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John T. Chambers , CEO/Chairman of the Board/Director

www.cisco.com

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The Company designs, manufactures and sells Internet Protocol based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry and provides services associated with these products and their use.

Portfolio Articles

One Billion Laptops
What began as a do-gooder effort in the Third World has quietly become cutthroat competition. Now one firm, Intel, has broken ranks with other behemoths trying to develop technology that is both affordable to buy and build.
Jan 04 2008
Wall of Worry?
Stocks steady despite new subprime fears.
Nov 08 2007
Cisco Can't Catch a Break
It meets expectations of the Street, but shares still plummet.
Nov 07 2007
Napping Your Way to the Top
Even professionals who work 24-7 need their sleep. Can businesses help?

Sep 19 2007
Hello, Ma Google
The worst news ever for cell-phone carriers.
Sep 17 2007

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News Feeds

Morgan Stanley, GM, Tiffany are among big movers AP
Oct 13 2008
Cisco CEO Chambers gets $12.3M 2008 pay package AP
Sep 25 2008
Cisco to buy messaging provider Jabber AP
Sep 19 2008
Cisco seeks to reassure investors on growth target Reuters
Sep 16 2008

Portfolio Blogs

Last Bytes: Cisco, Dipity, Yahoo, more
Oct 08 2008
Not Even Tech Is Safe
Sep 29 2008
Bailout, Psychology, Tech
Sep 29 2008

MSFT: Can't Buy Yahoo? Let's Buyback Stock!
Sep 22 2008
Last Bytes: Yahoo, Cisco, Microsoft, Apple
Sep 19 2008

Press Releases

BlackArrow Secures $20 Million in Additional Funding Oct-06-2008, 10:30AM EDT
Verizon Teams With Cisco to Offer New Productivity-Enhancing Services Using Cisco Collaboration Portfolio Sep-24-2008, 11:08AM EDT
Seven Summits Research Releases Alerts on WFC, CSCO, HD, VLO, and GENZ Sep-23-2008, 09:31AM EDT
Webb Interactive Services, Inc. Reports Agreement for Sale of Jabber, Inc. Sep-19-2008, 01:35PM EDT
Next Inning Technology Updates Outlooks for SanDisk, Intel, Cisco, and Harmonic Sep-18-2008, 09:56AM EDT

News From Around the Web

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Automation Fair to explore manufacturing convergence, sustainable production, and process systems (Vision Systems Design)

Oct 13 2008
This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades (Motley Fool)

Oct 13 2008
Cisco Tabbed as Tech Survivor; Shares Soar (SmartMoney)

Oct 13 2008
Cisco Broadens Its Web 2.0, Communications Portfolio (Information Week)

Oct 13 2008
Cisco to Webcast Piper Jaffray Hosted Conference Call With George (MSN Money)

Oct 13 2008
Cisco Systems announces 129 job cuts (Dallas Business Journal)

Oct 13 2008
Some Countries Prone To Data Loss, Cisco Finds (Information Week)

Oct 13 2008
Cisco's has new view of emerging markets (United Press International)

Oct 13 2008
Cisco Systems stock upgraded, called an 'agile giant' (MarketWatch)

Oct 13 2008
Cisco Won't Buy EMC, Will It? (Information Week)

Oct 13 2008

Blogs

Cisco Lays Off Texas Broadband Telephony Employees (GigaOm)

Oct 13 2008
Woven Systems delivers second-generation of enterprise switches (VentureBeat)

Oct 13 2008
What Are Investors Missing? How About Everything! (CNBC: Tech Check with Jim Goldman)

Oct 10 2008
Last Bytes: Cisco, Dipity, Yahoo, more (Portfolio.com: Tech Observer)

Oct 09 2008
Different Interpretation of Buffalo, CSIRO Patent Appeal (Wi-Fi Networking News)

Oct 09 2008

Employees

Number of Employees: 66,129

Revenue per Employee: $589,778

Top Executives

Wim Elfrink, Executive VP, Divisional/Other Executive Officer

Frank A. Calderoni, CFO/Executive VP

Larry R. Carter, Senior VP/Director/Other Corporate Officer

Mark Chandler, Divisional Senior VP/Secretary/General Counsel

Richard J. Justice, Executive VP, Divisional

Randy Pond, Executive VP, Divisional

Jonathan Chadwick, Controller/Chief Accounting Officer/Senior VP

Susan L. Bostrom, Executive VP/Other Executive Officer

Board of Directors

Carol A. Bartz, Director

Brian L. Halla, Director

Steven M. West, Director

Richard M. Kovacevich, Director

John L. Hennessy, Director

Michael K. Powell, Director

Larry R. Carter, Senior VP/Director/Other Corporate Officer

Mark Chandler, Divisional Senior VP/Secretary/General Counsel

M. Michele Burns, Director

Jerry Yang, Director

Roderick McGeary, Director

Michael D. Capellas, Director

Financials

Quarterly

Annual

Income Statement	08/2008	05/2008	02/2008	11/2007
Sales	3.21 Bil.	3.17 Bil.	3.15 Bil.	3.08 Bil.
Gross Operating Profit	7.15 Bil.	6.62 Bil.	6.68 Bil.	6.48 Bil.
Operating Income before D & A (EBITDA)	3.17 Bil.	2.58 Bil.	2.86 Bil.	2.79 Bil.
Total Income Before Interest Expenses (EBIT)	3.32 Bil.	2.31 Bil.	2.64 Bil.	2.72 Bil.
Total Net Income	2.01 Bil.	1.77 Bil.	2.06 Bil.	2.2 Bil.
Basic EPS, Total	0.34	0.3	0.34	0.36
Diluted EPS, Total	0.33	0.29	0.33	0.35

BALANCE STATEMENT	08/2008	05/2008	02/2008	11/2007
Cash and Equivalents	NA	6.15 Bil.	5.2 Bil.	4.41 Bil.
Total Assets	NA	34.14 Bil.	32.44 Bil.	33.46 Bil.
Total Liabilities	NA	13.36 Bil.	12.19 Bil.	12.22 Bil.
Total Capitalization	NA	39.55 Bil.	39.66 Bil.	40.45 Bil.

Cash Flow	08/2008	05/2008	02/2008	11/2007
Net Cash From Continuing Operations	NA	8.56 Bil.	5.53 Bil.	3.09 Bil.
Net Cash From Investing Activities	NA	-682 Mil.	465 Mil.	-1.26 Bil.
Net Cash From Financing Activities	NA	-5.45 Bil.	-4.52 Bil.	-1.14 Bil.
Net Change in Cash & Cash Equivalents	NA	2.43 Bil.	1.47 Bil.	685 Mil.

Income Statement	2008	2007	2006	2005
Sales	14.56 Bil.	11.58 Bil.	8.84 Bil.	7.35 Bil.
Gross Operating Profit	24.98 Bil.	23.34 Bil.	19.65 Bil.	17.45 Bil.
Operating Income before D & A (EBITDA)	9.44 Bil.	10.12 Bil.	8.38 Bil.	8.45 Bil.
Total Income Before Interest Expenses (EBIT)	10.26 Bil.	9.84 Bil.	7.63 Bil.	8.04 Bil.
Total Net Income	8.05 Bil.	7.33 Bil.	5.58 Bil.	5.74 Bil.
Basic EPS, Total	1.35	1.21	0.91	0.88
Diluted EPS, Total	1.31	1.17	0.89	0.87

BALANCE STATEMENT	2008	2007	2006	2005
Cash and Equivalents	NA	3.73 Bil.	3.3 Bil.	4.74 Bil.
Total Assets	NA	31.57 Bil.	25.68 Bil.	13.03 Bil.
Total Liabilities	NA	13.36 Bil.	11.31 Bil.	9.51 Bil.
Total Capitalization	NA	37.89 Bil.	30.24 Bil.	23.17 Bil.

Cash Flow	2008	2007	2006	2005
Net Cash From Continuing Operations	NA	10.1 Bil.	7.9 Bil.	7.57 Bil.
Net Cash From Investing Activities	NA	-8.34 Bil.	-9.64 Bil.	2.61 Bil.
Net Cash From Financing Activities	NA	-1.33 Bil.	300 Mil.	-9.16 Bil.
Net Change in Cash & Cash Equivalents	NA	431 Mil.	-1.44 Bil.	1.02 Bil.

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