Healthcare as a service—downloadable enterprise application
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1. A method of providing an application as a service in a secure environment, comprising:
- creating a sandbox in a user'"'"'s computing environment, responsive to a request made to a computing environment that provides a marketplace for offering an application as a service;
downloading the application to the user'"'"'s computing environment to run within the sandbox;
searching data sources associated with the user'"'"'s computing environment;
based on data description received with the application, establishing connectivity with data registry of the data sources;
installing the application to run within the sandbox using the established connectivity, wherein the sandbox allows access to data local to the user'"'"'s computing environment and prevents the data local to the user'"'"'s computing environment moving to the computing environment; and
automatically validating an installation of the application by discovering data specified in the data description in the data sources and determining whether the data specified in the data description exist in the data sources.
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An application as a service provided in a secure environment. A sandbox in a user'"'"'s computing environment may be created. An application may be downloaded to the user'"'"'s computing environment to run within the sandbox. Data sources associated with the user'"'"'s computing environment may be searched and connectivity established with data registry of the data sources based on data description received with the application. The application may be run within the sandbox using the established connectivity. Metering may be performed to monitor usage of the application at the user'"'"'s computing environment.
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1. A method of providing an application as a service in a secure environment, comprising:
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creating a sandbox in a user'"'"'s computing environment, responsive to a request made to a computing environment that provides a marketplace for offering an application as a service; downloading the application to the user'"'"'s computing environment to run within the sandbox; searching data sources associated with the user'"'"'s computing environment;
based on data description received with the application, establishing connectivity with data registry of the data sources;
installing the application to run within the sandbox using the established connectivity, wherein the sandbox allows access to data local to the user'"'"'s computing environment and prevents the data local to the user'"'"'s computing environment moving to the computing environment; andautomatically validating an installation of the application by discovering data specified in the data description in the data sources and determining whether the data specified in the data description exist in the data sources. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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