ATLANTA, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Lancope, Inc., the provider of the
StealthWatch(TM) System, the most widely used Network Behavior Analysis
(NBA) and response solution, today announced that Gibraltar Industries
(Nasdaq: ROCK) is using StealthWatch, which leverages Cisco IOS NetFlow(TM)
and sFlow(R), to deliver fast and accurate insight into network activity.
Gibraltar Industries is a leading manufacturer, processor and distributor
of products for the building, industrial and vehicular markets.
With more than 1,500 network users spread across 84 locations,
Gibraltar's IT staff needed a better solution for identifying bandwidth
utilization issues, worm activity, scans from the outside and other network
trouble spots. After a competitive bake-off, Gibraltar selected the
StealthWatch System, which includes the StealthWatch Xe for NetFlow and
sFlow collector appliances and the StealthWatch IDentity-1000 appliance for
tying users to network events -- all centrally managed through the
StealthWatch Management Console. Through StealthWatch's innovative
Point-of-View(TM) feature, each member of the IT staff has a customizable
dashboard view of network activity to meet his/her specific operational and
reporting needs.
"StealthWatch gives us much needed insight into the behavior of our
network without the need to sift through countless logs of data," said Eric
Michael, manager of IS Infrastructure for Gibraltar Industries. "Now we can
quickly determine why our network is slow. Even when the network seems to
be running well, we know that StealthWatch will isolate any abnormal issues
-- like worms or a host infected by a bot -- and notify us immediately."
Prior to StealthWatch, Gibraltar's IT staff had to manually search
through logs and packet captures to find the source of network problems.
For example, the company had been utilizing 80 to 100 percent of its
Internet circuits. After implementing StealthWatch, the staff determined
that more than 30 percent of the company's Internet traffic was streaming
radio. The staff notified each division that streaming radio was against
company policy and was able to pinpoint specific offenders. Now Gibraltar's
typical Internet circuit utilization hovers between 40 to 60 percent.
"Unless you know what is happening on your network -- the actual host
conversations and the details about them -- you cannot even begin to serve
your users," added Michael. "StealthWatch not only provides basic details
about the 'who, what, when and where' of network traffic, but it also
enables us to focus on the all-important 'why' behind many network
problems. Our team's productivity has increased significantly because we
now have time to focus on other projects instead of spending hours manually
diagnosing network-related traffic problems."
"Networking and security increasingly overlap in today's IT
environments, and businesses like Gibraltar Industries need solutions that
optimize both and scale for continued growth," said Harland LaVigne,
president and CEO of Lancope. "StealthWatch continues to deliver proven
enterprise value in helping the Gibraltar team meet IT demand, increase
efficiency, simplify management -- and accomplish it all quickly and
cost-effectively."
About Gibraltar Industries
Gibraltar Industries is a leading manufacturer, processor, and
distributor of products for the building, industrial, and vehicular
markets. The company serves customers in a variety of industries in all 50
states and throughout the world. It has approximately 4,000 employees and
operates 78 facilities in 27 states, Canada, China, England, Germany, and
Poland. Gibraltar's common stock is a component of the S&P SmallCap 600 and
the Russell 2000(R) Index.
About Lancope
Lancope is the provider of the StealthWatch(TM) System, 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 received the 2008 and 2007 Global Excellence Award in NBA and
was named Best of Show at Interop2006. Defending the networks of Global
2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities,
StealthWatch protects hundreds of enterprise customers worldwide, more than
all direct competitors combined. A contributing member of the Trusted
Computing Group, Lancope also partners with fellow best-of-breed solution
providers through its Technology Alliance Program, which includes Cisco
Systems, Foundry Networks, IBM Tivoli, Check Point, TippingPoint, ArcSight
and A10 Networks. Lancope is a privately held, venture-backed company
headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit
http://www.lancope.com .
(C) 2008 Lancope, Inc. All rights reserved. Lancope(R),
StealthWatch(TM) and other trademarks are registered or unregistered
trademarks of Lancope, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their
respective owners. StealthWatch is covered by U.S. Patent Nos. 7,290,283
and 7,185,368 and other U.S. and foreign patents pending.
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CONTACT:
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+1-770-225-6513, jma@lancope.com, or Michelle Schafer, Merritt
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