Date/Time Stamp:

SAN JOSE, Calif.: May 4, 2009 5:00 AM (PT)

Highlights / Key Facts:

• Cisco has scheduled a conference call on Wed., May 6, 2009 at 1:30 PM (PT) / 4.30 PM (ET) to announce its third quarter fiscal year 2009 financial results for the quarter ending Sat., April 25.
• Financial results will be released over Marketwire, as well as the European Business and Technical Wire after the close of the market on Wednesday, May 6, 2009.
• 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.

Videos:

• Padmasree Warrior, Cisco CTO, talks about Cisco Unified Computing System.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm3SIdIEJ_c

• Ned Hooper, SVP, Corporate Development and Consumer, talks about Cisco's Q3'09 acquisitions and our "build, buy, partner" philosophy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB6yOltVZds

Select Product Announcements from Q3 FY09:

• Cisco® Unified Computing System unites computing, network, storage access and virtualization resources in a single energy-efficient system to reduce IT infrastructure costs and complexity, helping extend capital assets and improve business agility well into the future.
• Cisco TelePresence^TM System 1300 Series extends user collaboration capabilities beyond meetings to new users, applications and markets.
• Cisco strengthened business collaboration by extending enhanced software-as-a-service applications to the enterprise network.
• Cisco expanded mobile business collaboration to broader range of devices and users with WebEx® Meeting Center for smart phones.
• As collaboration and mobility redefine access with cloud computing, Cisco's security portfolio additions strengthen defense against threats.

Global Highlights from Q3 FY09:

• Cisco and Metropolis collaborate to develop sustainable intelligent cities; the collaboration sets up key components of Cisco's global 'intelligent urbanisation' initiative in alignment with Metropolis' 'Vision 2030.'
• Cisco and the Mexican Government collaborate on socio-economic development in Mexico.
• South Korea and Cisco work to foster intelligent urbanisation.
• Cisco announced that its Cisco Foundation and employees contributed over $4.6M to support hunger relief organizations around the world.

Select Global Customer Announcements from Q3 FY09, by Theater:

United States & Canada:

• BAE Systems enhanced global collaboration with AT&T Telepresence Solution enabled by Cisco TelePresence systems.
• Henny Penny streamlined its contact center with Cisco Unified Communications to increase productivity worldwide and provide excellent customer service.
• Bell added more services to its collaboration portfolio to help customers maximize their current IT investments in unified communications in Canada.
• Kansas City Royals enhanced fan experience in Kauffman Stadium with Cisco StadiumVision^TM.

Asia Pacific:

• Collaboration between Cisco, the Philippine Long Distance Telecommunications Co. and Tata Communications results in the first public Cisco TelePresence service in the Philippines.
• i-CABLE in Hong Kong is deploying Cisco's highly secure set-top boxes and end-to-end video solution to help resolve pirated viewing of its television services.
• Cisco and Incheon Metropolitan City will collaborate to build the Incheon Free Economic Zone as a leading model of global and environmentally sustainable cities in Korea.
• In India, Cisco is working on a pilot program to assist the government of Karnataka in developing a road map for an intelligent and sustainable Bengaluru city.

Emerging Markets:

• Vladivostok Container Terminal in Russia is using Cisco wireless solutions in setting up an advanced cargo management system that monitors movement of railway containers, trucks and maritime in real time.
• Arab National Bank in Saudi Arabia selected Cisco to upgrade its branch infrastructure with an integrated wide-area network solution.
• In Peru, Rural Telecom has selected a Cisco Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network to provide broadband connectivity and communications to the most remote and rural towns.
• The University of West Bohemia and Cisco are working together to create a 21st-century campus and knowledge center in the Czech Republic.
• AsiaBell is bringing mobile WiMAX services to central Kazakhstan with Cisco technology.

Europe:

• France's leading cable operator, Numericable, announced plans to deploy the Cisco Content Delivery System to bring next generation home entertainment to France.
• Hellas online selected Cisco and Intracom Telecom to roll out a nationwide optical fiber network across Greece.
• Network Norway selected Cisco's Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network platform to expand its mobile broadband data services and to capture new market opportunities.
• The government of Portugal teamed up with Cisco in a national connected schools project.

Japan

• Kinki Labour Bank (Kinki Rokin) adopted Cisco network infrastructure in its new headquarters office building in Japan.
• Yahoo! Japan adopted the Cisco Nexus^TM 7000 Series as the core switch for its new data center in response to increased consumer demand for Yahoo! Japan services.

Acquisitions and Investments:

• Cisco announced intent to acquire Pure Digital Technologies, creators of the best selling of Flip Video^TM brand.
• Cisco completed acquisition of Richards-Zeta Building Intelligence, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent middleware technology to enable integration of building infrastructure and information technology (IT) applications over IP networks.
• Cisco announced intent to acquire Tidal Software to advance Cisco's data center strategy by enhancing product and service delivery offerings.
• Almaz Capital/Cisco Russia Fund I announced first investments in digital communities, social networking, and virtualization and automation Software.

Significant Partner Announcements from Q3 FY09:

• Cisco builds Open Partner Ecosystem to accelerate industry transition to unified computing.
• Westcon Group signed global distribution agreement with Cisco.
• Accenture and Cisco expand strategic alliance to form innovative group to help companies increase business agility.
• Cisco and Tata Consultancy Services announced the forging of a strategic alliance agreement.
• Fujitsu and Cisco expanded strategic alliance for unified communications in Japan.

Complete Conference Call Details:

Date: May 6, 2009

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 Q3 FY 2009 conference call is scheduled to be available beginning at 4:30 PM (PT) on May 6, 2009 through 4:30 PM (PT) on May 13, 2009. The replay will be accessible by calling 866 357-4205 (international callers: 203 369-0122). The call runs 24 hours per day, including weekends.

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

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