This illustration displays four types of device users and four types of connections between devices and Oracle IoT Cloud Service.

1. User 1 has a programmable device and connects to Oracle IoT Cloud Service directly using HTTPs/REST.
2. User 2 has a non programmable device and connects to Oracle IoT Gateway Software using any IP or non-IP protocol. The gateway then connects to Oracle IoT Cloud Service using HTTPs/REST.
3. User 3 does not have a gateway and connects has device to Oracle IoT Cloud Service through the Connectors using any IP protocol.
4. User 4 has a device that is already connected to a 3rd party cloud service that in turn connects to Oracle IoT Cloud service through the Connectors.