NetApp
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cloud storage company
data management company
enterprise storage vendor
public company
technology company
NetApp is a leading American data management and cloud storage company known for its enterprise storage systems and data services.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NetApp canonical | 5 |
| NetApp storage systems | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7394175 — 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: NetApp Context triple: [Pure Storage, competitor, NetApp]
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A.
Pure Storage
Pure Storage is an American data storage company known for its enterprise flash storage hardware and software solutions.
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B.
EMC Corporation
EMC Corporation was a leading American multinational company specializing in data storage, information security, and cloud computing solutions before its acquisition by Dell.
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C.
HPE Nimble Storage
HPE Nimble Storage is a line of enterprise flash storage arrays known for predictive analytics, high performance, and simplified data management in hybrid IT environments.
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D.
Hitachi Vantara
Hitachi Vantara is a data infrastructure and hybrid cloud solutions company that operates as a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., serving enterprises with storage, analytics, and digital transformation services.
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E.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is a major American multinational enterprise IT company that provides servers, storage, networking, and related services to business and government customers worldwide.
- 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: NetApp Target entity description: NetApp is a leading American data management and cloud storage company known for its enterprise storage systems and data services.
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A.
Pure Storage
Pure Storage is an American data storage company known for its enterprise flash storage hardware and software solutions.
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B.
EMC Corporation
EMC Corporation was a leading American multinational company specializing in data storage, information security, and cloud computing solutions before its acquisition by Dell.
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C.
HPE Nimble Storage
HPE Nimble Storage is a line of enterprise flash storage arrays known for predictive analytics, high performance, and simplified data management in hybrid IT environments.
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D.
Hitachi Vantara
Hitachi Vantara is a data infrastructure and hybrid cloud solutions company that operates as a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., serving enterprises with storage, analytics, and digital transformation services.
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E.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is a major American multinational enterprise IT company that provides servers, storage, networking, and related services to business and government customers worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cloud storage company
ⓘ
data management company ⓘ enterprise storage vendor ⓘ public company ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| foundedBy |
David Hitz
ⓘ
James Lau ⓘ Michael Malcolm ⓘ |
| foundedInCity |
Sunnyvale, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Sunnyvale, California, United States
|
| foundedInCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| foundedInState |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| foundingDate | 1992 ⓘ |
| hasCustomerType |
enterprise customers
ⓘ
government organizations ⓘ service providers ⓘ |
| hasKeyMarket |
cloud infrastructure
ⓘ
data centers ⓘ virtualized environments ⓘ |
| hasPartnership |
Amazon Web Services
ⓘ
Google Cloud ⓘ Microsoft Azure ⓘ
linked to:
Azure
|
| headquartersLocation | San Jose, California ⓘ |
| industry |
cloud computing
ⓘ
computer storage ⓘ data management ⓘ |
| notableTechnology |
Snapshot technology
ⓘ
WAFL (Write Anywhere File Layout) ⓘ data deduplication ⓘ thin provisioning ⓘ |
| offersProduct |
AFF (All Flash FAS)
ⓘ
Astra ⓘ Cloud Insights ⓘ Cloud Volumes ONTAP ⓘ E-Series storage systems ⓘ FAS storage systems ⓘ ONTAP ⓘ StorageGRID ⓘ |
| offersService |
cloud data services
ⓘ
data backup and recovery services ⓘ hybrid cloud solutions ⓘ |
| previousHeadquartersLocation |
Sunnyvale, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Sunnyvale, California, United States
|
| specializesIn |
cloud data services
ⓘ
data management software ⓘ enterprise storage systems ⓘ |
| stockExchange | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
CIFS/SMB
ⓘ
Fibre Channel ⓘ NFS ⓘ iSCSI ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | NTAP ⓘ |
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: NetApp Description of subject: NetApp is a leading American data management and cloud storage company known for its enterprise storage systems and data services.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.