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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