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Accessing HelloSign: Important Update

April 28, 2025

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 »

Google Drive User Interface Changes

October 30, 2012

Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Oct 30, 2012 Gdrive – the new UI will soon become the default Google is going to start rolling out changes related to the Google Drive User interface – here is the current schedule. From 8th November Google will begin showing a banner to all users who have opted out and… Read more »
Advanced Graphics and Visualization Techniques with MATLAB

October 3, 2012

Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Oct 03, 2012 IT is sponsoring another 2 hour Matlab seminar in the bldg 50 Auditorium on Thursday, October 11 Presenter: Saket Kharsikar, MathWorks Application Engineer Agenda 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Advanced Graphics and Visualization Techniques with MATLAB This session will focus on visualizing data, viewing images, and manipulating graphics in MATLAB.… Read more »
Sophos Anti-Virus Problem Impacting Berkeley Lab

September 19, 2012

Adam Stone posted on Sep 19, 2012 The lab’s standard anti-virus software, Sophos, is continually updated with the latest information about viruses. Today at 1:20pm, Sophos released an update which is causing many clients to incorrectly report they are infected with Shh/Updater-B. If you receive one of these warnings it is safe to ignore it. We… Read more »
BOSS Makes the Biggest Chunk of the Universe Yet Available to the Public

August 9, 2012

Gary M Jung posted on Aug 09, 2012 The first data from BOSS, the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey led by Berkeley Lab scientists, is now available to the public. Spectroscopic data from over 500,000 galaxies up to 7 billion light years away, more than 100,000 quasars up to 11.5 billion light years away, and many thousands… Read more »
Data Center Utilization Report – July 2012

August 6, 2012

Nina Lucido posted on Aug 06, 2012 What was installed: Cluster Support Received NSD cluster of 21 nodes (Not yet operational) Expected power usage is 6kW Business Systems Group None What was removed: Cluster Support Group Approximately 10kW Business Systems Group None July average Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE): 1.47 Average Power Consumption: 400 kW IT =… Read more »
NetApp file server “Grouper” Down on Aug 10

August 1, 2012

Nina Lucido posted on Aug 01, 2012 The Systems, Application, and Middleware Support Group (SAMS) will perform work on the NetApp file server “Grouper” on Friday Aug 10, 2012 from 6:00pm-10:00pm. This is to replace its current storage controller with a newer model. During this storage upgrade, the services listed below will be unavailable: Commons Conferences… Read more »
Whats New with LBL’s Google Applications

July 13, 2012

Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Jul 13, 2012 Google continually enhances the products they provide to customers. We want to bring some of these to your attention and also give everyone a heads-up on recent efforts by IT’s Google Support Team. We would also like to encourage anyone with a special interest in Google, to join… Read more »
Greening our Datacenter Team Recognized with Director’s Achievement Award and UC Larry Sautter Award

July 12, 2012

The core team responsible for our multi-year initiative to improve the energy efficiency of our research and operational computing datacenter has been recognized with two awards in one month. The team was recognized with a Director’s Achievement Award and a Larry Sautter Award from the University of California. Congratulations to the team! The Pandas thank… Read more »
MyBLIS Heading For Retirement

June 27, 2012

Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Jun 27, 2012 It’s time to say goodby to MyBLIS – the portal that is now used by around 140 customers at the lab. It is based on outdated and unsupported technology and a number of the features that made it attractive when it was introduced are no longer working. It did offer… Read more »
Berkeley Lab Laptop Trends

June 21, 2012

Adam Stone posted on Jun 21, 2012 As you (hopefully) know, IT Division is a big proponent of the importance of researchers choosing the productivity tools they feel most comfortable with. We’ve actually fought pretty hard against some folks to try to convince them what we think is true: the benefits of standardization are meager, and… Read more »
A New Map That’s So Much More

June 20, 2012

Adam Stone posted on Jun 20, 2012 LBNL is a pretty big place. If you’re an employee who hasn’t been around forever, you’ve probably wandered past buildings and wondered what kind of cool science goes on in there. And if you’re a member of the community, outside of tours and websites, you might just get glimpses… Read more »
MS Excel 2010 – Training Schedule

June 6, 2012

Nina Lucido posted on Jun 06, 2012 The IT Division is offering a series of Excel training courses over the next six months for beginner, intermediate, and advanced users. In addition, we will also offer a special advanced session titled “Excel for Science” based on feedback we received from our recent LabTech event. To register… Read more »