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To: Elroy who wrote (10040)12/19/2000 9:26:37 AM
From: James Fulop  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 12623
 
>>What do you mean by sister company? Is there some formal relationship, or do you just
mean that all three are targetting the same network area with comparable products?<<

Cyras, Cerent and Siara all came from Fiberlane:

>>Three companies arose, phoenix-like, from the ashes of Fiberlane: Cerent, Siara,
and Cyras. Cerent was subsequently sold to Cisco Systems Inc.
cisco.com for $7 billion. Siara was snapped up by Redback Networks
redback.com for $4.3 billion (see Sonet Goes POP ).<<

Full article at:

"Cyras: The Next Cerent?"

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To: Elroy who wrote (10040)12/19/2000 10:03:02 AM
From: jghutchison  Respond to of 12623
 
Elroy,

All three companies were spun off from the parent, Fiberlane.

Jack