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There’s a crackle and spark in the air at Avantra lately, and I’m so pleased to be writing this bit on what we’ve accomplished with the Avantra 26 release. Automated root cause analysis, multi-tenant management support for Cloud ALM, enhanced security operations and...
There’s a crackle and spark in the air at Avantra lately, and I’m so pleased to be writing this bit on what we’ve accomplished with the Avantra 26 release. Automated root cause analysis, multi-tenant management support for Cloud ALM, enhanced security operations and...
In this article, Pierre Vonesch, Head of SAP Engineering at Avantra, will clarify the technical concepts behind SAP and briefly explain what SAP Basis is. What is SAP Basis? SAP Basis is the administration and operations layer of the SAP system that manages...
On February 24th, 2021, President Biden signed an executive order for a sweeping review of critical US supply chains. Shortages of protective gear for American healthcare workers seen in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic “should never have happened,” said...
One of the most common questions asked during an Avantra evaluation is 'how long does it take to implement Avantra?'. It’s a fair question and can have the typical 'it depends' answer... after all, it's like asking 'how long is a piece of string?'... but in this...
For an SAP expert like you, the prospect of a modernized and SAP-focused operations platform is something that will bring obvious benefit to the life of you and your team. Whether it be reducing the daily-check workload or getting proactive alerts before something...
For better or worse, application performance is one of those things that when managed correctly is a thankless job. However, when issues arise, it’s a nagging pain point for the business, employees, customers, vendors, and many other stakeholders. For many...
SAP MII SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII) is a component of the SAP Manufacturing Suite that provides a manufacturing execution system (MES) and connects manufacturing processes with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. This is the key...
On Monday (22nd of March 2021), the OpenSSL Software Foundation pre-announced their next release for this Thursday (25th of March 2021) which stated that “The highest severity issue fixed in this release is HIGH”. For OpenSSL, HIGH, the second-highest of their...
This month, SAP has released note 3022622, ‘Code Injection Vulnerability in SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (MII)'. In summary this is an issue where an attacker can inject malicious code to the server. Surprisingly this is done through the creation...
Focused Run SAP Focused Run is a new, streamlined deployment option for the SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management solution. It is designed to simplify and accelerate your journey to the cloud, while reducing total cost of ownership (TCO). SAP Focused Run is intended to...
Don’t let issues in your SAP landscape derail the smooth running of your production lines and factories, says John Appleby, CEO of Avantra. Lean manufacturing, with its promise of reducing waste, eliminating inefficiency and maximizing productivity, is a goal that...
In December 2020, we held our very first Avantra Summit - a virtual event aimed to fill our peers with hope for the year ahead. We heard from some amazing speakers, all enthusiastic on the year to come... but mostly, we loved hearing from our customers. Many Avantra...
Within the last 8 years, there has been an acceleration into a new IT strategy of managing technical workloads in the cloud, along with utilizing ITSM solutions, such as ServiceNow, beyond just ticket management. Historically, for a multitude of reasons, SAP has been...