CALGARY, AB - October 10, 2001 -The Calgary Office of Cisco Systems Co. is moving to a new andspecially designed 14,000 square foot location as of October 15, 2001 -more than double the size of the current location.

"Cisco Systems is delighted to be increasing our footprint in Calgary"said Gilles St. Hilaire, Manager Western Operations for Cisco SystemsCanada Co. "The success of our Alberta operations is due to thetremendous support we have received from our clients, the efforts ofour employees and the forward thinking of the Alberta Government," hecontinued.

Highlights of the new location include:

• Several training areas including a fully wired 24 seat classroom;
• Acomplete Lab for demonstrating Cisco solutions for security, networkmanagement, content networks, wireless and optical solutions;
• AnApplication Showcase - set up like a typical office to demonstrateCisco AVVID Voice Solutions (such as IP Telephony) and a Cisco AVVIDVideo Solutions; and
• A permanent home for the Cisco Users Group.

"The new location in the Western Gas Tower in downtown Calgary providesCisco Systems with the opportunity to showcase our new technologies,including those that will become a part of the Alberta Government'sSuperNet project," commented Mr. St. Hilaire. "Cisco solutions such aswireless and Internet Protocol telephony can now be fully demonstratedin an enterprise environment."

The new location is onthe eighth floor of Western Gas Tower at 530 - 8 Avenue SW, Calgary andwill be operational on October 15, 2001.

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Cisco Systems Canada Co. has field offices across Canada dedicated tocustomer support, sales, and service. In addition, Cisco Systems has asignificant research and development centre in Ottawa, Ontario.Additional information about Cisco Systems Canada is available atwww.cisco.com/ca.

For Additional Information:

• Willa Black
  Cisco Systems Canada Co.
  416-306-7732
  Pager: 1-800-68-CISCO
  E-mail: wblack@cisco.com