Cisco Systems
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Multinational corporation
Networking hardware company
Public company
Software company
Technology company
Cisco Systems is a multinational technology conglomerate best known for designing and selling networking hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment used worldwide.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cisco Systems canonical | 158 |
| Cisco | 23 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 6 |
| Cisco (historically) | 1 |
| Cisco ASA firewalls | 1 |
| Cisco Catalyst switches | 1 |
| Cisco Systems (former) | 1 |
| Cisco Webex | 1 |
| Cisco technologies | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8012 — 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: Cisco Systems Context triple: [Durham, North Carolina, hasMajorEmployer, Cisco Systems]
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A.
IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
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B.
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company best known for designing and selling consumer electronics like the iPhone, Mac, and iPad, along with software and digital services.
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C.
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is a major American multinational technology company best known for its database software, cloud services, and enterprise software products.
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D.
Microsoft
Microsoft is a multinational technology company best known for its Windows operating system, Office productivity suite, and Azure cloud computing platform.
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E.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments is a major American technology company best known for designing and manufacturing semiconductors and calculators used 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: Cisco Systems Target entity description: Cisco Systems is a multinational technology conglomerate best known for designing and selling networking hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment used worldwide.
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A.
Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation is a leading American semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors that power the majority of the world’s personal computers and servers.
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B.
IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
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C.
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company best known for designing and selling consumer electronics like the iPhone, Mac, and iPad, along with software and digital services.
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D.
Oracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is a major American multinational technology company best known for its database software, cloud services, and enterprise software products.
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E.
Microsoft
Microsoft is a multinational technology company best known for its Windows operating system, Office productivity suite, and Azure cloud computing platform.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Multinational corporation
ⓘ
Networking hardware company ⓘ Public company ⓘ Software company ⓘ Technology company ⓘ |
| areaServed | Worldwide ⓘ |
| coreBusiness |
Design of networking hardware
ⓘ
Development of networking software ⓘ Telecommunications equipment manufacturing ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focusesOn |
Cloud networking
ⓘ
Collaboration and unified communications ⓘ Cybersecurity ⓘ Enterprise networking ⓘ Service provider networking ⓘ |
| foundedAs |
Cisco Systems, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Cisco Systems
|
| foundedBy |
Leonard Bosack
ⓘ
Sandy Lerner ⓘ |
| hasBrand |
AppDynamics
ⓘ
Cisco ⓘ
linked to:
Cisco Systems
Duo Security ⓘ Meraki ⓘ Webex ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
AppDynamics
ⓘ
Duo Security ⓘ Jasper Technologies ⓘ Meraki ⓘ OpenDNS ⓘ Tandberg ⓘ ThousandEyes ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
San Jose, California
ⓘ
linked to:
San Jose
|
| inception | 1984 ⓘ |
| industry |
Computer networking
ⓘ
Information technology ⓘ Telecommunications equipment ⓘ |
| legalForm | Corporation ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
Cisco ASA firewalls
ⓘ
linked to:
Cisco Systems
Cisco Catalyst switches ⓘ
linked to:
Cisco Systems
Cisco IOS ⓘ Cisco Meraki ⓘ Cisco Nexus switches ⓘ Cisco UCS ⓘ Cisco Webex ⓘ
linked to:
Cisco Systems
|
| offersProgram |
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert
ⓘ
Cisco Certified Network Associate ⓘ Cisco Certified Network Professional ⓘ Cisco Networking Academy ⓘ |
| products |
Cloud networking solutions
ⓘ
Collaboration software ⓘ Cybersecurity software ⓘ Data center networking equipment ⓘ Firewalls ⓘ IP telephony systems ⓘ Network management software ⓘ Network security appliances ⓘ Optical networking equipment ⓘ Routers ⓘ SD-WAN solutions ⓘ Switches ⓘ VPN solutions ⓘ Wireless access points ⓘ |
| services |
Consulting services
ⓘ
Managed services ⓘ Technical support services ⓘ Training and certification ⓘ |
| stockExchange | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | CSCO ⓘ |
| website | https://www.cisco.com ⓘ |
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: Cisco Systems Description of subject: Cisco Systems is a multinational technology conglomerate best known for designing and selling networking hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment used worldwide.
Referenced by (193)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Cisco Systems