Data Intelligence Service dataflow

Snow Inventory Agents

Snow Inventory Agents scans the data associated with your software installed and sends the raw data to the DIS database. The DIS then creates recognition, normalization, and categorization for commercially available software applications. It is also responsible for populating these software applications with additional values of lifecycle dates, SKUs, and GDPR information.

For more information on Snow Inventory Agents, see Snow Inventory Agents.

Snow Integration Manager

The Snow Integration Manager collects all software data inventoried from a scanning agent that is not Snow’s own Inventory Agent and sends the raw data to the DIS database. The DIS then creates recognition, normalization, and categorization for commercially available software applications. It is also responsible for populating these software applications with additional values of lifecycle dates, SKUs, and GDPR information.

For more information on Snow Integration Manager, see Snow Integration Manager.

Containers

Container data extracted from the repositories of vendors such as Microsoft, Oracle, and RedHat is sent to the DIS database. DIS then maps the application to the containers from the repositories.

NIST NVD

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) maintains the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) that is used by Risk Monitor to identify vulnerabilities. DIS assigns these vulnerabilities to the relevant applications within the DIS database.

SaaS connectors

SaaS connectors collect usage and subscription data from SaaS services. Data from SaaS connectors are sent directly to Snow License Manager, or SAM Core on Snow Atlas, from Snow Integration Manager. Source IDs reported by SaaS connectors are recognized as Subscriptions in the DIS database. Applications and services are mapped to Subscriptions.

DIS is also responsible for populating these subscriptions and services with additional values of RRP (Recommended Retail Pricing), GDPR information, and SaaS category.

Data Intelligence Service

DIS, in addition to its core functionalities, manages customer tickets and maintains quality control of the DIS database on a regular basis. To manage DIS related queries or tickets, go to https://community.snowsoftware.com/s/create-dis-form on Snow Globe.

Snow Update Service runs updates together with new or updated recognition patterns from the DIS database. The updates are run every day at 17:00 CET/CEST.

For more information on Snow Update Service, see Snow Update Service.

Snow applications and services

The data recognized by the DIS database is sent to the Snow applications and cloud services. See the details for the respective applications and services in Snow License Manager , Risk Monitor, Containers, SaaS, and Snow Atlas.