1. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential 1 US&C FE Cisco Next Generation Wireless Launch Chris Kozup, Manager, Mobility Solutions Marketing Internal Launch Date: August 8 th, 2007 External Launch Date: September 4 th, 2007

2. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential 2 US&C FE Delivering Rich Business Experiences Securely Anytime, Anywhere Across Any Network Cisco Business Mobility Solutions InsightAwarenessCollaboration Secure IP Network Intelligent Services Applications Cisco Next Generation Wireless 802.11n and Indoor Wireless Mesh MigrationHigh Availability Unified Guest

3. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential 3 US&C FE Cisco Next Generation Wireless Launch Next Generation Wireless Extensible Architecture Industry leading 802.11n 1250 Series Access Point Indoor Wireless Mesh Use existing APs and Controllers Standalone Access Point Monitoring & Migration Unified Wired and Wireless Guest Access High Availability for Remote Locations Voice Ready Wireless Intelligence Cisco Unified Wireless Network Software Release 4.2 Flexibility and Efficiency Cisco Secure Services Client 5.0 “2 Click Connect” for Wired and Wireless

4. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential 4 US&C FE 802.11n Technical Overview  Cisco Next Generation 802.11n 2x increase in reliability 5x increase in throughput  300 Mbps per radio  Backwards compatible with existing 802.11abg clients  Operates in 2.4GHz and 5GHz  MIMO technology decreases the effects of interference Throughput ReliabilityPredictability 11n 11g 11n 11g SAMPLE

5. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential 5 US&C FE Cisco 802.11n Architectural Advantage  Expect a gradual migration to 802.11n Architectural flexibility Backwards compatibility with ABG Tested interoperability with Intel  New modular Aironet 1250 access point Wi-Fi Certified 802.11n draft 2.0 standard Future RF technologies 10/100/1000 Ethernet  Unified Wireless Network – 11n Ready Flexible architecture – n+1 scalability (scale as you grow) No redesign required Deployment Size WLAN Controller

6. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential 6 US&C FE Cisco Indoor Mesh Applications Extend wireless coverage Extend wired and wireless coverage (e.g. trailer) Extend wired coverage (workgroup) Extend wired coverage (single client) Regular Wireless (non-Mesh)  Mix of non-Mesh and Mesh APs  Single hop extension of wired network  Point-to-Point and Point-to-MultiPoint configurations  Mix of wireless and wired clients

7. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential 7 US&C FE Market Opportunity for Next Gen Wireless  Key Industry Segments Education, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Retail  802.11n Deployment Scenarios Challenging RF environments Bandwidth intensive applications Heterogeneous mix of devices Voice & video ready wireless  Indoor Wireless Mesh Scenarios Hard-to-wire locations Maintaining Aesthetics

8. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential 8 US&C FE Consistent mobility applications deployed across wired and wireless Enterprise Benefits Summary Next Generation Wireless delivers performance approaching wired 802.11n delivers 5x throughput for bandwidth intensive applications Greater reliability and predictability for challenging RF and latency sensitive applications 1 2 3 4 5 Extends network reach into hard-to- wire locations

9. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential 9 US&C FE Key Take-Aways Next Generation Wireless approaches the performance of wired – competitors will position an all wireless office 802.11n and Indoor Wireless Mesh are technology transitions – door is open for competitive incursions Only by proactively selling a unified wired and wireless network can Cisco avoid erosion of existing wired network business 1 2 3  For more information, visit: www.cisco.com/go/wireless www.cisco.com/go/nextgen-wirelesswww.cisco.com/go/nextgen-wireless (August 31st, 2007)

10. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Confidential 10 US&C FE Take Action! Threat of Technology Transition Account teams can counter this threat:  Engage customers proactively around their 11n transition  Lock-in account by selling a WLAN controller  Actively position unified wireless with ALL wired proposals += Technology Transitions Wired/Wireless Parity Competitive Threat  802.11n is a major transition  Many customers will revisit their choice of supplier 11n Performance + Secure Wireless Wired Displacement  Technology transition opens the door for competitors to position the all wireless office  Failure to act will result in erosion of Cisco base!  Alternative suppliers advocate an all wireless office CALL TO ACTION!