It's my pleasure to announce the release of Avantra 24.2. The second update of Avantra 24, building upon 24.1 which brought performance and customer requested bug fixes, 24.2 brings new innovations and enhancements to our Avantra platform. With over 300 changes in our development management system, Avantra 24.2 feels like a major release to us and we have something new everywhere you look. Let's dive deeper into the new features.

Avantra is excited to unveil Avantra AIR, an AI driven extension of the Avantra platform that promises to transform how SAP powered organizations operate. With Avantra Air, we're continuing our journey to empower businesses to harness the full potential of their SAP data, break down silos, and drive unprecedented efficiency and innovation.

End of support for ECC seems to consume the oxygen in the room lately, but a less covered topic might be more critical and have a larger near term impact on large enterprises planning or in flight with S/4 migration projects. This event is potentially more disruptive than the end of support for ECC, directly impacting the ability of customers to continue IT operations for SAP.

At Avantra, we believe in empowering our customers to make the most of their digital transformation journey. In line with our commitment to provide you with the tools and knowledge you need to succeed, we are excited to announce not one, but two exclusive 4 day automation training sessions in 2024! Frankfurt, Germany - January 15th to 18th, 2024 USA - middle of the year (Specific dates to be announced)

RISE is one of the hottest topics around SAP. It's almost difficult to read or discuss SAP without the topic present. But with any topic as complex as SAP, the question of where to run SAP and ultimately RISE as an option isn't without opportunity for questions. This blog tries to clear up some of the most common questions, especially for companies considering RISE coming from an existing expertise of either operating SAP themselves or having experience with SaaS solutions and cloud services.

SAP S/4HANA is one of the most innovative ERP solutions in the software industry due to its real time insight delivery and high efficiency. As an in memory data platform, SAP S/4HANA simplifies administration and management in the IT space. It allows users to centralize the network resources and hardware to have easier accessibility. SAP S/4HANA facilitates bringing multiple systems' transactional and analytical abilities into one place, leading to better decision making, which can be cost effective in the long run. Users can also generate reports and execute decisions based on real time data.

Today, I am thrilled and privileged to announce a remarkable achievement at Avantra - a landmark feat in customer satisfaction and loyalty! For the third consecutive year, our relentless commitment to excellence has culminated in setting the industry benchmark with an exceptional Net Promoter Score (NPS) of +63 and a Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) score of 91%. These numbers aren't just figures; they are a testament to the trust and loyalty our customers have in us.

I can't believe it's already been a year since the release of Avantra 23 in 2022. Over the past year, we've released three minor releases, 23.1, 23.2 & 23.3 that brought meaningful quality of life improvements across the entire product. We are bringing new checks, new performance optimizations, and highly requested features from our ideas portal (login needed). Additionally, there will be two new editions (Automation & Observability) so that customers can make better use of the features we have, and we have squashed 100s of bugs in different scenarios that our customers encounter in their day to day.