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RE: 2U - Financial issues and alternatives

Posted By Joshua Zimmerman 02-25-2024 03:05:27 PM
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Is anyone using Academic Partnerships or EverSpring instead of 2U? If others are currently using 2U, have you looked into any alternatives and could share those with me? ------------------------------ Joshua Zimmerman Category Manager, IT Vanderbilt University joshua.j.zimmerman@vanderbilt.edu --- ...

2U - Financial issues and alternatives

Posted By Joshua Zimmerman 02-19-2024 09:31:00 AM
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As 2U is struggling heavily financially and appears to be headed towards bankruptcy, what are other options for online distance learning programs? What are other universities using and has anyone switched from 2U to someone else? Joshua J. Zimmerman Category Manager, IT, Telecom & A/V ...

OpenAI ChatGPT Enterprise

Posted By Joshua Zimmerman 09-18-2023 01:24:00 PM
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Vanderbilt University is looking to learn more about ChatGPT Enterprise, specifically the licensing structure, pricing, billing, and security risks. Has anyone had success at contacting someone at OpenAI about this? I requested information from them on their website but received an automated e-mail ...

AI chat and other tools

Posted By Joshua Zimmerman 06-14-2023 09:52:00 AM
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Has anyone entered into a private instance of ChatGPT with a reseller? Which resellers were looked at? What policies did your IT-department and legal department have surrounding this type of technology? Thank you. Joshua J. Zimmerman Category Manager, IT & Telecom Purchasing & Payment Services ...

RE: vmWare cost increase of 2.5x

Posted By Joshua Zimmerman 04-21-2023 09:00:33 AM
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CORRECTION: We are now being charged per CORE. Joshua J. Zimmerman Category Manager, IT & Telecom Procurement & Payment Services | Vanderbilt University 615.875.8880 | joshua.j.zimmerman@vanderbilt.edu

vmWare cost increase of 2.5x

Posted By Joshua Zimmerman 04-21-2023 08:28:00 AM
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We are preparing for our vmWare vCloud Suite renewal and previously we were billed per CPU, but now they are charging per CPU. Due to this our costs is over 2.5x more and is a substantial amount. Have others experienced this as well, and if so, were any alternative actions taken? Joshua J. ...

RE: EDUCAUSE's Technology Solutions Market Dashboard

Posted By Joshua Zimmerman 04-19-2023 06:32:05 AM
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Lisa – I received errors as well, probably the same as you. Tiffni Deeb (tdeeb@educause.edu) was able to fix it for me very quickly. Joshua J. Zimmerman Category Manager, IT & Telecom Procurement & Payment Services | Vanderbilt University 615.875.8880 | joshua.j.zimmerman@vanderbilt.edu

RE: Does CASA/EES cover new Bing or Edge (the one with the side bar)

Posted By Joshua Zimmerman 04-12-2023 09:28:02 AM
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Our CISO meets with a larger CISO group across institutions monthly and they are working a set of rules for what should and should not be entered into any AI chat tool. I do not have any details about who is in the CISO group though. Joshua J. Zimmerman Category Manager, IT & Telecom Procurement ...

RE: Where does your IT Vendor Management team live?

Posted By Joshua Zimmerman 11-02-2022 07:17:16 AM
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Vanderbilt has a bit of a hybrid method as Procurement has an IT Buyer and an IT Category Manager that handles all POs, contracts, supplier strategy, etc. while IT has IT Finance that handles the finances, requisition requests, review contracts prior to sending them to Procurement, etc. ----------- ...

RE: President Biden Signs Executive Order to Implement the European Union-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Posted By Joshua Zimmerman 10-13-2022 07:11:05 AM
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The previous system "only had redress to an ombudsperson inside the U.S. administration". Seems like this is needed to keep our economic relationship with the EU going. The framework addresses the concerns of the Court of Justice of the European Union which struck down the prior EU-U.S. Privacy Shield ...

RE: Interest in starting monthly virtual discussion group

Posted By Joshua Zimmerman 09-30-2022 06:33:15 AM
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I would be interested in this group as well. Joshua J. Zimmerman Category Manager, Information Technology (IT) Purchasing & Payment Services 615-875-8880 | joshua.j.zimmerman@vanderbilt.edu