NIST Special Publication 500-292

Citation
NIST, NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture (NIST Special Publication 500-292) (Sept. 2011) (full-text).

Overview
This document presents the NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture and Taxonomy to communicate the components and offerings of cloud computing. The architecture is presented in two parts: (1) a complete overview of roles; and (2) the necessary components for managing and providing cloud services, such as service deployment, service orchestration, cloud service management, security and privacy.