1. A method for transferring data among a portion of a local computing environment and a portion of a remote computing environment, the local computing environment communicating with the remote computing environment using a presentation layer protocol, the method comprising: retrieving a data item, represented by a selected object, the data item located in one of the local computing environment and the remote computing environment; initiating a first transfer cycle among the computing environments upon detection of the release of the selected object in the other of either of the local computing environment and the remote computing environment; transferring during the first transfer cycle, via a presentation layer protocol, the selected data item from the one of the local computing environment and the remote computing environment to the other of the local computing environment and the remote computing environment; retrieving a second data item, represented by a second selected object, the second data item located in one of the local computing environment and the remote computing environment; initiating a second transfer cycle during execution of the first transfer cycle and among the computing environments, upon detection of the release of the second selected object in the other of either of the local computing environment and the remote computing environment; and transferring during the second transfer cycle and during at least a portion of the first transfer cycle, via the presentation layer protocol, the second selected data item from the one of the local computing environment and the remote computing environment, to the other of the local computing environment and the remote computing environment.