The Attachmate Group
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The Attachmate Group was an American software holding company known for acquiring and managing enterprise software firms, including Novell and SUSE.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Attachmate Group | 1 |
| The Attachmate Group canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8285356 — 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: The Attachmate Group Context triple: [Novell, parentCompany, The Attachmate Group]
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A.
Unisys
Unisys is an American global information technology company known for providing IT services, software, and infrastructure solutions to government and commercial clients.
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B.
Computer Sciences Corporation
Computer Sciences Corporation was a major American multinational IT services and consulting company that provided technology and professional services to government and commercial clients worldwide.
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C.
Perot Systems
Perot Systems was an American information technology services and consulting company founded by Ross Perot that provided outsourcing, systems integration, and technology solutions to businesses and governments worldwide.
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D.
Sostrata
Sostrata is a character in Niccolò Machiavelli’s comedic play "The Mandrake," depicted as the mother of Lucrezia and a figure entangled in the play’s schemes surrounding fertility and deception.
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E.
Public Systems Group
Public Systems Group is a Mitsubishi Electric business division focused on providing infrastructure and public-sector systems and solutions.
- 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: The Attachmate Group Target entity description: The Attachmate Group was an American software holding company known for acquiring and managing enterprise software firms, including Novell and SUSE.
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A.
Unisys
Unisys is an American global information technology company known for providing IT services, software, and infrastructure solutions to government and commercial clients.
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B.
Computer Sciences Corporation
Computer Sciences Corporation was a major American multinational IT services and consulting company that provided technology and professional services to government and commercial clients worldwide.
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C.
Perot Systems
Perot Systems was an American information technology services and consulting company founded by Ross Perot that provided outsourcing, systems integration, and technology solutions to businesses and governments worldwide.
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D.
Sostrata
Sostrata is a character in Niccolò Machiavelli’s comedic play "The Mandrake," depicted as the mother of Lucrezia and a figure entangled in the play’s schemes surrounding fertility and deception.
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E.
Public Systems Group
Public Systems Group is a Mitsubishi Electric business division focused on providing infrastructure and public-sector systems and solutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
private company
ⓘ
software holding company ⓘ |
| acquired |
Attachmate Corporation
NERFINISHED
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NetIQ NERFINISHED ⓘ Novell NERFINISHED ⓘ SUSE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaServed |
enterprise market
ⓘ
global ⓘ |
| basedIn | Seattle metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| businessModel | acquire-and-hold software assets ⓘ |
| companyType | holding company ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| focus |
Linux and open-source software through SUSE
ⓘ
enterprise customers ⓘ identity and access management software ⓘ infrastructure software ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Seattle, Washington
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Washington (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
enterprise software
ⓘ
software ⓘ |
| knownFor |
acquiring enterprise software companies
ⓘ
managing enterprise software firms ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| managedBrand |
Attachmate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NetIQ NERFINISHED ⓘ Novell NERFINISHED ⓘ SUSE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Micro Focus International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAcquisition |
NetIQ Corporation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Novell, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ SUSE Linux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedInSector | information technology ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Micro Focus International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Attachmate Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productCategory | enterprise software ⓘ |
| reasonForStatusChange | merged with Micro Focus International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| segment |
Linux operating system distribution via SUSE
ⓘ
enterprise infrastructure software ⓘ systems and security management software ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| strategy | acquisition-led growth ⓘ |
| subsidiary |
Attachmate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NetIQ NERFINISHED ⓘ Novell NERFINISHED ⓘ SUSE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: The Attachmate Group Description of subject: The Attachmate Group was an American software holding company known for acquiring and managing enterprise software firms, including Novell and SUSE.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Attachmate Group