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Video: Tackling AI, Tech Debt & Faster AWS Migration with Caylent

Explore how Caylent and AWS are accelerating cloud migration and modern application modernization with AI-driven tools, cost efficiencies, and strategic guidance in this in-depth interview with Ryan Gross.

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Katie Bavoso
Katie Bavoso
Dec 4, 2025
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In this episode of Channel Insider: Partner POV, host Katie Bavoso sits down with Ryan Gross, Head of Data & Applications at Caylent, to explore how AI is reshaping cloud migration, what reducing technical debt looks like, and accelerating modernization on AWS.

Ryan breaks down how Caylent became the #1 independent AWS-only partner, the challenges companies face when modernizing legacy systems, and how Caylent Accelerate uses generative AI to make cloud adoption faster, safer, and more cost-effective.

Topics & Time Codes:

00:00–00:36 — Welcome & guest introduction 

00:36–01:19 — What Caylent is and who it serves 

01:19–02:23 — Serving SMB → enterprise + ISVs 

02:23–03:39 — Caylent’s AWS journey & Partner of the Year awards 

03:39–04:19 — Introducing Caylent Accelerate 

04:19–05:29 — What stands in the way of cloud migration today 

05:29–06:18 — Risk, downtime, and skills challenges 

06:18–07:14 — Why customers struggle to address tech debt 

07:14–08:26 — How customer needs fueled Caylent Accelerate 

08:26–09:37 — Using generative AI for code translation 

09:37–10:36 — Test-driven automation for safe transformation 

10:36–11:06 — The “better, faster, cheaper” model 

11:06–12:26 — How customers know they’re a fit 

12:26–13:18 — Cloud evolution strategy explained 

13:18–14:17 — Migrating infrastructure with AI-driven IaC 

14:17–15:05 — Disaster recovery & resiliency on AWS 

15:05–15:31 — Modernizing databases and applications 

15:31–16:39 — Security posture & new ways of working in the cloud 

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