Meraki
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Meraki is a cloud-managed IT company known for its wireless, switching, security, and device management solutions, acquired by and operating as a subsidiary of Cisco.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T261165 — 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: Meraki Context triple: [Cisco Systems, hasSubsidiary, Meraki]
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A.
Makers
Makers is a science fiction novel by Cory Doctorow that explores a near-future maker culture, disruptive innovation, and the social and economic upheavals caused by rapid technological change.
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B.
Soter
Soter is a Greek term meaning "savior" or "deliverer," often used as a title for deities or revered figures who provide salvation or protection.
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C.
Sloan
Sloan is a surname most notably associated with Alfred P. Sloan, the influential long-time president and chairman of General Motors.
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D.
Soral
Soral is a small rural municipality in southwestern Switzerland, located in the canton of Geneva near the French border.
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E.
Dynamo
Dynamo is a prominent Russian sports club based in Moscow, best known for its professional football and ice hockey teams.
- 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: Meraki Target entity description: Meraki is a cloud-managed IT company known for its wireless, switching, security, and device management solutions, acquired by and operating as a subsidiary of Cisco.
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A.
Makers
Makers is a science fiction novel by Cory Doctorow that explores a near-future maker culture, disruptive innovation, and the social and economic upheavals caused by rapid technological change.
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B.
Soter
Soter is a Greek term meaning "savior" or "deliverer," often used as a title for deities or revered figures who provide salvation or protection.
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C.
Sloan
Sloan is a surname most notably associated with Alfred P. Sloan, the influential long-time president and chairman of General Motors.
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D.
Soral
Soral is a small rural municipality in southwestern Switzerland, located in the canton of Geneva near the French border.
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E.
Dynamo
Dynamo is a prominent Russian sports club based in Moscow, best known for its professional football and ice hockey teams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cloud-managed IT company
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networking hardware company ⓘ software company ⓘ subsidiary ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Cisco Systems ⓘ |
| brand | Cisco Meraki ⓘ |
| coreTechnology |
cloud management platform
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web-based dashboard ⓘ |
| deploymentModel |
cloud-managed
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multi-tenant cloud architecture ⓘ |
| feature |
API-based integration
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automatic firmware updates ⓘ centralized configuration management ⓘ location analytics ⓘ network security policies ⓘ remote monitoring ⓘ role-based administration ⓘ |
| foundedAs |
Meraki, Inc.
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linked to:
Meraki
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| headquartersLocation |
San Francisco, California, United States
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linked to:
San Francisco
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| industry |
cloud computing
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computer networking ⓘ information technology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
centralized network management
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cloud-managed wireless LAN ⓘ integrated security and networking ⓘ scalable multi-site management ⓘ zero-touch provisioning ⓘ |
| offers |
Ethernet switches
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IoT sensors ⓘ cellular gateways ⓘ cloud-managed smart cameras ⓘ endpoint management for laptops and mobile devices ⓘ security appliances ⓘ wireless access points ⓘ |
| operatesAs | subsidiary of Cisco Systems ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Cisco Systems ⓘ |
| productType |
IoT management solutions
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SD-WAN solutions ⓘ cloud-managed cameras ⓘ cloud-managed networking solutions ⓘ device management software ⓘ enterprise mobility management solutions ⓘ network security appliances ⓘ network switches ⓘ wireless networking products ⓘ |
| serviceModel |
cloud-managed networking
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software-as-a-service ⓘ |
| targetCustomer |
distributed organizations
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enterprises ⓘ small and medium-sized businesses ⓘ |
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: Meraki Description of subject: Meraki is a cloud-managed IT company known for its wireless, switching, security, and device management solutions, acquired by and operating as a subsidiary of Cisco.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Meraki
linked to: Meraki
linked to: Meraki
linked to: Meraki
linked to: Meraki
linked to: Meraki
linked to: Meraki