“Digitized isn’t modernized,” noted new Federal CIO Greg Barbaccia in a recent LinkedIn post. Here he advocates for an upgrade to the U.S. government’s approach to modernization. He argues that while agencies have replaced paper processes, they have largely replicated legacy processes in a new medium without re-engineering workflows. Thus, he calls for shifting from substitution to transformation.

Introducing the Product Mindset for Digital Transformation

That’s a process that goes beyond automating repetitive tasks. In the AI era, it means making data actionable, enabling collaboration and accelerating decision-making, changing behaviors alongside tools. That’s why Karsun uses a product mindset throughout the modernization process. Our teams consider not only project requirements but how users will interact with the modernized system. In fact, with 15+ years delivering software, cloud, and data solutions we have identified several key ways using this mindset enables digital transformation at a level expected by government decision makers.

The benefits of using a product mindset for digital transformation.

Uses human-centered design (HCD) principles from the beginning. This ensures teams build using functional requirements that consider not only system structure, but user behavior and experience.
Cloud native solutions, such as those built on microservices, enable secure, adaptable architecture empowering teams to adjust to changing requirements meeting future demands.
Applying HCD principles, a product mindset considers the experience of the teams seeking advanced analytics and business intelligence solutions to generate insights and make data driven decisions. This brings fresh data streaming and self-service enhancements, reducing the time to insights from weeks and months to hours and days.

Moreover, each of these benefits not only improves system performance, it limits future rework by addressing potential challenges early while providing the flexibility to adapt to future needs.

AI-Accelerated Digital Transformation

The AI era demands this approach. To be prepared for the agility gains from AI, government agencies and other large enterprises may need to consider using AI to accelerate the transformation to the new systems and processes available as a result of this revolutionary technology.

We continuously enhance our ReDuX AI-powered modernization platform to accelerate this process. Unlike platforms that automate business rule extraction and transformation, ReDuX AI agents analyze system structure and behavior. After generating a comprehensive blueprint of the legacy system, we generate requirements that address user behavior. With the flexibility that comes from AI instead of automation, agile teams can reimagine their legacy system functionality, adding enhancements. Its transformation agents take inputs from human design teams and solution architects, generating modern, production ready code that satisfies these new functional requirements.

And these agents learn as they complete each functional slice of the modernized application. As the agile team engages in continuous, ongoing feedback with system stakeholders, improving both agents and human team members’ understanding of user needs improve together. Its AI-powered digital transformation that enhances rather than hinders human-centered design.

That’s not all, we found we can actually use AI for process improvement. In fact, our experts spoke on this topic at the annual CMMI conference in Phoenix, Arizona in 2024. For one customer that netted 4 times faster project delivery with double the improvement in code quality. This success is shared in a recent AWS Case Study. This data-driven approach, built on mature, intelligent AI solutions, is in part why Karsun was appraised at CMMI Level 5 (DEV) for a third time.

At Karsun we know the power of a mindful approach to digital transformation. This product mindset, now supercharged by AI, is integrated into every aspect of our modernization process.
For more on our approach, discover why our Head of Experience told the Federal Tech Podcast modernization teams need to move on from “checking the box” on customer experience to creating processes that result in true transformation. If you’re ready to start your digital transformation journey today, connect with our team.

Experts from the Karsun ReDuX team recently joined the Fed to Fed podcast. Badri Sriraman and Judewin Gabriel joined Zack Schwartz, former CIO for the U.S. Department of Commerce, and Susan Sharer, CEO of GOVTECH CONNECTS and host of the Fed to Fed podcast. In this new episode, they discussed the use of artificial intelligence agents for rapid modernization. That includes legacy system challenges, overhyped AI, and crafting effective solutions given operational challenges.

An Urgent Need for Rapid Modernization

As they observe, the need for modernization is pervasive across government agencies. Driven by an expectation for faster, more robust, and bigger and better capabilities, today’s agencies demand speed and efficiency. Meanwhile, public expectations, shaped by advancements seen in the news, push government organizations further.

At the same time, federal leaders must balance the rise of overhyped AI solutions. These may not be fully vetted, lack support and fall flat in production environments. How then can systems integrators build trust while providing the rapid modernization solutions government agencies need?

ReDuX: The AI-First Modernization Platform Answer

To meet this demand for efficiency, agility, and accuracy, Karsun Solutions developed ReDuX, an AI-first platform that rethinks how modernization happens. It brings rapid modernization to legacy systems that have evolved over decades and often lack institutional knowledge. Even though this complexity increases risk, ReDuX moves beyond manual assessments to provide transparency and generate high quality, production ready code that requires less rework, speeding time to delivery.

How ReDuX Enables Rapid Modernization

Multimodal AI agents build knowledge graphs from various inputs, including source code, documentation, schema information, and system demonstrations.
Agents extract logic (APIs, batch jobs, user flows, calculations) and convert it into human-readable summaries, backed by citations.
Agile teams review and assess legacy domains, then uncover user behaviors, business rules, data flows, and system architecture.
Agents and teams translate business requirements into Given-When-Then (GWTs) for behavior-driven development (BDD).
Teams reimagine the modernized systems, generating new software capabilities while preserving required functionality and supporting automated testing, ensuring functional equivalence between old and new systems.
Teams then mobilize agents that take this information and other inputs as they generate purpose-fit, production-ready code.

The result, two times reduced effort, two times improved quality, and four times reduced time to implementation. Moreover, ReDuX takes several steps to improve the trustworthiness of the outputs produced by its AI agents. That includes using human-in-the-loop to validate outputs, automated reprocessing, implementing formal methods that specify software behavior, and active learning. If mistakes slip through, the system enables teams to trigger automated reprocessing based on feedback, making the blueprint agents smarter and more reliable over time.

The Next Evolution: Autonomous AI Agents

Karsun Solutions has a 15-year history of large-scale modernization work for federal agencies, and Redux emerged from this experience. Now the ReDuX team is applying that experience by evolving their platform to use the latest technological development. Autonomous AI agents link together forming a digital workforce capable of handling everything from product user stories to technical and production tickets. These agents learn from feedback, adapt to priorities, and collaborate like a real team. This enables precise, focused micro tools and facilitates moldable development.

Listen to the podcast for a deep dive into their process. Ready to get unstuck? Connect with our team to start your AI-powered rapid modernization journey.

HERNDON, VA., JULY 30, 2025 – Karsun Solutions, a leading technology modernization firm, announced that its AI-powered modernization platform, ReDuX, is now available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace. This strategic availability provides government agencies and commercial enterprises with streamlined access to this innovative platform. ReDuX is available for purchase at https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-ewysxj3be4vra.

Using ReDuX, agencies can rapidly ramp-up their legacy modernization journey using agentic AI for every step of the software lifecycle from discovery to delivery. These agents create a 360 degree view of the legacy system, integrate structural and behavioral insights, extract functionality, then use that information as the platform orchestrates a digital workforce that accelerates the work of the agile teams engaged in modernization initiatives. Learn how ReDuX solves difficult modernization challenges at GoReDuX.ai.

“We are thrilled to see this platform developed in-house by our Karsun Innovation Center now available to the commercial market through the AWS Marketplace,” said Sundar Vaidyanathan, CEO of Karsun Solutions. “This strategic expansion makes our cutting-edge modernization capabilities accessible to a broader range of organizations, empowering them as they enhance their capabilities and meet their mission.”

Now available for both modernization teams and the enterprise organization they support, ReDuX is on the AWS Marketplace as a flexible Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering for immediate deployment or as a self-hosted solution for organizations requiring greater control over their infrastructure.

“Acquiring ReDuX via the AWS Marketplace is ideal for public sector teams looking to quickly access products that will accelerate the modernization of legacy systems,” said Badri Sriraman, Senior Vice President, Karsun Innovation Center. “For those teams modernizing systems written on COBOL, Assembly, Natural/ADABAS, or other outdated codes, this offers the opportunity to get unstuck without the long, protracted procurement processes.”

ReDuX on AWS Marketplace: Benefiting the Government Buyer

Purchasing modernization products via the AWS marketplace gives government agencies key benefits:

Accelerate procurement cycles with transactions in days rather than months, improving responsiveness to mission needs. The AWS Marketplace offers vetted software solutions. Agencies can acquire bundled solutions that include both software and implementation services through AWS Partner sellers. This supports end-to-end delivery without the need for separate RFPs or fragmented contracts, reducing acquisition risk and accelerating delivery timelines.
Built-In governance enables better tracking of software investment and usage across teams. AWS Marketplace provides centralized billing, license management, and reporting features in addition to tools for governance and access control. Using these resources, government customers can maintain tighter control over shadow IT and gain insights into utilization patterns to inform future acquisition strategies.
Access a diverse and modern vendor ecosystem for streamlined collaboration. Using AWS Marketplace, federal agencies can access thousands of commercial and public-sector-focused solutions across categories like zero trust, AI/ML, DevSecOps, data analytics, and legacy system modernization.
Flexible licensing and cost control align software spending with actual usage and mission tempo while reducing waste. AWS Marketplace supports pay-as-you-go models, term subscriptions, and enterprise license agreements. Customizable private offers enable negotiation of pricing, terms, and conditions tailored to government buyers.

Customers may also procure legacy modernization professional services directly through the AWS Marketplace at https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-ovm4yupjljktk. This offers an ideal pathway for government entities to engage with Karsun’s team of over 300 enterprise modernization experts, ensuring successful implementation, integration, and optimization of ReDuX within their unique environments. Karsun experts have 15+ years of experience delivering large-scale modernization projects. Learn more about the organization’s modern software development, AI, cloud and data solutions at https://karsun-llc.com/solutions/.

About Karsun Solutions

Karsun Solutions modernizes legacy systems enabling government agencies and enterprise organizations to elevate mission capability. IT solutions from Karsun are tailored to meet mission-driven organizations’ unique needs and optimize operations. These solutions adapt and stay relevant to current trends while using secure, digital architecture built to last. It is a proven modernization partner whose expertise ensures every next opportunity is within reach. Learn more at Karsun-LLC.com.

About ReDuX

The ReDuX AI-powered platform expedites the modernization of mainframe and other legacy system applications. Key tools in the platform include its blueprinting agents, which provide deep insights into system structure and behavior, and its transformation agents, which use the outputs from the blueprinting agents to generate code and facilitate incremental migration. These agents also bring enhanced security and privacy, offering project-specific usability by interfacing with various systems, overcome hallucinations noted in large language models (LLMs), and provide proven prompt templates to save developers time and effort. Get started at GoReDuX.ai.

As agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service shrink workforces and adopt leaner operational models, resources to support large scale modernization efforts are increasingly constrained. It is under this strain that John Gilroy opens a recent episode of the Federal Tech Podcast recorded live at the AWS Summit in Washington, D.C. Karsun Co-Founder Kartik Mecheri joins John and former General Services Federal Acquisition Services (GSA FAS) Commissioner Alan Thomas for a discussion on AI, digital workforces and the future of government modernization.

As John observes, the landscape of federal technology is at a critical juncture. Imagine systems born in the 1960s, like COBOL, still running essential government operations, while the average federal worker was born almost two decades later! This generational gap, combined with a shrinking government workforce creates an undeniable need for modernization.

At the same time, government agencies face immense pressure to deliver better experiences for their customers while grappling with complex legacy systems and processes that have been perfected over decades. These systems, often mainframes, are not just old; they are mission-critical, meaning they cannot be simply turned off for upgrades. Modernizing them is, as John notes, akin to “doing a little upgrade while you’re flying the plane”.

The AI Imperative: Introducing ReDuX AI-Powered Modernization

Enter Artificial Intelligence, AI. Government agencies are increasingly interested in AI for modernization to pick up the slack from fewer personnel and improve service delivery. Karsun Solutions offers a powerful tool designed specifically for this challenge: ReDuX.

The ReDuX Modernization Platform Addresses Several Key Pain Points:

Declining Subject Matter Expertise: As veteran employees retire, the deep knowledge of these legacy systems often walks out the door with them. Redux.ai aims to capture this expertise.
Complex Migrations: Converting decades of intricate code and interactions into modern architectures within a tight timeframe (e.g., 40 years of work into a 5-year project) is a monumental task.

How ReDuX Transforms Modernization

Redux uses specialized AI agents to streamline the modernization process:

Blueprinting Agents: These agents delve into legacy code, extract crucial information, and integrate it with user guides and demonstrations. The goal is for the agents to become the subject matter expert on the legacy system.
Modernization Agents: Once the legacy system is understood, these agents can convert the code to run on modern cloud platforms like AWS or Azure. They ensure the new system adheres to the required architecture and security posture of the agency.

Karsun has successfully used ReDuX to migrate multiple mainframe COBOL applications and other legacy systems (like Visual Basic 6, VB6) to modern technologies. This approach can accelerate modernization by 4x and reduce costs by 2x, reducing key modernization tasks by months and even years.

The Rise of the Digital Workforce

A key concept driving this transformation is the “digital workforce”. This involves building digital equivalents or “digital assistants” for every role in the software development cycle. Imagine:

An architect agent that understands your target architecture and generates diagrams, documentation, and security architecture.
Agents for creating unit tests, generating code, or ensuring security compliance.
Agents for business analysts to create user stories.

The idea is to empower agile teams with digital support allowing them to focus on strategic, high-value, creative, and innovative work. While managing human teams is a well-understood skill, managing these “agents” is a new frontier that the future leaders will need to master.

Looking ahead, experts predict that within a year, we will see more demonstrable examples of AI deployment with clear business benefits. Leaders will need to balance AI’s promise with risks. As they conclude their discussion, John, Kartik and Alan discuss strategies for mitigating AI hallucinations, improving accuracy and reducing security risks. They also discuss identifying technology partners with the strategic relationships required to effectively implement technology in the evolving environment.
For federal legacy systems the modernization journey is complex, but with innovations like Karsun Solutions and the ReDuX team, the path to a more efficient, agile, and secure government future is becoming clearer.

Tune in to the podcast to learn more or check out GoReDuX.ai

At Karsun Solutions, we’re constantly pushing the boundaries of innovation, especially when it comes to modernizing legacy systems. Our monthly Innovation Town Halls showcase how our experts use emerging technologies like automation and AI to solve real-world customer challenges. Recently, we had two insightful presentations that highlighted the power and versatility of our ReDuX AI-powered modernization platform in transforming complex legacy code using an AI code parser. That team recently summarized their findings on our GoReDuX Blog. Today we’re sharing their insights below.

Natural/ADABAS Modernization with ReDuX AI Code Parser

A common pain point for mainframe customers involves systems written in legacy Natural code with ADABAS. The desire to move away from these systems is driven by several factors, including proprietary software costs, workforce shortages and the fine-tuning required for proper system performance.

While other modernization tools offer automations for refactoring or replatforming, they often fall short in providing deeper insights. Moreover, they do not lay the groundwork for future enhancements.

The ReDuX Solution

Karsun expert Eamon Cusic shared how his team addressed this. Using ReDuX, they developed a Natural parser capable of assessing both the syntax and semantic structure of the code The team utilized ReDuX Blueprinting agents to analyze user behavior, software module code, and VSAM database schema.

This enabled them to provide context within the VSAM, including crucial elements like core business logic, data flow, and screen flows. With ReDuX Blueprint citations, Eamon’s team could even examine exact window management subroutines, providing unprecedented clarity.

Conquering VB6 and Unsupported Third-Party Components

Raminder Saluja, an AI for modernization leader in our aviation practice, shared another critical challenge facing his customer. A vital legacy application faced obsolescence because its language and third-party components were no longer supported, making modifications and bug fixes nearly impossible. The looming threat? The application was anticipated to stop working with the next Windows update.

The ReDuX Solution

Raminder’s team needed a tool for rapid modernization. ReDuX proved to be the solution, not only capable of parsing VB6 code but also validating requirements and generating test cases as part of the modernization process. After leveraging the Blueprinting agents (like those used for Natural), Raminder’s team extended ReDuX’s VB6 parsing to its code companion code generation agent. The ultimate goal: migrate VB6 to a VB .Net application.

This approach dramatically reduced the modernization timeline. While traditional methods can take over a year, this ReDuX-powered effort is expected to be completed within a 6-month timeframe.

ReDuX: A Mature Framework for Any Legacy Language

What these case studies demonstrate is ReDuX’s incredible adaptability. Whether you’re dealing with Natural, VB6, Oracle Forms/Apex, or other legacy coding languages like COBOL, ReDuX provides a mature framework that allows for the addition of new parsers and libraries. Depending on the language’s complexity, a ReDuX AI engineering team can typically write new parsers in just 2-6 weeks.

Both Eamon and Raminder leveraged this mature process to tackle previously intractable code parsing problems, transforming challenging modernization efforts into achievable projects.

ReDuX empowers Architects, BAs, Product Owners, Designers, Developers, and Testers to achieve significant improvements. Connect with us to discover how ReDuX can tackle your legacy code challenges and accelerate your modernization journey!

Lisa Hoover, Head of Experience and Design at Karsun Solutions recently joined John Gilroy and the Federal Tech Podcast. In this insightful discussion, they delve into the evolving Customer Experience (CX) landscape in the midst of rapid technological change.

Shifting from UX to CX

In their discussion, Lisa describes the evolution of focus from user experience (UX), which centers on digital product solutions, to CX, an all-encompassing approach to technology products. CX considers entire interactions a person has with an organization’s brand, throughout their entire relationship with that brand including solutions, services, and of course, the UX on an organization’s website.

In the federal sector, there’s a growing awareness of CX. This was driven by previous executive orders on federal customer experience and service delivery. However, Lisa notes that initially, the focus was often on meeting requirements, simply “checking a box” for CX rather than truly embracing human-centered design principles.

The Legacy System Challenge

A significant hurdle in improving federal CX is the prevalence of legacy IT systems. These monolithic systems with complex, entangled codebases make modernization difficult. Customers often get stuck with inefficient processes due to these outdated applications, and manual patches only exacerbate the problem. Lisa observes this is why a “checking-the-box” approach to requirements is not enough, organizations need to implement a holistic, product mindset.

Unlike commercial companies that can independently implement user-friendly changes, the federal government faces limitations due to these legacy systems and strict compliance requirements, including those surrounding data privacy and security. That’s why, Lisa notes, only 23% of Americans believe federal services are easy to navigate, indicating a significant need for improvement

Measuring CX Effectiveness

Measuring the impact of CX improvements is more complex than measuring UX, where metrics like bounce rate and time to task completion are readily available from web analytics and other resources. In the past, insights into customer challenges were often buried in support tickets, making it difficult to establish a baseline for improvement. However, with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), organizations can tease apart the complex relationships between online and offline activities, paint a clearer picture, and improve customer experience.

The Dawn of Approachable AI

Shifting the conversation to the role of AI in addressing these challenges, Lisa emphasizes that AI has become increasingly “approachable.” Modern AI has moved from an abstract concept to a mainstream technology, largely due to advancements like OpenAI. This increased familiarity makes federal customers more open to accepting AI-powered solutions.

AI for Efficiency at Scale

AI presents a remarkable opportunity to achieve efficiency at scale within federal agencies. Instead of replacing humans, AI can help individuals become more efficient by automating manual tasks and allowing them to focus on higher-value work. For instance, developers currently spend a significant amount of time troubleshooting legacy systems; AI can help reduce this well-known “time suck.”

A Blueprint for Modernization

Karsun Solutions offers a potential solution with its ReDuX AI-powered modernization platform. ReDuX creates a blueprint of a legacy system, breaking down the architecture and the behavior of the system’s users. This provides situational awareness and context awareness, allowing various stakeholders to understand the system as a whole. This comprehensive view helps teams devise strategic modernization plans beyond simply “patching holes.” By offering this overarching blueprint, ReDux aims to take the guesswork out of legacy system challenges.

Streamlining Decision-Making with AI

AI, when integrated with platforms like ReDuX, can significantly streamline decision-making and accelerate modernization efforts. By providing a holistic view of complex systems, teams can identify areas for improvement, implement standardized solutions, and measure the impact. AI-powered tools like chatbots and augmented reality can further guide users and help interpret data for UI improvements at scale.

The Future of Efficiency and Enhanced CX

Lisa concludes by expressing excitement about the future. She envisions increased adaptation of AI-enhanced solutions like ReDuX to modernize legacy systems more efficiently. The goal is to create federal services that are more usable, faster, and ultimately lead to satisfied and joyful customers. The key takeaway is that efficiency, enabled by understanding the big picture and leveraging AI responsibly, will be crucial in transforming federal IT and customer experience.

To learn more about Karsun’s ReDuX modernization platform, visit GoReDuX.AI. To listen to the full podcast, tune in at https://www.theoakmontgroupllc.com/ep-220-how-customer-experience-can-make-or-break-federal-technology-initiatives/

Government agencies facing an increasing mandate to move from legacy mainframe systems. The solution, generative AI. Now, agencies no longer need to fear the tradeoff between migration risk and the opportunity available in the cloud. In this case study featured on the AWS Public Sector Blog, our Karsun experts share their experience accelerating modernization with AI.

This case study features Karsun Solutions’ ReDuX AI powered migration and modernization platform. It offers a compelling approach for enterprises considering mainframe migration. Sharing their experience modernizing legacy applications for one of our government customers, this case study demonstrates what happens when modern AI tools meet modern software development practices.

Deep Insights Using Amazon Bedrock

ReDuX is designed to tackle typical obstacles in mainframe modernization, such as undocumented business rules, technical complexities, and regulatory compliance. Its approach is inspired by Karsun’s decade and a half modernizing complex enterprise systems for the federal government. ReDuX utilizes generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) powered by Amazon Bedrock to analyze and understand legacy systems.

Using Bedrock the Karsun team accessed high-performing foundation models from leading AI companies via a single API. Building their ReDuX platform on top of the resources provided by Bedrock, our team created an AI powered toolkit for identifying and mapping the complex business rules and processes embedded within mainframe applications. This facilitates a smoother transition to modern architectures. Further, by providing a structured approach, ReDuX reduces risks associated with legacy system modernization.

Matching AI with Modern Microservices Architecture

In the case study, we share how using our AI powered platform, we enabled our government customer to migrate from monolithic mainframe systems to microservices-based architectures on AWS. This shift enhances scalability, flexibility, and maintainability of applications, aligning with modern IT strategies.

It also allowed our team to focus on security and privacy. Recognizing the importance of enterprise-grade security and privacy, especially in government and regulated industries, the platform incorporates robust measures to protect sensitive data during and after the migration process.

Furthermore, migration to the cloud enables secure-by-design architecture. Using AI powered tools, like those available on the ReDuX AI platform, lets our agency customers access the benefits of the cloud while reducing migration risks. Written in a modern language, it alleviates workforce concerns and eliminates long-term maintenance issues arising from the aging, dwindling population familiar with COBOL and other outdated languages.

By demonstrating a successful implementation of generative advanced AI technologies and cloud services to migrate and modernize legacy systems, this case study from our team offers valuable insights. It presents a potential roadmap for organizations seeking to undertake similar modernization initiatives. Head over to the AWS Public Sector blog for deeper insights on AI-driven modernization and a technical breakdown of our solution.

We recently announced that we were appraised at CMMI Level 5 DEV for a third time. This maturity appraisal comes from ISACA, a global professional association focused on governance of enterprise IT, and represents the highest maturity level in that organization’s CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) framework.

Few companies meet the requirements for CMMI Level 5 Dev and we’re honored to appraise at this level three times. We’re proud to deliver quality consistently at the highest levels. Artificial intelligence, AI, powers the statistical and quantitative techniques used to meet our performance objectives.

In fact, in 2024 experts from our Karsun Innovation Center spoke at the ISACA CMMI Conference. At this conference, they presented a case study from one of our teams supporting a government agency customer. This team used AI tools included in our ReDuX AI platform to enhance efficiency while creating production ready code at a rate faster than if human teams produced that code on their own.

To better understand how AI can drive these process improvements, we share some insights from their talk below. For deeper insights on AI, development and modernization, Discover How ReDuX AI Works.

The Case for AI Powered Process Improvement

We presented this real-world case study at the annual CMMI conference in Phoenix, Arizona in 2024. CMMI appraisals were originally designed to help the Department of Defense understand its process. Today organizations around the world now seek out CMMI assessments. Karsun’s software development methodology is appraised at the highest tier for software development appraisals indicating we use a data driven process to analyze, assess and continually improve our practices.

The story begins in the Karsun Innovation Center. This center houses the Karsun research and development unit responsible for prototyping and integrating emerging technology and connecting our team members with industry technology leaders and experts. Part of the work of the Innovation Center includes building toolkits, playbooks and other resources.

That includes an agile platform we built called GoLean that’s used by our software development teams. Using this platform, we tracked performance data, made adjustments, and observed the impact of our process improvements using dashboards and other tools to gain insights. Using the tools in this platform our teams compared incremental improvement to past performances, identified practices that were outliers from our average performance, and made adjustments to reduce the impact and risk of those outlier events. This approach to agile development resulted in our first two CMMI Level 5 DEV appraisals.

Meanwhile, artificial intelligence opened up the door to truly optimize our practice. We began building AI tools that could handle very high dimensionality. In other words, the model used by the AI needed to handle data with many related factors.

This allowed us to understand the relationship between processes and the impact of changes to those processes. We could now better assess moving certain processes to the left, testing new automation practices or adding new DevOps or CI/CD tools. We could now measure holistic improvement to more rapidly scale and drive improvements among our development teams enhancing our overall efficiency.

The Results: Elevating Efficiency with AI

This, when combined with other tools in our AI platform, boosted our team’s efficiency as they modernized a 30 year old mainframe system. With the use of AI, our team saw a 22.5% increase in productivity! What’s more, using AI, they developed reusable resources to further optimize our processes.

In addition to new and improved methods for measuring process improvement, our ability to deliver high quality code quickly was further improved by AI agents. From code generation to scalability templates, agentic AI introduced yet another opportunity to further enhance our efficiency. To uncover this part of our toolkit visit us at GoReDuX.AI.

Agile development is in our DNA. Now using AI to boost efficiency in government, we’re leading the pack with high quality software and modern enterprise systems to meet agency missions.

Ready to partner with proven performers? Contact our team here to get started!

Whether a state or local government, or a U.S. government agency, a major problem facing government and industry alike is their aging mainframe systems. A shrinking workforce with experience in older languages such as COBOL, limits the ability of organizations to maintain these legacy systems and prepare for the future. This was apparent as states like New Jersey, facing strain on their systems during the early days battling COVID, called for assistance with their COBOL systems.

Now as federal agencies seek new opportunities to introduce efficiencies via artificial intelligence (AI), these systems provide an easy target for modernization. AI with its ability to tackle complex, repetitive tasks accurately provides one solution to the government mainframe modernization challenge.

To this end, our Karsun Innovation Center experts devoted their time to producing a complete suite of AI solutions dedicated to tackling the mainframe modernization challenge.

The COBOL Modernization Challenge

With their decades-old interconnected applications and systems, these legacy mainframe systems are complex, expensive to maintain, difficult to change, and vulnerable to attacks. At the same time, the cloud presents the opportunity to build secure, resilient systems that adapt to the changing needs of its users.

Past modernization and migration attempts appeared out of reach for these systems. Stymied by both the cost and time required to transform these systems. These high-value assets handling mission-critical workloads present a high stakes challenge for modernization teams. Often core to the business with large customer bases, they have vast complex functionality that must be broken down into smaller parts before proceeding.

Karsun applied AI, speeding up this tedious task while ensuring modernization teams had a complete map of the legacy system. Using its ReDuX platform, Karsun limited the impact of poorly documented systems and unanticipated relationships between components. When integrated with the other tools available in the ReDuX platform, AI-assisted teams generated production ready code two times faster than when they used humans alone.

Further given this complexity, some organizations may decide to simply replatform the system. But AI gives us the opportunity to do more than lifting and shifting the application to the cloud. It empowers us to optimize with a product mindset. With this in mind we can build human centered systems that scale and adapt to a changing environment.

The Solution: AI for Mainframe Modernization

Enter ReDuX, Karsun’s AI-powered digital transformation platform. We built our platform using AI to accelerate modernization while reducing risk. Using Amazon Bedrock, a platform that provides access to AI tools via an API, Karsun built a comprehensive digital transformation platform. Karsun’s ReDuX provides AI-enhanced tools for modernization team members from designers to developers in a single platform.

Using generative AI, the platform creates a complete blueprint of a legacy system, reducing risk, and generates behavioral insights. Using this information business analysts, designers, and others do more than rewrite these legacy systems, they reimagine an optimized system designed to match the needs of its users.

This product oriented process is enhanced throughout the modernization effort via the platform’s digital transformation agents. Using agentic AI, the modernization team can chat with their code for deeper understanding and apply reusable templates using automations to rapidly scale their work while reducing risk.

ReDux is already in use by the Karsun teams delivering large-scaled complex modernization solutions to our federal agency customers. We recently shared our experience on the AWS Public Sector Blog. To learn more about AI Solutions for government modernization visit us here: https://karsun-llc.com/solutions/artificial-intelligence-ai-solutions/

Stuck with a difficult modernization challenge? Check out GoReDuX.AI and get unstuck today!

Happy Valentine’s Day from the Enterprise Modernization Experts! Today, we’re sending our love to the designers, developers, and data engineers who deliver excellence to our government customers and the American people. Driving this performance are the dedicated teams diving into the latest technology solutions. Among those cutting edge solutions are these digital transformation trends we love here at Karsun Solutions.

Designing with a Product Mindset

The Product Mindset empowers teams as they design applications in a way that adapts to the ever-changing digital landscape. As we enter a period requiring adaptability and a forward-thinking approach, the Product Mindset asks teams to consider how the system will be used now and in the future and how they can introduce efficiency now while building to scale.

This mindset emphasizes moving from a “building” to a “dwelling” perspective. This focuses the process on continuous design as a form of continuous improvement. That includes modeling user experiences, using modern platforms, and implementing layered designs. Learn how Karsun does this with our Digital Transformation Toolkit in this white paper from the Karsun Innovation Center.

https://karsun-llc.com/resource/design-for-every-next-2/

Generative AI for Human-Centered Design

Another key digital transformation component is human-centered design (HCD.) This approach centers design using practices that identify whether the product matches the expectations of its human users. This is achieved by building in continuous feedback and using practices that assist product teams as they identify whether design supports or hinders users.

While human-centered design brings humanity back to software development, it also helps teams ensure the product is used as intended. It uses tools, like those built with machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI), to process user data and generate new insights. From these behavioral insights business analysts and others can more quickly generate requirements to ensure functionality carries over to the new systems built by the product team.

As a final process improvement and efficiency-boosting feature, systems using Generative AI learn from the best practices of the development teams using these tools. When well integrated into platforms like Karsun’s ReDuX AI, the team may use AI to identify the practices that best help achieve their product goals. Based on these insights, the team can add guard rails, further engineer their model, or use agentic AI to generate code, templates, and other resources in line with those recommendations.

Zero Trust Architecture Boosted by Security-Led Practices

When using zero trust architecture (ZTA), systems continuously validate every interaction with the system. Using this approach, teams build systems that limit the ability of people and devices to access it, assuming that by default, they are not to be trusted. Zero trust best practices are essential when building secure architecture designed to adapt to changing needs and evolving threats. The ZTA approach includes well-architected practices. It also includes integrating emerging technologies.

When teams use security-led practices, such as zero trust architecture and well-architected principles, they can now use AI to enhance their capabilities. That includes using predictive AI to identify risks and generative AI (GenAI) to address those hazards. Teams using our ReDuX AI-powered digital transformation engine use GenAI to proactively recommend best practices, generate guard rails based on established policies, and build templates so they can scale their practices more effectively.

At Karsun, we design large-scale government IT solutions that enhance the capabilities of our agency partners and drive performance. Our commitment to solid digital transformation and design practices is part of our enduring commitment to technology solutions for every next. Our experts deliver these robust enterprise solutions at agencies across the federal government. At the same time, our innovators explore, prototype, and implement the latest technologies as part of delivering truly transformative solutions. If any of these trends pique your interest, we invite you to connect with our Karsun Innovation Center team and discover how you can begin your technology journey.