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23 November – Johannesburg, South Africa \u2013 Synthesis Software Technologies, one of South Africa’s leading software development companies, announced that it has chosen Pluralsight<\/a>, the technology workforce development company, as a strategic partner to accelerate technology skills development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synthesis is renowned for using emerging technologies to make their customers across the globe more competitive. However, the global technology skills shortage \u2013 particularly in emerging technologies, like artificial intelligence (AI) and Web3 \u2013 impacts the speed and efficiency with which businesses can use technology to differentiate themselves and build business value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTechnology is evolving faster than ever before. The only way to keep up with this evolution is to deliberately invest in employees and fill their skills gap,\u201d explains Elmarie Grant, Head of the Academy at Synthesis. \u201cHowever, not all training is equal. So often, companies purchase training for their teams only to realise their employees can\u2019t immediately apply their new skills or can\u2019t apply their skills to the project at hand. Businesses deserve customised training designed for their real-world problems. This is what we provide to our clients, and we are excited to partner with Pluralsight to create customised programmes in technology, from cloud computing<\/a> to data science to cybersecurity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pluralsight empowers companies around the world to build technology skills at scale while aligning learning to strategic business objectives to close critical skills gaps, and deliver better value to the end customer. The company\u2019s Skills platform helps enterprises acquire today\u2019s most valuable technology skills, including DevOps, Cloud, Security, and Machine Learning, through high-quality learning experiences delivered by subject-matter experts. Real-time measurement and assessment of a learner\u2019s performance on Pluralsight\u2019s platform provides technology leaders with visibility into the capabilities of their teams and confidence they  will deliver on critical objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith this partnership, we will create custom learning paths designed to help our clients\u2019 teams upskill at their level of fluency and at their own pace. Clients will have a full view of their employee\u2019s progress through deep analytics so they can track their ROI. This is an exciting addition to our existing offerings and a valuable tool to close the skills gap the right way,\u201d concludes Grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synthesis is passionate about skills development and is home to more than 200 employees who have over 200 AWS certificates, and over 400 degrees and diplomas. The Synthesis Academy is responsible for the company\u2019s successful skill development and incubation of new tech talent. The Academy\u2019s successes have led to Synthesis\u2019 programmes being extended to its customer base in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Synthesis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synthesis uses innovative technology solutions to provide businesses with a competitive edge today. Synthesis focuses on banking and financial institutions, retail, healthcare and telecommunications sectors in South Africa and other emerging markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2017 Capital Appreciation Limited, a JSE-listed Fintech company, acquired 100 percent of Synthesis. Following the acquisition, Synthesis remains an independent operating entity within the Capital Appreciation Group providing Cloud, Digital and RegTech services as well as corporate learning solutions through the Synthesis Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Pluralsight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pluralsight is the leading technology workforce development organization that helps companies and teams build better products by developing critical skills, improving processes and gaining insights through data, and providing strategic skills consulting. Trusted by forward-thinking companies of every size in every industry, Pluralsight helps individuals and businesses transform with technology. Pluralsight Skills helps enterprises build technology skills at scale with expert-authored courses on today\u2019s most important technologies, including cloud, artificial intelligence and machine learning, data science, and security, among others. Skills also includes tools to align skill development with business objectives, virtual instructor-led training, hands-on labs, skill assessments and one-of-a-kind analytics. Flow complements Skills by providing engineering teams with actionable data and visibility into workflow patterns to accelerate the delivery of products and services. For more information about Pluralsight, visit pluralsight.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ends<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on the innovative work Synthesis has done for its blue-chip clients, contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kim Furman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marketing Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n

072 236 3572<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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