Information Technology

VUMC IT Security Operations has detected a targeted attack against VUMC users. Phishers continue to target Medical Center employees with information pertaining to salary increases. Subject lines of these emails usually include verbiage resembling “Payroll Increase,” “Salary Documents,” or “Your New Paycheck.” Below is an example of a fraudulent… Read More

As the date nears for Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center to transition to separate legal and financial entities, institutional leaders are requesting that all university and Medical Center departments place a moratorium on systems changes within the information technology environment surrounding the period of legal close. Read More

University department heads who gathered for a meeting Sept. 10 received progress reports from the leaders of Information Technology and the Division of Administration about the ongoing effort to transition the university and Vanderbilt University Medical Center into separate legal and financial entities. Read More

Nancy Evans Nancy Evans, chief information officer, VUMC Hospitals and Clinics, is among an inaugural group of five women selected for Health Data Management magazine’s new Women in Healthcare IT “recognition program.” The magazine’s editors selected five honorees based on a review of nominations solicited from readers. Read More

VUIT has issued a recommendation to avoid using the Internet Explorer Web browser for now due to some recently identified vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to install malicious software on a user’s machine. Read More

Vanderbilt IT is piloting a new service called the Tech Hub, modeled after Apple’s Genius Bar, designed to provide walk-up tech support for Vanderbilt students, staff and faculty. Read More

Concur, the online expense system, opens Tuesday for most types of employee reimbursements. The expense system will be disabled on Monday, but travel arrangements may still be made. Read More

The new expense reporting system, Concur, will accept most employee reimbursements as of March 11. Read More

Later this winter, employees will be able to use Concur for any type of employee reimbursement for business-related expenses, not just travel. Read More

Two members of the Division of Finance leadership team have been promoted, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Chief Financial Officer Brett Sweet has announced. Read More

Recent sweeping changes to undergraduate medical education at Vanderbilt are intended to produce physicians who are better attuned to teamwork and more accustomed to leading teams to improve clinical outcomes, quality and patient safety. Read More

(iStockphoto) What is CryptoLocker, and what does it do? CryptoLocker is a Trojan, often disguised as a PDF file, and is typically propagated via email attachment. CryptoLocker encrypts the user’s data on the system and network shares to which the user has access. Do antivirus programs offer protection against CryptoLocker?… Read More

(iStockphoto) The Vanderbilt Software Store and SAS Institute will host two free JMP workshops for Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students. Both workshops are scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 16, in Buttrick Hall, Room 015. The Introductory Session will be from 1 to 2:30 p.m., with a Q&A to follow from… Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine has created a new office to manage the technical support necessary to make the dramatic shift in educational techniques under Curriculum 2.0. Read More

Vanderbilt’s ubiquitous green travel forms will go the way of eight-track tapes when the new travel system rolls out across the institution. Read More

All Vanderbilt business travelers, travel assistants and expense report delegates must complete profiles in the new travel system online. Read More

Building world-class information technology is the charge of the new Division of Information Technology at Vanderbilt, which officially launched June 27 during an event at the Student Life Center. Read More

Watch a June 27 meeting of the new Vanderbilt Information Technology division, led by Vice Chancellor John Lutz. Read more. Read More

John M. Lutz, an information technology and financial management expert who most recently served as president of IBM Canada, has been named vice chancellor for information technology for Vanderbilt University. Read More

Creating a world-class information technology infrastructure at Vanderbilt University is the aim of a major initiative now under way across campus. Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Richard McCarty, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Dean of the School of… Read More