Stop spreading the news
By Kim Furman, Synthesis Marketing Manager Fake news might be an old-world problem but there are new world solutions to tackle it. There is nothing new about fake news other than the name used to describe it. Disinformation, misinformation, satire, parody, propaganda and manipulations of the truth are age old. John Adams, American president, confirms […]
Stop spreading the news (event write-up)
By Tiana Cline, Biz-tech Journalist Fake news might be an old problem but there are new-world solutions to tackle it. Synthesis Technologies, along with some well-known writers and journalists, took a deep dive into the state of media to discuss the fake news epidemic and Artificial Intelligence (AI) as the potential remedy. When it comes […]
Halo set to boost financial inclusion
Synthesis, an innovative software and consulting company, has announced the launch of Halo, the tap-on-phone contactless payment solution. Halo is the first of its kind in Africa and allows any merchant to instantly receive payments. Customers need to simply tap their cards on the merchant’s phone to make payment. This opens the door to informal […]
The gendered question
By Kim Furman, Synthesis Marketing Manger Women’s Day sets the tone for August. It encourages us to us examine the advances of women in society. It inspires article upon article on what it is like to be a woman in every sphere. What always interests me is that you never see the question of what […]
RDS Monitoring
By Matthew Crockett, Synthesis Digital and Emerging tech Principal Projects Custodian Problem Part of the modernisation of a Microsoft workload and deploying it to AWS will include migrating the database from an on-prem Microsoft SQL Server to Amazon RDS, with any of the database flavors that you could wish for. Monitoring these databases can be […]
Preparing your Microsoft .NET service to be hosted on the cloud
By Dean Maier, Synthesis Cloud Project Lead Whether you are already underway on your cloud migration journey and modernising your applications or are just looking to run an existing service in the cloud, this guide will assist you with some of the checklist items you should consider. Microsoft has two primary frameworks or SDK’s that are used for service development and these are namely .NET framework and .NET core. You can read more information here. Legacy […]
Monitoring Microsoft Workloads with AWS CloudWatch
By Darryl Govender, Head of Cloud Services AWS has long supported the built-in capability to monitor Windows Server workloads, through the use of the unified CloudWatch Agent. Quick to install, through the AWS Systems Manager (SSM) Run Command, SSM State Manager, or from the CLI, the CloudWatch Agent enables the simple collection of metrics and logs; which can then be […]
Pivot or Persevere: Advice from a Solutionist
By Kim Furman, Synthesis Marketing Manager Tracy Morris shares her story from working her to way to the top to being a mother of three to overcoming introversion. Often, behind the humblest of individuals sits the greatest insight. This is what I found when I interviewed Tracy Morris in her unique role as Head […]
Judging the GirlCode Hackathon
By Kayleigh Slogrove, Synthesis Software Developer The GirlCode organisation aims to inspire young women to become developers. They have many different programs such as workshops, training programs and a yearly hackathon. This year, I had the pleasure of being one of the judges for this incredible hackathon. I have participated in hackathons before but this […]
Mandela Day: Sharing warmth with Synthesis and Afrika Tikkun
For the past ten years, and continuing this year, Synthesis Software Technologies (Synthesis) has celebrated Mandela Day with Afrika Tikkun, an organisation committed to developing and uplifting people living in underprivileged communities, and a nominated partner with the government for the Covid-19 relief fund and its efforts to distribute information, sanitation and food parcels. Synthesis […]