1. At a computer system including at least one processor and a memory, in a computer networking environment including a plurality of computing systems, a computer-implemented method for bursting application portions to different types of cloud computing systems, the method comprising: an act of providing an indication of available cloud computing systems including at least a first cloud computing system of a first type and a second cloud computing system of a second, different type; an act of receiving a selection indicating that a portion of a software application currently hosted on the first cloud computing system of the first type is to be bursted onto the second cloud computing system; and in response to the selection, an act of bursting the software application portion from the first cloud computing system of the first type to the second cloud computing system of the second, different type.