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We hope you were able to attend our recent virtual conference!  We had a great time showcasing our technologies and our people, and we especially enjoyed interacting with many of you via your comments and questions.

Recordings of the sessions, including the Q&As at the end of the sessions, are now available on YouTube. Be sure to watch or re-watch them to get up to date on the latest info and opportunities for your Synergy solutions.

Here’s what attendees said about conference:

• “It’s a great way to expand your thinking and see cool ways to expand your application”
• “… don’t assume it is ‘just’ Synergy. There is some impressive talent at Synergex presenting on topics that are modern and thought provoking.”
• “The presentations I sat in on were very professional and provided great content.”
• “It’s the best investment you can make in your applications.”
• “To see Synergex professionals expressing their passion for the technology and development space is exciting.”

Here’s a summary of the sessions we presented:

Synergex Today

CEO Bill Mooney and Director of Sales and Marketing Rachel Gibson present what’s new at Synergex, including the impact of last year’s acquisition.

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Improving Legacy Applications with Modern UX Design

Our keynote speaker Billy Hollis discusses how to apply UX design to incrementally improve existing applications.

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Synergy Product Update

Application Architect and Senior Consultant Steve Ives provides information about the latest product features, what’s coming next, and what we’re considering for the future.

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Development Modernization at Synergex

Tim Bauguess, Director of Software Development, and a few team members describe ways that Synergex has transformed its development practices.

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Improving Your NET Results

Staff Software Engineer Marty Lewis talks about how the latest offerings from Synergex give you more tools than ever to interoperate with .NET, APIs, and other modern tools without having to rewrite your code.

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How to Build Scalable Load Testers with ChatGPT and Python

Dan Ellis, Solutions Architect, shows how you can use ChatGPT to create automated tests using Python, then extend them into load tests to identify bottlenecks in your application.

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Kafka-fying ISAM: Achieving Operational Resilience and Extensibility

CTO Jeff Greene explains how to enhance your existing applications by introducing Apache Kafka to complement your ISAM file storage.

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Panel Discussion on AI

We wrapped up the week with a discussion on a topic we’ve been getting a lot of questions about. Jeff Greene, Rachel Gibson, Steve Ives, and Tim Bauguess talked about how they’ve been using AI at Synergex and how they think AI will impact the future of software development.

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We hope you’ll make time to watch these informative sessions. If you have any questions or comments about any of the topics, we encourage you to reach out to us. Feel free to contact any of our presenters or your account manager, or email synergy@synergex.com.

Also, we were very excited to announce at the conference that next year we’ll be back in-person! We’ll join our sister companies (under our new ownership) at the Converge conference May 4-7, 2025, in Denver, Colorado. We’re planning to provide valuable learning and connecting opportunities for you there and will share more details in the coming months.