Få styr på Software Asset Management med Snow Software. Tormod Torekoven Reginoal Business Manager

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1 Få styr på Software Asset Management med Snow Software Tormod Torekoven Reginoal Business Manager

2 If you think compliance is expensive, try non-compliance

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4 54% of Snow resources are dedicated to delivering the best products, services & support Snow invests heavily in developing services & solutions that drive the highest SAM value

5 Snow SAM solutions scale from 200 seats to 200,000 devices & beyond Nine million licenses sold makes Snow one of the largest SAM solutions vendors globally

6 Snow is committed to providing customers around the world with LOCAL support Established support & escalation procedures ensure high customer satisfaction

7 Mission Enable companies to take control over and gain maximum value from their Software Assets How? Providing the market with superior products and cost effective solutions for software license control Our Values Leading the SAM Developement Re use existing standards Functionality Out of the box Customer driven development Fast and easy to implement Very low requirements

8 Dagens udfordringer Komplekse licensformer Oversigt over eksisterende licenser og aftaler Ændringer i licens betingelser Nye og ændrede teknologier (Virtualisering, Datacenter, Cloud, Tynde klienter) Bundles vs stand-alone applikationer Organisatoriske ændringer Opkøb og frasalg af virksomheder eller dele af virksomheder Brug af applikationer (nice to have vs. need to have) Cross charging Compliance Security (File-sharing, malware, anti virus ) Audits

9 Products and Services License Registration License Reconciliation Contract Management Cost Management Service Level Agreement Identifies all inventoried applications within 30 days Hardware scanning Software Scanning Change Management Software Usage Proof of Concept Training Implementation License Revisions External Data Provider Integration Engine Built-in Plug-in Physical Layer in Virtualized Server Environments XML Connector Support and Maintenance 1 st & 2 nd line support Response time: 4h SLA Global Update service Annual maintenance include: - 1 major & 2 minor upgrades - service releases

10 TURN YOUR SOFTWARE INTO ASSETS Efficient license management with automatic updates of software definitions

11 A challenge for all inventory solutions Global inventory Entitlements Large number of inventoried files Automatic updates of software definitions Inventory of an IT environment with Dedicated computers research normally generates team over program files Initial identification of all commercial software within 30 days Daily definition updates that constantly increases No tagging standard 1462 million unique files analysed Time consuming administration applications recognized vendors Identifies applications with Name, manufacturer and if it requires license Software categories according to UNSPSC Application families for automatic upgrade and downgrade intelligence

12 Solution Scheme Inventory data sources Collection and delivery of customer data 3 rd party systems Integration via: API/SDK Import/ export RSS Business data Inventory data Hardware information Software installations Software Usage Users Virtualization Cloud / Virtual Entitlement ERP and purchase CMDB history Ownership and organisational structure Asset information and Configuration HelpDesk/ Item Document (CMDB) Contract ServiceDesk management Management System Helpdesk SaaS Vmware ESX Hyper-V Advanced configuration XenApp ThinApp App-V Output data Deployment 3rd party inventory Compliance reports License Decision Manager support Statistics Risk analysis Global SAM owner Active Directory Install software Uninstall software PowerShell scripts Database Custom compare value XML import Local application owner License purchaser Technical staff

13 License management Real time monitoring of license compliance for all installations and licenses Manage unused licenses in license pools Full support for different license types e.g. User based Installation based Processor based Core based Named users Subscription licenses Virtual licenses Site licenses Based on total amount or concurrent users/devices for use in Microsoft Terminal Server or Citrix environments Secondary user rights Multiple version licensing Manage non-inventoried applications with custom compare value Black List / White List applications based on application type Manage legal compliance and cost ownership Built-in SKU repository with advanced license intelligence that simplifies and ensures data on import and registration of new and existing licenses. Automated installation/uninstallation Store physical licenses and agreement information Automatic identification of applications with Software Recognition Service. Application categorisation in accordance to UNSPSC Automated upgrade/downgrade intelligence Daily usage and compliance history is stored allowing you to identify and monitor trends in your license status

14 Supporting Windwos Mac OS Unix Linux Oracle SAP VmWare Citrix AppV HyperV VDA/VDI IBM PVU

15 DEMO

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