1. A method implemented and residing within a computer-readable storage medium that is executed by one or more processors of a network to perform the method, comprising: configuring a master configuration management database (CMDB) with master configuration settings and master policies for construction, management, and deployment of workloads assigned to distributed computing resources of a network; and interfacing a plurality of sub CMDB's with the master CMDB to coordinate sub configuration settings and sub policies with the master configuration settings and the master policies of the master CMDB, each sub CMDB controlling a particular set of the computing resources defining a particular distributed computing infrastructure.