Blue Coat Awarded 2010 Five-Star Partner Rating in Everything Channel Partner Program Guide

Leading Channel Authority Recognizes Blue Coat Channel Advantage Program as Exceptional

SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 30, 2010 – Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that the Blue Coat Channel Advantage program was awarded Five-Star recognition in Everything Channel's 16th annual 2010 Partner Program Guide. The award acknowledges the strength of the Blue Coat Channel Advantage Program in providing partners with the right combination of resources throughout the sales cycle to help partners increase margins.

"Over the last two years, Blue Coat has enhanced the Channel Advantage Program to enable partners to deliver value-added services and increase attach rates, build and drive new revenue pipeline and develop consultative relationships with their customers," said Jim Harold, vice president of worldwide channel sales, Blue Coat Systems. "We will continue to develop innovative programs and offerings that enhance the ability of our partners to successfully compete in the market and best serve their end users."

Earlier this year, Mr. Harold was named a Channel Chief for 2010 by Everything Channel. Mr. Harold launched the Channel Advantage Program in 2008 to help Blue Coat partners deliver better value to their customers. The program combines service offerings with rewards, evaluation and network assessment programs, advanced training and certifications, virtual marketing services, market development funds and other benefits to facilitate successful partner selling.

Everything Channel analyzed 130 vendor programs, rating vendors on sales support, partner profitability, partner ecosystem development/management, partner communication/marketing and demand generation. The 5-Star Partner Program rating recognizes the elite subset of Partner Program Guide vendors that provide the best partnering elements in their channel programs. The 5-Star rating is bestowed on programs whose overall rating is among the highest in the group of similarly sized companies.

About Blue Coat Systems Blue Coat Systems is the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking. Blue Coat offers an Application Delivery Network Infrastructure that provides 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 boost the end-user Web experience. For additional information, please visit www.bluecoat.com.

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