For large enterprises, hybrid SAP landscapes are a long-term operating reality, not a transitional exception. It reflects a considered, risk-managed approach to transformation, and for most organizations the only realistic way forward. Existing ECC and S/4HANA...
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The Hybrid SAP Reality: Why Hybrid SAP Landscapes are the Operating Reality
For large enterprises, hybrid SAP landscapes are a long-term operating reality, not a transitional exception. It reflects a considered, risk-managed approach to transformation, and for most organizations the only realistic way forward. Existing ECC and S/4HANA...
From monitoring solution to automated growth, an MSP’s AIOps story
With around 130 employees, Innflow, one of the leading SAP consulting companies in Switzerland, implemented the Avantra AIOps platform for its private cloud infrastructure, three and a half years ago. Initially, the aim was to monitor its customers’ SAP systems more...
What a near motorcycle accident taught me about ServiceNow’s CMDB
Back in my mid to late 20s, my most prized possession was my Yamaha R1 motorcycle. Living and working in the city of Milwaukee meant I didn’t need to worry about finding parking, gas was cheap, and it was fast, one of the fastest sport bikes on the market at the...
SAP HotNews automation and security
“How do we keep our data secure?” is the question nearly every organization is asking these days. The last spot any organization wants to be in is that of a security breach. Stephane Nappo, an industry known Chief Security officer, is often heard saying “It takes 20...
How to get the most from SAP on Azure
In this post, we’ll show you how to get started with SAP on Azure. We’ll also cover the key features of SAP on Azure and how they can benefit your organization. We’ll show you how to set up SAP on Azure using Azure Active Directory (AD) and how to configure your SAP...
SAP system refresh automation
SAP system refresh automation is extremely powerful when leveraged with care; system refreshes are complex and challenging processes to manage. How to handle SAP system refresh automation System refreshes can be fraught with risk for organizations with...
How to audit an SAP system: A complete guide
The systems used by businesses today are complex and usually involve more than one software system. This can make it difficult for businesses to ensure that all of their systems are working together effectively. The SAP system, used by businesses around the world, is...
It’s all about the preparation – Automated preparation!
Recently I joined a team to run a ‘Ragnar’. A ‘Ragnar’ is a running race where you and an additional seven teammates run a course that typically lasts around 24 hours non stop. Our team joined over 300 other teams running this Ragnar trail course in the middle of...
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
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?
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...
SAP hyperautomation: SAP and the future of robotic process automation
In a post COVID landscape, the business world is increasingly focusing its attention towards task automation and digital first processes to allow them to save time, money and valuable business resources. As one of the key technology trends of 2022, hyperautomation is...
“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...