Cielo Communications Continues to Support the Local Salvation Army's Angel Tree Program.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com BROOMFIELD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2000 Cielo Communications, a leader in providing gigabit-per-second interconnect solutions for the exploding high-speed networking industry, today announced the completion of their participation in the Salvation Army's 1999 Angel Tree Program for the holiday season. For the past two years, Cielo has supported the Salvation Army's holiday event with employee volunteers contributing their time and gifts for the benefit of local, less fortunate children. The Angel Tree program encourages volunteers to choose one of the many angel ornaments. Each angel ornament contains the name of a less fortunate child and a wish list of toys and clothing they would like. To participate, Cielo employees simply select a child and purchase the items on their wish list. All gifts are then collected in time for delivery to the children by Christmas on behalf of the Salvation Army Salvation Army, Protestant denomination and international nonsectarian Christian organization for evangelical and philanthropic work. Organization and Beliefs The Salvation Army has established branches in 100 countries throughout the world. . "Cielo employees are eager to participate each year," said Susan Dobbs, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. manager for Cielo. "This is a wonderful opportunity to give back to our community and under privileged children." Cielo Communications is an industry leader in developing VCSEL (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser) Pronounced "vixel." A type of laser diode that emits light from its surface rather than its edge. A VCSEL's circular beam is easy to couple with a fiber, and due to its surface-emission architecture, can be tested technology for use in gigabit-per-second optical interconnect solutions. Cielo Communications has helped to shape the industry's migration to gigabit speeds through its active involvement in standards committees. Cielo continues as a key participant in the development of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.3 and ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. X3T11 standards in addition to being a participating member of the Fibre Channel Industry Association. Cielo's commitment to VCSEL technology enables the broader adoption of affordable, high-speed fiber optic interconnect solutions in the data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. and telecommunications marketplace. Cielo Communications is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. backed by several major investor groups including Mayfield Fund Mayfield Fund is a venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California, home to many of Silicon Valley's leading venture capital firms. Mayfield was founded in 1969 by Tommy Davis, one of the first venture capitalists. , Menlo Ventures, Herb Alpert, HarbourVest, JAFCO, Triumph, J.&W. Seligman and Kindon Capital. Cielo Communications is headquartered in Interlocken's Technology Park at 325 Interlocken Parkway, Building A, Broomfield, CO 80021. Additional company and product information is available on the World Wide Web at www.cieloinc.com. Cielo(TM) and the Cielo logo are trademarks of Cielo Communications. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective companies. All rights reserved. |
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