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December 2023
 

LBLnet Winter Holiday Maintenance

LBLnet is planning several maintenance tasks in almost all buildings over the holidays and curtailment period. Updated software will be installed on many of the Lab’s network devices on December 23 and December 26, 2023 through January 1, 2024. Wired and wireless network services within buildings may be disrupted for periods of up to 1 hour.

No IT-managed data center networks should be affected. No Lab-wide production business systems nor the 50A-2109C colocation facility will be affected.

Join the net-notify mailing list to receive regular updates about the Lab network.
Visit it-status.lbl.gov for more details
 

Copyright Infringement Claims Against the Lab are on the Rise

In recent weeks, Lab IT and the Office of Laboratory Counsel (OLC) have observed copyright infringement claims against the Lab that request settlement payments. If you receive communication about a copyright infringement claim, do not respond and immediately contact OLC at olc@lbl.gov and IT at itpolicy@lbl.gov. 
Read about the copyright claims
 

UCPath Phishing Incident

A recent phishing attack impersonated UCPath and targeted employees at multiple campuses. While there was no financial loss, you should stay alert and learn how to spot phishing attempts to keep yourself and the Lab safe. Read the article for an overview of the UCPath incident and to view an example of a recent phishing attempt.
Learn how to recognize phishing
 

Record and Share Name Pronunciations in Google Workspace

Google announced an upcoming new feature to record and share your name pronunciation within Google Workspace. This recording can be played from your profile card across different apps such as Gmail and Google Docs. Rollout to the Lab is expected to be completed over the next few weeks.
Read the official announcement
 

Digital Signage Services

Digital signage is a modern, manageable way to deliver news, information, emergency alerts, and media to display screens located in common areas, entryways, lobbies, and more. The IT Division Audio Visual team generally utilizes Google Slides and a Chrome OS device to remotely and seamlessly push content to digital signage displays.

View a list of digital signage locations at go.lbl.gov/ds.To modify signage content, please reach out to the designated primary contact. 

Request a new digital signage location and learn more about Digital Signage Services. 
View digital signage locations
 

IT Training, January 2024

IT offers technical training courses to Berkeley Lab employees in partnership with UC Berkeley. Upcoming courses for next month focus on Python fundamentals, programming with RStudio, Qualtrics for experience management, and MaxQDA data analysis. 
Sign up for training in 2024
 

Meet with a ScienceIT Expert

Schedule a consulting session with the ScienceIT Group to discuss your scientific computing challenges, and you'll receive 10,000 free service units to test code on our on-premise Lawrencium supercomputing cluster. Topics we can help with include: Python code optimization, Juptyer notebooks, parallel computing, GPU utilization, virtual machines, cloud configuration, software evaluation, and much more! 
Make an appointment at go.lbl.gov/scienceit

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