Synthesis Partners with Pluralsight to Close the Technology Skills Gap
23 November – Johannesburg, South Africa – Synthesis Software Technologies, one of South Africa’s leading software development companies, announced that it has chosen Pluralsight, the technology workforce development company, as a strategic partner to accelerate technology skills development. Synthesis is renowned for using emerging technologies to make their customers across the globe more competitive. However, […]
Four proven ways to rapidly generate ideas
By Kim Furman, Synthesis Marketing Manager It sits staring back at me. Seemingly never ending and always expanding. The to-do list. I have a daily list of items that I relish scratching out, one by one, like little villains whose defeat my diary depends on. We all have things we want to do – from […]
The Synthesis Hackathon Returns with 24 hours of innovation
[Johannesburg] – 16 August 2022 – On the 18th of August over 100 of Synthesis Software Technologies’ employees will rally for 24 non-stop hours to work against the clock and develop their ideas. These solutions will be built with leading technologies including everything from artificial intelligence to Web3. Synthesis is a software development company […]
The most striking finding to come out of COVID-19 cloud adoption
Kim Furman, Synthesis Marketing Manager, highlights insights from Synthesis Head of Cloud Computing, Darryl Govender, about how organisations can embark on a strategic journey to get the most out of the cloud. “If COVID has taught us anything, it is that we are not using cloud enough,” says Synthesis Head of Cloud Computing Darryl Govender. […]
The Art of Disruptive Innovation
By Drikus van de Walt, Synthesis Cloud Disruption Engineer In roughly the 5th Century BC a book emerged from ancient China. Attributed to the ancient military strategist Sun Tzu, this book: The Art of War1, is still considered to be one of the greatest military treatises ever penned. It has remained popular through the centuries […]
Synthesis continues its growth streak with strong annual results
[Johannesburg] – 2 June 2022 – South African JSE-listed FinTech group, Capital Appreciation Limited (Capprec), announced its annual results for the year ended 31 March 2022. It has experienced a strong acceleration in business activity in the past year and a substantial demand for its innovative technology products and solutions. The Group increased gross revenues […]
How Apache Kafka® tames the data stream
The challenges of ‘data in motion’ were addressed in a round table event moderated by ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK. He gives an overview of the discussion. The digital world is defined by the data “stream.” But there is a serious challenge facing businesses as they get to grips with their data. In the world of consumers, streaming […]
Taking back the power: your guide to remote work
By Rodney Ellis, Synthesis Service manager With winter just around the corner and Eskom not being able to provide enough power to the country, there is not a lot of hope for a stable remote working environment. The anxiety that one little notification can produce in a team – stage 4 loadshedding has started – […]
The Future is Agile
By Daniel Sinek, Synthesis Marketing Intern Business is dynamic. Fortune 500 companies are successful because they can adapt responsively. One savvy way to join their ranks is by using an Agile methodology. The Agile methodology is a cyclical process that is best suited for dynamic business environments that evolve. Agile refers to an organisations’ ability […]
The most foolish technology predictions and can we avoid them?
The most foolish technology predictions and can we avoid them? By Kim Furman, Synthesis Marketing Manager If the quintessential experts get their predictions wrong, how can anyone else hope to get them right? Covid-19 has taught us to shy away from predictions – the future is an uncertain landscape. Yet some areas allow for more […]