SAN JOSE Calif., March 1, 2005 - Cisco announced today participation in the following upcoming events with the financial community, for the month of March, all of which will be webcast. Interested parties can view these events on Cisco's Web site at http://www.cisco.com/go/investors.

Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch Communications Forum
Dallas, TX
Tuesday, March 8, 2005
1:45 p.m. CST /11:45 a.m. PST
Don Proctor, VP, GM, Voice Technology Group

Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank IT Technology Hardware Conference
Miami, FL
Wednesday, March 9, 2005
9:00 a.m. EST/6:00 a.m. PST
John Chambers, President and CEO