Patent ID: 8296433

Claim:
A computer implemented method comprising: integrating an application into a network of computing resources, comprising: virtualizing access to one or more computing resources associated with a network through at least one network connection using a virtualized application network stack layered over a native heterogeneous network, wherein virtualizing access comprises: identifying a communication path and one or more protocols necessary for the application and related business process to access the computing resources of the network; determining if there is at least one communication path capable of providing communication between the application and the computing resources of the network; and simulating the one or more protocols necessary for the application using the communication path and an associated native protocol already available over the communication path in response to the determination that there is at least one communication path; generating a virtual application network using the virtualized application network stack capable of providing the application access to the network of computing resources, wherein the virtualized application network abstracts, through the virtualized access provided by the virtualized application network stack, at least one of data standards, protocols, permissions, and authorizations required to access to the one or more computing resources without reconfiguring the network or its security permissions; creating an orchestration of operations to manipulate the one or more computing resources through the virtualized access according to a business process; and partitioning the operations in the orchestration into components to be distributed and executed over the virtual application network using the virtualized access.