Tessellated virtual machines conditionally linked for common computing goals

In a computing environment comprising one or more physical computing devices, a method of assembling virtual machines residing on the one or more physical computing devices together as a system instantiated for a common computing goal, comprising:

• configuring pluralities of said virtual machines together as assemblies, each assembly instantiable to provide a tessellated application, wherein said tessellated applications are interconnected to form said system for accomplishing said common computing goal and each virtual machine is configured for implementing a defined role without overlap in functionality with respect to the common computing goal, further including validating the system for compliance with a predetermined computing policy with respect to the common computing goal, such validation occurring on formation and on any instance of alteration or reconfiguration of any portion of said system;
• conditionally linking at least two applications of said system together, said conditionally linking including defining an outgoing virtual machine of a first application of the system and an incoming virtual machine of a second application of the system and instantiating said incoming virtual machine when said system is initiated in order to initialize a communication channel between the incoming virtual machine and the outgoing virtual machine without instantiating virtual machines of said second application other than said incoming virtual machine;
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• instantiating, by said incoming virtual machine, said other virtual machines of said second application in response to receiving an actionable request from said outgoing virtual machine, wherein the outgoing virtual machine delivers said actionable request if said first application requires one or more services provided by said second application or requires said second application to implement said predetermined computing policy.

A computing environment comprising one or more physical computing devices, a network of component virtual machines residing on the one or more physical computing devices and assembled together as a system instantiated for a common computing goal, comprising:

• a plurality of tessellated applications each defined by a plurality of virtual machines configured as an assembly, wherein said tessellated applications are interconnected to form said system to accomplish said computing goal and each virtual machine is configured for implementing a defined role without overlap in functionality with respect to accomplishing the common computing goal, wherein the system is validated for compliance with a predetermined computing policy with respect to the common computing goal, such validation occurring on formation and on any instance of alteration or reconfiguration of any portion of said system;
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• a communication channel between an outgoing virtual machine of a first application of said system and an incoming virtual machine of a second application of said system, wherein said incoming virtual machine is instantiated when said system is initialized to satisfy connectivity issues between said first and second applications without instantiating virtual machines of said second application other than said incoming virtual machine in the network, wherein said incoming virtual machine is further configured to instantiate said other virtual machines of said second application upon receiving from said outgoing virtual machine an actionable request for one or more services provided by said second application or to implement the predetermined computing policy.

A computing environment comprising one or more physical computing devices, a network of component virtual machines residing on the one or more physical computing devices and assembled together as a system instantiated for a common computing goal, comprising:

• a plurality of tessellated applications each defined by a plurality of virtual machines configured as an assembly, wherein said tessellated applications are interconnected according to a predetermined computing policy to form said system to accomplish said computing goal and each virtual machine is configured for implementing a defined role without overlap in functionality with respect to accomplishing the common computing goal;
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• a communication channel between an outgoing virtual machine of a first application of said system and an incoming virtual machine of a second application of said system, said incoming virtual machine being instantiated when said system is initialized to provide a computing front to said first application to successfully establish the communication channel without instantiating virtual machines of said second application other than said incoming virtual machine, wherein said incoming virtual machine is further configured to instantiate the other virtual machines of said second application upon receiving from said outgoing virtual machine an actionable request for one or more services provided by said second application or to implement the predetermined computing policy.

A method of using a network of virtual machines residing on one or more physical computing devices, said network of virtual machines configured as a system instantiated for a common computing goal, comprising:

• configuring pluralities of said virtual machines together as assemblies, each assembly instantiable to provide a tessellated application, wherein said tessellated applications are interconnected to form said system for accomplishing said common computing goal and each virtual machine is configured according to a predetermined computing policy for implementing a defined role without overlap in functionality with respect to the common computing goal;
• conditionally linking at least two applications of said system together, said conditionally linking including defining an outgoing virtual machine of a first application of the system and an incoming virtual machine of a second application of the system, wherein said outgoing virtual machine and incoming virtual machine are connected by corresponding predefined virtual machine connectors, said conditionally linking further including instantiating said incoming virtual machine when said system is initiated in order to initialize a communication channel between the incoming virtual machine and the outgoing virtual machine without instantiating virtual machines of said second application other than said incoming virtual machine;
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• instantiating, by said incoming virtual machine, said other virtual machines of said second application in response to receiving an actionable request from said outgoing virtual machine for one or more services provided by said second application or to implement said predetermined computing policy.