AI At The Edge: Synadia’s RethinkConn 2025 Reimagines What’s Possible With Cloud-to-Edge Connectivity

The annual event on March 20 explores the future of NATS.io, Synadia Platform and Synadia Cloud

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Synadia Communications today announced its annual RethinkConn 2025 event will take place on March 20 at 1 p.m. EST. Synadia invites software developers, solution architects and system operators to experience firsthand how Synadia’s technologies and the NATS ecosystem are pushing the boundaries of real-time connectivity and data, especially for cloud-to-edge distributed systems.

“RethinkConn offers a unique opportunity for businesses to completely reimagine their approach to designing, building and deploying modern distributed systems,” said Synadia founder and CEO Derek Collison. “True edge-native design can be transformational, as latency becomes a concern when accessing data and services. Synadia provides the foundation required by enterprises and start-ups for next-generation applications and mission-critical systems that respond in real-time.”

Key Sessions at RethinkConn 2025
Attendees of this virtual event will explore new ways to leverage Synadia’s technology stack, powered by the NATS system, connect with industry peers, and be the first to discover the latest enhancements from Synadia in the NATS server version 2.11, such as message path tracing, per-message TTLs, consumer pausing, and more as well as a host of optimizations for stability and performance. RethinkConn features live demos and sessions led by pioneering customers achieving the previously impossible via a lightweight, lightning-fast communications platform for modern systems.

• Keynote: Derek Collison on how Synadia is reshaping modern architectures and why edge and AI applications benefit from an edge-native approach.
• What’s New in NATS: Demo of NATS 2.11 features and optimizations by the Synadia team.
• Connectors: Seamlessly integrate NATS with other systems.
• Distributed Cloud-to-Edge Compute: How NATS-powered Workloads enable distributed compute across heterogenous environments.
• Synadia Control Plane Update: A year in review of the latest capabilities Synadia Control Plane has to offer.

Real-World NATS Success Stories
In addition to the sessions above, RethinkConn will feature Synadia customers including PowerFlex, MachineMetrics, and Systems Initiative who will share how NATS helped them design distributed systems with millisecond latencies, achieving data persistence even in offline scenarios.

“NATS’ lightweight, reliable messaging system perfectly fits our edge-to-cloud and cloud-to-edge architecture, allowing us to scale effortlessly for real-time communication and seamless energy management,” said David Morley, director of software engineering at PowerFlex.

Through operational use cases, attendees will discover how NATS real-time decision-making capabilities transform critical industries such as EV charging, energy management production monitoring and DevOps automation.

Synadia’s free RethinkConn event is open to new and experienced NATS users alike. For registration and details, visit synadia.com/lp/rethink-conn-2025.

About Synadia
Synadia provides a secure, scalable, and high-performance data and communications platform for modern systems based on the award-winning NATS.io, an open-source technology that enables real-time, secure communication across cloud, on-premises, edge, and IoT environments. As the home of NATS.io’s creators and maintainers, Synadia is driving the evolution of modern distributed systems. Founded in 2017 and backed by leading investors, such as Forgepoint Capital, True Ventures, Bold Capital Partners, LDVP, Singtel, Accenture, and Samsung Next, Synadia serves a diverse customer base, from innovative startups to Global 500 enterprises in finance, retail, automotive and industrial manufacturing. Learn more at https://www.synadia.com/.