What does network platform refer to?

To recognize understand the network architecture

The network is the physical infrastructure that runs network services, including hardware and underlying software products such as servers, workstations, storage arrays and repositories, routers, switches, and operating environments, among others.

---- platform refers to the common underlying services delivered by the network. The types of network services include first and foremost network and system services. It includes functions delivered by application servers, Web servers, messaging servers, communication servers, and so on. These services are designed to facilitate the segregation of customer services into appropriate categories. They provide standard application programming interfaces for software developers, allowing them to write software quickly and easily and create higher level services.

---- Next there are 5 platform services or layers, namely Device Platform, Gateway Services, Representation Services, Commerce Services and Integration Services. In addition to the 5 web service layers, the application platform layer also contains the resource layer, which includes current (legacy) systems, databases, and services. These resources can be integrated into the .com architecture.

---- Finally, there is the .com service. It is the highest level of web service and is the actual application that an organization deploys on the web. Examples include ERP, CRM, supply chain management (SCM), sales force automation, and more.