Articles & Insights

Is Your Software Out of Sync With Your Business?

As your business grows and evolves, your software must do the same. But most systems fall behind, leading to a disconnect between what you need and what your tools can deliver. We call this the Synchronicity Gap. And the longer it goes unresolved, the more it costs your business.

Laura Goff

April 24, 2025

The Synchronicity Gap: Bridging Technology and Business Growth

Custom software development is a powerful and strategic tool that can benefit many firms in every stage of their business evolution.

George Toursoulopoulos

January 3, 2025

Enhancing efficiency: mastering the shift between synchronous vs asynchronous programming paradigms

Here, we explore these programming paradigms in more detail and how Synetec helps firms to overcome complexities when transitioning between the two.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

Synetec’s Specialist Skill Sets

Discover how our comprehensive range of specialist skill sets can empower your team, when and where they need it.

Andrew Settle

January 3, 2025

What is Software Development Risk and How Can Firms Mitigate Against It?

Risk is evaluating the likelihood of a loss that might arise as a potential problem that may or may not occur in the future.

Andrew Settle

January 3, 2025

Clutch Awards 2023

The awards are a reflection of the level of excellence we strive to offer our clients on a day to day basis. We are proud to have performed well in the Clutch awards 2023 and it is a great way to finish off the year.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

5 reasons to choose a Microsoft Gold Partner for your bespoke software development

The tech industry is often guilty of regurgitating jargon and gushing about partnerships, certifications and awards without really talking about what this means to you or why you might care.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

How much does it cost to develop your own custom software?

Tech projects and, in particular, software development projects get a bad rep. And rightly so, since 70% of IT projects finish late or over budget.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

How to get in control of technical debt when developing your own software

If any of these sound familiar, it’s likely that you’re in debt. Technical debt, that is. It’s something your tech team will be acutely aware of, but what does it mean for your business and how should you address it?

Synetec

January 3, 2025

Webinar Replay: How to modernise a software architecture whilst meeting the needs of your existing customers

This replay of an interactive masterclass will help you understand the steps you need to take to prioritise the things you need to do to help your business grow without affecting your existing customer base and without overwhelming or asking too much of your current developers.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

Empowerment through Data Independence in Financial Services

Synetec's CEO, George Toursoulopoulos was recently interviewed by Toby Babb on the FinTech focus podcast by Harrington Star to share his thoughts and experience working mostly with buy-side asset managers in the UK, Europe and now the US.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

How to create a data-focussed culture in financial services

So what role does the culture of your financial services firm play in ensuring the long term success of your data transformation project?

Synetec

January 3, 2025

How to pre-empt tech debt pitfalls for your software development projects

There are certain pitfalls that are sure to derail your digital transformation project but you can avoid these risks altogether with these three guiding principles:

Synetec

January 3, 2025

How to nail your digital transformation plan

It can be tempting to build something because it’s what customers want. Or because one of your more vocal customers gave you feedback. But your digital transformation project should always be based on your business objectives.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

How to transform your bespoke software AND your people at the same time

They know the business really well, they’re valuable and loyal and you don't want to lose them. But they can’t keep on top of BAU as well as working on new projects (which, let’s face it is the bit they’re really interested in).

Synetec

January 3, 2025

How to find the right software development support for your business

Your team understand the tech debt in your system better than anyone else. They know your business, they care about the system (because they built it and they’re invested in success of the company. So they may see new hires as a threat. But they don’t have the resource to develop something new whilst keeping on top of existing workload.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

Looking beyond greenwashing

Morningstar reported assets in funds comprising sustainable objectives or promoting environmental or social attributes aggregated €4.05 trillion at the end of Q4 20212 and represented 42.2% of all funds sold within the EU.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

Hire In-house or Outsource Software Development? Best Tips

Right now, a large proportion of companies are reporting that one of the biggest obstacles preventing them from moving forward is recruitment challenges. The employment marketplace has changed a lot in the last two years with Software Developers becoming the most sought after people in the UK. This means that we’re in an employee’s market now, and many companies are struggling to hire to such as extent that they’re looking into outsourcing software development.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

Software Development Culture: How to Keep it with Remote Work

Now, gaining access to the required technical skills to deliver on a project in this current market is difficult but can be achieved. Likewise, processes are easy to talk about, but hard to implement, but again can be achieved. The often overlooked, bass guitarist in this situation is the development of a company culture across and within your software development team

Synetec

January 3, 2025

How to Lead a Remote Software Development Team for Growth

One of the biggest stumbling blocks on the journey to gaining this competitive edge with remote software development jobs is how teams work together to drive each

Synetec

January 3, 2025

How to Build a First-Class Software Development Culture in a Remote/Hybrid World – Interview Secrets

As a software development company much older than most, we certainly have a lot of learnings to share with you. To ensure success in this volatile job market, Our COO had to rethink how we find and interview people to ensure the right fit whilst also keeping the candidate interested during the recruitment cycle. Here we share our learnings so you can also build a team that delivers.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

Webinar Replay: How to hire and retain software developers

We’re all facing the struggle to secure the right technical talent, but that struggle doesn’t have to impact our business objectives. 

Synetec

January 3, 2025

In Conversation with Synetec COO: How We Guarantee Delivery on bespoke software development projects, even the most complex and critical

Lisa Venter joined the Synetec team a little over two years ago, after having lead Operations in major corporations on four different continents. She has implemented tools and processes that ensure client budgets and deadlines are met consistently. She is also big on mentoring team members. Her methods earned her a finalist position at the Women in IT awards in 2021. 

Synetec

January 3, 2025

How to Efficiently Manage Risk on Your Legacy System in 2022

Quite often, an organisation will adopt a new software system only for it to become obsolete within just a few years. Often companies are reluctant to rebuild or abandon their legacy systems – instead opting to extend support for their current set up. Fortunately, a system can be supported beyond an expected life cycle with proper maintenance and updates. 

Synetec

January 3, 2025

How to Automate IFPR Reporting: Say Bye to Paperwork Today!

There are significant changes with IFPR, and this will inevitably create a lot of additional reporting and extra drain on company resources. With the introduction of the new regime quickly approaching, firms need a fast, efficient and accurate method of presenting their reports.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

How to Choose a Software Development Company in 2022

Most software development companies have a similar offering but a different value proposition.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

How to Plan New Software?

Are you thinking about new software to enable your digital transformation? You're in the right place. Keep reading about how to prepare and how to ensure a positive impact on the business.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

Avoid a Messy Divorce from Your Software Development Supplier

Over the years, we’ve gained valuable knowledge on the challenges businesses face when parting ways with their current supplier, and how these issues can be alleviated. With input from one of our industry experts, we’ve put together this short guide to help you prepare for the switch.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

Legacy Software Tips: How to Improve your Legacy Software

Let us take you through the most important points and give you some legacy software tips to consider when improving existing software, whether it's an internal application or a customer-facing one. 

Stavros Tsagkarakis

January 3, 2025

Enterprise Software Trends in 2021

Looking at trends can help you find new opportunities that your competitors are probably already making use of.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

Award for Top Software Development Company

Synetec

January 3, 2025

Feeding 1,000 Children to Celebrate the England Team

The cost of distributing 1,000 meals to children in need will be covered by us. Our contribution is made via FareShare, a food charity supported by England squad member Marcus Rashford MBE. 

Synetec

January 3, 2025

Synetec COO Shortlisted at Women in IT Awards

Lisa’s leadership skills have now been recognised by the Women in IT Awards, shortlisting her in the category of Board Director of the Year. While none of her colleagues are surprised, we’re grateful that she has been set as an example by such a celebrated organisation as Women in IT. 

Synetec

January 3, 2025

Bespoke Software: Managing Your Security Like a Pro

Nearly 80% of IT leaders believe their organisation lacks sufficient protection against attacks. With a global shortage in cyber security skills, this is hardly surprising. Companies who build and support their own bespoke software and/or off-the-shelf software tend to find that they don't have the right skills and they prioritise rolling out new features above security over and over again.

Andrew Settle

January 3, 2025

Synetec Named the Best Software Testing Company in the UK

One of our specialties as a software development company are our software testing services. The best types of software in the world today were highly likely imperfect in their first iteration. Nevertheless, through dedicated testing, companies are able to develop a product with high functionality and user experience.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

Fostering Accountability in Agile – Tips from Agile Team Coach

It’s the responsibility of the Scrum Master in their turn to nurture accountability among their teams. A positive work culture is born through better engagement and motivation. Ultimately, a higher quality software product is delivered, earlier, compared to a team who don’t feel responsible. 

Synetec

January 3, 2025

Cloud Consultancy: How to Choose the Best Cloud Solution Now

You need to know what you’re trying to achieve before you get started on migration. There are no instant wins for those who don’t know what migration method and tools are right for them. 

Synetec

January 3, 2025

The Best Cloud Computing Adoption Method & Why it Matters

With the speed they needed to make those moves, many businesses have been left not realising the full potential of cloud adoption by the right cloud providers and not experiencing the benefits they'd initially hoped for.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

Synetec Wins Two Tech Categories at UK Enterprise Awards

Many recent Synetec projects have revolved around cloud-native software development and cloud-optimising legacy technology and processes.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

Government to Boost Public Sector Uptake of Cloud Solutions

The programme features a pre-approved group of vendors, such as Synetec, considered suitable for public sector projects. All cloud service providers on the framework have been vetted for an ethical use of AI, as well as other special standards set for government suppliers. This means that one step in the procurement process has been removed from the organisations using the service.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

How We Enabled IT Transformation for a Government Supplier

TerraQuest are a specialist land referencing business providing GIS and Data Services to both Public and Private businesses.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

How to Perform a Project Rescue Operation

Realising you need Project Rescue: In a lot of cases the company does not realise that the project is actually in “trouble” until it is a substantial way through the project. Usually identified if the delivery is not as far down the project plan as anticipated or that requirements are not meeting the expectations of end users or customers. As an organisation you need to acknowledge this and put in steps to implement project changes. Do not keep doing the same things you were doing before as you will be in the same position in a few months.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

Don't sit still, look to the future and change

In my last blog I focussed on sharing content that had made me think differently about things as a result of the lockdown. For this blog I thought I'd share some more articles that I've enjoyed over the past month. This time most focus on the business impact of COVID-19 and what's next.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

How to Manage Legacy Software: Tips from the Trenches

Perhaps the legacy software system has started performing poorly, or the stability has decreased to worrying levels with bugs appearing regularly; or even that it is just not possible to develop the system at the rate required.

Andrew Settle

January 3, 2025

Helping organisations grow their revenue using data science

To help put this in context, Actionable Insights is a data science term for information that can be acted upon or information that gives an organisation enough insight into the future that the actions that should be taken become clear for decision makers. Audience Definition identifies where the most promising prospects are, which networks they sit in and how to activate those networks. This is geographical networks and spheres of influence.

Synetec

January 3, 2025

Futureproof your App Design with DevOps on Microsoft Azure

Modern businesses need applications which delight customers with ease of access and performance, to quickly achieve their desired goal whether that's making a purchase, registration or enquiry. This requires frequent innovation to retain competitive edge.

Synetec

January 3, 2025