Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway Solution Receives 2011 Global Product Differentiation Excellence Award from Frost & Sullivan

DUBAI, UAE, March 02, 2011 (Press-News.org) Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), a leading provider of Web security and WAN optimization solutions, today announced that research firm Frost & Sullivan has awarded the Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution its 2011 Global Product Differentiation Excellence Award in content filtering. Benchmarked across product and execution criteria, Blue Coat ranked higher than its top two competitors in four of the five categories and tied in the remaining one.

In selecting the Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution, Frost & Sullivan examined the top three competitors in the market and ranked them on unique features and functionality, quality and complexity, customization, brand perception of the uniqueness of the product and matching product to market needs. In features and functionality and matching product to market needs, Blue Coat scored a nine out of 10, above other competitors.

"Against the backdrop of a dynamic threat landscape, enterprises are searching for the best protection and greatest flexibility when implementing content security solutions," said Martha Vazquez, analyst at Frost & Sullivan. "Through our research and ranking process, we recognize that the Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution delivers excellence in the industry and is the best practice for content security."

According to the research conducted by Frost & Sullivan for the Award, "Blue Coat's hybrid design is unique and adds value to its customers by detecting two times Web threats over some competitors. It also offers comprehensive Web awareness and protection due to its 70 plus million users within their cloud community."

"The survey conducted by Frost & Sullivan extends beyond just products and features to get at the heart of what customers look for in security solutions," said Nigel Hawthorn, VP EMEA Marketing, Blue Coat Systems. "We are proud to win this award, which validates that the Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution delivers the flexibility, quality and performance organizations require to meet their new Web security challenges."

The Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution combines flexible policy controls with a real-time Web defense. With Blue Coat ProxySG appliances, organizations can granularly manage Web content and applications, including social media applications. For example, an organization could allow access to Facebook but block access to games on Facebook. The appliances are backed by the cloud-based WebPulse service that provides real-time analysis of new and unknown Web content. By uniting more than 70 million users in a community defense, the WebPulse service has comprehensive intelligence about the Web ecosystem that it uses to identify malware and other malicious content.

About Blue Coat Systems
Blue Coat Systems is a leading provider of Web security and WAN optimization solutions. Blue Coat offers solutions that provide the visibility, acceleration and security required to optimize and secure the flow of information to any user, on any network, anywhere. This application intelligence enables enterprises to tightly align network investments with business requirements, speed decision making and secure business applications for long-term competitive advantage. Blue Coat also offers service provider solutions for managed security and WAN optimization, as well as carrier-grade caching solutions to save on bandwidth and enhance the end-user Web experience. For additional information, please visit http://www.bluecoat.com.

Blue Coat, ProxySG, WebPulse and the Blue Coat logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Blue Coat Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

For more information, please contact:

Manal Abi Rafeh
Regional Marketing Manager ME & Turkey
Blue Coat Systems ME
Telephone: +971 4 3911620
Fax: +971 4 3911635
Email: manal.abirafeh@bluecoat.com

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