanderbilt Medical Center as part of an overall phone line management project. Along with recently requested deletions, approximately 950 telephone numbers and ports have been recouped. Unused extensions at the School of Medicine will now be reviewed, with final […]

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Children’s Hospital Fundraiser Great Success — The River of Hope Radiothon at Monroe Carrell Jr. Children’s Hospital was a great success, both in fundraising and from and ITS operational point of view. The March 8-10 event raised $321,424, nearly doubling the amount raised last year. ITS set up 12 phones for the event, […]

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