Cisco Hosts Industry Discussion on Data Center for Service Providers

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Cisco will host a live, one-hour interactive online broadcast and Q&A session via Cisco WebEx and discuss its strategy for Unified Computing in the data center and service providers’ Internet Protocol Next Generation Networks (IP NGN) platforms.

Who:

* Kelly Ahuja, senior vice president and general manager, service provider routing technology group, Cisco

* Suraj Shetty, vice president of global service provider marketing, Cisco

* Simon Aspinall, senior director of service provider marketing, Cisco

When/Time:

* Tuesday, May 12, 2009

* 8:00 a.m. (PDT) / 11:00 a.m. (EDT) / 4 p.m. (GMT)

Where:

The broadcast can be accessed at the URL below. No registration required.

* 1. Go to the following URL at 8:00 a.m. (PDT): https://cisco.webex.com/cisco/j.php?J=208266305

* 2. Enter the meeting password: Cisco.

* 3. Click “Join Now.”

* 4. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen to join the teleconference.

To schedule a press interview after the broadcast, contact:

* Beth Mayer: bethm@text100.com or call +1.415.593.8442

* Nathalie Zamora: NathalieZ@text100.com or call +1.415.593.8413

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