SAN JOSE, Calif., September 7, 2001 - Cisco Systems, Inc., the worldwide leader in the networking for the Internet, today is providing further details on the company's activities at the upcoming NetWorld + Interop trade show in Atlanta which runs from Tuesday, September 11 through Thursday, September 13.

Cisco will demonstrate a broad range of enterprise technologies and solutions based on Cisco AVVID, the enterprise architecture for e-business. Cisco will also detail the company's latest activities in areas of Internet Protocol (IP) telephony, next-generation switching and routing and Internet security. In addition, Cisco executives will speak at the show on a number of important industry topics ranging from storage area networking (SAN) to how to effectively architect the campus Local Area Network (LAN).

Cisco executives will be presenting as part of the speaker's tracks at NetWorld + Interop Atlanta 2001:

Tuesday, September 11, 2001

• "Architecting the LAN/Campus Infrastructure: What Makes Sense and Where?"
  Ben Goldman, manager, product marketing
  Time: 2:00-3:15pm
  Location: 256W
• "Are Directories Ready for Prime Time? Early Adopters' Update"
  Richard Puckett, system administrator, Enterprise Distributed Systems
  Time: 2:00-3:15pm
  Location: 257W
• "King of SAN Fibre Channel, IP Storage or InfiniBand"
  Doug Ingraham, manager, product management, Storage Router Business Unit
  Time: 3:30-4:45pm
  Location: 254/255W
• "Wireless LANs: Implementation in the Enterprise"
  Eric Balufarb, technical marketing manager, Wireless Networking Business Unit
  Time: 3:30-4:45pm
  Location: 256W

Wednesday, September 12, 2001

• "Ethernet in the First Mile"
  Bruce Tolley, product manager
  Time: 3:30-4:45pm
  Location: 256W

Thursday, September 13, 2001

• "VPNs: Build or Buy"
  Michael Fuhrman, manager, Security Consulting
  Time: 3:30-4:45pm
  Location: 254/255W

At the Cisco booth (#5317), the following executives will also present on key technology initiatives:

• Tuesday, September 11, 2001, 11:00-11:30am: "Delivering Business Value with Communications Solutions"
  Eugene Lee, vice president, Marketing
• Wednesday, September 12, 2001, 11:00-11:30am: "New Developments in Switching & Routing"
  Ben Goldman, manager, product marketing
• Thursday, September 13, 2001, 11:00-11:30am: "SAFE Solution for Securing the Internet Economy"
  Richard Palmer, vice president, Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Security Business Unit

For press or analysts at the show who would like to meet with Cisco, please contact Nancy Darma at (408) 525-8676 or ndarma@cisco.com.