ITS has observed recent attempts to "phish", or fraudulently acquire, user names and passwords for members of the WCMC community, as well as the main Ithaca campus. These messages often feature subject lines such as "Confirm Your E-mail Address", and invite the user to "verify" their account by emailing their password or clicking on a link to a web page allegedly run by ITS or CIT.

The Information Technologies and Services Department (ITS) has certified the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader 8 on ITS tagged computers. This version is now required for the Grants.gov service to apply for grant applications.

This certification does not replace or change the availability of Acrobat 7 Standard. ITS has been unable to obtain similar licensing terms with Adobe to provide Acrobat 8 Professional to the WCMC community.

The Information Technologies and Services Department (ITS) is now providing access for all Weill Cornell Medical College faculty, staff, and students to Gartner's technology research. The GartnerWeb portal is available at gartnerweb.med.cornell.edu.

College users may access the research from any on-campus location, or through remote access services such as WebVPN. Users must use through the ITS-provided portal to access the research; login is not allowed directly from gartner.com.

To: All Information Technologies & Services (ITS) Listserv Users
Re: ITS to upgrade Listserv service, January 20

ITS will be upgrading the Listserv service on Sunday January 20, 2008: http://listserv.med.cornell.edu. The upgrade will feature a new and improved Listserv web management tool; in addition, ITS created an interactive web training tool for the new interface and an extensive list of commonly asked questions. The upgrade will not affect any existing email lists or login information.

Update: Sources from the Macworld Expo have indicated that Microsoft Office 2008 will be available to enterprise customers no sooner than February 1st. Please note that ITS will not be releasing the software for WCMC users until after it has been qualified some time in early February.

Microsoft has announced that Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac OS X will be released on January 15th, 2008.