{"id":9845,"date":"2021-05-21T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T13:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.synthesis.co.za\/case_studies\/test-study-2\/"},"modified":"2022-05-10T13:51:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T11:51:43","slug":"surafusion-set-to-scale","status":"publish","type":"case_studies","link":"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/case_studies\/surafusion-set-to-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Surafusion Set to Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9845\" class=\"elementor elementor-9845\" 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\" data-id=\"62fd9cfc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-696\" 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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17afb954 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17afb954\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ALOOK INTO some of our<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b9dd9f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b9dd9f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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 elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61fe08e\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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\/>\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<\/header>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9fb871e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9fb871e\" 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-8625db0\" data-id=\"8625db0\" 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-6c5bbce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c5bbce\" 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\">Surafusion Set to Scale<\/h2>\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-2bb2f3a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2bb2f3a\" 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-6c174ed\" data-id=\"6c174ed\" 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-c11e9a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c11e9a9\" 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<strong style=\"color:#062f49\">Published \u2022 <\/strong>21 May 2021\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-e0ffb94\" data-id=\"e0ffb94\" 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-aa2bc08 elementor-list-item-link-inline elementor-align-start article-social-share__btn elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"aa2bc08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\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<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" id=\"Capa_1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 29.107 29.107\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 29.107 29.107;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g>\t<g id=\"c147_full_moon\">\t\t<g>\t\t\t<path d=\"M14.554,0C6.561,0,0,6.562,0,14.552c0,7.996,6.561,14.555,14.554,14.555c7.996,0,14.553-6.559,14.553-14.555     C29.106,6.562,22.55,0,14.554,0z\"><\/path>\t\t<\/g>\t<\/g>\t<g id=\"Capa_1_14_\">\t<\/g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><g><\/g><\/svg>\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-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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>\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>Surafusion is set to scale and take on more clients. However, while a company\u2019s client base should change, its reliability should not. As a company that provides data reconciliation and reporting for large retailers and their franchises and vendors, reliability is paramount. Surafusion provides a modern, enterprise-class, fully web-based reconciliation platform to its clients. It wanted to ensure customer satisfaction, reliability, data security and compliance as it grows. It reached out to Synthesis Software Technologies, an innovative software development and consulting company, and it began its journey, ensuring its platform could manage all of the above and more as it scaled.<\/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=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-negative-space-160107-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7277\" alt=\"Standard Bank Streamlines Compliance Reporting\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-negative-space-160107-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-negative-space-160107-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-negative-space-160107-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-negative-space-160107-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-negative-space-160107-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-negative-space-160107-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\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>Surafusion needed to ensure platform reliability, proactive monitoring and best-of-breed security, and compliance because of the nature of its confidential data. However, the Surafusion team did not have the specific knowledge required to manage its Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment and wanted to rather invest its time in what it does best \u2013 reconciliation.<\/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>Surafusion partnered with Synthesis as its managed service provider (MSP) to oversee its platform. Synthesis began by optimising Surafusion\u2019s environment to meet its requirements. The software company strategically upgraded and improved what was already in place, eliminated what was unnecessary (reducing costs), and added what was missing \u2013 creating the optimum environment for Surafusion to operate efficiently and effectively.\u00a0 \u201c It has been great partnership,&#8221; says Surafusion&#8217;s Owner, Owen Morgan, &#8220;and the professionalism has helped me focus on growing my business while knowing the environment is being well managed. \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<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=\"2560\" height=\"1700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-luis-gomes-546819-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7278\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-luis-gomes-546819-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-luis-gomes-546819-scaled-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-luis-gomes-546819-scaled-1-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-luis-gomes-546819-scaled-1-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-luis-gomes-546819-scaled-1-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pexels-luis-gomes-546819-scaled-1-2048x1360.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\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>The solution included:<\/p><ul><li>Incident management<\/li><li>Security and compliance monitoring<\/li><li>Architectural guidance<\/li><li>Configuration and capacity management<\/li><li>Threat management<\/li><li>Governance controls<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Upgrades &amp; Improvements:<\/strong><\/p><p>The platform could not afford downtime, so backups and disaster recovery (DR) were imperative. \u201cAs we started, we assessed the platform against AWS best practices and made immediate improvements,\u201d explains Synthesis Service Manager, Rodney Ellis, \u201cThere needed to be more backups in place, so we implemented local SQL backups as well as AWS managed backups.\u201d<\/p><p>Synthesis hardened the environment through DR testing. The team tests the implemented backups to ensure that they can restore and recover from them in case of data corruption or catastrophic failure. This creates reliability so the platform does not go down in case of unforeseen circumstances. \u00a0\u201cWe also upgraded all the Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to the latest versions to make sure that they conform to best practices,\u201d says Ellis. \u00a0Eliminations: \u00a0 \u201cNot only did we look to upgrade what was in place,\u201d explains Ellis, \u201cbut we looked to remove any unused services.\u201d An example of this is one of the ways the team.<\/p><p><strong>Optimised costs:<\/strong><\/p><p>\u201cWe turn off their servers at night when nobody is using them and then turn them back on in the morning. This saves costs on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and all the other charged for services as we get charged for what we use and for how long we use it. AWS allows for this type of flexibility.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Additions:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><p>The solution implemented also allows Surafusion to have proactive monitoring of its environment where full-stack (all-in-one) monitoring has been implemented. This allows for up time, incident management and alerts of potential issues before they occur. \u00a0Additionally, security and compliance best practises and threat management (for internal and external risks) were implemented.<\/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>Surafusion now has peace of mind that there is always someone looking after its platform. Its environment conforms to best practises, is secure and is up and stable regardless of the number of clients using it. The company can expand with ease. \u00a0\u201cThe Synthesis team has constantly been looking at making improvements to make the environment more cost effective, while at the same time managing the day-to-day monitoring. The ease of which is we are able to upscale the environment when needed and this has been a great benefit,\u201d explains Morgan. \u00a0Since its partnership with Synthesis, Surafusion has had zero infrastructure issues and a 15% cost saving from January 2021 to April 2021. The reconciliation company has been set up for success and it can do what it does best \u2013 serve its clients. \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-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=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Surafusion-case-study-infographic_Facebook.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-7457\" alt=\"Surafusion set to scale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Surafusion-case-study-infographic_Facebook.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Surafusion-case-study-infographic_Facebook-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Surafusion-case-study-infographic_Facebook-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Surafusion-case-study-infographic_Facebook-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Surafusion-case-study-infographic_Facebook-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\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-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\">\u201c It has been great partnership and the professionalism has helped me focus on growing my business while knowing the environment is being well managed. \u201d<\/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\">Owen Morgan <\/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\">Owner of Surafusion<\/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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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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elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1138640\" 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-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d3c8683\" data-id=\"d3c8683\" 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-47b3c9b elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"47b3c9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthesis.co.za\/real-world-lessons-in-digital-transformation-going-beyond-theory\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-right-arrow\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\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-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dcfbf83\" data-id=\"dcfbf83\" 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-947dc88 elementor-align-start related-article__time-read elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget 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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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