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New requirement on Technology Use During Foreign Travel

June 24, 2025

In response to increasing cybersecurity and research security threats, Berkeley Lab has updated its Requirements on Technology Use During Foreign Travel to better protect government systems, Lab data, and employees during international trips. These threats, which include the tracking or seizure of government-issued devices, mirror a wider trend seen across the national lab system and… Read more »

Data Center Utilization Report – October 2011

November 9, 2011

Nina Lucido posted on Nov 09, 2011 What was installed: Cluster support group added the following: 17 new nodes added to Lawrencium Condo (LR2) 1 node added to ESD cluster Business Systems group added the following: No new systems What was removed: Cluster support group removed the following: jbei-1 cluster was turned off but remains… Read more »
Google+ Added to LBL Google Apps

November 3, 2011

Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Nov 03, 2011 Google+ was released to Enterprise Customers and we added it to the LBL domain on October 27. Feature highlights Google+ Profiles: Create a profile with information about yourself. For example, you can add information about your projects or expertise and share it only with other employees. You can choose… Read more »
Conference Rooms That Work – Continued

October 27, 2011

Adam Stone posted on Oct 27, 2011 We’ve now almost completed the retrofit of the three B50 conference rooms. All three have identical controllers and interfaces to make it easy for staff to move between the rooms. All three rooms have bright, current generation projectors with both HDMI and VGA connectors – and support for virtually… Read more »
Business Systems Back Online

October 21, 2011

Adam Stone posted on Oct 21, 2011 As of 11pm on on October 20, all production business systems are back online from the storage systems failure earlier in the day. Initial testing of the business applications has been completed and further testing as well as consultation with the functional owners will occur Oct 21 AM. Again,… Read more »
New Presentation Editor for Google Docs

October 20, 2011

Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Oct 20, 2011 For customers on Google’s Rapid Release Schedule (which includes Berkeley Lab), a new Presentation Editor within the Google Docs suite of tools is being deployed. Google has added many of your most requested features, including: Transitions to move between slides with simple fades or spicier 3D effects Animations… Read more »
eLinks Q&A in Reading Lounge

October 17, 2011

Nina Lucido posted on Oct 17, 2011 Margery Tibbits and Lena Zentall of the California Digital Library, will be on site to demo and answer questions about eLinks, from 3:30 to 4:30PM on October 24th in the Reading Lounge 54-002. eLinks let you link to full electronic text articles in journals subscribed to by the LBL… Read more »
Use of Carbonite Continues to Grow!

October 7, 2011

Nina Lucido posted on Oct 07, 2011 The IT Division introduced Carbonite backup service for PC and Mac computers in January 2011. Carbonite is reliable, cost effective and easy-to-use. Since introduction, we have over 500 customers. Carbonite is easy to install and runs unobtrusively in the background. It securely encrypts data for protection. More importantly, restoring… Read more »
Data Center Utilization Report – September 2011

October 6, 2011

Nina Lucido posted on Oct 06, 2011 What was installed: Cluster support group added the following: No new systems Business Systems group added the following: No new systems What was removed: Cluster support group removed the following: Retired jbei-1 cluster Business Systems group removed the following: No systems September average Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE): 1.51 Average… Read more »
MATLAB Technical Sessions – October 17

September 27, 2011

Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Sep 27, 2011 October 17, Bldg 50 Auditorium – two more Matlab Sessions Although registration is not mandatory, please consider doing so for planning purposes. Register here Agenda Presenter: Isaac Noh, Application Engineer 9:45 – 10:00 a.m. Registration and sign-in. Walk ins are welcome. 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Session 1:… Read more »
Introducing UC eLinks for Journals

September 26, 2011

Adam Stone posted on Sep 26, 2011 UC eLinks is a new LBL Library service that makes it easy to go from journal database to article is just a few clicks. Use eLinks from within Library databases such as Google Scholar, Web of Science, Springer, and JSTOR, to easily find online copies of the article you… Read more »
Google Users Group – Update

September 21, 2011

Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Sep 21, 2011 The LBL Google Users Group now has 181 members. We had our first meeting on 9/2/11 (in bldg 50 auditorium and via Readytalk). 20-25 people attended in person and another 18 remotely. Weekly “GoogleGrams” try to keep everyone updated on current issues impacting any of the core Google… Read more »
Data Center Utilization Report – August 2011

September 15, 2011

Nina Lucido posted on Sep 15, 2011 What was installed: Cluster support group added the following: No new systems Business Systems group added the following: No new systems What was removed: Cluster support group removed the following: Lawrencium cluster (7 Racks) Business Systems group removed the following: No systems August average Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE): 1.51… Read more »