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Secure AIOps: Do I really need the SAP transport? – Q&A

Secure AIOps: Do I really need the SAP transport? – Q&A

During customer implementations, we are often asked about the need for Avantra SAP transports. This post addresses many of the common questions we receive and explains the rationale behind our platform design decisions. Our choices are guided by security-first...

SAP cloud automation – behind the scenes

SAP cloud automation – behind the scenes

Running SAP in the cloud is no longer the scary concept it once was and is actually pretty common practice now. Whether it’s one of the large public clouds such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or one of the private cloud based companies that excel in SAP...

Ensure HANA migration success: What to do before, during and after

Ensure HANA migration success: What to do before, during and after

HANA migrations are not simple. Whether you’re excited about it or not, migrating your SAP environment is probably somewhere on your roadmap over the next few years. As you’ve probably heard, it is not a straightforward process and could take a lot of time, effort and...

SAP Business services management – focus on the right issues

SAP Business services management – focus on the right issues

 In a 1954 speech to the Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches, former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was quoting Dr. J. Roscoe Miller, president of Northwestern University, said: "I have two kinds of problems: the urgent and the important. The...

Unlock SAP Predictive Analytics to Prevent System Failures

Unlock SAP Predictive Analytics to Prevent System Failures

 We are all familiar with predictive models for weather forecasting. So why can’t we do the same for SAP systems? Forecast your needs. Plan for changes. Prevent failures. Database and resource utilization are different in every application and are affected by the...

How well do you know SAP? test yourself

Take this quiz and see if you are really an SAP expert.   Don't forget to read some of our latest blogs: The Cost of Installing (Free) Solution Manager 4 SAP Monitoring Challenges you Must Solve HANA Migration Monitoroing Best Practice

5 Agent-Based vs. Agentless SAP Monitoring Myths Debunked

5 Agent-Based vs. Agentless SAP Monitoring Myths Debunked

“Our IT uses agentless monitoring solution, why can’t we use it for SAP?” Do you hear that often? There are a lot of thoughts and misconceptions out there about SAP monitoring that can create unfounded doubts about the right way to manage your SAP health and...

Monitoring SAP hybrid cloud deployments, is it that simple?

Monitoring SAP hybrid cloud deployments, is it that simple?

Hybrid infrastructure/hybrid cloud environments in which the IT infrastructure contain a mix of on-premise, private or third-party clouds, and public clouds services all integrated and orchestrated to work together is becoming common architecture. SAP landscapes are...

The Cost of Installing (Free) SAP Solution Manager 7.2

The Cost of Installing (Free) SAP Solution Manager 7.2

Speaking to our clients, and other people at conferences and industry events I attend, SAP Solution Manager (and especially the Solution Manager 7.2) is often top of mind. It’s hard to beat free, but is it really free? Yes, if you’re looking at licensing alone. But...

What is your biggest challenge in managing your SAP systems?

What is your biggest challenge in managing your SAP systems?

Managing SAP systems is not an easy task. Are you struggling with the same issues as others in the field, or are your challenges unique? In our weekly 15-minute live demo, among other things we poll the participants, asking them what is their biggest challenge in...