SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced the appointment of Neal Oristano as vice president, global service provider market segment sales. Oristano joins Cisco from Juniper Networks where he was senior vice president of Americas service provider sales for the past seven years. Cisco today also announced the appointment of vice president Jim Labovites, who also joins the company from Juniper Networks, where he also held a leadership position in the service provider sales organization.

"We're thrilled to have added some of the service provider industry's top sales talent to continue to drive our success in this market," said Cisco Executive Vice President Worldwide Operations Rob Lloyd. "Today's appointments reaffirm how compelling and differentiated our service provider strategy and product innovation is, both to the customers with whom we partner every day, and to the best talent in the industry."

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