Lancope and Mitsui Announce Exclusive Distribution Agreement



#8211; Lancope, Inc., the provider of StealthWatch, the most widely used Network Behavior Analysis (NBA) and Response solution, today announced an exclusive distribution partnership with Bussan Networks, Ltd., a subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd. for the Japanese market. Upon entering the exclusive relationship, Mitsui will formally introduce in Japan Lancope's8217;s recently announced StealthWatch System version 5.5, including the new StealthWatch IDentity-1000 powered by A10 Networks, the first solution to tie network traffic and host behavior to user identity, which will be generally available in July 2006. Bussan will support the StealthWatch family of appliances and all future Lancope products.

Unifying network optimization and security for flow-based distributed enterprises, StealthWatch provides detailed views of network utilization and anomalies. This cost-effective network visibility combined with end point and user identity intelligence enables network engineers and network planners to easily streamline network optimization and security processes, reduces the time and resources allocated to network optimization and eliminates the cost and complexity associated with non-integrated point solutions. The StealthWatch family, which includes StealthWatch Xe for NetFlow, StealthWatch Xe for sFlow, StealthWatch NC (native flow capture), StealthWatch IDentity-1000 and the StealthWatch Management Console, provides the following functional capabilities:

·User & Application Monitoring
·Traffic Accounting & Engineering
·Network Planning
·Security Analysis
·DoS and Threat Remediation
·Policy Enforcement

With the impending legislation for financial institutions and the enforcement of existing regulatory acts, Japanese businesses today are faced with increasing demands for secure network operations and regulatory compliance. The StealthWatch System is a cost-effective solution that unifies network optimization and behavior-based anomaly detection to ensure network performance and protect critical information assets by preventing costly downtime, repair and loss of reputation. Through the strategic partnership with Lancope, Mitsui will be introducing StealthWatch to meet the demands of the upcoming regulatory compliance era in the Japanese market.

's8220;Mitsui and Bussan Networks bring a tremendous channel to Lancope and give us significant access to the Japanese market,'s8221; said Harland LaVigne, president and CEO of Lancope. 's8220;We are seeing increasing demand from the Japanese market, and Mitsui is a strong distribution partner with significant marketing reach. This partnership demonstrates our firm commitment to expanding our international scope and servicing this fast growing region.'s8221;

About Lancope
Lancope is the provider of StealthWatch, the most widely used Network Behavior Analysis (NBA) and Response solution that unifies and optimizes network operations and behavior-based anomaly detection to ensure network performance and protect critical information assets 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 an InfoWorld 2005 Technology of the Year. Defending the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities, StealthWatch protects over 200 enterprise customers, more than all direct competitors combined. Lancope's8217;s Technology Alliance Partners include Foundry Networks, ArcSight, IBM Tivoli, LURHQ and CheckPoint. Lancope is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, call 888-419-1462 or visit www.lancope.com.

Lancope is a registered trademark and StealthWatch's8482; is a trademark of Lancope, Inc. All other registered or unregistered trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners.

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Jody Ma Kissling
Lancope
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Dana Mark
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Lancope and Mitsui Announce Exclusive Distribution Agreement