SAN JOSE, Calif., March 30, 2000 - Cisco Systems, Inc., today announced it has completed the acquisition of Altiga Networks of Franklin, MA.

On January 19, 2000, Cisco announced a definitive agreement to acquire Altiga Networks. This acquisition enhances Cisco's New World VPN (Virtual Private Networks) offering by providing enterprise and service provider customers with industry-leading remote access and extranet solutions. This acquisition is being accounted for using pooling accounting.