News Release

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. and Cisco Systems, Inc. to Host Teleconferences and Corresponding Webcasts

Media Alert
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Jun 13, 2000

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 13, 2000 - Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. and Cisco Systems, Inc. will host teleconferences with corresponding webcasts for financial and industry analysts and investors, and for journalists, to announce a multi-phased technology development agreement that will enable customers to seamlessly interconnect storage area networks (SANs) over Internet protocol (IP)-based metropolitan and wide area network infrastructures.

Who:Greg Reyes, Brocade President and CEO
James Richardson, Cisco Systems Senior Vice President, Enterprise Line of Business

What:Teleconferences and webcasts for press, and for financial and industry analysts and investors

Date:Tuesday, June 13, 2000

Time:9:30 AM (PDT); 12:30 PM (EDT) Financial & Industry Analysts and Investors
10:45 AM (PDT; 1:45 PM (EDT) Business and Trade Press

Financial & Industry Analysts and Investors

Time:9:30 AM (PDT); 12:30 PM (EDT)

Dial-in:800-774-8574
212-346-6540 (for International Callers)

RSVP:No RSVP is necessary

Listen and watch via the Internet:

We are proud to offer a live and replay audio broadcast of the teleconference, with synchronized slides, at www.cisco.com under Investor Relations and/or at www.brocade.com

Replay:The playback of the teleconference, with synchronized slides, will be available on the Cisco Systems website at www.cisco.com, under Investor Relations and/or at the Brocade website at www.brocade.com.

A replay of the call will also be available beginning at 12:30 PM (PDT) on June 13, 2000 and ending at 4:30 PM (PDT) on June 16, 2000, by calling 800-633-8284 (International callers: 858-812-6440), reservation number 15472406. The call runs 24 hours/day.

Business and Trade Press

Time:10:45 AM (PDT); 1:45 PM (EDT)

Dial-in:800-416-4485
212-537-1933 (for International Callers)

RSVP:No RSVP is necessary

Listen and watch via the Internet:

We are proud to offer a live audio broadcast of the teleconferences, with synchronized slides, at http://www.cisco.com/go/ent/ under Large Corporations and/or at www.brocade.com

Replay:A replay of the call will be available beginning at 1:45 PM (PDT) on June 13, 2000 and ending at 4:30 PM (PDT) on June 16, 2000, by calling 800-633-8284 (International callers: 858-812-6440), reservation number 15472668. The call runs 24 hours/day.