Third Quarter, FY'06 Fact Sheet

Cisco's fiscal year 2006 third quarter was characterized by the acquisition of Scientific Atlanta, a leading global provider of set-top boxes, completing Cisco's end-to-end quadruple play solution, and the introduction of the Cisco Unified Communications system, a new suite of voice, data and video products and applications specifically designed to help organizations of all sizes communicate more effectively.

Cisco achieved significant technology innovations and customer wins across all target markets: Enterprise, Service Provider, Commercial (small- and medium-sized businesses), and Consumer/Home Networking. Worldwide customer wins in unified communications, routing, switching, security, wireless, optical and storage area networking (SAN) continued across all vertical industries. Cisco continued to see momentum in the service provider market as well, with new contracts from Deutsche Telekom and BT Group.

Following are significant highlights from the past quarter:

Enterprise Market, Customer and Partner Highlights:

• The Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) has deployed a Cisco Unified Wireless Network Solution to replace its existing installation, creating one of the world's largest airport WLANs (wireless local area network) in terms of coverage and number of access points.
• State Street Corporation, one of the world's top financial services organizations, has deployed a Cisco Internet Protocol (IP) Communications system.
• Cisco announced that it is working with Intel Corporation, Nokia, Research In Motion (RIM) and other technology leaders to drive enterprise adoption of voice-ready wireless networks.
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• The Grand Hotel Europe launched Wireless Internet Access, known as wireless fidelity or Wi-Fi, which is now available throughout the hotel including all guest rooms, conference and public areas.
• The University of Minnesota, which serves 60,000 students on five campuses, selected Cisco MDS 9509 Multilayer directors to consolidate its widely dispersed storage resources onto a single, highly reliable, high-performance storage area network, or SAN.
• The Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games distributed real-time information to more than 35 venues across a data communications network provided by Cisco.

Commercial Market, Customer and Partner Highlights:

• Cisco unveils Unified Communications integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM, offering to help SMBs improve productivity and deliver superior customer support.
• Cisco deployed the first IP network for the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. The entire IP network of 660 phones will eventually serve all 110 chapter houses of the 27,000 square mile, three-state nation.
• The San Ramon Valley Unified School District and the Santa Clara County Office of Education in Northern California, upgraded their networks with Cisco integrated services routers and the Cisco Unified Communications system.
• AQR Capital Management, a dynamic financial firm which provides investment management services primarily for pension funds and other corporate clients, selected Cisco MDS 9000 Multilayer fabric switches as the basis for their storage area networks (SAN).
• First Mobile Credit Union (The People's Federal Credit Union) selects Cisco SMB Select partner Advanced Technical Solutions to deploy a Business Communications Systems.

Channel Partner Highlights:

• Cisco evolves partner program to align with changing customer requirements and market growth opportunities.
• Cisco, Calence and Ipcelerate will deploy the Cisco Unified Communications system at a franchisee of 26 SUBWAY restaurants in Tucson, Ariz.
• Cisco partner ABS Technology Architects deploys unified communications at Bay Creek Resorts in Lake Charles, Virginia
• Alexandra Hospital became the first hospital in Asia to deploy advanced Medical-Grade Network solutions from Cisco. The solution is being implemented by Fujitsu Asia, Cisco's healthcare channel partner in Singapore.
• Cisco partners Aardvark and Cbeyond delivers unified communications to Ascent Home Loans.

Service Provider Market, Customer Highlights:

• Deutsche Telekom AG and Cisco announced that T-Online, a division of Deutsche Telekom, is driving growth of its "T-Home" triple-play service delivered over T-Com's broadband network. This network is based on Cisco Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture.
• BT Group awarded a contract to Cisco to deliver Internet Protocol Next Generation Network (IP NGN) technologies in the core and metro area network domains in BT's 21st Century Network (21CN).
• MTS Allstream selected the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System to further enhance its national IP/MPLS backbone network and drive the company's expansion of next generation services.
• Telefónica Móviles Espana, the leading mobile operator in Spain and one of the largest in the world, decided to deploy Cisco's IP-based RAN (Radio Access Network) optimization solution in their GSM and UMTS networks.
• Cisco and Accenture successfully delivered a prepaid solution to Orange Switzerland for its OrangeClick service, the first Web-based pre-payment option for wireless subscribers in Switzerland.
• Cox Communications will standardize on Cisco Internet Protocol Contact Center (IPCC) solutions to provide customer service and support to its subscribers.

Consumer/Home Networking Highlights:

• Linksys announced a line of Wireless-N products that will be built to the 802.11n Draft Specification.
• Linksys launched a new line of Gigabit and Fast Ethernet switches for small businesses.
• Linksys announced the RangeBooster family of Wireless-G products that offer up to two times the range and up to 35 percent the throughput of standard 802.11G wireless networks.
• Linksys announced a new line of SIP-based telephony products targeting SOHO and very small business customers.

Product and Technology Innovation Highlights:

• Cisco announced it has completed the acquisition of Scientific Atlanta, a leading global provider of set-top boxes, end-to-end video distribution networks and video systems integration.
• Cisco announced the Cisco Unified Communications system, a new suite of voice, data and video products and applications specifically designed to help organizations of all sizes communicate more effectively.
• Cisco announced the Cisco MDS 9513 Multilayer Director and four new Fibre Channel modules that scale to 4 and 10 gigabits-per-second performance.
• Cisco introduced the Cisco ME 6524 and the Cisco ONS 15310-MA along with a number of feature enhancements to its Carrier Ethernet technology portfolio.
• Cisco acquired privately-held SyPixx Networks for its network-centric video surveillance software and hardware that enable existing analog video surveillance systems to operate as part of an open IP network.
• Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company, announced the introduction of its newest line of set-top boxes, designed to provide cable operators with increased power, flexibility and with advanced security solutions.
• Cisco announced the Cisco Security Management Suite,a new integrated set of security management applications that provide an improved operational framework for system-wide security policy enforcement and administration.
• Cisco announced significant new services to its "Anti-X" network threat prevention and Secure Sockets Layer Virtual Private Network (SSL VPN) solutions.
• Cisco announced the availability of its next-generation Application Delivery solution, the Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE), with the industry's highest performance of up to 16 gigabits per second (Gbps) of throughput, rich multi-layer security, and unique virtual partitioning capabilities.
• Cisco launched its IP Radio Access Network (RAN) optimization solution - a comprehensive RAN vendor-neutral solution set that uses IP to increase network efficiency, reduce costs and speed to market new and innovative mobile services.

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To read the announcements for the technology innovations and customer wins visit News@Cisco's news release archive.