Glossary

UNP (Unified Network Platform)


Term
UNP (Unified Network Platform)

Abbreviation
UNP

Definition
UNP (Unified Network Platform) is an open platform architecture that enables the convergence of network applications including:

* Data networking
* Security
* Network infrastructure
* Network applications
* Network management

The UNP delivers core network functions via a foundation of open-source software and general purpose Intel/AMD computing hardware. With this foundation, the UNP offers full flexibility, transparency, scalability, and expandability. The UNP product concept comprises layers of software components, called modules, operating on a substrate of a hardened Linux operating system running on general purpose Intel/AMD-based hardware.

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