The exemplary embodiments are described with particular reference to fog and cloud computing where the fog computing, the cloud computing, and device computing including devices utilizing the fog and/or cloud may be represented in respective network layers. Those skilled in the art will understand that the network layers are not equivalent to other layers that may be utilized in a network environment (e.g., OSI layers). In contrast, as will be described below, the network layers described herein may be indicative of a positional arrangement. The exemplary embodiments may utilize an arrangement in which the fog layer may exist between the device layer and the cloud layer. However, this arrangement is only for illustrative purposes. The exemplary embodiments may be utilized and/or modified to be used in any data exchange environment in which a component providing a service for a recipient may be managed through an orchestrator that communicates with the recipient via a directly connected agent.