Quoting from the StorageCraft official announcement:
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StorageCraft has licensed its Volume Snapshot Manager (VSM) to VMware for use in VMware Converter 3.0, which allows for easy migration of systems to a virtual environment. VMware Converter 3.0 uses StorageCraft technology to speed up the time it takes to migrate to virtual systems. StorageCraft VSM is used in VMware Image Converter 3.0 to complete hot migrations of Windows systems.
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StorageCraft Volume Snapshot Manager captures a hot snapshot of a system, allowing administrators to avoid the need to shut down a system when migrating to a VMware virtual machine. This saves time and simplifies the migration process…