17. An apparatus for managing components of an application enablement suite (AES), comprising: a workflow designer engine server including a workflow designer engine module; and a developer portal server including a developer portal module in operative communication with the workflow designer engine module, wherein the workflow designer engine module and developer portal module are configured to communicate with an AES; wherein the developer portal module is configured to provide an application developer with access to the workflow designer engine module in response to a proper authentication sequence, wherein the authentication sequence is initiated in response to the application developer activating the workflow designer engine module via a user device in operative communication with the developer portal module; wherein the workflow designer engine module is configured to activate a composite network application manager in response to the application developer selecting a manage composite network application function via the user device in conjunction with a graphical user interface (GUI) controlled by the developer portal module; wherein the workflow designer engine module and developer portal module are configured to create a new composite network application using archetypes of the workflow designer engine module and repositories in storage devices of the developer portal module in response to the application developer defining at least some parameters for the new composite network application in conjunction with the GUI, wherein the new composite network application is associated with a new or existing composite network service available to subscribers via the AES and associated with at least one of multiple network services, multiple service providers, multiple service networks, and multiple communication sessions; wherein the workflow designer engine module is configured to activate an application program interface (API) manager in response to the application developer selecting a manage API function via the user device in conjunction with the GUI; wherein the workflow designer engine module and developer portal module are configured to create a new API using archetypes of the workflow designer engine module and repositories in storage devices of the developer portal module in response to the application developer defining at least some parameters for the new API in conjunction with the GUI, wherein the new API is associated with the new composite network application; wherein the workflow designer engine and developer portal are configured to form a layer between the GUI and the AES; wherein the archetypes include a configurable set of basic definitions and design patterns accessible to the application developer via the developer portal for creation of the new network application; wherein the repositories include a configurable set of application features accessible to the application developer via the developer portal for creation of the new network application.
17. An apparatus for managing components of an application enablement suite (AES), comprising: a workflow designer engine server including a workflow designer engine module; and a developer portal server including a developer portal module in operative communication with the workflow designer engine module, wherein the workflow designer engine module and developer portal module are configured to communicate with an AES; wherein the developer portal module is configured to provide an application developer with access to the workflow designer engine module in response to a proper authentication sequence, wherein the authentication sequence is initiated in response to the application developer activating the workflow designer engine module via a user device in operative communication with the developer portal module; wherein the workflow designer engine module is configured to activate a composite network application manager in response to the application developer selecting a manage composite network application function via the user device in conjunction with a graphical user interface (GUI) controlled by the developer portal module; wherein the workflow designer engine module and developer portal module are configured to create a new composite network application using archetypes of the workflow designer engine module and repositories in storage devices of the developer portal module in response to the application developer defining at least some parameters for the new composite network application in conjunction with the GUI, wherein the new composite network application is associated with a new or existing composite network service available to subscribers via the AES and associated with at least one of multiple network services, multiple service providers, multiple service networks, and multiple communication sessions; wherein the workflow designer engine module is configured to activate an application program interface (API) manager in response to the application developer selecting a manage API function via the user device in conjunction with the GUI; wherein the workflow designer engine module and developer portal module are configured to create a new API using archetypes of the workflow designer engine module and repositories in storage devices of the developer portal module in response to the application developer defining at least some parameters for the new API in conjunction with the GUI, wherein the new API is associated with the new composite network application; wherein the workflow designer engine and developer portal are configured to form a layer between the GUI and the AES; wherein the archetypes include a configurable set of basic definitions and design patterns accessible to the application developer via the developer portal for creation of the new network application; wherein the repositories include a configurable set of application features accessible to the application developer via the developer portal for creation of the new network application. 21. The apparatus set forth in claim 17 wherein the workflow designer engine module is configured to activate a development tool manager in response to selection of a manage development tool function via the GUI; and wherein the workflow designer engine module and developer portal module are configured to create a new simulator for testing the new composite network application using archetypes of the workflow designer engine and repositories of the developer portal based at least in part on test processes and parameters for the new simulator identified via the GUI, wherein the new simulator is adapted for testing the new composite network application in conjunction with repositories of the developer portal to verify that the new composite network application is capable of providing the new or existing composite network service to subscribers via the AES.