Cisco and the Red Cross Launch Global Volunteer Initiative

To help prepare their communities for, and respond to, natural and other disasters when and where they strike, the American Red Cross and Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced the creation of the largest corporate volunteer program in the history of the Red Cross. In an initiative called "Cisco's Ready," modeled after the Red Cross' "Ready When the Time Comes" training program for corporate personnel, Cisco employees around the world are undertaking emergency response training provided by the Red Cross.