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To: Valentino who wrote (12175)12/12/1997 2:05:00 PM
From: Valentino  Respond to of 45548
 
Greenberg's comments on CSCO
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HEAD'S UP

This is probably nothing, but even so: The other day San Jose's Cisco Systems filed its quarterly report with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and it showed a 63 percent surge in finished goods inventories in the first
fiscal quarter that ended in October. Rising inventories can be a sign of trouble if the reason behind them is
falling sales.

But Cisco Chief Financial Officer Larry Carter said inventories are rising because the company's product mix is
shifting away from build-to-order goods and toward off-the-shelf products that need to be there when the
customer wants them.

So, it's not an indication of a slowdown in sales? Carter: ''No.''