Patent ID: 8612582

Claim:
A managed services portal, comprising: one or more user interface elements configured to enable a user to make selections associated with the management of services for a first client portal and a second client portal, wherein the first client portal is assigned a first application repository that is associated with the first client portal and the second client portal is assigned a second application repository that is associated with the second client portal; and a processor that is communicatively coupled to the user interface elements, wherein the processor is operable to: receive a notification of an application that has met an approval threshold; cause the presentation of the application; cause the transmission of the availability of the application to the first client portal for publication in the first application repository; and cause the transmission of the availability of the application to the second client portal for publication in the second application repository; wherein one of the user interface elements is a display and the processor is further operable to cause an arrangement to be shown on the display, wherein the arrangement demonstrates an application repository relationship between the managed services portal, the first client portal and the second client portal; wherein the first client portal is associated with one or more first sub-client portals or the second client portal is associated with one or more second sub-client portals and the arrangement further demonstrates an application repository relationship between the managed services computing portal, the first and second client portals and the first and second sub-client portals if such sub-client portals exist; wherein the processor is further operable to cause the selective presentation of information relating to an application repository associated with the managed services portal; wherein the processor is further operable to cause the selective presentation of information relating to an application repository associated with the first client portal, the first sub-client portal, the second client portal or the second sub-client portal; wherein the presented information includes at least one of the following: identification of an application repository managing entity and one or more security keys; identification of one or more certificates; or identification of settings or applications.