We are thrilled to announce that we have won three 2024 Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner of the Year Awards! Caylent is honored to be the winner of: 🏆 Migration Consulting Partner of the Year – Global 🏆 GenAI Industry Solution Partner of the Year – Global 🏆 Industry Partner of the Year – Financial Services – North America “This recognition highlights the incredible work our teams accomplish daily to empower organizations across industries. Winning and being named a finalist in these esteemed categories reflects our commitment to delivering tailored, impactful solutions that leverage the full potential of AWS services. We are grateful to AWS for this acknowledgment and remain focused on driving customer success.” - Lori Williams, CEO Learn more here: https://hubs.li/Q02-4H5P0
Caylent
IT Services and IT Consulting
Irvine, California 30,945 followers
Premier AWS Consulting Partner. Rocket fuel for cloud native adoption.
About us
Caylent is a cloud native services company that helps organizations bring the best out of their people and technology using AWS. We are living in a software-defined world where technology is at the core of every business. To thrive in this paradigm, organizations need to empower their people and processes through technology. Caylent is uniquely positioned to fuel that engine of innovation by bringing ambitious ideas to life for our customers.
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- IT Services and IT Consulting
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- 501-1,000 employees
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- Irvine, California
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- Privately Held
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- 2015
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- Amazon Web Services, Microservices, Containers, Cloud, Continuous Delivery, Cloud Native, Kubernetes, Terraform, Serverless Framework, CI/CD, Generative AI, AI/ML, Data Modernization, Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Media & Entertainment, and Infrastructure Modernization
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Grok-3 has generated significant buzz since its debut, but does it live up to the hype? Randall Hunt, Caylent's CTO, is featured in Forbes' newest article where he provides an analysis of the latest AI model, Grok-3, highlighting how it might not be ready for enterprise use. He also tackles the industry's reliance on flawed benchmarks, arguing that current testing methods fall short of truly measuring AI performance in real-world scenarios. Read the full article here: https://hubs.li/Q039LCMC0
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Less than 3 days until we’ll be at HumanX! We’ve got so much in store and we can’t wait to see you all there! Don't miss these must-see sessions featuring our experts: Redefining Leadership in Tech 🗓️ March 11 | 8:00 - 10:00 AM PT 👩💻 Caylent’s Portfolio CTO, Ash Pembroke, will join an inspiring panel of women in tech to share their journeys and discuss AI’s evolving role. The New Frontier: Unlocking the Power of Amazon Nova Creative Models and Agentic AI on Amazon Web Services (AWS) 🗓️ March 12 | 10:00 - 10:45 AM PT 🚀 Join Caylent’s CTO, Randall Hunt, as he showcases Amazon Nova’s cutting-edge performance in video understanding and semantic search. Learn more here: https://hubs.li/Q039kDtV0
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Don’t forget to sign up for our webinar tomorrow to hear from our Amazon Web Services (AWS) experts Chad Stieve and Ash Pembroke on how to build a strong data foundation for your generative AI applications! Register here: https://lnkd.in/grbh6Xzt
A comprehensive data strategy is essential for driving meaningful business outcomes with generative AI. Without a solid data foundation, even the most sophisticated AI models and applications can fall short of delivering real value. On March 6th, join our Amazon Web Services (AWS) experts Chad Stieve and Ash Pembroke to discuss the essential components of building a strong data foundation for your #GenerativeAI applications. In this webinar, you’ll learn: 📊 The critical role data plays in generative AI success ⚠️ Key challenges in data strategy and how to overcome them ☁️ Cloud-based solutions for constructing a solid data foundation 🚀 Real-world strategies and success stories to guide your projects Register today: https://hubs.li/Q037BczB0
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With Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, migrating from on-prem VMware environments to Amazon Web Services (AWS) is now a strategic priority for many companies. In our latest podcast, Caylent’s Mark Olson and Zach Tuttle join Mitch Ashley to explore the challenges and market uncertainties of managing VMware environments post-acquisition. They’ll discuss: 🚀 The typical challenges a VMware migration presents 🚀 How organizations can take proactive steps to overcome common barriers 🚀 Real-world examples of successful migrations, from gradual strategies to rapid transformations. Listen here: https://hubs.li/Q039kfnd0
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We’re excited to be at HumanX next week, where the brightest minds in AI, business, and technology are redefining the future! Make sure to come meet the Caylent team and check out our sessions: 🚀 The New Frontier: Unlocking the Power of Amazon Nova Creative Models and Agentic AI on AWS — Randall Hunt will showcase Amazon Nova's industry-leading performance across video understanding and semantic search. ✨ Redefining Leadership in Tech — Ash Pembroke will be joining other inspiring women in tech for a panel where they’ll share their journeys into the industry and discuss AI’s evolving role. Learn more here: https://hubs.li/Q0396-hX0
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Last week, we had a fantastic time hosting a happy hour with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Grafana Labs in San Francisco! ✨🚀 A big thank you to everyone who joined us—we loved connecting with peers and diving into great conversations. Looking forward to the next one!
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We’re thrilled to celebrate João Vitor Martins, a Senior Cloud Software Engineer at Caylent, for achieving an incredible milestone—earning all 12 Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certifications! 🎉🌟 João’s achievement reflects not only his expertise but also his commitment to mastering the AWS ecosystem. In his own words, “Are AWS certifications worth it? My answer is a resounding yes.” Join us in celebrating this amazing accomplishment! 👏 We can’t wait to see you in your new Golden Jacket!
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Let's face it - without a strong data strategy, even the most advanced AI tools won't deliver the results you're looking for. It's like trying to build a house without a foundation - it just won't work. Join our Amazon Web Services (AWS) experts Chad Stieve and Ash Pembroke next week for a discussion on how to build a strong data foundation for your generative AI applications, how to overcome common challenges, and real-world strategies to guide your AI initiatives. Register today: https://hubs.li/Q038rndr0
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At Caylent, we're continuously testing and validating new models to guide our customers through the best Large Language Model (LLM) for their business case. Check out our CTO’s take on Anthropic’s newly launched Claude 3.7 👇
Claude 3.7 dropped, and I pulled an all-nighter testing it across Caylent’s proprietary eval set. Here’s the guidance I shared with our teams—subject to change as we learn more. Key takeaway: Before turning on thinking mode, test if the new model is simply better/faster/cheaper out of the box. (Cheaper meaning fewer output tokens, but still correct, esp if already using <thinking> blocks in standard mode). Here's my workflow so far: 1. Run the same prompt → Check correctness first, then evaluate for speed and cost (fewer, more accurate tokens). 2. Shorten the prompt → Reduce examples, reduce guidance. In ~10% of our eval set, this just worked. Suddenly saving hundreds of input tokens. 3. Baseline performance in standard mode → Capture results before turning on thinking mode. 4. Turn on thinking mode & reset any previous prompt engineering → • Remove any chain-of-thought (CoT) guidance from the base prompt. • Start with a small reasoning budget, just to see if the “vibes” are right. You'll be able to tell if it's on the right track. If it isn't, don't increase the budget yet, fix the base prompt instead. • If it works, scale up to ~32k reasoning tokens and bisect towards the optimal budget. (Note, this differs from Anthropic and AWS's official guidance but I found this approach to be faster than incrementally increasing the budget) • If you need more than ~32k tokens, reconsider if the problem should be broken down. 5. Fine-tune for performance with additional examples. Be careful here, add the examples one at a time. Consider multishot. Here's an example (I can't share the specific prompt sorry, I'll find an anonymized task and share that later): SQL Generation in Thinking Mode In a SQL generation task, my base prompt had step-by-step instructions, an annotated schema, and multiple example queries. ✅ Switching to thinking mode: I removed all examples and kept only general guidance. 🚀/🐌 The model generated superior queries, but took longer. 🔍 Adding examples didn’t help the quality instead, it slowed down response time as the model needlessly evaluated its output against the examples. What’s Next? This is an early read—Claude 3.7 has been out for less than 24 hours, and we’re still learning. I’d love to hear how others are adapting. How are you optimizing for speed, accuracy, and cost?