Cobalt Networks

Cobalt Networks, Inc.
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
FounderVivek Mehra
DefunctDecember 7, 2000; 23 years ago (2000-12-07)
FateAcquired by Sun Microsystems
HeadquartersMountain View, California
RevenueIncrease $22 million (1999)
Decrease -$23 million (1999)
Total assetsIncrease $151 million (1999)
Total equityIncrease $130 million (1999)
Number of employees
140 (1999)
Footnotes / references
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Cobalt RaQ 2
Cobalt Qube - a computer server appliance

Cobalt Networks was a maker of low-cost Linux-based servers and server appliances based in Mountain View, California. The company had 1,900 end user customers in more than 70 countries.[1]

During the dot-com bubble, the company had a market capitalization of $6 billion despite only $22 million in annual revenue.

In 2000, the company was acquired by Sun Microsystems and in December 2003, Sun shut down the Cobalt product line.[2]

Cobalt was considered a pioneering server appliance vendor, the first to market a 1 RU rackmounted server, and was credited by the founder of RLX Technologies as paving the way for blade servers.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Commerce One, Inc. 2000 Form 10-K Annual Report". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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