Why Continuous Learning is Essential for DevOps
Source: ITWeb By Jonty Sidney, Synthesis Senior Cloud & DevOps Engineer An organisation can translate the improvements of one DevOps team into a catalyst of change for the entire company by using mistakes as a springboard for learning. If DevOps is a philosophy that aims to change an enterprise’s entire approach to software, it cannot […]
The principles of feedback: Taking monitoring to the next level
Source: ITWeb By Jonty Sidney, Synthesis Senior Cloud & DevOps Engineer As DevOps teams become more comfortable with the ability to use monitoring tools to react to problems and issues, they can expand what they do with these tools. Why do operations teams spend so much time building and maintaining complex systems for monitoring and […]
Principles of flow: How to move fast and not break things
Source: ITWeb By Jonty Sidney, Synthesis Senior Cloud & DevOps Engineer By automating the software build and deployment process, a team can truly begin to move quicker, reducing the number of catastrophic errors in their applications. Dr Eliyahu Goldratt developed the theory of constraints in his 1984 book “The Goal”. The goal, in terms of […]
DevOps: The pillars of operational excellence
Source: ITWeb 17 December 2021 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 […]
Synthesis Delivers with Strong Results
Capital Appreciation (Capprec), a financial technology (“FinTech”) enterprise, achieved continued growth across all business units despite the potentially significant impact of the COVID pandemic. On Wednesday, 2 December, Capital Appreciation announced its Interim Results for the six months ending 30 September, with revenue up 15%, HEPS up 29.7%, DPS up 11.1% and R488 million […]
Running with scissors: What the Innovators Do Best
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
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 […]
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
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) […]