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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 »

Matlab Seminars – Tuesday June 12

June 4, 2012

The IT Division is hosting two seminars from Mathworks on Tuesday June 12 in the Bldg 50 Auditorium. You can register with Mathworks using this link which helps us plan for the event (or just show up). 10am – Noon Session 1: Data Analysis and Visualization with MATLAB During this technical presentation, we will introduce specific examples… Read more »
Warewulf featured in HPC Admin Magazine

May 23, 2012

Gary M Jung posted on May 23, 2012 This month’s issue of HPC Admin Magazine features the first in a 4-part series of in-depth articles on how to use the LBNL Warewulf Cluster Toolkit. Warewulf was developed here at Berkeley Lab by HPC Services Greg Kurtzer and it pioneered many of the stateless methods that other cluster toolkits use today.… Read more »
Cloud Bursting for Particle Tracking at IPAC 2012

May 23, 2012

Gary M Jung posted on May 23, 2012 Advanced Light Source (ALS) physicists Changchun Sun and Hiroshi Nishimura along with HPC Services staff Kai Song, Krishna Muriki, Susan James, Yong Qin, Bernard Li, and Gary Jung recently explored several methods to use Amazon’s VPC service to transparently extend the ALS compute cluster, located here at Berkeley… Read more »
Tools for Conference and Meeting Planners

May 22, 2012

Adam Stone posted on May 22, 2012 Scientific conferences, reviews, and meetings are a critical part of our work at Berkeley Lab. IT offers a number of tools to help you with the lifecycle of conference planning. Conference and Meeting Websites Google SitesQuickly make sites for meetings and conferences and share them with the world. LBNL… Read more »
GQueues – New Look and Functionality

May 14, 2012

Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on May 14, 2012 The GQueues product continues to improve. If you need a task manager built into our Google Apps Suite of tools, go to the “More” link and click on GQueues. New Look (re-posted from a company announcement) In case you haven’t noticed….GQueues got a facelift this past weekend! The… Read more »
Interruption of Telephone Service on May 15

May 9, 2012

Nina Lucido posted on May 09, 2012 There will be a brief interruption of telephone service for both incoming and outgoing calls including all offsite locations (Potter, JBEI, Leap Frog, and OSF). The AT&T work is scheduled on Tuesday, May 15th 2012 due to telephone network upgrades. Work will begin at 5:30 p.m. and may last… Read more »
The Software Site has Apps for your iOS Device

May 1, 2012

Adam Stone posted on May 01, 2012 Software.lbl.gov, LBNL’s software distribution site, now sells popular iOS applications. You can use your Laboratory ProjectID to purchase work-related applications to your device. To find applications, visit http://software.lbl.gov, click Purchase Software, scroll down to iOS App Store, then select your application. At launch, the store sells licenses for: Papers Pages… Read more »
Google Drive Released Tuesday April 24

April 24, 2012

Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Apr 24, 2012 Google just announced in their Official Enterprise Blog today that they are releasing Google Drive to consumer and Rapid Release Google Apps domains. Berkeley Lab is on Rapid Release. What is Google Drive? With Google Drive, your users can securely upload any file or folder to the web and access… Read more »
Google Sites – Survey Results

April 17, 2012

Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Apr 17, 2012 A quick survey of Google sites users turned up some interesting results. (survey done with Google Docs>Forms tool) Collaborative Team sites was the category chosen most often. We are speculating that conferences and workshops will be a use case that will increase in the future. We think it… Read more »
Data Center Utilization Report – March 2012

April 13, 2012

Nina Lucido posted on Apr 13, 2012 What was installed: Cluster Support: Approximately 18.2kW Business Systems: No new systems What was removed: Cluster Support: Approximately 2kW Business Systems: None March average Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE): 1.46 Average Power Consumption: 410kW IT 1kw Lighting 23.0kW Building and IT Losses 165kW Cooling Power – unknown due to sensor… Read more »
HPC Services at MoabCon 2012

April 10, 2012

Gary M Jung posted on Apr 10, 2012 HPC Services senior engineer Michael Jennings will be talking about the new features of the Warewulf 3 cluster toolkit and about a new cluster Node Health Check program that he developed at this week’s Moabcon 2012 conference in Promo, Utah this week. Read more »
Clocking an Accelerating Universe

March 30, 2012

Gary M Jung posted on Mar 30, 2012 Using data collected by the Sloan Telescope located at the Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico and processed by the Riemann Linux cluster operated by Berkeley Lab’s HPC Services Group, scientists have announced the most accurate measurement to date of the structure of the universe at the time, five… Read more »