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Cost Control in SAP BTP: The Critical Need for Automation

Cost Control in SAP BTP: The Critical Need for Automation

The cloud is the cheapest processing you can buy… until you get the bill! Unfortunately, Cloud service costs are notoriously opaque when it comes to transactional and operations costs. The results can be unexpected bills and even damage to the ROI of cloud programs....

Cost Control in SAP BTP: The Critical Need for Automation

The cloud is the cheapest processing you can buy… until you get the bill! Unfortunately, Cloud service costs are notoriously opaque when it comes to transactional and operations costs. The results can be unexpected bills and even damage to the ROI of cloud programs....

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What’s new in Avantra 23.0

What’s new in Avantra 23.0

Wow, what a year it has been since the release of our last major version 21.11. This year we’ve focused on automation, improving the automation engine we delivered with 21.11.0 across our minor releases for the year and we’ve already received great feedback from our...

How SAP AWS hybrid cloud benefits SAP customers

How SAP AWS hybrid cloud benefits SAP customers

SAP AWS hybrid cloud is a mixed environment consisting of a combination of on-premises infrastructure, private cloud services, and the public cloud - e.g., Amazon Web Services (AWS) - with the ability to exchange information between different environments.   "Pairing...

SAP S/4HANA private vs public cloud: Which is right for you?

SAP S/4HANA private vs public cloud: Which is right for you?

The SAP private cloud has been around for a while and was designed to provide secure, reliable, and scalable computing services to smaller organizations.  In the following post we discuss SAP S/4HANA private cloud vs public cloud. SAP S/4HANA private cloud vs public...

“Hey Avantra, refresh my QA systems”

“Hey Avantra, refresh my QA systems”

I remember just about three years ago sitting in a companywide meeting in a conference room at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Lisbon, Portugal (Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisboa). Our CTO, Bernd Engist, was giving us a presentation about some new features we...

Release update | What’s new in Avantra 21.11.6

Release update | What’s new in Avantra 21.11.6

We’ve just released Avantra 21.11.6 and as Product Manager for Avantra, I get the opportunity to showcase some of the awesome new features we’ve managed to fit in this release. For Avantra 21.11.6, we’re continuing to focus on our Automation engine as well as...

VMware integration with Avantra

VMware integration with Avantra

It was Avantra’s predecessor Syslink Xandria 7.2, released back in November 2018, which provided native cloud integration for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. Right after this release providing our first step in automation for IaaS, specifically around...

Integration means automation: ServiceNow Integration with Avantra

Integration means automation: ServiceNow Integration with Avantra

Integrations to third party ITOM/ITSM solutions have been used by all Avantra customers since the beginning back in 2003. Often this is due to corporate support processes and the customer’s wish that all solutions used to manage the entire IT landscape shall report to...

Meet the team: Tyler Constable

Meet the team: Tyler Constable

Next in the ‘Meet the team’ blog series we feature Tyler Constable, Avantra Executive Director of Sales Engineering. Tyler is based in the USA and plays a critical role in product development, engineering and sales verticals. A proud dad, Tyler is also a metal music...

SAP Auditing: A Complete Introduction

SAP Auditing: A Complete Introduction

Have you ever wondered what all the fuss is about SAP and its audit process? We'll take a look at the SAP audit process and explain what happens when auditors check your SAP system. You'll learn what SAP auditors look for and how your SAP system could be improved....