Bangkok--9 Aug--PC & Associates Consulting
BLUE COAT SELECTED AS A STRONG PERFORMER AND FASTEST GROWING WAN OPTIMIZATION COMPANY IN NEW WAN OPTIMIZATION APPLIANCES REPORT BY LEADING INDEPENDENT RESEARCH FIRM
“Blue Coat Delivers One of the Most Sophisticated Caching Engines Available, as well as Top-Notch Security, Management, Auditing, and Logging”
Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), a leader in secure content and application delivery, today announced that it has been selected as a strong performer and the fastest growing WAN optimization company in the market in the June 2007 Forrester Wave report, WAN Optimization Appliances, Q3 2007. According to the report, “Blue Coat delivers one of the most sophisticated caching engines available, as well as top-notch security, management, auditing, and logging.”
"Achieving a position as a strong performer in the Forrester Wave report, WAN Optimization Appliances, Q3 2007 is recognition of the benefits of Blue Coat’s platform that delivers WAN acceleration as well as increased security and control for distributed enterprises. Blue Coat? ProxySG? appliances enable sophisticated policies based on a wide range of attribute to provide enterprises with unmatched visibility, flexibility, and control,” said Bethany Mayer, senior vice president, Worldwide Marketing for Blue Coat Systems.
Robert Whiteley, senior analyst at Forrester Research writes, “Blue Coat capitalizes on its original heritage as CacheFlow, but it brings a unique security spin with its proxy-based architecture.” The report continues, “In addition to a full suite of WAN optimization features, Blue Coat adds a forward proxy to patrol Internet connections, content filtering, and APIs that further integrate anti-malware and data leak protection. Additionally, Blue Coat has the most mature support for SSL decryption to accelerate secure traffic.”
About Blue Coat Systems
Blue Coat secures Web communications and accelerates business applications across the distributed enterprise. Blue Coat’s family of appliances and client-based solutions — deployed in branch offices, Internet gateways, end points, and data centers — provide intelligent points of policy-based control enabling IT organizations to optimize security and accelerate performance between users and applications. Blue Coat has installed more than 30,000 appliances worldwide and is ranked #1 by IDC in the Secure Content and Application Delivery market. Blue Coat is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and can be reached at (408) 220-2200 or www.bluecoat.com.
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