Seven Interesting Facts About Connecting The World With Technology

There's no arguing that technology has changed the world forever. It's made it possible to communicate with people face-to-face in real time even when they're on the other side of the planet. Realizing just how much technology has altered how we connect to one another is a daunting challenge. Here are seven interesting facts that will bring those details to light.

                            

1. Google Services Around 35 Million Queries Every Month
Search engines have brought us together by making it possible to find information without actually knowing where to look. This reliance has caused Google to become smarter and more powerful, which only makes sense when you consider how many people use it every day.

2. Social Media is Growing Rapidly
Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are currently experiencing a rapid growth due to their mobile-friendly natures. This growth is being harnessed by intelligent businesses and business people with in-stream ads and smart social media usage.

3. The Amount of Information on the Internet Doubles Each Year
Google currently has 200 Terabytes of data indexed. The size of the Internet, however, is estimated to be around 5,000,000 Terabytes. It's expected to continue growing in size as the amount of information we create continues to rapidly increase.

4. One in Five Couples Meet on the Internet
The Internet isn't just about enabling you to communicate with people you already know, it's apparently a great place to meet new people. An estimated one in every five couples met using the Internet. It has completely changed the way people are meeting and dating.

5. 81% of Emails Rightfully Belong in the Junk Folder
Due to privacy problems, ascertaining an exact number of spam emails is next to impossible. Some estimates state that around 81% of all emails is spam, which primarily come from Russia, Nigeria and South Africa.

6. Computer Science Enables New Forms of Digital Communication
Internet relay chat, the basis for all Internet communication, was created by a group of university researchers. Many of the advances in digital communication have come from computer science students trying to use the Internet in different ways. Getting a master's degree in computer science online can open up many opportunities to work in this exciting field.

7. The Internet Needs Regular Maintenance
There are an estimated 256 undersea cables and millions of buried fiber-optic cable that makes the backbone of the Internet. They can stay viable for anywhere from 10 years to 25 years, though they require regular maintenance to stay working. If you've ever had Internet issues, it may be a side effect of cables being repaired.

Changes in communication have occurred rapidly because of the Internet. While you may think that we're at the peak of what technology can do, communication will only continue to evolve from this point.

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From the Lab: Best Technology Firms to Work for in 2015

Technology jobs have grown extensively over the last few years, with numerous companies seeking applicants and new partnering firms. Making the most out of your tech career will mean finding the best company to work for. Here are the best tech companies to work for in 2015 and what they offer for employees.

Apple
As one of the largest and most successful tech companies in the business, Apple is hands down one of the top tech companies to work for this year. Not only do they offer exceptional benefits and higher salaries, working for Apple is an opportunity to gain a wealth of knowledge. Apple has a high number of applicants, therefore it’s important to make as many contacts as you can, and be very knowledgeable about the company prior to an interview. A solid educational background is beneficial when applying. Since the company designs, tests, and develops products, a degree in electrical engineering can be especially helpful as well. Another way to get into the Apple atmosphere is to join their Developer’s Program or start off by working at one of their retail stores.

                                 

Qualcomm
Qualcomm is an international telecommunications company that offers extensive benefits and opportunity to growth, making it one of the best tech companies to work for. On top of medical benefits, this company also offers its employees an exceptional retirement program and they are generous with employee time-off. Job opportunities include: scientist, engineers, and business strategist. One of the best strategies to starting a career with Qualcomm is to join their highly rated internship program.

                                 

Zillow
With their recent purchase of Trulia, Zillow has become a big player in the 2015 tech market. This company is known for taking an interest in their employee’s well-being and creating a strong leadership team. Not only do they have competitive benefits, they host many fun activities for their team members. There are multiple positions within the company for people with experience including: engineering, sales, business. For those that are just starting their career, Zillow has intern/recent graduate programs as well.

                              

Google
As the industry giant, Google is the leader of great tech companies to work for this year. Their benefits are top of the line, and the company culture is exceptional. This massive company requires a huge workforce and attracts the best of the best in the industry. Becoming an intern at Google enhances your chances of starting a career there, and Google develops and designs their own hardware systems so having an online masters in electrical engineering can give applicants an advantage at landing a job.

                                       

The success of a career depends upon the success of a company. Building a solid educational background, networking, and a willingness to learn can get help your foot in the door with these top companies in the industry.

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Restore And Recover Exchange Server 2010 Database With Backup

With the introduction of Exchange Server 2010 while new technology and features came into existence, some essential storage features were removed. One of the major changes which were brought forward was the removal of storage groups which was present in the earlier versions. Due to the removal of storage group, Recovery Storage Groups or RSG also no longer exist. Alternatively, Recovery Database (RDB) is being used in order to restore and recover Exchange server 2010 database. RDB is not tied to a particular database or a server. There can be one or multiple RDBs but only one RDB can only be mounted at a certain instance.

Here in this blog post, we will discuss three methods by which you will be able to completely Exchange server 2010 database.

Method#1: Windows Server Backup

One possible method to recover Exchange server 2010 database is with the help of Windows server backup. In case your database file gets deleted or lost you can restore it with the help of Windows backup. Care should be taken that you have the most recent backup of your database to ensure complete recovery. Follow the below mentioned steps in order to carry out the recovery process: 

1. Right click on the Exchange Management console which is in a dismounted state.
2. Select Properties from the drop down menu.
   
   
3. In properties dialog box, click on the Maintenance tab.
4. In this enable the checkbox- This database can be overwritten by a restore.                     
   
   
   The above steps will mark that the mailbox database as recoverable.
5. To start the recovery wizard, in Windows server backup click Recover.    
   
   
                     
6. Mark the option This server in case the backup is stored on the same server.
7. Click Next to continue.
   
   
8. A calendar is displayed which shows the date on which the backup was taken. In case more than one backup was taken on the same day, then there will be multiple entries in the dropdown list. Select the backup from which you want to recover the data.
9. Click Next to continue.
   
   
10. Select the recovery type Application and then select Next option.
    
    
11. Mark the checkbox in case you don’t want to roll over the database forward. If you want to roll over the database, do not select the checkbox. 
12. Click Next option.
    
    
13. If you want to recover the database to the original location, select Recover to original location.
14. If you want to recover the database at a new location (in case of corrupted database) select Recover to another location option.
15. Click Next option.
    
    
16. Click on Restore.
    
    
     

The restore process will depend on the size of the database. Once the database is restored, click on Close.

Method#2: Recover Exchange server 2010 database using Data Protection Manager

In case the recovery of Exchange server does not prove to be successful, you can also try to recover it by using Data protection manager.

Recovering database to an active Exchange database is similar to recovering in Exchange server 2010 standalone node. The administrator after recovering the database must synchronize the passive database to the recovered database. DPM offers five kinds to recover Exchange server 2010 database.

1. Recover to original location
2. Recover to different location
3. Recover to Exchange Recovery database
4. Recover to a network location
5. Recover and copy in an external device

Method#3: Recovery with Third Party Application

The above mentioned methods can turn out to be complex in case if even a single step is left out. Also at times it may happen that the backup of the Exchange server database itself goes corrupted. There is no chance that a user can recover Exchange server 2010 database if no backup is available or corrupted. Therefore deployment of third party tool may prove to be helpful in such case.

One such tool is Exchange Server Recovery software. The software recovers dismounted Exchange server mailboxes in an efficient and quick manner. It saves the recovered database in both Live Exchange Server and in Outlook.

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How to Move Database to another Drive on Exchange Server Machine

The process to move Exchange database from one drive to another is a simple task. All that is needed is you need to do it right. Before moving on the steps as how to move Exchange database to another partition, let’s have a general view over why there is need for the same.

Moving Database and Log Files to Different Drive: There are scenarios where continuously growing database cannot be accommodated in its current drive. In that case, the intelligent idea to move the database into another location that has ample of space available for ever-rising size of DB.

Moving LOG File Drive to another Directory: For better performance and recoverability, it is always recommended to keep the database and log files in different directories. Reason being, at the time of drive failure where the DB is saved, the log files still remain safe to bring the database up-to-date for restoration to a point of failure.

How to Move Exchange 2010 Database to another Drive
In the prior section we discuses different scenarios why need to move database location from one to another drive. In this segment we’ll learn the complete process how to move Exchange 2010 database to another drive.

To move Exchange 2010 database and logs to a different directory, Exchange Management Console (EMC) or Exchange Management Shell (EMS) can be used. To start up, you need to dismount the database from Server and on completion of the location change process; the DB has to be manually mounted on Server. The default location of database in Exchange Server 2010 is

 “C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Mailbox\Mailbox Database.”

Change Database Location using EMC
Open EMC and in the console tree, click on “Organization Configuration” and under it, select “Mailbox”

On the results pane, click on “Database Management” tab. Under it, select the mailbox database that has to be moved to different drive. Right-click on it and choose “Move Database Path”

                             

In the new wizard named “Move Database Path” define new location for the database and the log file. Click on the “Move” button at the bottom of screen.

                              

A message will be prompted that says database has to be dismounted temporarily before moving the database location. Click “Yes” to continue.

                             

Change Database Location using EMS (PowerShell)
Now to perform the same task but using command-line utility, run the Move-DatabasePath command. Here, the GUID name of the mailbox database is used to define the DB for changing the location.

                            

How to Move an Exchange Server 2013 Database to a New Location
In the above post I described the process of how to move Exchange 2010 database location to another drive. This post is a continuation my previous post describing the how to move Exchange server 2013 database to new location concept.

When you first time install 2013 edition of Exchange Server, a database is automatically formed on Server as well. By default database is placed in the C:\ drive “Mailbox” folder of Exchange server installation path. The default location of the database in Exchange server 2013 is:

“C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V15\Mailbox\Mailbox Database 1”

Let’s see how to move Exchange 2013 database to new location using “Move-DatabasePath” cmd in Exchange Management Shell

Before executing the move process, you must be aware that:

• Logged on the mailbox server hosting database
• Dismount the database from server
• This procedure can’t be run at the same time when backup in progress

To change database of Exchange 2013 server named as “Mike Thomas” to new location of EDB file of E:\Mike Thomas and new path of log file is F:\Mike Thomas

Run this following command to move location of database:

                           

To check if the database is mounted and accessible, use this command:

                           

Conclusion: In this post I described the procedure of how to move Exchange 2010 and 2013 database to another location. If you are using earlier editions of Exchange server and facing any type of data corruption and moving, migration problem then you can consult me any time am always ready to conquer your issues regarding Exchange server.

I am V.Bagga a blogger by passion and I wrote various blog posts on wordpress. I love to write blog posts and share it in my social circle. I am very keen interested in learning new things and implementing them in my working strategy.

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