Cobalt Networks

Cobalt Networks was a maker of low-cost <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>-based <a href="/facts/Server_(computing)/dEaYFD7r">servers</a> and <a href="/facts/Server_appliance/wJwTJXHN">server appliances</a> based in <a href="/facts/Mountain_View%2c_California/dm29hKlV">Mountain View, California</a>. The company had 1,900 end user customers in more than 70 countries.
During the <a href="/facts/Dot-com_bubble/dCFWQt0s">dot-com bubble</a>, the company had a <a href="/facts/Market_capitalization/LhcMMLHs">market capitalization</a> of $6 billion despite only $22 million in annual revenue.
In 2000, the company was acquired by <a href="/facts/Sun_Microsystems/VJ9EzEFd">Sun Microsystems</a> and in December 2003, Sun shut down the Cobalt product line.
Cobalt was considered a pioneering server appliance vendor, the first to market a 1 <a href="/facts/Rack_unit/Fh9hl0cc">RU</a> rackmounted server, and was credited by the founder of <a href="/facts/RLX_Technologies/NK8JybyS">RLX Technologies</a> as paving the way for <a href="/facts/Blade_server/Eo9gKdnU">blade servers</a>.

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Cobalt Networks