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About Blue Coat
Blue Coat provides a family of intelligent appliances, along with a suite of powerful software applications, that work together to give IT organizations the ability to effectively control security and performance for all users and applications.
Blue Coat appliances are available in a broad range of configurations and are typically deployed in enterprise branch offices, Internet gateways, end points, and data centers - as well as in global service provider organizations. The appliances provide intelligent points of control to secure Web communications and accelerate delivery of business applications (with MACH5 acceleration technology). Just as important, Blue Coat gives IT organizations visibility and very granular control over security and performance, so that policies can set based on who, what, where, when, and how users and applications communicate with each other.
Blue Coat appliances are powered by SGOS, a lightweight, purpose-built operating system designed to deliver optimum performance and unsurpassed security in terms of both user-application communications and administrative control.
All of this functionality is complemented by powerful management and reporting tools that make it fast and easy to deploy, configure, and administer Blue Coat appliances and technology throughout the distributed enterprise.
Blue Coat Products
Blue Coat ProxySG 8100 Series represent the next generation in high-end proxy appliance platforms. These purpose-built proxy appliances provide total visibility, control and acceleration of Web communications with wire-speed performance.
Blue Coat Reporter provides identity-based reporting on Web communications enabling enterprises to evaluate Web policies and manage network resources more effectively.
The Blue Coat SG810 Series represents the ultimate in a 1U rackmount proxy appliance platform. The 810 series is purpose-built, providing flexible control with wire-speed performance with up to 4GB of memory and 1.2TB of disk capacity. Utilizing a custom, object-based OS with integrated caching for performance, organizations can advise, coach and enforce granular policies down to individual users.
The Blue Coat AV510 Series is a purpose-built solution designed for simple integration with Blue Coat SG810 and SG510 series solutions for medium enterprise or distributed environments providing scalable performance with a choice of antivirus engines.
The RA8100 Series of rack-mountable proxy appliances provides large-sized sites with the power to extend remote access to employees, partners, and customers while delivering on demand endpoint security and information protection features.
The Blue Coat AV810 Series represents the next generation in highend appliance platforms for enterprise Web AV. The AV810 series is a purpose-built appliance designed for scalable, enterprise performance, enterprise manageability, and factory-built integration with the Blue Coat SG
With the same protection and acceleration features found Blue Coat's enterprise-grade SG8100 Series platform, the Blue Coat SG510 offers an affordable rack-mountable appliance solution for small enterprises and branch offices which have direct access to the Internet.
The Blue Coat ProxySG 210 provides an affordable appliance solution for remote offices where direct Internet access requires accelerated performance of business applications and granular control of web communications. At the edge of an organization’s application delivery infrastructure, the ProxySG 210 provides controlled acceleration of business applications across the globally-distributed enterprise.
Blue Coat Industry News
Blue Coat unveils secure Web gateway appliances Blue Coat on Monday unveiled new Web gateway security appliances that the company says achieve higher throughput and scalability compared with its earlier products. The Blue Coat ProxySG 9000 Series appliance, used for Web policy enforcement and detecting and blocking Web threats, supports 1Gbps throughput, an improvement over the 400Mbps in its earlier high-end 8100. The ProxySG 9000 Series, which supports up to 60,000 concurrent users, is design......
[more] Blue Coat looks to streamline WAN optimization rollouts Blue Coat Systems is aiming for instant gratification with a new configuration wizard designed to help IT professionals get their ProxySG appliances up and running quickly. The streamlined setup executes a baseline WAN optimization configuration, including the ability to accelerate remote file access (utilizing CIFS), e-mail and Web-based applications. The wizard enables setup in less than a minute, says Carrie Oakes, vice president of......
[more] Budget cuts impact on security teams: survey Half of all information security departments in the US are now smaller than they were as a result of the downturn, but professionals do not expect the situation to get any worse during the rest of the year. As many as 72% of over 2,500 information security professionals polled for a survey say their budgets were reduced in the past six months due to the economic downturn, but over half said they did not expect any additional cuts for the remainder of......
[more] How Does WAN Optimization Work? WAN optimization controllers (WOCs) can breathe new life into slow wide area network links, relieving congestion, speeding up file transfers and making applications more responsive. But how exactly do vendors like Riverbed Technology, Juniper Networks, Blue Coat Systems and Expand Networks get their devices to work their magic? To answer this question, consider the two fundamental problems that WAN links present: They have limited capacity, so they can beco......
[more] Limiting staff web use delivers big savings CIOs could save themselves a lot of money by limiting recreational use of corporate networks by staff. An international survey of more than 1,000 CIOs in medium to large firms, commissioned by network optimisation firm Blue Coat, showed that 40% of traffic on company networks was non-work-related. Dave Aspery, technology vice-president at Blue Coat, said companies needed to identify the applications that clogged the company pipes. They should then use......
[more] Blue Coat helps Kettering hospital transmit images on WAN Kettering General Hospital has deployed Blue Coat Systems’ ProxySG appliances to transmit X-ray and MRI scan images to other healthcare providers through WAN. ProxySG appliances, built on SG operating system, provide a proxy platform architecture to protect web traffic and accelerate the delivery of business applications. The appliances have enabled the hospital to implement picture archiving and communications system (PACS). With PACS m......
[more] Interview: Brian NeSmith The Blue Coat Systems CEO gazed into the dotcom abyss and survived. He thinks he has the measure of the downturn. Paul Fisher reports. Touching down at San Francisco was a little more traumatic than it needed to be. The Virgin Atlantic 747 suddenly veered off from its approach for landing with a dramatic lurch right. Climbing a few hundred feet, the pilot felt composed enough to tell us that air traffic control had, at the last minute, given our slot to another plane. N......
[more] Bluecoat Wan accelerator speeds up Kettering NHS' Pacs Kettering General Hospital has deployed network acceleration technology from Blue Coat to enable it to send large X-ray images electronically between sites using the NHS Picture Archiving and Communications System (Pacs). The Trust has used ProxySG wide area network optimisation appliance from Blue Coat to decrease the time taken to load Pacs images, such as CT scans and X-Rays, from minutes to second. X-ray images, which would have previou......
[more] How to protect against web advertising exploits Web browsers became integrated into many daily job functions years ago. We use them to help streamline business processes, access organisational intranets, and reach across the world within seconds for information. Browsers are responsible for displaying tons of website data, everything from application data, to links and images, to creative advertisements that rely on Java and Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax). Attackers realise that enterpr......
[more] BT deploys Blue Coat ProxySG appliances to protects its corporate network from Web 2.0 threats The use of social networking sites has soared over recent years, with an estimated 64 million people worldwide using the technology for both social and work related purposes. For many employers, an outright ban of such sites is simply not realistic and a growing number are now actively embracing the use of networking sites and other Web 2.0 tools such as P2P (Peer to Peer) and Wikis in order to encoura......
[more] Tale of two halves must end A recent survey carried out by business generation company Emedia has found 50 per cent of network managers and 48 per cent of security managers believe that remote workers are most likely to introduce malware into the corporate network. With IT bosses increasingly concerned over the security risk posed by remote workers, a conflict of interest is now arising. As organisations turn to hosted application services and outsourced datacentres and their employees demand a......
[more] This IT shop isn't worried about bandwidth demands from the Olympics The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing are just a week away. Is your IT department ready to handle the impact on your business from employees downloading online video of the opening ceremonies or the latest gymnastic feat? Some users are already prepared, such as Brunswick Corp., a maker of boats and marine engines and fitness, bowling and billiards equipment. The company is using a technology that enables its 20,000 employees worl......
[more] Why the Olympics Scare Tech Pros The Olympics fill most Americans with inspiration and national pride. They make Cathy McClain anxious. McClain, a divisional chief information officer at Brunswick, which makes boats, bowling balls and other recreational equipment, is as patriotic as the next person. But she’s also responsible for maintaining her company’s computer network. And this year, NBC plans to stream footage of the games over the Internet. Brunswick’s employees are sports enthusias......
[more] Data Loss Prevention Educational Website Launches ArcSight , Blue Coat Systems , Reconnex, Trend Micro, and Utimaco, today announced the launch of DLP In Depth (www.dlpindepth.org), an educational site for information on data loss prevention. The site offers news, case studies, whitepapers and forums dedicated to discussing data loss issues and best practices. Today's security professionals face a daunting challenge: protecting the organization's most valuable asset -- information. As organizat......
[more] Blue Coat: We Grow One Packet at a Time As enterprises become even more distributed and even more applications are delivered over an IP address, the need for more speed and application visibility becomes even more paramount. It's quite a market opportunity for vendors, and Network equipment vendor Blue Coat Systems has a plan to capture a big chunk of it, thanks in part to its recent acquisition of Packeteer. During a recent interview, Blue Coat CEO Brian NeSmith said he is confident that his......
[more] Merck Brazil deploys Blue Coat ProxySG and ProxyAV to manage Web usage Blue Coat Systems, Inc. has announced that Merck Brazil, a division of the leading manufacturer of vaccines and medicines in Latin America, has deployed Blue Coat® ProxySG® and Blue Coat® ProxyAV™ appliances to manage Web usage, accelerate Internet content and applications, protect against malware and enforce policies for employee Web usage. Blue Coat appliances provide Merck with a unique combination of security, policy con......
[more] The Case Proves the Danger That Using P2P Services for Illegal Software and Media Downloads Now Poses Seattle-based Gregory Kopiloff, who made security history last November by becoming the first person to be indicted on peer-2-peer (P2P) identify theft charges, has been sentenced to 51 months in prison. The case, says David Hobson, managing director of Global Secure Systems, a IT security consultancy, proves the danger that using P2P services for illegal software and media downloads now poses.......
[more] Banco Nacion of Argentina Selects Blue Coat Appliances to Control and Secure Web Communications Banco Nacion of Argentina, the country's leading bank with 643 sales points and 563,000 customers, has selected Blue Coat ProxySG appliances to provide Web security and policy control across the bank's Internet gateway to protect its internal network and enable it to comply with bank and credit card regulations. In addition, the bank aims to accelerate software applications and reduce bandwidth consum......
[more] Wireless security: Balancing act Organisations need to weigh the convenience of wireless networking against the risks to the integrity of their IT systems. Steve Gold reports.A quick glance around any high-street IT store will reveal that wireless networking - commonly referred to as WiFi - has taken off in a big way. It's now possible to buy a data-accelerated 802.11g WiFi-enabled broadband router for around £50.Suddenly it's possible for an employee of even smaller firms to go out and b......
[more] Korea Stock Exchange Selects Blue Coat for WAN Optimization Blue Coat SG Appliances Accelerate Critical Applications Two Times Faster, Reduce Bandwidth Consumption 400-500 Percent Blue Coat Systems the leader in secure content and application delivery, today announced that the Korea Stock Exchange (KRX) has deployed Blue Coat(R) SG(TM) appliances to accelerate critical applications across its Wide Area Network (WAN) while reducing overall bandwidth consumption. The solution has solved significan......
[more] Blue Coat Upgrades SG Appliances The new SGOS software makes WAN optimisation ready for mainstream enterprise deployments. Blue Coat Systems, a company in secure content and application delivery, has announced a major software upgrade for its family of SG appliances for WAN optimisation. The software release makes WAN optimisation ready for mainstream enterprise deployments by enabling it to integrate with existing network infrastructure and operations, provide expanded clustering and failover o......
[more] SSL traffic clogging WANs, says vendor An increasing percentage of WAN traffic is now SSL-encrypted, which is posing problems for WAN optimisation systems, according to a survey of over 1,300 IT professionals. According to the survey, sponsored by Blue Coat Systems, 53 percent of enterprises have SSL-enabled applications now, 45 percent plan to use them over the next year, and for 35 percent, SSL already represents at least a quarter of their WAN traffic. Almost two-thirds of those surveyed sai......
[more] IM boom brings security concerns By 2007, it will be considered strange if a company is not using some form of instant messaging (IM) technology. That's a far cry from a few years back, when IM was still somewhat mysterious and many enterprises did not allow its use for fear of plummeting productivity and information leaks. But as 2006 marks the year IM breaks into the workplace, network managers have new security concerns, such as worms, viruses and leaks of sensitive information. Many product......
[more] Devices let admin staff fine-tune app delivery Blue Coat is upgrading its Mach5 application acceleration architecture for its SG series of WAN optimisation appliances. This will allow more granular bandwidth management to improve quality of service (QoS).Blue Coat vice-president Nigel Hawthorn said, "This gives IT managers the option to base prioritisation decisions on business processes rather than the normal recourse to servers and protocols."For instance, if users are running Oracl......
[more] University of Wales Protects and Accelerates New Campus Wireless Network With Blue Coat Appliance Blue Coat Systems, the leader in secure content and application delivery, today announced that its ProxySG appliance with Blue Coat WebFilter has been chosen by a member institute of the University of Wales for its new on-campus wireless network. The Blue Coat appliance enforces appropriate Internet usage, combats malware and speeds student access to educational resources from their halls of reside......
[more] SSL tunnels create ‘invisible’ backdoors into corporate networks Encrypted Secure Socket Layer (SSL) communications between internal corporate employees and external internet applications is "invisible" to companies and so comprises a "risk to the enterprise," new research has claimed. According to a poll of over 300 enterprise security and networking professionals recently questioned by security vendor Blue Coat, 90 percent of respondents identified SSL traffic as a security worry. Nearly 64 pe......
[more] Blue Coat Completes Acquisition of Permeo Technologies Acquisition will result in the integration of Permeo's on-demand endpoint access, security and information protection technology with the Blue Coat ProxySG family of proxy appliances. Blue Coat Systems, a provider of proxy appliances, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Permeo Technologies, a provider of on-demand endpoint access, security and information protection solutions. On January 3, 2006, Blue Coat announced the......
[more] Blue Coat enables organisations to control Skype BlueCoat ProxySG Appliances Protects Skype Users Against Information Leakage, Malware and Unauthorised Bandwidth UseCoat® Systems has announced that its ProxySGTM appliances have the ability to control Skype to protect against information leakage and unauthorised ‘back channel' communications as well as potential future malware. Using ProxySG appliances, organisations can allow or deny access to Skype in total or based on network user n......
[more] Blue Coat to Buy Permeo Technologies Network security company Blue Coat Systems Inc. said Tuesday that it agreed to acquire privately held security software maker Permeo Technologies Inc. for about $60.8 million.
Under the deal, Blue Coat will pay some $13.4 million in cash and roughly $47.4 million in stock, based on the closing price of $45.72 on Dec. 30.
Blue Coat said the acquisition of Austin, Texas-based Permeo would allow it to expand its proxy infrastructure to enterprise endpoints wi......
[more] Blue Coat adds phish protection Blue Coat Systems has added a feature to its Spyware Interceptor application that puts up a "No Phishing" sign.
The Sunnyvale, Calif., firm said Thursday the centralized phishing protection solution will be a boon to small and medium-sized businesses because it offered real-time detection alerts and also identifies the particular computer that is accessing infected Web sites.
"We have incorporated technology from our enterprise product line to solve growing s......
[more] Blue Coat to cleanse encrypted traffic Encrypting Web traffic can protect privacy and secure transactions, but it can also provide a cover for viruses, spyware and other pests trying to get into a corporate network, according to Blue Coat Systems. Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL, has many legitimate uses, but also provides an "encrypted tunnel" that lets malicious code and phishing sites bypass most network security methods, Blue Coat said. The company announced Tuesday that it is updating its pro......
[more] Blue Coat Earns US Government Certification Blue Coat Systems, a leading provider of proxy appliances, today announced the ProxySG operating system has been tested and certified by the NIAP (National Information Assurance Partnership) for use in all U.S. government installations and in other countries that are participants in the Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement (CCRA) for conformance to the Common Criteria for IT Security Evaluation.
Blue Coat has completed the NIAP EAL2 (Evaluation As......
[more] Websense Unveils Ecosystem Websense, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBSN - News), the world's leading provider of employee internet management solutions, today announced the launch of a new technology alliance partner framework, the Websense® Web Security Ecosystem(TM) extending Websense Enterprise® and Websense Web Security Suite(TM) technology to critical enterprise security initiatives including network access control, security event management and identity management. Websense's expanded network of alliance......
[more] Desktop Anti-Spyware Not Up to Snuff, IT Pros Say Professionals surveyed found spyware problems same or worse using PC-focused software. Desktop anti-spyware software isn't doing the job, IT professionals have concluded.
According to an international survey by proxy appliance company Blue Coat Systems, 72 percent said desktop anti-spyware programs were ineffective in protecting their networks. Blue Coat surveyed 339 IT staffers who used programs from Computer Associates International (PestPatro......
[more] Spam's irritating cousin, spim, on the loose Consumers ditching e-mail for instant messages to avoid spam are in for an unpleasant surprise. Spim, or instant-messenger spam, is peppering computer screens with increasing frequency. And the problem may get worse as e-mail marketers look for new ways to reach consumers after a federal crackdown on spam.
More than 1 billion spims were sent last year - roughly four times the amount sent in 2002. Another 4 billion are expected in 2004, Ferris Resea......
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