Apache Httpd.conf Updates on Web Servers

The following MS Office 2007 formats should now be supported on grids and gf7 apache servers.

#
# The mod_mine module allows type-extension mappings
#
AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.slideshow.macroEnabled.12 ppsm
AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slideshow ppsx
AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.presentation.macroEnabled.12 pptm
AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation pptx
AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slideshow ppsx
AddType application/vnd.ms-word.document.macroEnabled.12 docm
AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document docx
AddType application/vnd.ms-word.template.macroEnabled.12 dotm
AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.template dotx
AddType application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroEnabled.12 xlsb
AddType application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroEnabled.12 xlsm
AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet xlsx
AddType application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument xps

Thanks to Judy Qiu for this info.

gf9.ucs.indiana.edu shutdown

I shut gf9 down, will replace it in the Room 211 rack with new Polar Grid machines. I don't think gf9 is used for anything anymore but let me know if you see any problems. Gf9 was formerly used to serve up the old NPAC and FSU web sites mounted on rocky.ucs.indiana.edu, but these files now come directly from an Apache server on rocky.

Marlon

Lab Presentation by Ahmet Sayar

Presenter: Ahmet Sayar
Topic : High Performance Federated Service-Oriented Geographic Information
Systems
Location : Room 222
Date : Friday, February 8
Time: 3:00 pm

Abstract:

Geospatial information is critical to the effective and collaborative
decision making in earth-related disaster planning, crisis management and
early-warning systems. The decision making in GIS increasingly relies on
analyses of spatial data in map-based formats. Maps are complex structures
composed of layers created from distributed heterogeneous data and
computation resources belonging to the separate virtual organizations from
various expert skill levels.

We propose infrastructure for understanding and managing the production of
knowledge from distributed observation, simulation and analysis through
integrated data-views in the form of multi-layered map images.
Infrastructure is based on common data model, standard GIS Web-Service
components and a federator. Federator federates GIS services and enables
unified data access/query, display and analysis over integrated data-views.

After giving a complete architecture for GIS domain, we generalized the
problem domain and abstracted the architecture for the other domains in
terms of principles, components and architectural requirements.

We also studied high-performance design techniques in Federated
Service-oriented Geographic Information Systems in which the
interoperability is granted by the structured common data models and
standard service interfaces. The performance tests, measurement and
analysis are done over the real geo-science applications.

[Fwd: UITS News Release: IU partners with Google and Microsoft to expand student and alumni email options]

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Subject: UITS News Release: IU partners with Google and Microsoft to expand student and alumni email options
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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 09:56:38 -0500
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To: undisclosed-recipients: ;

Colleagues:

UITS is working with IU Media Relations to issue this release today.

Thank you,
LSP and 2nd Tier Support
lsps@iu.edu
https://lsps.iu.edu

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IU partners with Google and Microsoft to expand student and alumni email options

Innovative deal will offer students and graduates more choices in email service and provide enhanced suites of collaborative software

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 5, 2008

BLOOMINGTON - Indiana University has partnered with Google and Microsoft to deliver enhanced email and collaboration services to all IU students and alumni on all IU campuses.

The partnership allows IU students and alumni to access these popular commercial services while still maintaining their traditional IU email addresses. Students who use these services now will be able to continue receiving mail at their IU email addresses (e.g.: jdoe@iupui.edu or jdoe@iusb.edu) long into the future.

"With this decision UITS begins a new model of delivering IT services, in which the best offerings in the marketplace are blended into a suite of complementary services - open-sourced, in-sourced, and proprietary - in order to offer the breadth and depth that meet the needs of IU students," said Laurie G. Antolovic', IU Deputy CIO and Finance Officer.

IU faculty and students served on a team that evaluated these products over the summer. Sophomore Brian Davis, an IU Student Association representative on the project, added, "The companies were very cooperative and presented impressive products. Throughout the process, both partners provided information to help show how their products would fit well with IU student needs."

In addition to email, both services provide a diverse set of features including calendaring, instant messaging, document and spreadsheet applications, and more. They also provide large storage allocations for email and documents.

"The initial feature set is rich, and the future integration potential is quite promising," noted Dennis Cromwell, IU Associate Vice President for Enterprise Infrastructure. "Students will continue to create and manage their accounts using IU's Account Management Service, and we will look to integrate email and other services within the OneStart portal and Oncourse course management system," Cromwell said.

Additionally, IU will continue to uphold current policies relating to student privacy. In accessing or granting access to an account, Google, Microsoft, and Indiana University personnel will comply with all applicable laws and policies. Information outlining when a user's stored data may be accessed, who may access it, and what permissions are necessary before that access takes place are available in Indiana University's Information Technology Privacy Policy.

Tom Martz, President and CEO of the Indiana University Alumni Association, praised the new services. "Our alumni want to stay connected with their alma mater and their university friends. A lifetime IU identity supports a lifetime of engagement between the university and its alumni," said Martz.

The rollout of the services will begin this semester.

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About Indiana University

IU is one of the oldest state universities in the Midwest and also one of the largest universities in the United States, with more than 110,000 students, faculty, and staff on eight campuses. IU has a national reputation in the areas of information technology and advanced networking.

Related Information:

Media Contact

Julie Wernert
Office of the Vice President for Information Technology jwernert@indiana.edu
812-856-5517

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Christine Y. Fitzpatrick, Ed.D.
Communications Officer
Office of the Vice President for Information Technology & CIO Indiana University
535 W. Michigan Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317-278-1818 (voice)
317-274-3657 (fax)
cfitzpat@iu.edu

Grids Apache Reboot and Mail Problems

Grids' /var directory was 100% full over the weekend. This holds both the user mail and apache log files.

I backed up and moved several large apache log files and restarted the server. Let me know if you notice any problems with lab web servers: most of these are virtually hosted from grids. If you use grids for mail, you may have noticed some interruption.