1. A method comprising: forwarding, to a traffic manager, a request for transmitting information from an application layer to a network; receiving a response from the traffic manager, said response including one or more traffic envelopes required to transmit a work load that is provided by the request and supported within the network without congestion; determining whether transmission of the request requires pruning; and when pruning is required: initiating said pruning of the request to generate pruned output that fits within the envelopes; and forwarding the pruned output encapsulated within the one or more envelopes for transmission through the network.