Veritas Software
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Veritas Software was a prominent enterprise data management and storage software company known for its backup, recovery, and availability solutions before being acquired by Symantec.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Veritas Software canonical | 3 |
| Veritas Storage Foundation | 1 |
| Veritas Technologies | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9932392 — 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: Veritas Software Context triple: [Symantec, acquired, Veritas Software]
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A.
Symantec
Symantec is a cybersecurity and software company best known for its Norton antivirus products and enterprise security 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.
Guidance Software
Guidance Software was a cybersecurity company best known for its EnCase digital forensics and endpoint security solutions used by enterprises and law enforcement agencies.
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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.
Novell
Novell was a prominent software company best known for its NetWare network operating system and contributions to enterprise networking and Linux technologies.
- 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: Veritas Software Target entity description: Veritas Software was a prominent enterprise data management and storage software company known for its backup, recovery, and availability solutions before being acquired by Symantec.
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A.
Symantec
Symantec is a cybersecurity and software company best known for its Norton antivirus products and enterprise security 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.
Guidance Software
Guidance Software was a cybersecurity company best known for its EnCase digital forensics and endpoint security solutions used by enterprises and law enforcement agencies.
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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.
Novell
Novell was a prominent software company best known for its NetWare network operating system and contributions to enterprise networking and Linux technologies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
data management company
ⓘ
enterprise software company ⓘ software company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Symantec ⓘ |
| acquisitionType | merger ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| businessModel |
enterprise software licensing
ⓘ
maintenance and support contracts ⓘ |
| category |
Backup software companies
ⓘ
Data management software companies ⓘ Defunct software companies of the United States ⓘ |
| coreTechnology |
clustering and high availability
ⓘ
data protection ⓘ storage management ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| customerSegment |
IT departments
ⓘ
managed service providers ⓘ |
| focus |
business continuity
ⓘ
data availability ⓘ enterprise backup and recovery ⓘ storage virtualization ⓘ |
| industry |
backup and recovery software
ⓘ
computer software ⓘ data management ⓘ data storage ⓘ |
| knownFor |
backup software
ⓘ
disaster recovery solutions ⓘ enterprise data management software ⓘ high availability solutions ⓘ storage management software ⓘ |
| notableEvent | acquisition by Symantec ⓘ |
| product |
Veritas Backup Exec
ⓘ
Veritas Cluster Server ⓘ Veritas File System ⓘ
linked to:
Veritas File System (in some versions)
Veritas NetBackup ⓘ Veritas Volume Manager ⓘ
linked to:
Veritas Volume Manager (in some versions)
|
| reputation |
leader in backup and recovery software market
ⓘ
prominent vendor in enterprise storage management ⓘ |
| softwareType | proprietary software ⓘ |
| targetCustomer |
data centers
ⓘ
large enterprises ⓘ |
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: Veritas Software Description of subject: Veritas Software was a prominent enterprise data management and storage software company known for its backup, recovery, and availability solutions before being acquired by Symantec.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Veritas Volume Manager (in some versions)
subject linked to:
Veritas File System (in some versions)