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Insights & Case Studies

Case Study - Migrating Complex SAS Processes to Databricks

Migrating Complex SAS Processes to Databricks | CMS

Akira used AWS cloud and modern, open-source/open-standard data technologies (Databricks & Python/Pandas/PySpark, Flake8) to migrate critical data processes from SAS to Databricks....

Case Study - Cloud Adoption Analysis and Cloud Service Provider (CSP) Recommendation

Cloud Adoption Analysis and Cloud Service Provider (CSP) Recommendation | FERC

FERC currently manages data set computations using on premise infrastructure and various departments relaying on its rapidly growing 14 TiB data warehouse for analytical tasks to be consumed enterprise wide...

Innovation Labs

AI Lab

Through the use of sophisticated tools, systems, algorithms, frameworks, and techniques, we experiment with and develop prototypes in the areas of machine learning, visualization, neural networks, and NLP. This work informs our strategies in the areas of anomaly detection, fraud detection, and threat management.

Akira Automation Lab

Automation Lab

We are experimenting with and developing prototypes in the areas of automating workflows (i.e., RPA or Robotic Process Automation), infrastructure capacity management, system observability, and data workloads management. This work informs our strategies in the areas of data ETL, regulatory compliance, and cloud services management.

Akira Cloud Lab

Cloud Lab

We are experimenting with a variety of container technologies and frameworks to determine ways to optimize container architecture, scaling, security, orchestration, and management. This work informs our strategies to run anything from a small microservices or software process to a large application.

Cyber Security

Security Lab

Cyber Security is front and center for all our federal customers. We prototype novel security ideas and approaches that help secure organizations by eliminating implicit trust and continuously validating every stage of a digital interaction. This work informs our strategies to design solution architectures that meet and exceed federal Zero Trust Model.

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