Abstract: Disclosed is a method, apparatus and computer program for determining which resource manager of a plurality of resource managers an application may be connected to, given a connection request. A connection request is received which specifies a connection scope. The connection scope specifies the desired proximity of a suitable resource manager relative to the application's location. The application's location is determined and so are any resource managers that satisfy the connection request. The connection requester is then informed of at least one resource manager which satisfies the connection request.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method, apparatus and computer program for determining which resource manager of a plurality of resource managers are suitable for an application to connect to, one or more resource managers being suitable. A request is received from an application for a connection to a resource manager. Application hint data is accessed indicating the application's likely usage of at least one resource, each resource being owned by one of the plurality of resource managers. It is then decided which of the plurality of resource managers are suitable for the application to connect to given the application hint data, one or more resource managers being suitable.