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Monday, December 7 - 2009

Blue Coat positioned in Leaders quadrant in WAN Optimization Controller Magic Quadrant

  • United Arab Emirates: Monday, July 06 - 2009 at 14:50
  • PRESS RELEASE

Blue Coat Systems, Inc., the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that it has been positioned in the Leaders quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers by research and advisory firm Gartner, Inc.

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  • Nidal Taha, Middle East Regional Director of Blue Coat Systems.
    Nidal Taha, Middle East Regional Director of Blue Coat Systems.
Blue Coat Proxy SG appliances accelerate the delivery of internal, external and real-time applications across the distributed enterprise and are a key component, along with Blue Coat PacketShaper appliances, of the Blue Coat Application Delivery Network infrastructure.

"Blue Coat has consistently innovated within the market to enhance traditional WAN optimization with visibility and security technologies that provide the application intelligence enterprises need to contain costs and align IT investments with business priorities,"
said Nidal Taha, Middle East Regional Director of Blue Coat Systems.

"We believe our position in the Leaders quadrant is further validation that the WAN optimization market is increasingly becoming part of a broader application-aware infrastructure," he added.

Blue Coat is also positioned by Gartner in the Leaders quadrant of the 'Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateway, 2008'.

WAN optimization, along with application performance monitoring and Web security, is a critical component of the Blue Coat Application Delivery Network infrastructure.

Anchored by Blue Coat ProxySG and PacketShaper appliances, the Application Delivery Network infrastructure integrates these visibility, acceleration and security technologies to optimize and secure business applications.

Blue Coat has more than 15,000 customers in more than 150 countries worldwide. Today, 81% of the Fortune Global 500 and the 10 largest enterprises in the U.S. have deployed Blue Coat ProxySG appliances in their networks.
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About the Magic Quadrant:
The Magic Quadrants are copyrighted 2009 by Gartner, Inc. and are reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the 'Leaders' quadrant.

The intention of the Magic Quadrant is solely as a research tool. Readers should not consider it as a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Blue Coat Systems:
Blue Coat Systems, Inc., 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.

For more information, please contact:
Manal Abi Rafeh
Regional Marketing Manager ME & Turkey
Dubai Internet City, Building 10, office 314
P.O. Box 72377
Dubai - UAE
Tel: (971-4) 391-1620
Fax: (971-4) 391-1635

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