7. SRS IN ACTION
Automatic updates of software definitions
Dedicated research team
Initial identification of all commercial software
within 30 days
Daily definition updates
Differentiates licensable from non-licensable
software products
2+ billion unique files analyzed
Identifies application properties:
Name, manufacturer and (if it requires) license
Software categories according to UNSPSC
Application families for automatic upgrade and
downgrade intelligence
INVENTORY ENTITLEMENTS
Hinweis der Redaktion
Goal of the slide
Welcome and set out the agenda of the next hour
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Good morning everyone and thanks for asking us here today to talk to you about Snow and Software Asset Management
My name is xxx and I’m a xxx at Snow Software.
Why are we here? We are here to discuss the how Software Asset Management is an enabler for you to:
Successfully defend your position during software vendor audits
Determine your true licensing position at any point in time
How to save money by tracking usage and removing/rehavesting unused software.
We have proven solutions with the credibility to deliver cost-effective efficiencies for many customers.
Goal of the slide
To establish Snow’s credibility and global reach.
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Snow is the market-leading provider of SAM solutions to help you spend your IT budget more effectively, avoid risk and achieve optimization.
We have more than 3500 customers across the world, across nine million devices, in all verticals of all sizes, from 300-300,000 seats.
More than 200 staff across 14 regional offices(list below), three development centers and local support teams in seven territories.
We are set for more growth in 2015 – we’ve been expanding at a rate of 61% year-on-year over the past five years.
Belgium
Netherlands
Brazil
Denmark
France
Germany x2
Hong Kong
Norway
Spain
Sweden
UK
USA x2
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Goal of the slide
This shows how the different components fits into to the SAM picture
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In SAM you need a reconciliation engine that recognises the software usage and is able to clean and normalize inventory data as well as store all the entitlements.
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Snow Inventory tracks the usage of business applications, alternatively you can use other inventory tools and with the Snow Integration Connectors automatically consolidate audit data from multiple sources into a single view of all software and hardware assets on the network covering the full range of enterprise computing platforms (Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, Unix).
And for SAP software we have the Snow Optimizer for SAP software that is able to take a full inventory of your SAP environment.
All program files are matched against Snow’s Software Recognition Service engine, which covers more than 33,000 software publishers and over 217,000 applications out-of-the-box and feeds this into Snow License Manager which provides a consolidated view on all assets across the network, enabling staff to use just one interface to manage multiple software vendors, device types and locations.
This Actionable Intelligence enables the SAM owner to :
Create Effective License Positions (ELPs) for all software vendors, including Microsoft, Oracle, Adobe and more
Track software license expenditure
Monitor usage of deployed assets
Identify opportunities to reduce licensing & support costs
It also enables multiple stakeholders to access tailored-views that enable them to be more productive and track what they need to know.
Goal of the slide
Demonstrate that a Single SAM console – such as SLM – gives you a holistic view of all software across the Cloud, Virtualization, in the Datacenter and for End User Computing
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A single SAM console provides a consolidated view on all assets across the network whether in the Cloud, in the Datacenter or across end user computing platforms.
It enables staff to manage the consumption of software from multiple vendors across physical and virtual assets in a single interface.
Goal of the slide
This is the header slide for Snow Recognition Service
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Snow Software Recognition Service provides a constantly updated library of software recognition ‘signatures’ plus a fast and efficient service to recognize new and unknown applications across all major enterprise IT platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, UNIX and Linux.
license intelligence will mean things like 'upgrade and downgrade rights' - need to form the script for this and possibly an animation also.
Goal of the slide
Demonstrates how software information is fed via Snow Inventory (or other inventories via the Snow Integration Connectors) into Snow License Manager.
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WHAT IT IS