Cisco Systems said it plans to acquire Lancope, a privately held, Alpharetta-based network security company for $452.5 million. Lancope was founded by John A. Copeland, who holds the John H. Weitnauer Chair in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). 

Cisco Systems said it plans to acquire Lancope, a privately held, Alpharetta-based network security company for $452.5 million. Lancope was founded by John A. Copeland, who holds the John H. Weitnauer Chair in the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). Copeland is also a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar and director of the Communications Systems Center. 

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