Angela Frechette

Lancope Unveils High-Speed StealthWatch FlowCollector 4000

As one of the fastest flow collectors on the market, the FC 4000 is massively scalable and features extensible storage capabilities ATLANTA and LAS VEGAS (Cisco Live conference), July 12, 2011 – Lancope, Inc., a leader in flow-based security, network and application performance monitoring, has unveiled the StealthWatch® FlowCollector 4000, one of the fastest flow collectors on the market. Highly scalable to meet the needs of any enterprise, the FlowCollector (FC) 4000 increases the maximum monitoring capacity of the StealthWatch System to 3 million flows per second (fps), significantly boosting network visibility, performance and security. "The use of flow data within… READ MORE

Lancope Extends NetFlow-Based Behavioral Analytics to the Perimeter for Greater Contextual Awareness

Extension of internal monitoring capabilities to the perimeter dramatically improves network visibility, performance and security ATLANTA and LAS VEGAS (Cisco Live conference), July 11, 2011 – Lancope, Inc., a leader in flow-based security, network and application performance monitoring, has announced that it will now combine internal and perimeter-based network monitoring for greater contextual awareness. By integrating NetFlow analysis from the internal network with key data from perimeter devices such as firewalls, Lancope will enable customers to achieve dramatically improved visibility, performance and security. Through its new capabilities, Lancope’s StealthWatch® System will now assign Concern Index™ points to IP addresses that… READ MORE

Executive Q&A: Adam Powers, CTO

As CTO of Lancope, Adam Powers is a leading innovator in the development of flow-based network and security monitoring solutions. He possesses over a decade of operational and engineering experience in enterprise IP security technologies, including tenure as a Sergeant with the U.S. Marine Corps.                           Major IT Trends Facing Today’s Enterprises 1.      What are the major IT trends that will affect enterprise network management and security in the future? The following three trends have already begun to make quite an impact on enterprise networks, but I believe their impact will continue to grow over the coming years. IT Consumerization:… READ MORE

Executive Q&A: Chris Smithee, Corporate Systems Engineer

Chris Smithee is a corporate systems engineer at Lancope focused on flow-based detection and analysis of security and network events. He has ten years of experience in the telecom industry with a strong focus in network security and design. Smithee is a lead presenter for Lancope’s NetFlow 101 seminars, and delivers extensive training to customers and partners. How IT Administrators Are Harnessing the Power of NetFlow What are some of the top concerns of the IT administrators you interact with on a daily basis? This varies substantially by market, but one of the things that often comes up is managing the… READ MORE

Executive Q&A: David Scruggs, Director of North American Sales

Bringing over ten years of experience with leading technology companies, David Scruggs is the Director of North American Sales for Lancope. Scruggs is responsible for direct and channel sales management in the United States and Canada. Prior to this role, Scruggs achieved dramatic sales growth as the Major Account Manager in the Southeast, focused exclusively on the Fortune 1000. The Evolution of NetFlow 1.       How has the use of NetFlow evolved over recent years? NetFlow was originally used as a tool for measuring bandwidth consumption so that companies could bill back their subsidiaries for usage. When it was first being… READ MORE