Lancope® PRESS RELEASE

Lancope Solidifies NBA Global Market Leadership and Achieves Rapid Growth in 2006

2006 Marked by Record Sales, New Customers, Strategic Partnerships and Industry Validation

Atlanta, January 29, 2007— Lancope, Inc., the provider of StealthWatch, the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) and response system, today announced that it closed 2006 with continued record growth and momentum, increasing sales by over 100 percent.  2006 was marked by more than 60 new enterprise customers, who selected StealthWatch to optimize both their security and network operations.  In addition to widespread adoption of StealthWatch by the Federal Government, Lancope also achieved rapid success in foreign markets through continued expansion overseas. 

Lancope’s 2006 milestones and highlights include:

  • 100+% sales growth marked by record numbers of high six-figure deals
  • 98% maintenance renewal rate indicative of Lancope’s unrelenting commitment to customer satisfaction and quality products
  • Protected over 30 million hosts worldwide and over 260 enterprise customers, more than all direct competitors combined
  • Expanded internationally into 25 countries in EMEA and Asia by training and leveraging 25 new resellers overseas
  • Launched StealthWatch System 5.5 and StealthWatch IDentity-1000, the first solution to tie network traffic and host behavior directly to user identity
  • Strategic partnerships with Cisco Systems, Lockdown Networks, A10 Networks and Enira Technologies (now ArcSight)
  • Gartner, Inc. identified Lancope as a must have for “every pure NBA shortlist”
  • Yankee Group recognized Lancope as best of breed NBA vendor

“2006 was a watershed year for the NBA market in terms of momentum, validation from industry analysts and wide-spread deployment among end-user organizations.  For Lancope 2006 represented record earnings, substantial customer wins and continued market leadership,” said Harland LaVigne, president and CEO of Lancope.  “Increasingly organizations are turning to StealthWatch for the network visibility and contextual awareness they need to cost-effectively and immediately identify and resolve network incidents.  By anticipating evolving enterprise needs, we are positioned for even greater success in 2007.”

Generating over 100% sales growth during 2006 through a record number of high six-figure deals, Lancope solidified its NBA global market leadership.  In addition, the release of StealthWatch System 5.5, which included multiple enhancements across the product family for optimizing security and network operations, and the StealthWatch IDentity-1000 appliance, the first solution to automatically tie network traffic and host behavior directly to user identity, more than doubled product sales.  Now protecting more than 30 million hosts worldwide, StealthWatch is currently deployed at over 260 enterprise organizations across a variety of industry verticals, including the Financial Services, Manufacturing, Federal Government, Healthcare, Energy and Higher Education. 

During 2006, Lancope announced strategic partnerships with several network and security market leaders.  As a member of the Cisco Technology Developer Program, Lancope’s StealthWatch optimizes network operations for Cisco IOS  NetFlow®-enabled enterprises.  In addition, Lancope partnered with A10 Networks to further integrate network identity management with network performance monitoring and behavior-based anomaly detection.  Lancope also announced a technology partnership with the ENIRA Technologies, now ArcSight, to broaden intelligent network response.  Lancope wrapped up 2006 by partnering with Lockdown Networks to extend StealthWatch interoperability with iNAC to ensure network security policy compliance.  

Throughout the year, Lancope was recognized as the NBA market leader and pioneer.  Having previously named StealthWatch a “veteran NBA product,” Gartner recently stated, “Lancope should be on every pure NBA shortlist” in its MarketScope for Network Behavior Analysis 2H06.  In addition, Yankee Group identified StealthWatch as a “best of breed NBA technology” in its report “NBA Finds its True Calling by Adding Intelligence to Management and Monitoring Tool.”  In addition to driving increased market awareness by participating in 40 different conferences, events and speaking engagements worldwide, StealthWatch also earned the following honors from industry publications, product reviews and certifications: 

    • HotPick by Information Security Magazine
    • “Best of Show” Award at Interop2006
    • SC Magazine’s SC Award 2006 for Network Security
    • Info Security "Hot Company" 2006
    • Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 2 Augmented (EAL2) certified

About Lancope

Lancope is the provider of StealthWatch, the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) and response solution that unifies behavior-based anomaly detection and network optimization capabilities to protect critical information assets and ensure network performance by preventing costly downtime, repair and loss of reputation.  StealthWatch streamlines security and network operations into one process, reduces time and resources, and eliminates the costs and complexity associated with non-integrated point products.  Both OPSEC and Common Criteria-certified, StealthWatch was named Best of Show at Interop2006 and InfoWorld 2005 Technology of the Year. Defending the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities, StealthWatch protects hundreds of enterprise customers, more than all direct competitors combined.  Lancope’s Technology Alliance Partners include Cisco Systems, Foundry Networks, TippingPoint – a division of 3Com, IBM Tivoli, CheckPoint, ArcSight, Lockdown and A10 Networks.  Lancope is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.  For more information, call 888-419-1462 or visit www.lancope.com.

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