1. A workload manager for servicing a work request in a distributed computing environment, the workload manager comprising: a management module residing in one or more nodes comprising a cluster of workstations, the management module being responsive to a work request received to transmit a first signal to initiate an execution of a work associated with the work request; an execution module residing in one or more nodes comprising the cluster of workstations, the execution module being responsive to the signal to execute the work, the execution module transmitting a second signal to the management module indicating completion of the execution of the work.