Rackable Systems
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Rackable Systems was a provider of high-density, energy-efficient server and storage solutions for data centers, later known for acquiring and rebranding as SGI.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rackable Systems canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T986399 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rackable Systems Context triple: [SGI, acquiredBy, Rackable Systems]
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A.
Loudcloud
Loudcloud was a pioneering early-2000s cloud and managed hosting company co-founded by Marc Andreessen that later evolved into the software firm Opsware.
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B.
Opsware
Opsware was a data center automation and IT infrastructure management software company, best known for being co-founded by Marc Andreessen and later acquired by Hewlett-Packard.
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C.
Lumen Technologies
Lumen Technologies is a U.S.-based telecommunications and technology company that provides internet, networking, cloud, and security services to businesses and consumers.
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D.
Agere Systems
Agere Systems was a semiconductor company specializing in communications and networking integrated circuits, formed as a spin-off from Lucent Technologies.
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E.
BBN Technologies
BBN Technologies is an American research and development company renowned for its pioneering work in computer networking and its key role in creating the ARPANET, the precursor to the modern internet.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rackable Systems Target entity description: Rackable Systems was a provider of high-density, energy-efficient server and storage solutions for data centers, later known for acquiring and rebranding as SGI.
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A.
Loudcloud
Loudcloud was a pioneering early-2000s cloud and managed hosting company co-founded by Marc Andreessen that later evolved into the software firm Opsware.
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B.
Opsware
Opsware was a data center automation and IT infrastructure management software company, best known for being co-founded by Marc Andreessen and later acquired by Hewlett-Packard.
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C.
Lumen Technologies
Lumen Technologies is a U.S.-based telecommunications and technology company that provides internet, networking, cloud, and security services to businesses and consumers.
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D.
Agere Systems
Agere Systems was a semiconductor company specializing in communications and networking integrated circuits, formed as a spin-off from Lucent Technologies.
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E.
BBN Technologies
BBN Technologies is an American research and development company renowned for its pioneering work in computer networking and its key role in creating the ARPANET, the precursor to the modern internet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
ⓘ
server manufacturer ⓘ storage solutions provider ⓘ |
| acquired |
SGI
ⓘ
surface form:
Silicon Graphics International
|
| acquiredBy | Hewlett Packard Enterprise ⓘ |
| acquiredByYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| acquiredCompany |
SGI
ⓘ
surface form:
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
|
| acquisitionAnnouncementDate | 2009-04-01 ⓘ |
| acquisitionValueUSD | 25000000 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| defunctYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| focus |
data center solutions
ⓘ
energy-efficient servers ⓘ high-density servers ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Giovanni Coglitore
ⓘ
Thomas Barton ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Fremont
ⓘ
surface form:
Fremont, California
|
| inception | 1999 ⓘ |
| industry |
computer hardware
ⓘ
information technology ⓘ |
| notableFor |
energy-efficient server architectures
ⓘ
high-density data center designs ⓘ |
| offeredService |
custom data center design
ⓘ
server integration ⓘ |
| parentCompanyAfterRebrand | SGI ⓘ |
| product |
data center racks
ⓘ
rack-mounted servers ⓘ storage systems ⓘ |
| rebrandedAs | SGI ⓘ |
| rebrandYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Asia-Pacific
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Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| servedMarket |
cloud service providers
ⓘ
enterprise data centers ⓘ internet companies ⓘ |
| specialization |
scale-out data center architectures
ⓘ
x86-based servers ⓘ |
| status | defunct brand ⓘ |
| stockExchange | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| successor |
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
ⓘ
SGI ⓘ |
| technologyApproach |
direct current (DC) power distribution in racks
ⓘ
rack-scale integration ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | RACK ⓘ |
| wentPublicOn | 2005 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Rackable Systems Description of subject: Rackable Systems was a provider of high-density, energy-efficient server and storage solutions for data centers, later known for acquiring and rebranding as SGI.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.