News Release

Cisco Schedules Conference Call for Q1 Fiscal Year 2009 Financial Results

SAN JOSE, Calif, - October 22, 2008 - Cisco has scheduled a
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Oct 22, 2008

SAN JOSE, Calif, - October 22, 2008 - Cisco has scheduled a conference call on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 1:30 PM (PT) to announce its first quarter fiscal year 2009 financial results. The quarter ends Friday, October 24.

Financial results will be released over Marketwire, as well as the European Business and Technical Wire after the close of the market on Wednesday, November 5, 2008.

Cisco's quarterly earnings press release will be posted at www.cisco.com under the "News@Cisco" section.

Date:November 5, 2008

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

To Listen via the Internet:
We are pleased to offer a 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).

888-848-6507
212-519-0847 (for International Callers)

RSVP:No RSVP is necessary

Replay:A telephone playback of the Q1 FY 2009 conference call is scheduled to be available beginning at 4:30 PM (PT) on November 5, 2008 through 4:30 PM (PT) on November 12, 2008. The replay will be accessible by calling 866-357-4205 (International callers: 203-369-0122). 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An archived version of the webcast will be available on Cisco Systems' Investor Relations website at www.cisco.com/go/investors.