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Blue Coat Identifies New Fake Anti-Virus Attack Driven by Web Advertisements

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. announced that Blue Coat Security Labs has identified a new variant of a fake anti-virus attack that uses Web advertisements to relay users into the Shnakule network, which is currently the largest and most effective Malware Delivery Network on the Internet. The Blue Coat WebPulse service identified the fake anti-virus payloads as malware and automatically blocked them, protecting 75 million customers worldwide.

Blue Coat a Winner at Techworld Awards

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. announced that its Blue Coat MACH5 next generation WAN Optimization appliance was named the Networking Product of the Year at the prestigious Techworld Awards. Winners were announced at the awards ceremony held on June 29th at Dartmouth House, London. The Techworld Awards recognize innovation within the industry and are firmly established as a major infrastructure and networking awards event.

Blue Coat Breaks the Barrier for Public Cloud Optimization

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. introduced its CloudCaching Engine for its Blue Coat MACH5 WAN Optimization appliances and Virtual Appliances to uniquely address the challenges and opportunities of public cloud-based applications. The CloudCaching Engine, an advanced asymmetric acceleration technology, breaks the barrier that has prevented traditional WAN optimization solutions from optimizing most applications based in the public cloud. The CloudCaching Engine enables businesses to more readily adopt cloud infrastructure to achieve operational savings. Through efficient use of the cloud, companies can also meet the increasingly complex challenges of evolving communication and collaboration and enhance business processes for the distributed enterprise.

Blue Coat Adds Support for Trend Micro Anti-Virus Engine on ProxyAV Appliances

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. announced that its Blue Coat ProxyAV family of appliances now supports the Trend Micro anti-virus engine. Blue Coat now supports five leading anti-virus engines on its ProxyAV appliances, giving organizations the flexibility to choose the solution that best addresses their specific requirements and preferences. ProxyAV appliances enable organizations to scan 100 percent of content and work in conjunction with ProxySG appliances to provide comprehensive Web security at a company’s Internet gateway without compromising network performance.

Blue Coat Introduces Industry’s First IPv6

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. announced that its Blue Coat MACH5 WAN Optimization appliance is the industry’s first solution to offer a full range of WAN acceleration and optimization capabilities for IPv4 and IPv6 content and applications, including file access, enterprise applications, live video, on-demand video, cloud services and Web content and applications. Blue Coat MACH5 WAN Optimization appliances can work in a pure IPv4, IPv6 or mixed environment. The appliance is unique in that it can also automatically and transparently solve the inherent incompatibility issue that arises when users, networks, devices, content and applications are mixed between IPv4 and IPv6.

Blue Coat Introduces Cloud Service and Web Security Module to Provide Global Comprehensive Web Protection

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. introduced the Blue Coat Cloud Service, a scalable Internet-delivered service that leverages proven Blue Coat technology and the company’s collaborative WebPulse community of more than 70 million users. The first subscription module for the Blue Coat Cloud Service, the Web Security Module, brings Blue Coat enterprise-class technology to a broader group of organizations and provides comprehensive, real-time Web protection that can be managed and deployed from anywhere in the world to protect users globally.

Blue Coat Introduces Comprehensive Web Security for Broader Range of Businesses

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. introduced the Blue Coat ProxyOne appliance. The ProxyOne appliance brings the same enterprise-class Web security used by 88 percent of the FORTUNE Global 500 to organizations that require a low-touch solution at an affordable price point.

Blue Coat Systems expanded the Blue Coat® ProxyAV™ family of appliances with the Blue Coat Proxy AV1200 appliance that provides inline malware scanning at the Internet gateway.

Blue Coat Enhances Online Knowledge Management System to Provide Timely, Accurate Answers to Support Questions

Blue Coat launched an advanced knowledge management system designed to provide customers with fast and easy access to the information required to realize the full potential of the Blue Coat product line.

Blue Coat Ranked as a Worldwide Market Leader in WAN Optimization

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that a new report from IDC, a leading market research and advisory firm, ranks Blue Coat the leader in worldwide market share for WAN Application Delivery for the first quarter of calendar year 2009. According to the recently issued IDC report, “Worldwide WAN Application Delivery 2008 and 1Q09 Vendor Shares," 1 Blue Coat was the market leader for the first quarter of 2009 and was second in market share for the full calendar year of 2008. For the first quarter of 2009, IDC reports Blue Coat in the number one position with 29.5% market share on $67.4 million in revenue.

Blue Coat Joins Microsoft System Center Alliance and Participates in Microsoft Management Summit

Blue Coat announced that it has joined the Microsoft System Center Alliance to enhance and support Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V), part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, solutions over the Wide Area Network (WAN) to branch offices and over the Internet to remote workers.

Blue Coat Initiates Product Recycling Service to Reduce Landfill Impact of Scrap Product by 90 Percent

Blue Coat Systemsinitiated a product recycling service that encourages customers who have replaced outdated Blue Coat appliances with current models to return those appliances to Blue Coat, at no charge, for component reuse or recycling.

Blue Coat Announces Vision for Optimizing and Securing the Delivery of Business-Enabling Applications

Blue Coat unveiled its vision for the Application Delivery Network, an application-aware infrastructure that provides the visibility, acceleration and security required to optimize and secure the delivery of business-enabling applications across the distributed enterprise.

Blue Coat Introduces Application Performance Dashboard and Ability to Identify Custom Enterprise Applications

Blue Coat announced a new version of Blue Coat IntelligenceCenter software and a new software release for its Blue Coat PacketShaper appliances to extend the application visibility and control inherent in its solutions for Application Delivery Networks (see separate release today from Blue Coat on Application Delivery Networks)

Blue Coat Partners with Lancope to Enhance Analysis by PacketShaper Appliances and Improve End User Experience

Blue Coat Systems announced that Lancope, the provider of the StealthWatch® System, has joined the Blue Coat Technology Integration Partner program to enhance the application intelligence provided by Blue Coat PacketShaper® appliances with behavioral analysis to further improve end user experience.

Blue Coat Rises to Number One in Market Share for WAN Optimization Solutions

Blue Coat Systems announced that it is ranked as the leader of the WAN optimization equipment market according to a new report from Gartner, Inc., the world's leading information technology research and advisory company.