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We are pleased to report the 33rd consecutive quarter of revenue and earnings growth. We are especially pleased with the balanced growth rate across almost all countries in both Europe and the Americas.

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There is no more important economic policy issue today than helping our nation remain the global innovation leader. To do this, our leadership must focus on an aggressive agenda to support math and science education, patent litigation reform, healthcare information technology, and research and development. We thank President Bush for his leadership and urge all members of Congress to address these issues in a comprehensive fashion to get the job done.

We remain confident about the market opportunity ahead of us over the next three to five years.

What this industry is about is back to the basics in the new Internet economy; and the basics are profitability, cash flow, productivity and market-share gains,

We're pleased with the solid revenue and earnings per share results Cisco delivered during its second quarter, but also especially pleased with our strong order momentum. This proves our strategy is working in terms of the convergence of voice, video and data along with our balanced approach to our customer segments, core and advanced technologies, business and technology architecture and key geographic theaters.

This proves our strategy is working in terms of the convergence of voice, video and data.

We won't change at all, ... We feel consolidation will continue. We're seeing more and more movement to fewer networking vendors.

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Similar to all of you, we would like to see higher growth,

Momentum is a little fragile, and when people got excited before, they were disappointed, ... But this is the most positive guidance we've given in eight quarters, going into a seasonally challenging quarter.

One of the cornerstones of what I believe will be the future is wave after wave of applications,

If this market transition truly evolves the way that I think it's most likely to, the worst decision you could make is not to move.

I believe we are in at least a two-quarter slowdown.

But it's possible the orbits of the asteroids today show some memory of having had a planet in the asteroid belt.

China will become the IT (information technology) center of the world. We believe in giving something back and truly becoming a Chinese company.

From an operational perspective, this quarter was a home run,

For those that have fixed exchange-rate regimes, you will need a greater amount of foreign reserves. That's the case in Belize, it's the case in the Eastern Caribbean zone and it's also the case in Barbados. In those cases, the level of reserve coverage is one of credit weakness. Where you have a bit more flexibility in the exchange rate ? for instance, Jamaica ? you would require a smaller amount of international reserves.

Given the uncertainty going into the Y2K quarter, we are very pleased with our quarterly results,

Globally, business and government leaders are beginning to dramatically transform their traditional business models into Internet economy business models, ... Customers are increasingly seeking Cisco's expertise to help them through this transformation.

If it's set up in such a way that it breaks the conditionality required by the (International Monetary Fund), I think that would be a step backward,

There is a good chance India may become our largest total sales market in the whole of Asia.

Within the Nasdaq as an example, I do believe that out of the top 100 companies ... half of them will not be around five years from now,

We're profitable and have the potential to be very profitable, ... We generate cash from operations of over $1 billion per quarter. We have $19 billion in cash and equivalents in an industry that is in debt. We've gained more market share than we've ever gained in this last quarter. We've got the customer loyalty and strategy for where the industry's going, which is combining networks for service providers and enterprises. So I'm very optimistic about our future if we execute right.

What we want to watch is whether this is a short-term bump or not,

I would say this for Montserrat ? one of its credit weaknesses is that it's in a zone that depends greatly on external savings.

I would summarize the quarter as a solid quarter from a revenue and earnings per share perspective and a strong quarter from an orders perspective.

I would summarize the quarter as a solid quarter,

It is becoming increasingly clear that the global economy is improving, ... As customers feel more confident to invest, we believe that we are well positioned to provide compelling value as a strategic business adviser and technology partner.

recovery continues to gain momentum on a global basis.

Our line of business structure has served us very well in the past, when customer segments and product requirements were very distinct. Today, the differences have blurred between these customer segments and Cisco is in a unique position to provide the industry's broadest family of products united under a consistent architecture designed to help our customers improve productivity and profitability.

Let me remind everyone in this room that we are not changing guidance,

While we remain cautious about the implications of a brief pause in the current 10-year expansion of the U.S. economy, we believe that Cisco has never been better positioned to help our customers solve their two most important business issues: Increasing productivity and creating new sources of revenue.

While evaluating his future professional opportunities, Gary has chosen to spend some time with his family,

You are looking at an economy that most CEOs are going to believe will be a good economy for 2006. Most CEOs are saying they are going to spend both on hiring of people and on technology.

We're working toward the ability for all Cisco devices to work together and communicate with each other to stop attacks. The idea is that one device can warn another device of a threat.

Visibility remains limited, and this should come as no surprise, given that our customers' visibility is limited,

We're taking these steps because of the continuing slowdown in the U.S. economy and initial signs of a slowdown expanding to other parts of the world,

To be sure, real differences of opinion existed between the groups. Compared to pro-life participants, pro-choice participants had more favorable personal attitudes toward the pro-choice issues and less favorable attitudes toward the pro-life issues, and vice versa.

We are continuing to see a number of signs that could be interpreted with the appropriate caveats as optimistic,

We are making these changes at a time when we are beginning to see signs that our business is stabilizing,

We want to be the most predictable, boring growth company,

We obviously are getting to be one of the largest players in the industry, so it's hard to grow faster than that number, ... But we're very, very pleased with the last quarter results of 53 percent year-over-year. That's on the upside, so I wouldn't get too optimistic when it goes above 50 percent, just like we encouraged people two years ago, when it went below 30 percent growth for us, not to get too pessimistic.

When completed the new facility will have the capacity to accommodate approximately 3,000 staff,

We also now believe that this slowdown in capital spending could extend beyond two quarters,

We believe our growth rate indicates that Cisco continues to gain market share against our traditional competitors in most product sectors,

We always try to look three to five years out in the decisions we make and there's no question that the Cisco brand, our opportunity in the commercial market and the evolution of our leaders are going to take us to the next level.

We must ... balance the fact that innovation inside the network is just as important as innovation in services and devices connected to the Internet. Broadband Internet access service providers should remain free to engage in pro-competitive network management techniques to alleviate congestion, ameliorate capacity constraints, and enable new services.

When the economy does pick up, ... so will ... spending.

We will invest 1.1 billion dollars in India, of which 150 million dollars would be for providing leasing and financial solutions to the company's customers and partners,

We see no major changes in that model for the next several years. In fact, we are more optimistic about Cisco's position and opportunities in both the enterprise and service provider markets than at any point in the last several years.

We see no major changes in that model for the next several years, ... In fact, we are more optimistic about Cisco's position and opportunities in both the enterprise and service provider markets than at any point in the last several years.

We see no indications in the marketplace that the radical Internet business transformation in practices like customer service, supply-chain management, employee training, empowerment, and e-commerce that is taking place around the world today is slowing -- in fact, we believe it is accelerating globally,

We're talking about changing every aspect of our lives,

While there were a number of highlights, it was probably the U.S. that topped the highlight list with strong order growth of approximately 20 percent year over year. This is better order growth than we've experienced in the last six quarters in the U.S..

While there's always room for improvement, ... we were very pleased with our results in what is a seasonally-challenging quarter.

What options expensing will determine is job creation and job loss, ... This is why we are debating it so strongly and I'm proud to champion it.

Through the wisdom of its government leaders and the entrepreneurship of its private sector, India has rapidly risen to become a major force in the global economy, ... Cisco believes that the Internet, and related technologies, will be a key enabler for India to achieve its goal of becoming a developed nation.

What's happening is that the two groups assume that the nature of the debate is really a matter of disagreement about their own sides' core issues. Each side is assuming that people in the other group oppose what they hold most dear to themselves - what's most important to their side - but in fact their adversaries really don't oppose them.

We saw strength across our core switching and routing businesses, as well as traction in our advanced technologies. The service provider and public sector segments, in particular, continue to be solid markets for our products,

Video is emerging as the key strategic application in the service provider triple play bundle of consumer entertainment, communication and online services.

We are very happy to be reporting that our pro-forma earnings passed the $1 billion mark for the first time.

Everybody understands the market in this area is consolidating,

Assume employees are going across a lot of networks. So you have to build in security from the home to any number of networks.

Education and the Internet must go hand in hand, ... It will serve as one of the great equalizers.

There's room for another planet between Mars and Jupiter. Given that planets formed everywhere else, why couldn't another planet have formed there?

I've never heard of him. I don't know anything about the speaker so there's nothing that makes me want to get up early and go to it. I might catch it on TV.

Q1 was a solid quarter for Cisco, with balanced execution across most of our geographies, market segments and product categories,

Speed is of the essence in responding to a crisis situation, and our focus is squarely on mobilizing resources to help in the relief and rebuilding efforts, while also helping customers and employees recover.

Companies such as Echelon are poised to help drive this change with Cisco and extend the power of the Internet from business to the home.

As Indian companies strive to be globally competitive, they have realized the importance of investing in information technology and networking to adapt quickly to rapidly shifting market transitions,

Although we can't predict the future, our orders for the first weeks of this quarter are in line with the expectations we discussed in our fourth quarter earnings call.

This presents more of a challenge, given our current size and market leadership,

This marks the eighth consecutive quarter of year-over-year top-line growth for Cisco.

It partly depends on the currency regimes in place in the country.

It will change the way we work, live, play and learn,

This is indicative of how quickly CEO caution can put the foot on the brake,

On behalf of the employees of Cisco, we send our deepest sympathy and condolences to all of those affected by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, ... This has been a crushing blow to the residents of the Gulf Coast and we stand by them, ready to help.

It's not about size, it's about your ability to make a difference. At that small size, collaboration is all the more important.

The Internet economy continues to create unprecedented growth opportunities for people, companies and countries on a global basis.

India has the potential to be our biggest market in Asia, bigger than China, in as much as two to five years.

India has rapidly risen to become a major force in the global economy.

India has been and continues to be a strategic market for Cisco both in terms of business opportunities and as a base for outstanding engineering talent,

If you can't retain the people after an acquisition, it's not worth it.

In the next two to three years there will probably be only three to five players in this area. The chances to gain or lose market share are exciting.

If you want to understand what drives Cisco, look at our approach to customers. The manner in which we serve our customers defines our company values and demonstrates our priorities. Cisco is proud to be honored with this important certification that recognizes the foundation of our culture -- the importance that we place on ensuring our customers are successful with Cisco technology.

Cisco will be well placed to continue building our presence in India as a critical part of our research and development efforts and as domestic market for networking products and solutions continues to expand,

Cisco Systems Capital will be investing in companies working on networking technology,

Cisco's collaboration with AT&T and GI will result in a New World network that will fundamentally change the way communications services are delivered to the consumer market,

Cisco believes that the Internet, and related technologies, will be a key enabler for India to achieve its goal of becoming a developed nation,

Changes that used to occur over quarters are literally occurring over months.

By combining broadband Internet, phone and video services over a single cable line, we are taking a major step towards implementing future integrated data, voice and video telecommunications on a mass market scale.

By providing the systems that make the Internet work, Cisco is playing a major role in helping customers thrive in the explosive Internet economy. As a result, we are growing faster than all of our key competitors and have been the fastest growing and most profitable company in the history of the computer industry.

For the first time in a very long time, I believe the external factors are slowly starting to be more positive, ... This is still a minority view, held by a minority of our customers, but we've seen early indications that the recovery could be gaining momentum.

You can't fault government for seizing that opportunity. But it has an impact on Barbados' current account deficit and it does bring with it attended risks. And, therefore, you have to ask whether or not the tourism business that is going to be generated from the publicity around the cricket matches will be sustained after the cricket matches are over.

The industry growth is there, and it's there probably for the next decade. So how well we execute will determine what role we play.

The first three-and-a-half months of calendar year 2001 have been extremely challenging for many of us in high-tech.

The first four months of 2001 were extremely challenging, ... This may be the fastest deceleration any company of our size has ever experienced.

The market's going to move with tremendous speed. If there is such a thing as a killer app, video is it.

The Internet revolution will determine which companies survive and which get left behind, ... Increasingly, the Internet is recognized as the key driver in our global economy.