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Cobalt Networks

Overview

Cobalt Networks, Inc.

fate	Acquired by Sun Microsystems
foundation	1996
founder	Vivek Mehra
defunct	December 7, 2000
location	Mountain View, California
revenue	$22 million (1999)
net income	-$23 million (1999)
assets	$151 million (1999)
equity	$130 million (1999)
num employees	140 (1999)
footnotes	‡R1R‡

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.

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.

History

The company was founded in 1996 by Vivek Mehra as Cobalt Microserver. In June 1998, the company changed its name to Cobalt Networks, Inc.[2]