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SAN JOSE, Calif., February 27, 1995 -- Cisco Systems, Inc., todayannounced it has purchased a preferred stock equity interest inprivately held Palo Alto-based NETSYS Technologies, Inc. Additionally,Cisco will obtain a seat on the NETSYS Technologies' board of directors.

NETSYS Technologies, Inc., founded in 1991, is a developer of problemsolving, modeling and simulation software that allows network managers tosolve network problems as they occur and simulate production networks using"what-if" scenarios. The investment follows a recent distributionannouncement (Jan. 9, 1995) between the two companies which will allowCisco to resell the NETSYS Connectivity Toolkit. Cisco will also use theproduct internally for customer support.

"Cisco's investment in NETSYS Technologies, Inc., will help our commoncustomer base design and plan for networks ideally suited to their uniquebusiness requirements," said Don Listwin, vice president of marketing atCisco Systems. "By giving users a toolset to see their future networkperformance, they can simulate a design to deliver ideal network capacity.Network management will continue to evolve into a critical design element."

"We are pleased that Cisco feels strongly enough about our approach tonetwork problem solving and planning to become a minority investor andworldwide reseller of our products," said Herbert S. Madan, president andCEO of NETSYS Technologies, Inc. "Cisco's investment in NETSYSTechnologies also reinforces its commitment to providing customers withinnovative solutions for network management.

NETSYS Technologies' Connectivity Toolkit, created for networkmanagers, analysts and designers, is a simulation-based configurationplanning and problem solving solution. The Toolkit includes a CiscoWorks=81V3.0 Interface, Connectivity Baseliner, Connectivity Solver, Design Critic,Network Drawing Tool and Batch Processing Tool.

NETSYS Technologies, Inc., formed in April 1991, develops and marketssoftware tools for automated, real-time network problem solving andplanning for LAN/WAN internetworking environments. The company'sEnterprise/Solver product family incorporates such advanced technologies asknowledge-based systems, artificial intelligence, network optimization,real-time simulation and client-server management.

Cisco Systems,Inc. , is the leading global supplier of enterprisenetworks, including routers, LAN and ATM switches, dial-up accessservers,and network management software. These products, integrated by Cisco'sInternetwork Operating System (IOS), found in more than 300,000installed Cisco units and in the products of more than 20 companies, linkgeographically dispersed LANs, WANs and IBM networks. Cisco isheadquartered in San Jose, Calif., and in the U.S. is traded under theNASDAQ symbol CSCO.

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Posted: Feb 27 09:26:46 1995