The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate service deployment in a distributed computing and applications environment. A schema is provided that describes various components of a service and various topologies for execution of the services, wherein a deployment engine utilizes...http://www.google.de/patents/US7636782?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7636782 - System and method to facilitate manageable and agile deployment of services in accordance with various topologies