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Information
Technology:
The
Information Technology (IT) Group has a team of dedicated individuals
managing and maintaining the various services, infrastructure, software
etc.,
The Web Mail (Mithi Connect Server) with multilingual
and word features has been deployed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0
with AMD 64 bit architecture processor to enhance the processing speed
with 12GB RAM. Redundant and fail over server environment with high-end
storage device is provided. There are over 900 mail users and any
problems related to the mail services are handled well to support the
research activities.
The high-speed Internet connectivity
and network infrastructure is constantly monitored. Most of the
troubleshooting and maintenance of the network are done in-house with
state of the art infrastructure and devices. CCMB has a Local Area
Network (LAN) connecting all buildings in the campus at 10 Gbps core
backbone speed and switched 1 Gbps to desktops and has a very good
security infrastructure for the LAN and WAN. Network monitoring
software is installed to monitor the LAN for its performance and
connectivity problems.
Around 600 PC’s of all makes like HP,
Dell, IBM, Mac, etc., are maintained by the staff of the IT Group
without Annual maintenance Contracts. General maintenance, repairs,
Installation of OS and other software, Antivirus, Updation of Patches,
etc are taken care on regular basis. Maintenance and repairs of
printers, scanners and other accessories are also carried out.
CCMB
Website is deployed on a cluster suite environment for assuring fail
over system and avoiding the downtime of the website. The web content
related to the Research Activities, Facilities, Projects,
Collaborations, Publications and Patents, News & events,
Recruitments, Fellowships, Workshops, Training programs, Tenders &
Staff details are updated on the website periodically as well as
whenever the need arises.
Few members of the group are
associated with Software development for in-house usage and
implementation pertaining to various needs. Good number of software
packages have been developed and implemented.
The staff
of the group also conducts a training program for the new research
students during August every year and also trains the other staff
whenever need arises.
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