Words Of The Year

By Michael Shapiro, Synthesis Managing Director The word of the year in 1999 was “Y2K.”  In 2007 it was “subprime.” And then in 2016 it was “Brexit.” 2017 saw the emergence of “Fake news,” and in 2019 it was “Climate emergency.” And then the world changed. In 2020 the word of the year was “Pandemic” and this year, 2021, according to the Oxford […]

Deving For Good 2

By Kim Furman, Synthesis Marketing Manager On 5 March 2020, over 140 Synthesis developers, code enthusiasts and solution seekers came together to develop for a cause in the annual Synthesis Hackathon. Ten teams were tasked to create technology to tackle gender-based violence. The stage was set with just under 24 hours, hundreds of cups of coffee […]

The role of AI in the business

Cloud Value Review

Globally, companies are indicating that they will invest even more in artificial intelligence (AI) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its acceleration of digital transformation initiatives. But while the potential of AI is clear, many local businesses still struggle to see how to effectively integrate this technology into their broader operational processes. Part of […]

Digital transformation is key to any business’s success

Digital transformation is key to any business’s success

Tjaard du Plessis is the Head of Digital and Emerging Technology at Synthesis As the world adapts to the realities of Covid-19, industries and businesses need to have a firm grasp on digital transformation in order to compete. Not only does it exist to solve business problems, eliminating complexity through technology but also to remove […]

Digital Transformation and the Role of AI

Digital Transformation and the Role of AI

Archana Arakkal is a Machine Learning Engineer at Synthesis, one of the Capital Appreciation companies. She unpacks the role of AI in digital transformation. The purpose of digital transformation is to allow an industry to perform at an optimal pace, as well as to leverage newer technologies out there. This results in a more effective […]

Black Friday, the not so dark Friday ….

Black Friday, the not so dark Friday ….

By: Rodney Ellis, Synthesis Service Manager With Black Friday around the corner, most if not all, e-commerce and retailers will have that feeling of anxiousness and dread in the weeks leading up to the day asking: “Will the site or systems stay up? Will it perform under the additional load?” and “If it goes down […]

Security and Compliance. Who should even care?

By Jonathan Sidney, Synthesis Cloud Engineer. In this year’s “Puppet State of DevOps” report, an interesting discussion point was uncovered: Does DevOps fundamentally include security requirements or should it be described with a separate word – DevSecOps. This might seem to be relatively trivial discussion, but it gets to the essence of both DevOps as […]

The duck on the financial payment pond

The duck on the financial payment pond

The duck on the financial payment pond: By Matthew Gaskell –  Synthesis Security Analyst We are constantly transacting. Today alone, you may have tapped your card to purchase your petrol and used that same card to purchase your groceries online. And you probably haven’t thought twice about these transactions – that is a sign of […]

The Kubernetes Conversation

The Kubernetes Conversation

By Synthesis Juan Roriston and Rodney Ellis Every company wants to accelerate business value. Kubernetes is one of many answers. But to those in the non-technical team, this may sound like just another buzzword. Below we break it down so the next time the word is mentioned, you can have an impactful say in the […]

Innovation vs Security: Can you have them both?

Innovation vs Security: Can you have them both?

It was the motoring legend Jeremy Clarkson that once said: “speed doesn’t kill it’s the coming to a stop that gets you.” The same applies to rapid innovation. If you roll out the latest and greatest technology too quickly without securing it, you might be vulnerable to halting attacks. Implementing the most market-leading innovations is […]