Cisco to Host Live TV Broadcast on Storage Networking Innovation and Unified Fabrics

    Cisco to Host Live TV Broadcast on Storage Networking Innovation and Unified Fabrics

SAN JOSE, CA, Sep 25, 2009 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) will host a live Internet TV broadcast and Q&A session to discuss its vision for Data Center 3.0 and how the company's core technologies and new solutions are mapping to its overall corporate business strategy. As IT organizations strive to cope with rising power requirements, consolidation and mobility issues, Cisco continues to innovate in core technologies such as storage networking and to deliver new solutions such as unified fabrics to help IT organizations solve pressing data center challenges.

--  Rajiv Ramaswami, vice president and general manager of the Data Center
Switching Technology Group, will discuss how storage networking technology
is evolving, including a glimpse at Cisco's future technology for storage
networking innovation.

--  Ed Chapman, vice president of product management, Server Access and
Virtualization Group, Cisco, will discuss how IT organizations are evolving
their data centers with new protocols such as Fibre Channel over Ethernet
(FCoE) to reduce operating costs and simplify management. The presentation
will include a glimpse at new technology being developed for unifying SAN
and LAN networks in the data center.

--  Cisco will be joined by special guest Derek Masseth, Senior Director
for Infrastructure Services at the University of Arizona, who will describe
how the university recently united its data center networks using Fibre
Channel over Ethernet to create a unified fabric. Masseth will explain the
reasons for choosing this technology and the upgrade process, as well as
benefits and cost reductions achieved.

When: Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 10:00-11:00 a.m. PDT
Where: The broadcast can be accessed at the URL below. No registration required. Go to the URL at 10:00 a.m. PDT and select "Play" to launch the live presentation.
http://tools.cisco.com/cmn/jsp/index.jsp?id=90342
Technical Assistance: Attendees who experience difficulties connecting can contact support at (866) 614-0208 or (617) 778-9652. Phone support is available 30 minutes prior to and after the event, as well as during the videocast. Attendees may also submit an Online Support Request to CiscoTV_help@external.cisco.com or ciscotv_help@btci.com if necessary.
Interviews: To schedule press interviews after the broadcast, please e-mail Lee Davis at leedavis@cisco.com, or dial (650) 868-3036.
To schedule analyst interviews after the broadcast, please contact Amal Nichols at amnichol@cisco.com.

CIGNA Corporation Announces Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Release Date

  

CIGNA Corporation Announces Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Release Date

PHILADELPHIA, September 25, 2009 - CIGNA Corporation (NYSE:CI) will release its third quarter 2009 financial results on Thursday, November 5, 2009. Third quarter 2009 financial results will be released no later than 6:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET). Management will review these results and the full year outlook for 2009 on a conference call beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET that same morning. The call-in numbers for the conference call are as follows:

Live Call
(800) 218-2154 (Domestic)
(913) 312-0856 (International)

Replay
(888) 203-1112 (Domestic Replay)
(719) 457-0820 (International Replay)
Passcode: 2444699

It is strongly suggested you call by 8:15 a.m. ET on November 5^th. The operator will periodically provide instructions regarding the call. A replay of the call will be available from 12:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, November 5^th until 11:59 p.m. ET on Thursday, November 19^th. Additionally, the conference call will be available on a live Internet web cast at http://www.cigna.com under Investors, Event Calendar section or at http://www.fulldisclosure.com. Please note that this feature will be in listen-only mode.
Anyone listening to the CIGNA call and/or web cast is encouraged to read CIGNA's 2008 Annual Report to Shareholders, 2008 Form 10-K and other reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Cautionary Statement and discussion of risk factors and on CIGNA's historical results of operations and financial condition.

A copy of the company's news release and statistical supplement will be available online at http://www.cigna.com under Investors, Most Recent Disclosures section, by no later than 6:30 a.m. ET on November 5^th.

To ensure fair dissemination of information, no inquiries regarding CIGNA's results should be made to the Investor Relations Department until after the conference call on November 5, 2009.
CIGNA expects to release its fourth quarter 2009 financial results on Thursday, February 4, 2010.

Simon Property Group Schedules Third Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call

    Simon Property Group Schedules Third Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG) announced today that financial and operational results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, will be released before the market opens on October 30, 2009. The Company will host its quarterly earnings conference call and an audio webcast on October 30th at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
The live webcast will be available in listen-only mode at www.simon.com (Investors tab), www.earnings.com and www.streetevents.com. If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, an audio replay will be available beginning at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 30, 2009, and will be available until 5:00 p.m., November 13, 2009, by dialing 1-888-286-8010 and entering the passcode "98368882." The call will also be archived on www.simon.com, www.earnings.com and www.streetevents.com for approximately 90 days.