Introduction
There are many good reasons for organizations to adopt virtualization – lower costs, faster asset deployment, security, flexibility and more. However, virtualization introduces a complexity which must be addressed by the organization’s Software Asset Management strategy.
Snow Software helps organizations manage their virtualized assets by providing the intelligence necessary to build a complete and reliable SAM solution.
The areas that will be discussed in this document are Server virtualization, Desktop virtualization, Session virtualization, and Application virtualization.
Abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Description |
|---|---|
| PVU | Processor Value Unit |
| SA | Software Assurance (for Windows) |
| SIAW | Snow Inventory Agent for Windows |
| SIM | Snow Integration Manager |
| VDA | Virtual Desktop Access |
| VDI | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure |