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Giving Back to Deserving Communities

SELECT SIFISO takes its commitment to CSI seriously and we make time to contribute to worthy causes in our own unique ways. As an IT company, we applaud and support the work done by NGOs in the ICT sector. One of these NGOs is Siyakhula Computer School, based at the Emthonjeni Community Centre in the …

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The People’s Race

Sunday, 6th November 2022 our team participated in the 27th “The People’s Race”. The race took place at the FNB Stadium in Nasrec, Johannesburg.  Three marathons took place, during the course of the event.  The Standard Marathon, Half Marathon, and 10 Kilometer Race.  Completing the race within the allotted time, awarded participants with a medal. …

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Pluralsight courses available with MSDN Subscription

One of the benefits of having an MSDN Subscription is that you have free access to some Pluralsight courses. To verify this, you can visit the My Account page of MSDN Subscription  website. MSDN Subscriptions You should notice – among other benefits – Pluralsight course subscription, as shown below: Pluralsight 45-course subscription Unfortunately, as stated in the picture you will …

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Master Data Services Insufficient Memory Error

A business case that requires the usage of Master Data Services finally landed on my desk. As part of delivering this business case, I had to install and configure SQL Server 2014 Master Data Services in production. I had previously installed and configured SQL Server Master Data Services in a test virtual machine environment so …

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Resolving PolyBase Installation Errors in SQL Server 2016

One of the exciting new features you may want to explore in SQL Server 2016 is PolyBase. However, as I attempted to install PolyBase, I ran into more than one error. In this post, I provide ways of resolving these errors. Error: Rule “Oracle JRE 7 Update 51 (64-bit) or higher is required” failed The error …

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