The department of Information Technologies & Services (ITS) has now completed the compatibility testing for Snow Leopard and supported applications for Mac. We have certified Snow Leopard for most of the applications and is now fully supported by ITS.

On Thursday, October 22, Microsoft will be releasing its new operating system, Windows 7. Windows 7 is intended to be a more focused, incremental upgrade to the Windows line, with the goal of being fully compatible with applications and hardware with which Windows Vista is already compatible. Windows 7, much like Windows Vista, comes in three different editions for the end-user: Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, and Windows 7 Ultimate.

To: The Weill Cornell Medical College Community

From: Vinay I. Varughese, Senior Director, Information Technologies & Services Department

After an extensive process of user interviews, internal research, and web development, I'm pleased to announce the launch of the new ITS web site and service catalog, available immediately at:

http://weill.cornell.edu/its

Please be aware that paystubs issued on 2/6/09 will not contain quota leave balances, such as accrued vacation, sick, and personal time.

ITS, Finance, and HR are currently undertaking a review of quota leave balances for non-academic employees. To ensure that all utilization in the first two pay cycles is accurate, we will suppress balances from the pay stubs.

Your Time Keeper or Departmental Administrator should be able to answer your questions regarding remaining leave balances.

We appreciate your patience while we undertake this task.

To: The Weill Cornell Medical College Community

From: Curtis L. Cole, M. D., Chief Medical Information Officer, WCMC-NYC
Shahzad Jafri, Chief Information Officer, WCMC-Q
Vinay I. Varughese, Senior Director, Information Technologies and Services, WCMC-NYC

Weill Cornell Medical College is in the process of changing the addresses for several of our main websites over the next few days at the request of the Dean's Office. The new web site addresses are as follows:

All WCMC (NYC & Qatar) staff who have received Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) training will be able to enter and approve shopping carts and purchase orders on Monday, January 5, 2009 at the times listed below.

Please see details below on how to access the system and how to get support should you have any questions.

Please note that ITS (NYC) has set up a coaching lab at 1300 York Avenue, Room LC-06 for walk-in support to provide hands-on assistance should you require additional support. No appointments are necessary to use the coaching lab.

On behalf of the Project Argo Steering Committee and the Finance, Human Resources and Information Technologies and Services Departments, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Weill Business Gateway (WBG) today. The culmination of two years of work, WBG represents a significant advance for financial and human resource administration for our campuses in NYC and in Qatar.

Google has announced that its new web browser, Chrome, is available for Windows as a beta release. Beta software is by definition unfinished, which can cause instability, crashes, or data loss.

To: All ITS Supported Microsoft Windows Users

The WCMC user community has recently seen an influx of e-mails pretending to be legitimate online services. These e-mails contain a links to websites then when clicked download a virus onto your computer. Please delete these messages immediately and do not click on the link.

ITS is currently taking the following measures to prevent the spread of this malicious e-mail:

ITS has tested and certified Oracle Calendar 10.1 for Windows. It is now available for immediate download. The newest version allows you to download and backup calendar entries.