Blue Coat ProxySG Wins Computerworld Singapore Readers Choice and Computerworld Malaysia Readers Choice Awards

Blue Coat ProxySG Voted Top WAN Optimization Solution by IT Users in Singapore and Malaysia

SUNNYVALE, Calif., October 1, 2009 – Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that the Blue Coat® ProxySG® appliance was awarded the Computerworld Singapore Readers Choice and Computerworld Malaysia Readers Choice awards in the WAN Accelerator category. Blue Coat ProxySG appliances offer a comprehensive solution for accelerating the response time for branch office employees accessing centralized enterprise applications and files. ProxySG appliances also provide a platform for branch office video delivery and management and Web security and control for direct Internet access.

"These awards are validation that enterprise users value the more comprehensive approach to WAN optimization that Blue Coat delivers to solve application challenges in the branch office," said Matt Young, vice president, Asia Pacific region, Blue Coat Systems. “ProxySG appliances can accelerate enterprise applications, live and on-demand video, Web content, cloud-based Software-as-a-Service applications and anything that goes through a browser to meet application demands of branch offices throughout Asia Pacific.”

WAN optimization is a foundational technology in the Blue Coat Application Delivery Network (ADN) infrastructure. By combining visibility, acceleration and security technologies, the Blue Coat ADN infrastructure enables network managers to optimize and secure the delivery of applications across the distributed enterprise.

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 - provides 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 40,000 appliances worldwide. Blue Coat is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, please visit www.bluecoat.de.

Winners of Readers Choise Award 2009
http://computerworld.com.my/rca-2009/winners/

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