“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.

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 we enter the fourth quarter of a turbulent federal technology market, our Karsun experts are adapting to meet the evolving needs and missions of our agency customers. At the same time, meeting the demand for artificial intelligence enabled tools, our Karsun Innovation Center developed ReDuX, a comprehensive, end-to-end AI-accelerated modernization platform for the entire software development lifecycle. Today, as we close out the first half of 2025, we summarize some of the insights shared by experts in our Innovation Center and from our teams serving our U.S. government partners.

Bringing Thought Leadership to the IT Industry

Karsun thought leaders joined the AWS Mainframe Modernization Forum, the Federal Tech Podcast and other forums to share their experience with our ReDuX platform. In short, they observed, government modernization faces significant challenges from shrinking workforces and reliance on decades-old, mission-critical legacy systems which are difficult to maintain and often lack up-to-date subject matter expertise as veteran employees retire. This directly impacts federal customer experience, with only 23% of Americans finding federal services easy to navigate.

At these events, these Karsun experts revealed their ReDuX AI-powered modernization platform offers a crucial solution by deploying a digital workforce of AI agents. These agents effectively become Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) for legacy systems, blueprinting their architecture and converting intricate code to modern cloud platforms. This approach dramatically benefits development teams by accelerating complex migrations, enhancing code quality, and reducing costs, allowing human teams to focus on strategic, high-value work.

Ultimately, ReDuX aims to make federal services more usable, faster, and lead to more satisfied customers.

New Insights at Innovation Town Halls

In addition to our thought expertise at industry events, our experts currently working on real-world modernization engagements shared their experience at monthly Innovation Town Halls. We shared some of the insights from these experts on LinkedIn and in recent blogs.

That includes describing how Karsun innovates quickly while ensuring high-quality delivery. For instance, we shared how Karsun uses artificial intelligence to drive process improvement and ensure data privacy. ReDuX AI is central to this, enhancing productivity by 22.5% for mainframe modernization. For instance, ReDuX addresses code parsing challenges early then generates production-ready code faster than human teams. Karsun’s approach also integrates AI for human-centered design (HCD) and can enhance organizations’ Zero Trust Architecture posture. This comprehensive approach is underpinned by an innovation culture prioritizing cross-functional collaboration and strategic investment in the right technology and processes.
Whether internally at Karsun Innovation Town Halls or at industry events, insights from Karsun leaders support the adoption of emerging technology with the support of trusted exports. Whether you are seeking new frontiers with AI or seeking new methods to accelerate your modernization journey, contact Karsun to get started today!

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!

With National Data Privacy Week upon us, we reflect on the shifting data environment. From concerns surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) to an evolving threat environment, there is as great a need as ever to be mindful in our approach to protecting data. Our Karsun Innovation Center experts have met this challenge producing new solutions to address future requirements.

Our teams have a long history of incorporating emerging technologies into our data solutions. We build data platforms that produce meaningful insight while protecting sensitive data. Whether that occurs through machine learning (ML) for business intelligence or incorporating well-architected practices into our data-led migration. Moreover, many of these novel solutions incorporate machine learning and AI to further enhance data privacy.

Utilizing Synthetic Data

Synthetic data enables enterprise data teams to innovate securely. This data is produced through machine learning using models that learn the patterns, structures, and relationships within the real dataset. Next, artificial, or synthetic, data is produced with similar statistical properties to the original data set. Thus, this process masks sensitive data, such as personally identifiable information (PII).

By providing high-quality datasets that mirror real-world data without exposing this data, synthetic data minimizes privacy risks, supports compliance with regulations like HIPAA, and reduces the impact of data breaches. Meanwhile, by allowing safe data sharing and model training, synthetic data accelerates AI and analytics development while ensuring ethical data practices, making it a powerful tool for balancing privacy and innovation. Introducing strong synthetic data practices can be one of the steps organizations can take to prepare their data for an AI-enhanced future.

Security Automation

We can apply both predictive AI and generative AI (GenAI) and enhance organizations’ security posture by strengthening their security automation. While predictive AI identifies threats, GenAI creates new pathways to addressing security concerns. GenAI is particularly well suited to automating security. When incorporated into an AI-powered platform, it enhances safety culture by applying guardrails, best practice policies, templates, and automations that proactively address security concerns. GenAI further enhances security through its self-healing mechanisms that assess threats and then incorporate those assessments into its policy recommendations.

GenAI to Meet Regulatory Requirements

GenAI also offers significant potential for meeting regulatory requirements as modernization teams migrate legacy systems. We have written about this extensively on the ReDuX website. ReDuX is our AI-powered platform that accelerates mainframe modernization. One component of that platform is a mapping feature that builds a blueprint of the legacy system. With an enhanced understanding of the legacy system, the team avoids security pitfalls, identifying functional code while removing dangerous dead code and reducing the risks and errors. Moreover, using a platform with built resources allows teams to introduce guardrails like those used to improve security automation.

Bringing It Together

Consider then a data project where each of these methodologies is included as part of a robust data practice. First, synthetic data is produced using machine learning. When combined with AI-assisted development, like that used by ReDuX, the security automation guardrails enforced by the AI-powered platform ensure proper security tools and practices, including those applied to synthetic data, are used properly every time. Then, as AI practices evolve, they are refined further.

AI/ML helps technology teams navigate complex regulatory landscapes, including compliance with standards like HIPAA, FISMA, and GDPR, to ensure data privacy and system security. By adopting an AI-enhanced approach, agencies can protect privacy, overcome regulatory challenges, and maintain secure and resilient applications to align with their data goals. To learn more about emerging technology from the Innovation Center, visit our Projects Page or take the first step on your data modernization journey and connect with us on our Data Solutions Page.

This summer, our Karsun Innovation Center was filled with excitement as our intern cohort tackled AI research and development projects. These talented students addressed real-world challenges and contributed to our cutting-edge AI toolkits and resources. As we conclude 2024, we highlight below the exceptional work done by our interns, with a focus on their projects and the skills they honed while with our modernization experts.

Embracing Real-World Challenges

From their first day in our Herndon, Virginia offices, our interns were exposed to complex problems that demanded innovative solutions. Namrata Hari, a Computational Modeling and Data Analytics student, applied her knowledge to develop a task management application using Java Spring Boot and React. Her project prepared her team for upcoming tasks and equipped them to handle the intricacies of modern software development. Namrata’s primary focus during her AI internship was on testing ReDuX, a toolkit for AI-accelerated modernization. She and her team assessed memory, user interface, and overall user experiences, identifying and addressing defects to improve the AI bot’s functionality.

Pioneering AI Solutions with ReDuX AI

Another inspiring story comes from Samhita Kumar, a rising sophomore at Yale University. Samhita leveraged the ReDuX toolkit for her projects, particularly the AI code generation capabilities included in AppPilot. She combined various tools—Java Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, Podman, and React, among others—to build full-stack projects and refine her understanding of AI applications. Her work involved proposing enhancements to ReDuX and resolving defects within the AppPilot’s frontend design. Samhita’s contributions are an excellent example of AI internships at the Karsun Innovation Center pushing the boundaries of modern software development.

Enhancing User Experience through Full-Stack Development

Manojdeep Dakavaram‘s internship was a blend of full-stack development and problem-solving. A master’s student in computer science, he worked on multiple projects, including a centralized task management system and automating user access to Karsun’s O’Reilly virtual training library. His efforts improved user experiences by addressing critical bug fixes and developing new features in the React front end of AppPilot. Manojdeep’s work showcased the powerful impact of meticulous development and technology integration.

Data Management and Visualization Innovations

Pravalika Gollapudi, a Master’s student at Arizona State University, concentrated on data management and dashboards. She developed a CRUD application and a React dashboard, which streamlined data interactions and improved presentation reliability through rigorous testing. Pravalika’s role also involved conducting data quality analysis, ensuring data integrity and reliability. Her projects underscored the pivotal role data plays in modern AI and software systems.

Automation and Streamlined Workflows

The importance of automation and workflow optimization was highlighted by Visvajit Murali’s contributions. A student from the University of Virginia, Visvajit utilized technologies like PostgreSQL, Spring Boot, and Docker to automate tedious tasks, enhancing user experiences and system efficiency. His work illustrated how automating repetitive tasks can drive productivity and innovation.

Advancing with Generative AI

Generative AI continues to be a game-changer in the tech industry, as evidenced by the work of our interns and our ReDuX mainframe modernization team. The Karsun Innovation Center challenged these students to explore and propose enhancements to our AI toolkits. This focus on generative AI was epitomized by their efforts in developing and refining AI-driven code generation tools, which promise to accelerate and streamline modernization processes effectively.

Lessons and Growth from Internship Experiences

The professional growth of our interns was significantly influenced by their experiences at the Karsun Innovation Center. Daily interactions with seasoned experts, regular “Show Don’t Tell” meetings, and hands-on projects provided them with invaluable industry insights. Interns like Namrata and Manojdeep highlighted the benefits of a collaborative and supportive environment, while others, such as Pravalika and Visvajit, emphasized the importance of continuous learning and adaptability.

This summer, our interns at the Karsun Innovation Center not only contributed to the development of AI solutions but also grew as professionals poised to lead the next wave of innovation. Their stories serve as testaments to the power of immersive learning and the impact of forward-thinking, supportive mentorship. As we look ahead, we are excited to see how these budding experts will shape the world of AI and technology. Check out our Innovation Center Projects to learn more about ReDuX and other emerging technology projects from our research and development team.

For many organizations, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Competency is table stakes. In fact, Canalys released a report revealing that organizations with AWS Specializations, including competencies, unlock $315 billion in customer spending. Moreover, 87% of customers surveyed ranked specializations among the top three selection criteria. For the Amazon Partner Network (APN) partners that achieve these designations, it signifies their expertise, commitment to industry best practices, and ability to deliver solutions seamlessly on AWS. For competency partners, it also presents new opportunities to leverage AWS resources to empower their customers as they migrate to the cloud and accelerate technology adoption.

Migration Incentives

An AWS Competency more than differentiates partners based on their expertise and experience. It also opens up new opportunities to support customer modernization efforts. A 2022 Canalys Partner Ecosystem Multiplier study found that for every dollar of AWS infrastructure sold, there is up to $6.40 available to partners to deliver services to customers.

For example, Karsun achieved its AWS Migration Competency in 2021. As a result of this designation, Karsun teams could use AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) resources. This comprehensive program packages best practices, tools, expertise, and financial incentives to make cloud adoption easier. When applicable, Karsun implements these financial incentives as part of its Cloud Runways toolkit, which accelerates cloud migration through fit-to-purpose transformation playbooks. These enable incremental migrations that adapt to unique customer requirements and constraints.

Technology Acceleration

A government information technology contractor with more than a decade of experience serving U.S. government agencies, Karsun achieved its Government Competency status in 2019. The competency differentiates AWS Partner Network (APN) members serving government agencies with deep domain expertise in security and compliance, in addition to innovative cloud solutions that leverage AWS services.

In a recent video, Karsun Innovation Center Senior Vice President Badri Sriraman shares his experience integrating emerging technology with the resources available to AWS government competency partners. Filmed at the AWS Washington, D.C. Summit Government Competency Leadership Circle, Sriraman discusses how his team used tools from AWS to accelerate Karsun’s AI toolkit, ReDuX AI. Powered by AWS Bedrock, ReDuX AI uses analysis generative AI to perform code analysis, provide recommendations, and generate code for teams working on mainframe modernization projects. To learn more about ReDuX AI, visit GoReDuX.AI.

In addition to migration and technology benefits, competency partners have access to specialized training, industry events, and support from AWS experts. Partners with AWS Specializations have a wealth of opportunities to support their customers’ modernization ambitions. Overall, the partners that have obtained AWS Competencies significantly enhanced their ability to deliver high-quality AWS solutions.

Karsun is among those partners using the full range of resources available to it as it serves its agency customers. It elevates agency capabilities through modern software development, cloud, data, and AI solutions. Its cloud portfolio offers a full suite of solutions, including hybrid architecture, platform buildout, and application migration. It has AWS Government, Migration, and DevOps Competencies and is a Well-Architected Partner. To dive into Karsun’s complete cloud solutions portfolio, visit https://karsun-llc.com/solutions/cloud-solutions/.

Our Karsun Innovation Center (KIC) Interns explore complex modernization problems, experiment with emerging technology such as artificial intelligence (AI), and engage with experts on our research and development team. Every summer, we feature our interns’ work on the Karsun website. In this interview, Computer Science student Samhita Kumar shares her experience with the AI code pairing tools included in Karsun’s ReDuX AI, front-end design using component libraries, and task management automation.

Finding Her Next: Software Development, Cryptography and AI Innovation

First, please tell us about yourself. Where are you going to school? What are you studying? What do you like to do in your free time?

Samhita: I’m Samhita, a rising sophomore at Yale University studying computer science. In my free time, I enjoy reading, visiting museums, and baking. I’m also part of my school’s moot court team and love learning about Constitutional law.

What do you want to do after this internship? What are your career goals?

Samhita: I hope to build on the skills I’ve acquired while here, and to apply my knowledge to real-world problems. I aim to pursue opportunities in software development and cryptography, and to continue working with new innovations like ReDuX.

Full Stack Development and Generative AI

Karsun’s ReDuX AI uses generative AI to make code, data, and access control recommendations. In addition to their work exploring the use of AI for modern software development, we also challenged our interns to identify and propose enhancements to our AI toolkits. Samhita applied her full stack development skills to this challenge.

Could you share a little bit about the project you worked on as part of this internship? What challenge does it solve? What technologies and tools are you using?

Samhita: I have primarily been working with KIC’s ReDuX AI code pair tool, AppPilot. I used Java SpringBoot, PostgreSQL, Podman, Testcontainers, Nx, React, and Jest to build a full-stack project while testing AppPilot. My front-end design pulled in several component libraries such as Metrostar Comet. I also created a Task Manager project with CRUD functionality and user accounts to strengthen my understanding of the technology stack. Finally, I helped find and resolve defects within AppPilot.

Flexibility, Adaptability, and Innovation

What is your favorite part about working with the Karsun Innovation Center? Is there a weekly meeting or ritual you enjoy? The opportunity to learn more or get a new certification?

During our biweekly “Show, Don’t Tell” meetings, I’ve been able to learn about the projects that the Karsun Innovation Center is working on. It has been amazing to explore so many different technologies and to see the different approaches that can be taken to address blockers.

What is your biggest takeaway from your experience as an intern at Karsun?

It is definitely the importance of flexibility. I’ve gained so much practical experience and observed how unexpected issues can arise at any moment. To tackle these challenges, I learned to remain adaptable and prepared for anything. This approach has proven incredibly helpful, and it’s one I will definitely carry forward in my career.
Samhita worked alongside Karsun Innovation Center experts throughout her internship program. Discover how Karsun experts are modernizing for every next in our Innovation Center by accelerating transformation with the ReDuX AI toolkit.