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• WHAT:

  Cisco Systems, Inc., in conjunction with Hewlett-Packard Company and Ariba Technologies, will demonstrate at the Retail Delivery Show (Booth #2268) a procurement application-based on the Internet-that is one of the applications that is helping Cisco save nearly $550 million in annual operating expenses. These solutions are aimed at addressing the needs of financial services executives to improve employee productivity and customer services, while reducing the day-to-day cost of doing business.

  In addition, attendees will also see a presentation by Cisco and HP ("High Availability Program 99.999") which illustrates unprecedented levels of high-performance availability for network servers, network, network storage and databases.

• WHEN:

  December 1-3, 1998

• WHERE:

  Las Vegas Convention Center

• WHO:

  Cisco's Internet Business Solutions Group in conjunction with Hewlett-Packard Company and Ariba Technologies

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