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Accessing HelloSign: Important Update
Due to recent changes implemented by HelloSign (now part of Dropbox Sign), the service is no longer accessible through the Google App Launcher, often referred to as the “waffle” menu. Users who previously relied on this quick-access feature will need to adjust their workflow to continue using HelloSign. To access HelloSign moving forward, go directly… Read more »
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Google Takeout Service
Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Dec 06, 2013 Google is enhancing their takeout service (the ability to extract your data out of Google Services). Calendar data has recently been added and Gmail is next. A recent techcrunch article provides some background. When you are logged in to Google, look for the person icon in the upper right and… Read more »
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Major IT Outage Scheduled for Evening of December 13
Adam Stone posted on Nov 27, 2013 Update: This work was completed on schedule. Most IT services including many business systems, windows home directories, and collaboration tools will be offline this Friday (12/13) evening for four hours in order to upgrade storage hardware. This outage will also impact IT hosted websites including TABL and News Center… Read more »
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Wireless – Upgraded
Adam Stone posted on Nov 21, 2013 We’re really excited to begin rolling out new and improved wireless coverage throughout the Laboratory. The new access points being deployed include support for Wireless N for faster speeds, and the access points themselves actually measure interference and can adapt their signals to improve coverage. Coverage inside buildings… Read more »
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Simple Video Capture for Recording Things like Job Interviews
Adam Stone posted on Nov 21, 2013 The interview committee is finally assembled, the candidate scheduled, and then “something comes up” for one the members. While not quite as good as being there in person, it’s easy to record an interview and share it with committee members who may not have had a chance to attend.… Read more »
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Personal Web Pages
Adam Stone posted on Nov 20, 2013 Researchers often use personal web pages to feature their research and publications. IT supports and recommends a few ways to accomplish this. Google Sites: Visit sites.google.com and click “create site”. Create the content and set the sharing options to be publicly accessible. If you want a custom subdomain… Read more »
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Network Outages Scheduled for Sat Nov 30
Adam Stone posted on Nov 20, 2013 IT has scheduled outages of the wired and wireless networks for Saturday November 30th during the Thanksgiving holiday to accommodate multiple upgrades to the network infrastructure. Details on both outages can be found below: Outage Summary Information Date: Saturday, November 30, 2013 Outage #1: Multiple Outages to Wired Network at… Read more »
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Outage Nov 6 2013
Adam Stone posted on Nov 06, 2013 The failure of a piece of power distribution hardware in one the datacenters in building 50 led to a ~20 minute outage of key IT services on Nov 6. Services impacted included www.lbl.gov, commons, some directory services, email delivery, and numerous other services on two subnets. The outages began… Read more »
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Deployment Starts for New Video Conferencing Systems
Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Nov 01, 2013 As part of a lab initiative last year, the IT Division developed a new approach to Video Conferencing Systems that addresses the needs of customers who join via desktop, laptop, or mobile devices. After reviewing industry trends, the results of peer reviews, and our own recent experience, it… Read more »
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Google Releasing New “Google Bar”
Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Nov 01, 2013 The black menu bar Google users have become accustomed to over the past year is being replaced over the next few days. The new look is show below – assuming you happen to be in the Calendar Application. It features an application launcher which is on the same… Read more »
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{Open} MPI, Parallel Computing, the Universe and Everything- Nov 7
Gary M Jung posted on Oct 29, 2013 {Open} MPI, Parallel Computing, the Universe, and Everything Dr. Jeffrey M. Squyres Thursday, November 7th, 2013 2:30pm Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Building 54 (Dining Hall) Room 130 (Perseverance Hall) Click here to RSVP About the talk Open MPI is a high performance, open source implementation of the MPI specification (BSD… Read more »
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Archiving Files & Records Class Offered October 22
Nina Lucido posted on Oct 11, 2013 Are you running out of space in your office, moving to a new office, or tasked with processing the records of retiring (or already retired) scientists? As part of American Archives Month, you can learn more about files that need to be kept, which can be archived, which can… Read more »
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Singapore CIOs Visit Berkeley Lab
Adam Stone posted on Sep 24, 2013 42 CIOs and senior business leaders from Singapore visited Berkeley Lab on 9/18 to learn more about the lab’s IT and computing initiatives. The visiting CIOs received an overview of laboratory IT from CIO Rosio Alvarez and an overview of the challenges associated with large data transfer from… Read more »
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