Method and apparatus for cross organizational sharing of software applications using host platform

A computer enabled method for sharing a business process between two organizations, comprising the acts of:

• providing a business process defined by a software application on a host platform, the software application being executable on a web browser;
• receiving over a computer network an invitation to share the business process sent from the first organization to the second organization, the invitation including a reference to the business process;
• transmitting over the computer network an acceptance of the invitation from the second to the first organization;
• configuring the business process;
• and
• routing access to the configured business process to recipients at at least one of the organizations.

Computer enabled apparatus for sharing a business process between two organizations, comprising:

• at least one business process defined as a software application being executable by a web browser;
• a software application list which lists the at least one business process;
• an invitation manager coupled to the software application list and which configures an invitation to share the business process from a first to a second organization, the invitation including the at least one software application;
• a list of users of the software application;
• and
• a routing manager coupled to the list of users and to the invitation manager and which transmits over a computer network the invitation to at least one selected recipient at the second organization.