The document discusses Oracle Enterprise Architecture and IT-as-a-Service. It provides the NIST definition of cloud computing which describes cloud models as enabling on-demand access to shared configurable computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned. The definition notes the essential characteristics of cloud computing include on-demand self-service, broad network access, resource pooling, rapid elasticity, and measured service. It also lists the common cloud service models of SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS and deployment models of public cloud, private cloud, community cloud, and hybrid cloud. Finally, it outlines how cloud computing impacts different layers of IT architecture from a business, application, information, and technology perspective.
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