{"id":9505,"date":"2018-08-22T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.synthesis.co.za\/case_studies\/test-study-2-2\/"},"modified":"2022-03-07T14:53:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T12:53:33","slug":"synthesis-helps-vitality-re-architect-for-global-scalability-and-agility","status":"publish","type":"case_studies","link":"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/case_studies\/synthesis-helps-vitality-re-architect-for-global-scalability-and-agility\/","title":{"rendered":"Synthesis helps Vitality re-architect for global scalability and agility"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9505\" class=\"elementor elementor-9505\" data-elementor-post-type=\"case_studies\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-62fd9cfc elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Work<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-261b89fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"261b89fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We have crafted solutions for industry leaders, combining years of expertise with agility and innovation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<header class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61fe08e elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-full_width elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone 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class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/tag\/aws\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">AWS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/tag\/devops\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">DevOps<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/tag\/infrastructure-as-code\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Infrastructure as Code<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/tag\/kubernetes\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Kubernetes<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a41fd75 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a41fd75\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60b9d08\" data-id=\"60b9d08\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db146e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db146e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vitality Group has built a massively flexible and scalable platform for its Vitality wellness solution using a microservices architecture. To improve the stability, speed of deployment and performance of the Vitality solution for customers\u2014leading insurers across the globe\u2014specialist software solution provider Synthesis has redesigned the underlying Kubernetes container orchestration platform on which the Vitality application is deployed. \u00a0Says Neil Adamson, CIO of the Discovery Vitality Group: \u201cVitality has a global client base with different needs that must comply with different regulations, so we cannot run a single instance of the Vitality app. We consequently have a number of cloud-based instances hosted in various geographical areas across the globe. A microservices architecture works well, enabling us to more easily adapt the solution for each customer. However, we were not achieving the performance we needed. \u00a0\u201cOur manually-built Kubernetes environment\u2014the underlying microservices platform which enables custom configuration, orchestration and deployment of Vitality microservices for our clients across regions\u2014was not providing us with the stability or the uniformity we required. Nor was it allowing us to roll out the solution (a six-week journey), or apply changes to the solution as quickly as we would like. \u00a0\u201cSynthesis proposed a fully automated \u2018infrastructure as code\u2019 approach to provisioning the infrastructure and deploying the relevant software applications. With its deep Amazon Web Services, DevOps and Kubernetes experience and skills, it has re-architected and redeployed the Vitality solution across eight global regions in just four months, helping us achieve huge service, quality and performance gains by making adaptation and deployment of the Vitality app an automated, repeatable and auditable process. \u00a0\u201cIn effect, it\u2019s given us greater control and flexibility. And with Synthesis now monitoring, managing and continuously optimising the underlying Kubernetes platform, we can focus on doing what we most need to\u2014adding value to our clients.\u201d \u00a0What is Vitality? \u00a0The Vitality wellness platform helps insurers or insurance companies encourage the wellness of their members via three components: know your health, improve your health and get rewarded. These drivers are enabled through features such as online and real world health assessments, incentivising and measuring healthy behaviours through personal devices (fitness devices and trackers such as Fitbit, Garmin and Apple and Samsung watches), and by rewarding members when they reach goals or make healthy choices. \u00a0Vitality clients include AIA in Asia, Manulife in Canada, John Hancock in the US, Vitality Life and Health in the UK, Generali in Europe and Sumitomo in Japan. Hanover Re has also recently adopted Vitality to reach into smaller insurance markets such as Pakistan and Ecuador. \u00a0However, each client typically will need to adapt the features of the platform to achieve the best outcomes for its members. \u00a0Explains Adamson: \u201cFor Sumitomo in Japan, a single full stack instance of the platform provides the data privacy demanded by regulatory authorities. At the other end of the scale, we run a multi-tenanted environment in Frankfurt for a number of European and central Asian insurers. We thus have multiple runtimes.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d6685b6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d6685b6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e4235e\" data-id=\"9e4235e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d374e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8d374e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shutterstock_701230480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1697\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shutterstock_701230480.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shutterstock_701230480-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shutterstock_701230480-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-69696e4\" data-id=\"69696e4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d76b774 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d76b774\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Challenge<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c38bf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c38bf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cOur challenge was architecting the solution and rolling it out so that the local insurer in each of these geographies could make it their own\u2014e.g., configure it to address locally relevant health issues, meet cultural norms or to work with specific devices or ecosystems services\u2014and we could manage each instance of the application. \u00a0\u201cWhile Vitality\u2019s microservices architecture lends itself better to the DevOps approach, we realised that we needed deeper expertise to optimise the performance of our solution. DevOps is an easy word to say, it\u2019s harder to do. We cannot drop the whole environment to deploy one service; we need to have continuous development and continuous integration and, above all, consistency and reliability.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f9b4463 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f9b4463\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fbff611\" data-id=\"fbff611\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2117413 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2117413\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Synthesis has worked with microservices and containers in general since 2014, before even mature tools such as Kubernetes existed. \u00a0\u201cA microservices approach makes sense if you need to customise a solution for different clients in different regions,\u201d notes Tom Wells of Synthesis, \u201cbut the Kubernetes orchestration platform, while powerful, is not easy to use\u2014it is large and difficult to manage and can easily become complex. It requires expertise built through experience.\u201d \u00a0Vitality\u2019s objectives were to ensure lockdown (across production and non-production environments), standardisation, stability and performance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b6908c elementor-section-full_width elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b6908c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4eb4cf6\" data-id=\"4eb4cf6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30ad128 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"30ad128\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:6,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:19,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"73\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/right2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-563\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-00c6553 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"00c6553\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b039581\" data-id=\"b039581\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6dca23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a6dca23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Solution<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-889ee73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"889ee73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A highly specialised Synthesis team of four people worked closely with the Vitality team to rebuild the underlying Kubernetes container platforms for optimal performance and redeploy them. In just four months, the team rolled out multiple environments across Ireland, Frankfurt, Korea and Japan. \u00a0All architecture design decisions were made with Vitality\u2019s key objectives in mind \u00a0 \u00a0Lockdown of the Kubernetes cluster is enabled through automation of the build process and auditability of the build scripts, in addition to role-based access control implemented on the cluster\u2019s resources. This ensures no unauthorised person can apply changes to the configuration or deployments of the clusters. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b01cbdb\" data-id=\"b01cbdb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09faef7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"09faef7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shutterstock_370415930.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1698\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shutterstock_370415930.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shutterstock_370415930-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shutterstock_370415930-768x531.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-023ae05 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"023ae05\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65afeb8\" data-id=\"65afeb8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46f98f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46f98f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Standardisation across all the clusters in production was achieved through automation and auditability of the build process. \u00a0 Stability is achieved through keeping the architecture components as \u201cvanilla\u201d and fit for purpose as possible. \u00a0 Performance is achieved through keeping the architecture simple and scaling components where required. Selecting the correct EC2 instances (Web services that provide secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud) to match the workload is also important.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d850500 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d850500\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fed9383\" data-id=\"fed9383\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9df8fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c9df8fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Result <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69caf0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69caf0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Says Adamson: \u201cThe additional expertise, skills and capability Synthesis has contributed, and will continue to deliver through support and maintenance of our environment, has provided a huge uplift to the Vitality team. Their experience and capability have proven invaluable. \u00a0\u201cWe now have a standard implementation approach and methodology, and the implementation of the Vitality platform for our clients is faster and more predictable. In addition, our Vitality team resources are freed up to focus on valuable core app development services for our clients.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-502b05e\" data-id=\"502b05e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4ac913 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a4ac913\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shutterstock_572651239.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1699\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shutterstock_572651239.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shutterstock_572651239-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/shutterstock_572651239-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8b89b7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e8b89b7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9fd1492\" data-id=\"9fd1492\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76df883 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76df883\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0\u201cTo gear Vitality for the future, a microservices approach is important. With open standards and an open APIs we will be able to integrate with global partners and cutting edge technologies \u2013 allowing partners to connect to the platform and to create services for the platform. This project delivers the platform we need to grow.\u201d \u00a0Says Wells: \u201cThis is, to my knowledge, one of the largest Amazon Web Services and Kubernetes deployments by a South African company. But the Vitality team is way ahead of many of its peers in the market. \u00a0\u201cWe are really pleased to have the opportunity to work with Vitality in this project\u2014it is a pioneering example of what can be achieved with AWS, DevOps and Kubernetes.\u201d \u00a0To learn more contact us.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9a9a7cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9a9a7cf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d099500\" data-id=\"d099500\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6278b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"f6278b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\">\"The additional expertise, skills and capability Synthesis has contributed, and will continue to deliver through support and maintenance of our environment, has provided a huge uplift to the Vitality team. Their experience and capability have proven invaluable.\"<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Neil adamson<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">CIO at Discovery Vitality <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-898dfb0 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"898dfb0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bottom-left-43x300.png 43w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 68px) 100vw, 68px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0264e96 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0264e96\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c1b7b9b\" data-id=\"c1b7b9b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66ce374 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" 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data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-10868db8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10868db8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-383ebb0d\" data-id=\"383ebb0d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42e42a82 elementor-align-center inner-article__featured-date elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"42e42a82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-a93e73a elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>Aug<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-836ef68 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>24<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98e73de elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"98e73de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/real-world-lessons-in-digital-transformation-going-beyond-theory\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/technology-792177.jpg-1-585x295.png\" class=\"attachment-htmega_size_585x295 size-htmega_size_585x295 wp-image-120\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-912bd69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"912bd69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Real-world lessons in digital transformation \u2013 going beyond theory<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-79bafc79 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79bafc79\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-330ddddb\" data-id=\"330ddddb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22b05223 elementor-author-box--layout-image-left elementor-author-box--align-left elementor-author-box--image-valign-middle inner_article__author-box elementor-author-box--avatar-yes elementor-author-box--name-yes elementor-author-box--link-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"22b05223\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/cropped-Our-People_Matt-300x300.png\" alt=\"Picture of Matthew Crockett\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMatthew Crockett\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fb0566f elementor-align-left inner_article__date elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"3fb0566f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-f976075\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>August 24, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0cab494 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0cab494\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element 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type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news-room tag-ai\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-478bcb6a elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile related-article elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"478bcb6a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-94952f5\" data-id=\"94952f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-10868db8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"10868db8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-383ebb0d\" data-id=\"383ebb0d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42e42a82 elementor-align-center inner-article__featured-date elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"42e42a82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-a93e73a elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>Jul<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-836ef68 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>29<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98e73de elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"98e73de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Africa&#8217;s Hidden AI Advantage: How Resource Constraints Drive Superior Innovation<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-79bafc79 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79bafc79\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-330ddddb\" data-id=\"330ddddb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22b05223 elementor-author-box--layout-image-left elementor-author-box--align-left 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Arakkal\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fb0566f elementor-align-left inner_article__date elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"3fb0566f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-f976075\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>July 29, 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