Cloud computing is a general term for anything that involves delivering hosted services over the Internet.

These services are broadly divided into three categories: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). The question we sometimes get is what the impact of Cloud Computing will be on Software Asset Management. And although Could Computing can help to decrease software piracy "managing software assets through all stages of their lifecycle" will remain important. In fact; cloud computing, virtualization and new licensing models that emerge with this will bring new layers of complexity to SAM.

MAP License provides a service to assess the impact of moving workloads to the Cloud and provides license advice.