Saturday, February 25, 2012

Blue Coat Leads Content Security Gateway Appliance Market for Thirteenth Consecutive Quarter.

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking, announced that it continued to lead the worldwide content security gateway appliance market for the first calendar quarter of 2010, according to the most recent market share report released by Infonetics Research. Blue Coat continued its market leadership for the 13th consecutive quarter, the entire length of time Infonetics has tracked the content security market.

"Companies require a collaborative defense at the Internet gateway that works with client software and a cloud-based collective community to continuously protect users from emerging and evolving legacy and Web 2.0-based threats," said Carrie Oakes, vice president of product marketing and management, Blue Coat Systems. "The latest report from Infonetics reflects our continuing leadership in the market for appliance-based content security."

According to Infonetics Blue Coat is the leader in the content security gateway appliance market which is expected to grow from $1.5 billion in 2010 to $2.3 billion in 2014. During that same period, Infonetics projects that the Web/malware segment of the market will grow 44 percent, from $870 million to nearly $1.3 billion.

The Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution uses a hybrid architecture that combines presence at the corporate Web gateway with a collaborative cloud defense and protection for remote users to deliver on-demand security intelligence. By uniting 62 million users in the Blue Coat[R] WebPulse™ service, the Blue Coat solution delivers industry-leading Web awareness and extensible defenses that provide seamless protection for customers without the need for patches or updates. This collaborative defense enables businesses to consistently enforce corporate IT policies across the distributed enterprise and to prevent Web-based malware and malicious content from compromising application security or performance. 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. For additional information, please visit www.bluecoat.com.

Blue Coat, 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.

Keywords: Business Software & Services, Technology, Blue Coat Systems Inc.

This article was prepared by Computer Weekly News editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2010, Computer Weekly News via VerticalNews.com.

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