SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN EMULATOR

A method and system for emulating a computer product at an emulator server. The method and system involve receiving an emulation request to emulate the computer product; determining emulation properties based on the emulation request; determining whether each resource in the one or more resources is available at the emulator server; in response to determining at least one unavailable resource from the one or more resources, accessing the at least one unavailable resource at a remote emulator server, the remote emulator server being in electronic communication with the emulator server via a virtual external bus interface and the virtual external bus interface being operable to facilitate data communication between two or more different device components, and otherwise, initializing the resource at the emulator server; and initializing the computer product at the emulator server.