Lancope® PRESS RELEASE
Lancope Named Finalist for Red Herring 100
Annual Red Herring 100 to be announced at spring conference
ATLANTA — APRIL 13, 2005 — Red Herring announced today that Lancope, the leading provider of Network Behavior Analysis (NBA) and Response solutions, has been named one of two hundred finalists for the Red Herring 100 Private Companies of North America award program. More than nine hundred nominations were submitted for consideration this year. The Red Herring 100 winners will be unveiled at the Red Herring Spring 2005 conference, May 17-19, 2005 in Monterey, CA.
“Lancope is honored to be selected as a finalist for the top 100 companies for 2005, whose distinguished alumni include Google, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Sun Microsystems and VeriSign,” added Harland LaVigne, Chairman, President and CEO of Lancope. “ This selection is further affirmation by Red Herring’s judging panel of Lancope’s product strategy, leadership and expanding global customer base.”
“There were many strong candidates for the Red Herring 100 list this year, so making it onto the list is quite an achievement,” said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-chief of Red Herring. “In the post-bubble era, North American technology companies have focused on making sure management is strong and that the business model makes sense.”
All finalists will be evaluated to determine the Red Herring 100 that embody innovation, technology, and strategy. The Red Herring editorial team has completed a thorough analysis of business model, competitive advantage, alliances, customers, and technology for each company. Companies selected to the Red Herring 100 award program will present their business model and technology at the Red Herring Spring 2005 conference.
Dedicated to celebrating the most exciting private North American companies, the three-day spring conference will feature keynote speeches, lively dialogue, and company presentations by the CEOs of the Red Herring 100. The awards ceremony will take place during the Welcome Dinner on May 17 th. This intimate event is themed “The Dynamics of Disruptions” and will shine its light on the business of technology, featuring keynotes and roundtable discussions. Red Herring Spring conference is an invitation-only gathering for CEOs, venture capitalists, and select senior executives.
About Lancope
Lancope is the leading provider of NBAD solutions that defeat zero-day worms, internal network misuse and other anomalies that compromise network integrity. Lancope’s StealthWatch integrates security and network management technology to reduce network risks and maximize network availability by rapidly identifying, prioritizing, mitigating and resolving critical threats, whether new or well-known. Both OPSEC and Common Criteria-certified, StealthWatch was named InfoWorld’s 2005 Technology of the Year and finalist for Network Computing Magazine’s 2004 Well Connected Awards. Additionally, it has received outstanding reviews from InfoWorld, eWeek and CRN magazines. Defending the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities, Lancope’s StealthWatch protects over 150 enterprise customers and 15 million hosts worldwide. 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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