Cisco chief to visit India from Jan. 15

By Our Special Correspondent

BANGALORE, DEC. 23. Mr. John T.Chambers, President and CEO of Cisco Systems Inc., will visit India for the first time from January 15 to 17. India will be the first stop in his Asia tour in the new year.

Cisco is considered to be the world leader in networking for the Internet, and has business ties with several Bangalore-based IT corporates. Mr. Chambers led Cisco from $ 1.2 billion in annual revenues in 1995 to $ 26.1 billion in fiscal year 2001. It is one of the fastest growing companies and has achieved a market capitalisation of $ 500 million. In India and the Asia-Pacific region as well, Cisco has been growing at a rapid rate along with the growth of the Internet in the region.

Mr. Manoj Chugh, President, India & SAARC, Cisco Systems, said: "The fact that Mr. Chambers has chosen to begin his Asia tour with India demonstrates the importance of this market to the company. India is Cisco's second fastest growing market in the world."

Mr. Chambers is expected to meet top government and business leaders and share with them Cisco's perspectives on the Internet revolution and how India and companies in India can leverage the Net to become a global force. He will share with them how the Internet is becoming "the Network of Networks", and how internet Protocol (IP) is becoming the medium through which all communications, including data, voice and video, will flow.

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