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"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 years to build a reputation and a few minutes of cyber-incident to ruin it". And here he's just referencing the fall out of a business's image from a breach and not even touching on the mass harm that can be done with stolen data in the wrong hands.

What skydiving taught me about automation

Back in the day, before I was a father, before I was a husband, back when I was more of an adrenaline ‘junkie’, one of my ongoing adventures was skydiving. I wouldn’t necessarily call it a hobby as I never followed through with a certification, but I took my fair share of jumps. When I first started I would go with either a ‘static line’, where a cord hanging from the plane would pull my chute, or go on what is called ‘tandem’.

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 time. But with that speed and power comes great responsibility, and I took that responsibility seriously. If I was going to go out and meet friends, I promised myself, not one sip of alcohol.

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 the woods in northern Wisconsin. This course consisted of three loops, a 3 mile loop, a six mile loop and a seven mile loop.

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 customers. Avantra 23.0 brings all these improvements together with even more automation features, the next release of our new UX project, new automation integrations and much more.

SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud 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. Choosing the right platform upon which to lay the foundation of your entire business's operations is no small task. This article should help you reach a clearer decision by explaining: To learn how Avantra can help your company succeed, give it a try today, for free.

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 quickly becoming the main way organizations are achieving these goals.

How to choose the right hyperscaler for your SAP solution

If you’re in the market for a new SAP HyperScaler, you may have been wondering what exactly you should look for. Maybe you’re wondering which model is best for your needs. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. We’ve done all the research and found the best SAP HyperScaler on the market. You’ll also find a buying guide to help you navigate the process and find the right SAP HyperScale server for your needs.

"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 had recently developed on automating the start/stop process of an SAP system.