Abstract: A method of establishing, configuring, and managing a transient social group includes identifying, through a processor, at least one communication hub associated with the transient social group, linking to the at least one communication hub through at least one communication protocol, and developing, through the processor, a communication path through the at least one communication hub to connect a first peer of the transient social group with a second peer of the transient social group using the at least one communication protocol.

Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for providing portable composite solutions. The mechanism deploys a set of virtual images for a plurality of components of a composite solution to a build environment to form a set of virtual machines. The mechanism deploys a network virtual image to the build environment to form a network virtual machine. The network virtual machine comprises a router. The mechanism configures the router to create a private subnet with a set of fixed addresses and set of host names for the composite solution. Optionally, the mechanism may discover the fixed addresses during the build phase. The mechanism optionally installs middleware components to the set of virtual machines for the composite solution to form a set of solution virtual machines. The mechanism captures the set of solution virtual machines as a set of solution virtual images as a portable composite solution.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to access control and provide a method, system and computer program product for access control management for a composite application. In a first embodiment, a method for role-based access control management for a composite application can be provided. The method can include selecting a component for deployment in a composite application and parsing a security policy for the component to identify a mapping between a specific role for the component and a virtual role for the composite application. Binding logic can be generated from the security policy and the component can be deployed into the composite application. Finally, security access operations for the virtual role can be processed through method calls to operations defined in the binding logic.

Abstract: A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for providing portable composite solutions. The mechanism deploys a set of virtual images for a plurality of components of a composite solution to a build environment to form a set of virtual machines. The mechanism deploys a network virtual image to the build environment to form a network virtual machine The network virtual machine comprises a router. The mechanism configures the router to create a private subnet with a set of fixed addresses and set of host names for the composite solution. Optionally, the mechanism may discover the fixed addresses during the build phase. The mechanism optionally installs middleware components to the set of virtual machines for the composite solution to form a set of solution virtual machines. The mechanism captures the set of solution virtual machines as a set of solution virtual images as a portable composite solution.