SELECT SIFISO celebrated the end of a successful and productive 2022 at Cradle Moon Lakeside Game Lodge in Muldersdrift, Gauteng from 2 December to 4 December 2022. During the getaway, the team took out some time to relax, bond as a team, and reflect on a fruitful year at SELECT SIFISO. We spent two days …
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We are pleased to announce that two of our staff members have been offered permanent positions within Select Sifiso. We offer permanent positions on our team once a staff member has been with us for a year. Rachel Ndawo has filled the role of Executive PA and Project Manager since January 2022. We are delighted …
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 …
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. …
Nothing quite says team-building like a Go-Karting experience with your team. On Friday 23 September, we took the team out to Kyalami indoor Karting at Mall of Africa, and boy was it one for the books. Not only did we put ourselves to the test of overcoming the course- we got to enjoy an experience …
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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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 …
I previously got rid of my desktop when its motherboard got damaged. Prior to throwing it away, I recovered its SATA hard drive.I recently connected the retrieved hard drive to my laptop as shown above (Local Disk (G:)) and attempted to delete windows system folders such as the “hidden” ProgramData folderHowever, I ran into an …
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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In my article, Single package deployment in SQL Server Integration Services 2016, I covered the exciting single package deployment feature available in SQL Server 2016 via SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) 2015. I think in the midst of the excitement, some people started confusing this new feature with the package deployment model. In this post, …
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