SAN JOSE Calif., January 3, 2002 - Cisco announced today participation in the following upcoming event(s) with the financial community which will be webcast. Interested parties can view these events on Cisco's Web site at http://www.cisco.com/go/investors.

Salomon Smith Barney
Global Entertainment, Media and Telecommunications Conference
Scottsdale, AZ
Tuesday, January 8, 2002
12:30 p.m. PT/1:30 p.m MT/ 3:30 p.m. ET
John Chambers, President & CEO
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Format: Company presentation

Morgan Stanley
2001 Internet Software and Networking Conference
Scottsdale, AZ
Tuesday, January 8, 2002
5:45 p.m. PT/6:45 p.m. MT/8:45 p.m. ET
John Chambers, President & CEO
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Format: Informal Q&A