News Release

Cisco Systems' Conference Call for Q1 Fiscal Year 2005 Financial Results

SAN JOSE, Calif., October 26, 2004 - Cisco Systems has
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Oct 26, 2004

SAN JOSE, Calif., October 26, 2004 - Cisco Systems has scheduled a conference call on Tuesday, November 9, 2004 at 1:30 PM (PT) to announce its first quarter fiscal year 2005 financial results.

Financial results will be released over First Call, Full National Business Wire, Analyst Wire as well as the European Business and Technical Wire after the close of the market on Tuesday, November 9, 2004.

Cisco's quarterly earnings press release will be posted at www.cisco.com, under the "News@Cisco" section. To receive a "turn-around fax" of our financial results, please call our Investor Relations hotline at (408) 526-8890 after 1:20PM (PT) and follow the instructions in "Option 1".

Date:November 9, 2004

Time:1:30 PM (PT); 4:30 PM (ET)

To Listen via the Internet:
We are pleased to offer our live and replay audio broadcast of the conference call with corresponding slides at www.cisco.com/go/investors.

To Listen via Telephone: (Due to the limited number of lines available, we encourage you to dial-in approximately 30 minutes prior to the start of the call).
800-369-1706
773-756-4817 (for International Callers)

RSVP:No RSVP is necessary

Replay:A telephone playback of the Q1 FY 2005 conference call will be available beginning at 4:30 PM (PT) on November 9, 2004 through 4:30 PM (PT) on November 16, 2004. The replay will be available by calling 866-391-4974 (International callers: 203-369-0426). The call runs 24 hours/day, including weekends.

An archived version of the webcast will be available on Cisco Systems' Investor Relations website at www.cisco.com/go/investors.