CENIC Welcomes Cisco Systems as First Corporate Partner

Los Alamitos, California, March 29, 1999: The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) welcomes its first corporate associate, Cisco Systems, a worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. CENIC, formed by California's major research and academic institutions, is providing leadership in advancing the use of communications networks for research and education in California, as part of the national Internet2 initiative.

As a Partner in the CENIC Associates program, Cisco Systems will work with CENIC to develop the most technologically advanced network that will be used by California based researchers and educators. The CENIC Associates program offers every qualified California company the opportunity to collaborate with CENIC in pursuit of this goal.

"As our first CENIC Partner, Cisco is demonstrating its commitment to the academic community, working with California's leading universities to build a high performance network. This will open new avenues in research and teaching," said M. Stuart Lynn, CENIC's chairman and University of California associate vice-president for information resources and communications.

"Cisco is pleased to be the first corporate associate to support CENIC's efforts in advancing Internet development in California research and education facilities," said Stephen Wolff, executive director of advanced Internet initiatives at Cisco Systems. "Cisco is committed to advancing the capabilities of the Internet, through CENIC and other Intenet2 projects that provide the testing ground for advanced Internet research."

About CENIC

CENIC is a not-for-profit corporation formed by the California Institute of Technology, the California State University, Stanford University, the University of California, and the University of Southern California to advance the use of communications technology in research and education at California's universities.

CENIC operates CalREN-2 for qualified public and private sector institutions for research and learning purposes. CalREN-2 is California's segment of the national Internet2 initiative that links over 100 of the nation's leading universities. CalREN-2 is partially funded by the National Science Foundation.

More information is available at the following web sites:
http://www.cenic.org
http://www.cisco.com