Software Store Blog

Medical Center faculty and staff are eligible to purchase Nitro Pro as an alternative to Adobe Acrobat Pro through the VUMC Software Store for $41.50 per year. Each subscription: Allows each user to install the software on one VUMC-owned PC Provides access to product updates during the subscription term Requires an annual renewal Provides access to 24/7 technical support NitroPro has all the basic features of Adobe Acrobat Pro: **https://www.gonitro.com/compare-pdf-software**

Dell is offering a 24-hour sale to VUMC employees beginning Monday, September 18th at 7 a.m. For one day only, Dell will offer savings up to $250. Shop at goo.gl/jfTGCq. See Dell's September_18_Sale for details. Note: We used the Google URL Shortening Tool to shorten the URL provided by Dell.

Mathworks offers free online training.  Upcoming webinars include: September 19: Teaching Rigid Body Dynamics September 21:

SAS Institute presented a webinar for VUMC customers on SAS Office Analytics this past Sept. 8. The 90-minute discussion included an introduction to SAS Enterprise Guide and SAS Studio. Replay the SAS Webinar Recording at **https://goo.gl/Fr6JnP**. NOTE: The Google URL Shortening Tool was used to shorten the URL provided by SAS.

Final high-level design expected in late September 2017 Originally posted Monday, September 4 In July, World Wide Technology (WWT) visited Vanderbilt to meet with VUMC IT team members and begin the creation of an overarching plan for the VUMC Directory Services project. WWT has since created an initial project schedule, including a list of technical inquiries to aid in investigating and further formalizing their “high-level design”. VUMC IT is working diligently to provide answers to WWT’s questions to ensure accuracy.

Dell’s Back-to-School Offer Originally Posted on Wednesday, September 6, 2017  VUMC employees are eligible to save up to $150 on Labor Day doorbusters through Dell. See Dell’s Back-To-School offer for details. Shop Online: www.Dell.com/VUMC.

WWT Planning Sessions a Success Originally posted Friday, August 11 Over 100 attendees, representing twenty departments and technical areas across the Medical Center, gathered over a period of four days in July and began defining goals, establishing key requirements and developing timelines for the massive endeavor of developing a new Active Directory (AD) for VUMC. World Wide Technology (WWT) was on-site to assist with the planning and facilitated the first of what will be several sessions as the project continues to make progress. 

What is the Active Directory? Originally posted Friday, July 14: VUMC IT, in partnership with VUIT and the Enterprise IT Transition Management Office, has finished preliminary research with World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT) and is ready to begin separating the legacy Directory Services environment. This project is one of the largest IT transition efforts and will create independent directory services for the Medical Center and the University.