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Morgan Stanley and Cisco to Host Conference Call on Cisco's SDN Strategy

SAN JOSE, Calif, --- May 23, 2012 --- Cisco will host a
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May 23, 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif, --- May 23, 2012 --- Cisco will host a conference call with Morgan Stanley to discuss Cisco's views on SDN.  David Ward, Cisco Vice President, Service Provider Chief Architect, and Chief Technology Officer, and Shashi Kiran, Senior Director, Market Management, Data Center/Virtualization and Enterprise Switching at Cisco, will discuss the company's vision, strategy, and perspective on SDN.

This event will be webcast.  Interested parties can view this event on Cisco's Investor Relations website at investor.cisco.com.

No previously unannounced issues will be discussed in this webcast.

Date:               Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Time:              8:00 am PT / 11:00 pm ET

Speaker:          David Ward, Vice President, Service Provider Chief Architect, CTO

Shashi Kiran, Senior Director, Market Management, Data Center/Virtualization and Enterprise Switching Group

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