DevOps: The pillars of operational excellence

DevOps: The pillars of operational excellence

Source: ITWeb 17 December 20201 By Jonty Sidney, Synthesis Senior Cloud & DevOps Engineer When we believe DevOps only relates to technical teams, we underestimate its value and we will never experience its true strength and power. DevOps is the practise of combining the development work and operations work of a software project. Its goal […]

The Final Act

By Nomkhosi Nhlapo, Synthesis Office Administrator It was that time of the year again when Synthesis would change young learners’ lives. The task was simple, and it was dubbed the Final Act for 2020. We wanted to close a difficult year with acts of kindness. Each year we collect funds for Afrika Tikkun. These funds […]

Black Friday – High Risk: High Reward

Black Friday – High Risk: High Reward

By Howard Feldman, Synthesis Head of Marketing & People. Black Friday is what happens when the dangerous mixture of anxiety and excitement are blended in a retail test tube. Although we might think that we know what is going to happen, the result is almost never as predictable as we would like it to be; […]

How a South African Tech company handled COVID

How a South African Tech company handled COVID

By Howard Feldman – Head of Synthesis Marketing and People It didn’t begin with a strategy. Rather, it began with a simple understanding that if the virus were to make its way to South Africa, that it would be better if we were prepared. Whatever that meant. What was clear to me was that if […]

Running with scissors: What the Innovators Do Best

Grant Morgan, Synthesis Head of Managed Services, explains how to reduce the risks and optimise the pace in this new world.

10 November 2020 By Kim Furman, Synthesis Marketing Manager The world of managed services has seen a radical revolution from the old ways of working to the new to support dramatic and iterative innovation in support of Agile software development. Mothers for generations have been correctly telling their children not to run with scissors, but […]

Modernise, Cost Optimise and Revolutionise with AWS

Modernise, Cost Optimise and Revolutionise with AWS

by Chad Epstein Cloud Migration Practice Lead The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation journey of enterprises towards increased use of cloud computing technologies. According to an IDC study, customers that move their Windows workloads to AWS will see a 56% reduction in the cost of operations over five years, and a 442% increase […]

14 Reasons why you should consider automating your trade reporting solution

14 Reasons why you should consider automating your trade reporting solution

By Steyn Basson, Synthesis Divisional Director Synthesis has been involved in the trade reporting space for almost two decades in some form or another. Head of Markets IT/ Treasury and Operations of the largest South African banks have approached us over these years to streamline JSE integration for Fixed Income Trade reporting. They wanted to avoid the hefty risks that come […]

Achieving Operational Excellence with Terraform

Hashicorp

20 October 2020 By: Jared Naude, Cloud Architect – Synthesis Software Technologies  As companies go to cloud, they must adopt a new operating model to effectively build and run their environment. In this blog post, which is the first part of a two-part series, we will explore a few key aspects of unlocking the cloud operating model and achieving operational excellence during the cloud […]

Synthesis hosts panel discussion on cyber security risks, skills and what we can do about it

Synthesis hosts panel discussion on cyber security risks, skills and what we can do about it

Published by IT Web Synthesis, a leading South African strategic technology partner and highly specialised software and systems developer, launched its inaugural online panel discussion, hosting several experts and personalities in the technology space. ABSA’s Group Chief Security Officer Sandro Bucchianeri; Discovery Insure CEO Anton Ossip; Internet pioneer and technology investor Ronnie Apteker; and Synthesis business analyst Matthew […]

Don’t get lost in tech lingo

Breaking down the latest technology trends

By Hanno Brink, Machine Learning Engineer at Synthesis There are a plethora of technologies for companies to choose from that can add value, increase competitiveness and improve business processes. The point is to choose correctly rather than getting lost in the lingo. When it comes to cutting edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) […]