News Release

Cisco and IDC to Host "Cisco Internet Business Roadmap" Webcast

WHAT: Cisco Systems and IDC invite you to attend a Webcast
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Sep 21, 2001

WHAT: Cisco Systems and IDC invite you to attend a Webcast to discuss the launch of the Cisco Internet Business Roadmap online e-business resource tool. Join Cisco's Ron Willis, vice president worldwide commercial marketing, and Robyn Aber, sr. director of strategic marketing, as well as John Gantz, research director at IDC, as they discuss how growing businesses can increase their chance of success by employing the Internet as part of their overall business strategy.

WHY: Cisco will introduce the Cisco Internet Business Roadmap comprehensive planning tool that assists growing businesses in generating a customized Internet solutions adoption strategy and a 3-36 month rollout plan helping them gain a competitive edge and increase their profit margins.

WHEN: Monday, September 24, 2001, 11 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time

REGISTER: To register for the live Webcast of the presentation, go to
http://webcast.talkpoint.com/starthere.asp?pres=15629

Those who choose to participate in the audio portion of the event may do so by dialing (877) 915-2770; the passcode is CIBR.

To view the online presentation you will need either RealPlayer or Windows Media Player software. If you do not have either of these software programs, you can download them at the links provided below. We encourage you to download the software at least one hour before the presentation to allow time for installation.

RealPlayer can be downloaded at:
http://www.real.com/player/index.html?src=downloadr

Windows Media Player can be downloaded at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/en/download/default.asp

CONTACT: For more information, please contact Linda Horiuchi, Cisco Systems, Inc., lhoriuch@cisco.com or (408) 853-5464.