Blue Coat Named WAN Optimization Market Leader by Infonetics

Industry Analyst Group Reports that Blue Coat is Only Company in Market with Quarter Over Quarter Revenue Growth

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:BCSI), the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that it has been ranked as the leader in the WAN optimization market, according to a new report from communications market research firm Infonetics Research. As the only company to show quarter over quarter revenue growth, Blue Coat increased its market share from 25.1 percent to 30 percent in the first calendar quarter of 2009 and became the market leader in WAN optimization.

“The unique combination of visibility, acceleration and security offered by our ProxySG appliances provides the technological innovation and differentiation that has propelled Blue Coat to the leader in the WAN optimization market.”

"Increasingly, WAN optimization is fundamental to a new application-aware infrastructure that provides more than just application and file acceleration,” said Bethany Mayer, senior vice president, Worldwide Marketing and Corporate Development, Blue Coat Systems. "The unique combination of visibility, acceleration and security offered by our ProxySG appliances provides the technological innovation and differentiation that has propelled Blue Coat to the leader in the WAN optimization market.”

Blue Coat WAN Optimization – A Part of Application Delivery Networks

WAN optimization is a critical technology component of Application Delivery Networks, which integrate visibility, acceleration and security technologies to optimize and secure business applications.

Blue Coat^® ProxySG^® appliances accelerate enterprise applications, on-demand or live video, and remote file access across the Wide Area Network (WAN). At the same time, ProxySG appliances provide visibility into Web content and applications, enabling enterprises to accelerate business applications, including SSL-encrypted ones, while limiting the impact of recreational traffic. The appliances can also protect against Web-based malware, spyware and other malicious threats. When combined with the extended visibility and advanced quality of service from Blue Coat PacketShaper^® appliances, ProxySG appliances provide businesses with an Application Delivery Network infrastructure.

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.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: The statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements, including statements regarding Blue Coat Systems’ expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future, and including statements regarding the capabilities and expected performance of Blue Coat Systems’ products. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are based upon information available to Blue Coat Systems as of the date hereof, and Blue Coat Systems assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These and other risks relating to Blue Coat Systems’ business are set forth in Blue Coat Systems’ Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2009 and Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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