Synthesis Software Technologies announces Cloudflare partnership
Specialised financial technology company Synthesis Software Technologies (Synthesis) is pleased to announce a partnership with leading Internet performance and security company Cloudflare. Cloudflare runs one of the world’s largest networks, which powers more than ten trillion requests per month, accounting for nearly ten percent of all Internet requests. Cloudflare’s network has had a point of […]
Achieving scale through the next wave in software development – with Synthesis at DevConf 2019
For over two years now, DevConf has provided attendees with a myriad of insights and practices to assist software developers in tackling the challenges of the future. The success and attendance of these events has inspired Synthesis Software Technologies to attend the event this year and participate as a Gold Sponsor. In an increasingly connected […]
The learning process
Pierre Aurel, Senior Consultant at Synthesis, recently featured in the Financial Mail Office, talking about the learning process in corporate companies and embracing technology-driven learning for skills development and what it means in corporate South Africa. The following excerpt comes from the interview with Pierre: “I have seen technical personnel like database administrators pursuing leadership […]
AWS launches innovative Pop Up Loft in Johannesburg
Following the success of similar events that have taken place globally, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, has this month launched a Pop-up Loft in Sandton, Johannesburg. The Pop-up Loft is a space created for customers and enterprises to learn more about emerging innovation around cloud computing. The […]
Synthesis uses their custom Kubernetes distribution Polaris for their 24-hour hackathon
Synthesis recently held its first 24-hour hackathon of 2019. The theme of this hackathon was building out tooling and ideas onto of the Synthesis custom Kubernetes distribution called Polaris. The Computer Vision team built a tool to turn scanned diagrams into vector drawings using AWS Rekognition. Then the Visual CI team built a handy tool […]
Synthesis cloud specialists to speak at ITWeb Cloud Summit
The 2019 ITWeb Cloud Summit, taking place on 12 February at The Campus in Bryanston Johannesburg, will provide a platform for cloud experts, researchers and industry practitioners to exchange ideas, discuss new advances in the strategy and practice of cloud computing, and identify emerging trends to define the future of cloud computing in SA. Titled […]
Cloud security needs scaled learning & a shared responsibility model
The following excerpt comes from an interview of Jared Naude, Software Engineer of Synthesis, by ITWeb. “As businesses migrate to cloud, they are not putting the foundational security controls in place, such as identity and access management, and logging and monitoring. This often means that when a security incident occurs, there are no logs or information which […]
AFGRI Group Holdings and Synthesis form joint venture to unlock agricultural innovation
The agreement will enable the accelerated development of innovative solutions in the agricultural-technology (AgTech) space in South Africa and Africa. Leading agricultural services company AFGRI Group Holdings and specialised financial technology company Synthesis Software Technologies are proud to announce the conclusion of a joint-venture (JV) agreement. The relationship between the two companies began in 2014 […]
Synthesis Software Technologies provides much-needed support for families and young children
The fintech company’s annual charity drive delivers food, toiletries and school shoes to vulnerable families and grade R children. Home-grown South African financial-technology company Synthesis held their annual charity drive on 6 and 7 December this year, with employees distributing parcels to vulnerable families and grade R children in Alexandra and Braamfontein respectively. Twenty-five vulnerable […]
Synthesis welcomes Amazon Web Services’ Region announcement, expecting this move to boost South African cloud infrastructure
Synthesis Software Technologies welcomes the recent announcement that Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) will be opening an infrastructure region, in Cape Town in the first half of 2020. AWS is the world’s leading cloud platform provider, and the new region, will be its first on the African continent. The new AWS Africa (Cape Town) Region […]