SAN JOSE Calif., March 01, 2001 - Cisco announced today participation in the following upcoming events with the financial community. Interested parties can view these events on Cisco's Web site at http://www.cisco.com/go/investors.

Thomas Weisel Partners	Emerging Networks Conference San Francisco, CA Tuesday, March 6, 2001 12:45 p.m. EST Carl Russo, Group Vice President Optical Networking Group
Merrill Lynch	Global Communications Investor Conference New York, NY Tuesday, March 13, 2001 8:10 a.m. EST John Chambers, President & CEO