Lancope Appoints Retail Technology Veteran Paul Butka to Advisory Board

ATLANTA, Nov. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Lancope, Inc., the leader in NetFlow™ collection and analysis and the provider of the StealthWatch® System for flow-based network performance and security monitoring, today announced the appointment of well-known retail technology veteran Paul Butka, proprietor of the retail information management and consulting firm PB Retail Advisors, LLC, to its advisory board.

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A 35-year veteran of The TJX Companies, Inc., where he served most recently as CIO and Executive Vice President, Global Application Development, Butka now owns and operates the retail information management and consulting firm, PB Retail Advisors, LLC. During his tenure, TJX grew to more than $20B in annual revenue and became a global Fortune 200 company.  Butka is also a long-time member of the National Retail Federation (NRF) CIO Council, an invitation-only committee consisting of the most prominent CIOs in retail who come together to share ideas and provide technology guidance to the NRF.  Recently the NRF named him CIO Council Emeritus.

"With the retail industry being such a strong focus for Lancope, we are elated to welcome to our advisory board an industry luminary, who has strategically and operationally managed all aspects of retail technology for close to 40 years," said Mike Potts, president and CEO of Lancope. "We are confident that Paul's in-depth technology knowledge will be of great benefit in helping us better anticipate the needs of our retail customers in addition to our other global 500+ customers representing 13 distinct vertical markets."

"As the only unified platform for obtaining greater visibility for network performance and security operations, StealthWatch by Lancope is truly a unique offering," said Butka. "I am honored to be involved with an organization that is taking such a cutting-edge approach to provide comprehensive network monitoring across physical and virtual environments as global companies combat today's toughest security and network issues."

In addition to his corporate success, Butka is also very active in his community. He is now serving his second elected term on his district's regional school board and was recently named Humanitarian of the Year by the Cardinal Cushing Centers, Inc., a non-profit organization in his resident state of Massachusetts that cares for challenged children and adults.

Alongside his new advisory board role with Lancope, Butka serves as a retail industry advisor to technology companies Fujitsu and ArcaTech Systems. "I greatly look forward to leveraging my experience to help Lancope's clients address their most challenging technology issues," he added.

Information on additional members of the Lancope Advisory Board can be found at: http://www.lancope.com/about/advisory.aspx.

About Lancope

Lancope®, Inc. is the leader in NetFlow collection and analysis and the provider of the StealthWatch® System for flow-based network performance and security monitoring. Delivering unified visibility across physical and virtual networks, StealthWatch eliminates network blind spots and reduces total network and security management costs. Both OPSEC and Common Criteria-certified, StealthWatch monitors the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities worldwide. Lancope also partners with fellow best-of-breed solution providers through its Technology Alliance Program, which includes Cisco Systems, Brocade, Blue Coat, VMware, 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 www.lancope.com.

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