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Synthesis were gold sponsors at the AWS Summit held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. The event kicked off with a keynote by Chris Erasmus and David Brown and had several customers sharing their cloud migration success stories. Thousands of people attended the event including students, IT professionals, and business executives. Generative AI was a big theme again with AWS speaking about how their data services can enable AI use cases. Synthesis presented our AI launchpad solution during a breakout talk.

Aspire Youth’s Founder and Executive Director, Mark Gamble, Principal Solutionist at Synthesis, Craig Fuchs, and Synthesis Digital Principal, Daniel Horne, to discuss how Synthesis and Aspire Youth are working together to exercise change through technology.

Exposing the Rockstar knowledge in the world of Platform Engineering and DevOps with Jonathan Sidney, Paul Spagnoletti, and Daniel Horne.

Nicholas Driver demonstrates how you can use AI to create comprehensive marketing campaigns.

Chris Erasmus, The Country General Manager, South Africa at AWS and Executive Head of Cloud & Security at Synthesis, Paul Spagnoletti, discuss how partnerships have helped AWS accelerate business growth in South Africa.

Enoch Chandayengerwa, explains how you can use the Synthesis AI Launchpad as a Marketing Content Generator.

Collaborating with our creation. Settling into our humanity while celebrating the brave new technological dawn we find ourselves.

Kerry Izerel introduces The Synthesis AI Launchpad. Helping clients accelerate Generative AI use cases.

BankservAfrica’s CTO, Ben Janse van Rensburg explains how PayShap is helping to make a more inclusive payments landscape in South Africa.

Kayla Levy explains how we can combine the worlds of real-time and AI using behavioural analysis to profile different customers.

The Generative AI Disruption Framework is a self-assessment tool that gives business leaders the ability to guide discourse within their firms and deliver meaningful and valuable change.

He takes you through six steps where business units or functions can be evaluated, from both a change readiness perspective and a technology fit perspective.

Join Enoch Chandayengerwa as he walks you through setting up the Synthesis FIX Connector in Confluent Cloud by connecting Capital Markets data (FIX protocol) to Kafka. Learn how to connect to new liquidity providers, exchanges, or data sources to give your trading operations a substantial edge.

How DevOps continues to lead the Tech development and business landscapes

Google’s recent launch of the Johannesburg cloud region in South Africa.

Synthesis at Data in Motion Tour – Utrecht 2023

Synthesis Year End Beach Party 2023

Synthesis at Data in Motion Tour – Johannesburg 2023

Synthesis Head of Marketing and Communications Howard Feldman sits down with Director of Cloud Services Darryl Govender to discuss the real case for cloud and what it is that companies should be looking to achieve with cloud enablement.

We sat down with Thembela Khedama, Head of Digitisation and Client Experience at Standard Bank and Archana Arakkal, Practice Lead: Intelligent Data Engineering at Synthesis to learn more about innovating contact center intelligence.

Synthesis Head of Marketing and Communications Howard Feldman sits down with Practice Lead for Intelligent Data Engineering Archie Arakkal to discuss practical AI and how undervalued LLM’s (Large Language Models) are.

Join Howard Feldman, Head of Synthesis Marketing & People, Author and Radio Show Host and Dr. Anton Meyberg, Physician and Pulmonologist for this week’s Sunday podcast as they answer all your COVID-19 questions.

Synthesis Head of Marketing and Communications Howard Feldman sits down with Executive Head of Cloud and Security Paul Spagnoletti to discuss why it is exactly that everybody wants to be on the cloud and what exactly is the business case for being cloud enabled.

Synthesis Head of Marketing and Communications Howard Feldman sits down with Synthesis Cloud Platform Lead and Dev Ops Enthusiast Jonathan Sidney to get an understanding of the viral tech and business philosophy, Dev Ops

Synthesis Head of Marketing and People Howard Feldman sits down with Solutionists Tracy Morris, Tinashe Katsande and RG Ross to find what it is exactly that they do.

Synthesis Head of Marketing and People Howard Feldman sits down with AWS Marketplace Senior Category Manager Kuda Mlingo to discuss what exactly the AWS Marketplace is.

Join us and Synthesis Managing Director Michael Shapiro at the 2023 AWS Summit in Johannesburg.

Here at Synthesis we are proud to do the same. From across the country, the continent and the world, our team are hungry, humble, smart and diverse. It’s through this diversity that we are able to achieve truly magnificent things. This heritage day we celebrate you. Happy Heritage Day from Synthesis.

Synthesis Head of Marketing and People Howard Feldman sits down with Mentalist, Author, Speaker, and Executive Coach Gilan Gork and Synthesis Head of Academy Elmarie Grant as they unlock the mental side of productivity.

Synthesis Head of Marketing and Communications Howard Feldman sits down with “Anti-Credit” Guru and LayUp founder Andrew Katzwinkel on how LayUp’s Pre-Payment Technology is opening up a new market of consumers to businesses and creating financial inclusion.

Synthesis Head of Marketing and People Howard Feldman sits down with Synthesis Digital Principals Daniel Horne and Aleshan Maistry for Part 3 of our series on digital, design, innovation and creation.

Synthesis Head of Marketing and People Howard Feldman sits down with Digital Strategy Director Brandon Fairweather and Synthesis Head of Digital Matthew Crockett for Part 2 of our series on digital, design, innovation and creation.

Synthesis Head of Marketing and People Howard Feldman sits down with Digital Strategy Director Brandon Fairweather and Business Director Marsh Middleton for Part 1 of our series on digital, design, innovation and creation.

Synthesis head of marketing and people Howard Feldman sits down with Managing Executive at Halo Dot, Pierre Aurel and Product Manager at Halo Dot, Jonathan Jacobs to talk about the digital transformation of payments in South Africa.

Synthesis Head of Payments Centre of Excellence, Harsha Maloo answers our questions on Open Banking and Open Finance in 11 minutes.

In August we celebrate you.
We celebrate your ideas, we celebrate your achievements, we celebrate your kindness.Because women deserve to be celebrated!
Happy Women’s Day, from Synthesis.

Synthesis Head of Regulatory Products Luke Machowski and Synthesis Regtech Software Developer James Eckhart unlock the future of Fintech from the 2023 Fintech Summit.

Synthesis head of marketing and people Howard Feldman sits down with Artificial Intelligence Legal & Governance Specialist, Kathryn Deppe, to unpack the legal and governance issues that are quickly emerging as the prevalence of AI tools continues to grow in various sectors.

Synthesis Software Technologies Head of Regulatory Products Luke Machowski presents at FinTech Summit Africa 2023.

Regulators mandate that 5% of calls go through quality assurance (QA).
No problem. Until you have 10 million calls a year. Be a pioneer in your industry. Let us help you automate the process so you can QA 100% of calls with 98% accuracy and 100% customer insight.

5% of calls have to go through quality assurance (QA) but when a South African bank had 10 million calls on average, it needed an automated solution.

Learn how we created an automated QA system using Automatic Speech Recognition and Natural Language Processing (NLP) that now QAs 100% of calls with 98% accuracy.

1) Use ChatGPT and other large language models to be more productive
2) Be data driven by using analytics from your applications and CI/CD tools to improve cost, UX and security
3) Be proactive around productivity by leading effective meetings
4) Improve release processes by using CI/CD more effectively and consider using Kubernetes preview environments instead of staging environments
5) Remote work is here to stay but managing and nurturing remote teams needs careful consideration.

Thousands of hours of experience. 3 industry giants. 1 panel.

Join Archana (Archie) Arakkal, Marais Neethling and Hugo Loubser as they share their learnings

Tayla Boni, Senior Solutionist, explains why simply following the book isn’t enough. Discover the true meaning of agile and how to implement it successfully.

Tech for business sake: Getting to grips with when and why to implement tech with Synthesis Director of Cloud Services Darryl Govender.

Co-Founder of Responsive Digital, Andrew McElroy sits down for a virtual fireside chat with Synthesis Chief Disruption Officer Tom Wells to have a developer centric look at AI as well as programming language Rust.

Chief Technology Officer at Synthesis Software Labs, Michael Grant, breaks down a business centric view on disruptive technology and has a quick look at how exactly we got here.

Chief Technology Officer at Synthesis Software Labs, Michael Grant, breaks down a business centric view on disruptive technology and ChatGPT’s relationship with language.

Chief Technology Officer at Synthesis Software Labs, Michael Grant, breaks down a business centric view on disruptive technology and and the ChatGPT Playbook.

Synthesis head of marketing and people Howard Feldman sits down with Synthesis Chief Technology Officer Michael Grant to talk about the natural phenomenon that is lightning.

We sit down with Practice Lead for Intelligent Data at Synthesis Archana Arakkal and Principle for Artificial Intelligence at Synthesis Marais Neethling to discuss the recent exciting developments around disruptive technology ChatGpT and try to figure out if it’s worth all the hype surrounding OpenAI’s new Language Model.

Join Howard Feldman, Head of Synthesis Marketing & People, Author and Radio Show Host and Dr. Anton Meyberg, Physician and Pulmonologist for a Sunday Podcast reunion as they reflect on and answer all your COVID-19 questions.

How to handle backlogs in agile? Tjaard du Plessis, Synthesis Head of Digital & Emerging Tech, explains in 8 minutes and shares his storyboard framework that has worked for him across every project.

Synthesis head of marketing and people Howard Feldman sits down with the CEO of warehouse and fleet software company Trackmatic David Slotow as he opens up on the challenges facing the industry, the move to cloud and working with Synthesis.

Introducing Synthesis Ideacast, a series of videos designed to spark better ideas with Tjaard du Plessis, Synthesis Head of Digital & Emerging Tech. In this episode, learn how enterprises can not only keep up with the competition but win the race.

Synthesis head of marketing and people Howard Feldman sits down with Synthesis Head of Digital & Emerging Tech from The Synthesis Hackathon 2022 to break down exactly what the Synthesis Hackathon is.

Introducing Synthesis Ideacast, a series of videos designed to spark better ideas with Tjaard du Plessis, Synthesis Head of Digital & Emerging Tech.

Often, success lies beyond the balance sheet.

In this episode we discuss:
1. What do companies look for outside of ratios when deciding to invest?
2. How to hire top talent?
3. How technology can create equality for everyone.

In this three-part episode, we discuss:
1. The truth about Twitter and its algorithms – will Musk change the algorithms?
2. If the only reason you have to move to the cloud is cost – you will fail.
3. Can Google and the tech giants fail based on the trends of the S&P 500 companies.

The team at Synthesis are fending off the winter cold in a way only Synthesis can!

Synthesis head of marketing and people Howard Feldman sits down with Synthesis solutionist Tayla Boni and Synthesis principal for Artificial Intelligence Marais Neethling to dig into what exactly is a Super Tasker, Deep Fake, Dall-E and The Howard Bot.

Synthesis head of marketing and people Howard Feldman sits down with Omnipresent Head of Content & Communication Jo Eyre to explore what’s to come with WEB 3.0 and The Metaverse.

How to handle backlogs in agile? Tjaard du Plessis, Synthesis Head of Digital & Emerging Tech, explains in 8 minutes and shares his storyboard framework that has worked for him across every project.

Pulmonologist Dr Anton Meyberg joins Synthesis Head of Marketing and People Howard Feldman to discuss the realities of vaping, it’s effects on the body and it’s appeal to the youth.

Content creation is giving businesses and individuals alike a way to earn more.

Grant Hinds, a passionate digital entertainer and renowned South African YouTuber, gaming and tech guru, has produced videos alongside some of the biggest stars in the world, hosted TedX and covered all the world’s biggest video game events.

With experience in broadcast television, national radio, YouTube and livestreaming on Twitch, Grant explains how you can leverage the power of content on this episode of Synthesis TV.

Do we need adversity to innovate?

Join us for the premiere episode of Synthesis TV hosted by Howard Feldman with Kimberley Taylor, Loop Founder & CEO.

In this episode, Kimberley will share her story of defying the odds, how to use technology to create jobs and answering the age-old question – do we need adversity to innovate?

Join Howard Feldman, Head of Synthesis Marketing & People, Author and Radio Show Host and Dr. Anton Meyberg, Physician and Pulmonologist for this week’s Sunday podcast as they answer all your COVID-19 questions.

Where do you propose in the middle of lockdown?

We are using AI to test happiness and the best way to be happy is to make someone else happy – follow the link and help us #SpreadHappiness https://happiness.synthesis.events/info

A deep dive into the opportunities available in data and how to start a career in this field.

A deep dive into the opportunities available in data and how to start a career in this field.

Developing a streaming solution working against a self-managed Kafka cluster, can be awkward and time consuming, largely due to security requirements and configuration red-tape. It’s beneficial to use Confluent Cloud in the early stages to get quick progress. Creating the cluster in Confluent Cloud is super easy and allows you to concentrate on defining your Connect sources and sinks as well as fleshing out the streaming topology on your laptop. It also shows the client how easy it is to swap out the self-managed Kafka cluster with Confluent Cloud.

Succeeding as a start-up is about not only having the ability to see what is possible but the drive to persevere when everyone else cannot.

Join our expert panel as they share their startup stories, what it takes to push through adversity, advice for thriving in times of Corona and how they all tapped into one technology (AWS Cloud) that assisted their growth.

Fake news might be an old problem but there are new-world solutions to tackle it. Join authors, journalists and writers as they deep dive into the state of media and discuss the fake news epidemic and Artificial Intelligence (AI) as the potential remedy.

Join Howard Feldman as he speaks to Onyi Nwaneri, CEO of Afrika Tikkun Services; Eldrid Jordaan, Founder and CEO of GovChat. They are joined by Top Academic Learner Sudeshni Moodley, and overall Top Learner Sohail Dhoda.

Capital Appreciation Limited (CAPPREC) is pleased to invite you to a virtual seminar showcasing the innovative technology solutions of its Software and Services segment, Synthesis Software Technologies. The event includes presentations and demonstrations by Synthesis’ specialists.

Join us for The end of “Lockdown” doesn’t mean it’s back to business as usual

Synthesis provides you with data-driven solutions in our formula to your technology. Visit www.synthesis.co.za for more information.

A look back at the events that occurred in 2018 at Synthesis. From the annual hackathons to an office nerf war, 2018 had many memorable moments.

In 2018, Synthesis also moved to a new larger office in Melrose Arch and hosted a AWS Breakfast session for our financial services clients. The Synthesis team participated in several hackathons, and the winning teams were rewarded with an advanced driving course.

The team spent Mandela Day giving back to the community by painting several classrooms and laying down carpet at Afrika Tikkun.

Edited by: Jared Naude

A look back at a jam packed 2019 at Synthesis, from the incentive trip to the Portuguese Island aboard the MSC Musica to the annual hackathon among many others.

Tom Wells spoke at DevConf about streaming architectures, Michael Shapiro & Jared Naude spoke at the IT Web Cloud Summit about the cloud journey and how to craft a cloud security strategy. Synthesis participated in the AWS Cape Town Summit and AWS Loft where Darren Bak presented on how to setup the cloud business office. We attended Amazon re:Mars and AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas.

To end off the year, we had a great cowboy themed year end function.

Edited by: Jared Naude

Synthesis were gold sponsors at the 2019 AWS Summit in Cape Town held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The event kicked off with a keynote address by Peter DeSantis who spoke about the importance of choosing the right cloud provider as well as the upcoming region in Cape Town. TymeBank, Old Mutual and the University of Pretoria also spoke about how they are using AWS internally to solve business problems.

Synthesis’s CDO Tom Wells, kicked off a session with Standard Bank about real time personalization. Synthesis also participated in the DeepRacer event that was held at the summit

The Synthesis team were rewarded with an incentive trip to the Portuguese Island aboard the MSC Musica after hitting the annual financial year end target of the company.

After an early morning start, the team headed to Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport to fly to Durban’s King Shaka Airport. Upon landing, the team grabbed a muffin and coffee before heading to the harbor to board the MSC Musica.

Over the weekend, the team had a great time on both the ship and the Portuguese Island with the all the activities the ship and island had to offer.

Dr Anton Meyberg tells us why we need to share the happiness this #InternationalHappinessDay.

It’s easy. Follow the link: https://lnkd.in/e_VrmYyH

You heard it from the doctor. #SpreadHappiness

You never know what to expect when you join a new company and Talya was not expecting this.

The Responsive Group has joined the Capital Appreciation family.

On this podcast, Marsh Middleton, Co-founder & Business Director at the Responsive Group, Brad Sacks, Joint Chief Executive at Capital Appreciation, and Michael Shapiro, Managing Director at Synthesis, discuss what it means to go from garage to group.

How do you make your dreams come true when the odds feel stacked against you? Rodney shares his story

Join Howard Feldman, Head of Synthesis Marketing & People, Author and Radio Show Host and Dr. Anton Meyberg, Physician and Pulmonologist for this week’s Sunday podcast as they answer all your COVID-19 questions.

Do premonitions of love exist? This couple says yes and they found that at work.

The Russian-Ukrainian war is being fought on many fronts – cyber included. Mathew Gaskell, Synthesis Security Analyst, breaks down what a cyberwar is and the impact it is creating.

We all have childhood dreams. Discover how Deon made his a reality.

Join Howard Feldman, Head of Synthesis Marketing & People, Author and Radio Show Host and Dr. Anton Meyberg, Physician and Pulmonologist for this week’s Sunday podcast as they answer all your COVID-19 questions.

We asked employees for their only at Synthesis moments and what we found blew us away.

Join Howard Feldman, Head of Synthesis Marketing & People, Author and Radio Show Host and Dr. Anton Meyberg, Physician and Pulmonologist for this week’s Sunday podcast as they answer all your COVID-19 questions.

A monthly teams meeting starts off with a lot of laughter with Nik Rabinowitz, reminding us to laugh more.

Join Howard Feldman, Head of Synthesis Marketing & People, Author and Radio Show Host and Dr. Anton Meyberg, Physician and Pulmonologist for this week’s Sunday podcast as they answer all your COVID-19 questions.

Join Howard Feldman, Head of Synthesis Marketing & People, Author and Radio Show Host and Dr. Anton Meyberg, Physician and Pulmonologist for this week’s Sunday podcast as they answer all your COVID-19 questions.

Hugo Loubser, Synthesis Associate Principal Machine Learning Engineer, takes us through the process of how to build a Custom Automated Call Center Analytics Solution on AWS from the 2023 AWS Summit in Johannesburg.