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Office 365 Updates during February 2014
Mar. 11, 2014—Microsoft renamed and enhanced two Office 365 services during February 2014: Office Web Apps is now Office Online; and SkyDrive Pro is now OneDrive for Business. Microsoft also released security and compliance related updates with improvements to authentication for Office 365 and Yammer, anti-spam and anti-malware enhancements, new email encryption options with S/MIME and Office...
Office 365 and Internet Explorer 8
Mar. 11, 2014—Office 365 will no longer support Internet Explorer 8 after 8 April 2014. For the best, richest experience with Office 365, Microsoft recommends that you upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer 10 is available now, and Internet Explorer 11 is coming soon. Modern versions of Internet Explorer offer faster web browsing,...
Spring into Savings with Dell’s Member Purchase Program!!!
Mar. 4, 2014—Connect to everything so you miss nothing. Bring your projects, photos, and life together with the Venue 11 Pro tablet including a case and 1 year of Accidental Damage for $489. Quantities are limited at this price, so act fast! Search Order Code FTMOD02h to get this deal. Dell is also offering the Inspiron M531R,...
MATLAB Seminar March 12 in Feathering Hall
Mar. 4, 2014—Mathworks is hosting a MATLAB seminar entitled “MATLAB and Simulink for Embedded Systems and Robotics” for all Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff. Date: Wednesday, March 12 Time: 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Location: 138 Feathering Hall Presenter: Adam Filion, Mathworks Application Engineer In this session, Mr. Filion will demonstrate how to design, simulate, optimize, and deploy...
Adobe Releases Patch for Critical Flash Vulnerability
Feb. 21, 2014—See http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html for details on the vulnerability and to download the newest version of Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Adobe recommends users install the update as soon as possible.
Adobe issues critical Flash Player update
Feb. 5, 2014—On February 4, Adobe released security updates for Adobe Flash Player 12.0.0.43 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh and Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.335 and earlier versions for Linux. These updates fix a vulnerability that could permit an attacker to control an affected device. Adobe recommends installing the updates on affected devices as soon as...
Dell Offers Pre-President’s Day Sale for Vanderbilt!
Jan. 30, 2014—Experience star performance at stellar member prices! Save early with an exclusive Pre-Presidents Day sale. Offers valid February 5, 2014 – February 27, 2014 at 6 a.m. New Inspiron 3135 3000 Series 10.8″, AMD Quad Core A6-1450 Processor, Windows 8.1, 4GB Memory, 500 GB Hard Drive: Member price is $329.99 after $100 total savings. Search...
Software Store Maintenance Scheduled for Tuesday, February 12, 6-8 a.m.
Jan. 30, 2014—Kivuto, the company that hosts the Vanderbilt Software Store, is upgrading ELMS (the storefront platform) on February 12, 2014 beginning at 6:00 AM. Kivuto expects to complete the maintenance within 2 hours. During this time, Kivuto will place the store in “maintenance mode” and will display a message indicating the store is temporarily unavailable to...
SAS OnDemand for Academics
Jan. 29, 2014—SAS OnDemand for Academics provides free data management and data analysis tools that professors can use for teaching and students can use for learning. Faculty and students use SAS software via the internet and process data by connecting to the cloud. SAS OnDemand for Academics includes: SAS Enterprise Guide SAS Enterprise Miner SAS Forecast Server...
PyCharm Classroom License
Jan. 24, 2014—JetBrains.com offers PyCharm, a software development tool, for $0 to educational institutions for use in non-commercial research and educating students in classes. Visit the following links to learn more about PyCharm: PyCharm documentation Support Resources Technical support contact Vanderbilt’s subscription runs through July 8, 2014. The subscription includes product maintenance. Vanderbilt faculty, researchers, and students...