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Berkeley Lab Enhances Outdoor WiFi for Seamless Connectivity
Since 2020, the Berkeley Lab campus has experienced significant changes in how work is conducted. With the rise of remote work, Zoom meetings, and a growing preference for outdoor workspaces, the Lab’s IT Infrastructure team has prioritized creating reliable outdoor WiFi coverage to support these evolving needs. Read more »
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Virtual Machine Hosting Status
Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Nov 03, 2010 The IT Division has over 100 virtual machines running on an enterprise VMware based environment. The Infrastructure Group within the Lab’s IT Division has been deploying virtual machines using VMWare in a pilot mode since January 2007 Three primary reasons why we think this makes sense: Energy Savings,… Read more »
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Webspace, other business systems down time proposed for Nov 9
Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Nov 03, 2010 We would like to confirm the scheduling of a production outage for the evening of 11/9 from 6pm – 10pm. Read more »
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Gcal current issues
Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Nov 03, 2010 We have identified several bug fix/enhancement requests to Google. 1. Calendar Loading issues: from time to time a resource or personal calendar fails to load. We have created tickets for a number of these occurrences, as they are reported to the Help Desk. 2. The ability to save… Read more »
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Commons Upgrade in the works
Charles (Charlie) Verboom posted on Nov 03, 2010 Commons will be upgraded to version 3.4 by December 1. A development site is being set up to insure our third party macros and plugins will work with this version. This development site is expected to be ready by November 15 and will be made available to frequent… Read more »
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Offline mode available in Google calendar
Philippe Butler posted on Nov 01, 2010 If you are a traveler or if you just want to the protection of having a version of your calendar (or a co-worker or resource calendar) available on your desktop or laptop when access to the internet or google itself has been interrupted, off line mode is for you.… Read more »
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Unthread Your Gmail
Adam Stone posted on Oct 27, 2010 It’s the #1 feature request from Berkeley Lab users. Now you can turn off Gmail’s Conversation View. Learn more>>> Read more »
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New Chemdraw Site License and on-site seminar
Adam Stone posted on Oct 26, 2010 IT has helped coordinate a sitewide license for ChemDraw. Anyone at LBL can use the software at no cost. Learn more>>> We have also arranged for an on-site technical seminar on ChemBioDraw. The first session will be held from 10am – 11:30 am in the bldg 66 Auditorium on… Read more »
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Priority Inbox for Gmail
Adam Stone posted on Oct 26, 2010 Priority Inbox can help save you time if you’re overwhelmed with the amount of email you get. It attempts to automatically identify your important incoming messages and separates them out from everything else. Gmail uses a variety of signals to prioritize your incoming messages, including who you’ve emailed and… Read more »
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New in Gmail – Turn off Gmail’s Conversation
Adam Stone posted on Oct 25, 2010 Gmail now offers the ability to turn off conversation view. Read more here http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/turn-off-gmails-conversation-view.html Read more »
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Mobile at Berkeley Lab – An Update
Adam Stone posted on Dec 07, 2010 Fall marks the anniversary of last year’s successful mobility competition and an opportunity to take stock of where the Laboratory is with its mobile strategy. At this time last year, our calendar and collaboration systems were supported by a small minority of mobile devices, and then only with kludgy third party… Read more »
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