How to transport a VC model other than the simple import/export?

Hello,

What are the other options I have to transport a VC moel from one portal to another other than the export/import option that goes through my local filesystem?

If I will use the portal transport package to transfer the iView generated it won't work since the iView doesn't contain the complied application in it that needs to be deployed to the server. So what are the other option I have? And as a followup question, does VC integrated with NWDI or NWDS in some way?