Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to intelligently select content items for provisioning. In one example, the apparatus includes content library querying circuitry that queries a subscription guide database table to generate a list of subscriber content items linked to a target published content item indicated in the request. The apparatus also includes content library selection circuitry to select a first content item from a group of content items that include the generated list of the subscriber content items and the target published content item, the first content item corresponds to a first data access cost that is less than or equal to a second data access cost of a second content item in the group. The apparatus also includes virtual machine provisioning circuitry to provision the virtual machine on the target host with access to the first content item.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to intelligently select content items for provisioning. In one example, the apparatus includes content library querying circuitry that queries a subscription guide database table to generate a list of subscriber content items linked to a target published content item indicated in the request. The apparatus also includes content library selection circuitry to select a first content item from a group of content items that include the generated list of the subscriber content items and the target published content item, the first content item corresponds to a first data access cost that is less than or equal to a second data access cost of a second content item in the group. The apparatus also includes virtual machine provisioning circuitry to provision the virtual machine on the target host with access to the first content item.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to asynchronously monitor one or more provisioning tasks, the apparatus comprising: task monitor circuitry to monitor the one or more provisioning tasks, information provider circuitry to generate a task subscription corresponding to the one or more provisioning tasks, and asynchronous property collector circuitry to: create a property filter in the task subscription, request an indication of availability of a status update corresponding to the one or more provisioning tasks based on the property filter, asynchronously provision a second provisioning task that is not blocked by the one or more provisioning tasks, and in response to the availability of the status update, invoke a callback corresponding to a first completion status update or a first progress status update.