ANALYST BRIEF - Vendor market share positions shuffled once again in 1Q09: With Cisco down 30%, Riverbed down 10%, and Blue Coat holding steady, Blue Coat is back on top with 30% revenue market share. This market has essentially become a 3-horse race, with the top 3 vendors capturing roughly 3/4 of the overall market.
Posted: July 1, 2009 | Published: May 29, 2009


Topics:  Leadership | Market Research | Market Trends | Vendor Selection | Vendors | WAN | WAN Hardware

ANALYST REPORT - Businesses are turning to IT to drive down operating expenses as well as ratchet up productivity and efficiency to drive a more effective, leaner business in 2009 and beyond. IT needs to help save the business while remaining responsive, reliable, and agile, all using less investment than was previously available. Read on to learn more.
Posted: June 29, 2009 | Published: June 29, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Application Security | IT Asset Management | IT Best Practices | IT Spending | Network Applications Software | Network Management | Network Performance | ROI

ANALYST REPORT - Secure Web gateway solutions protect Web-surfing PCs from infection and enforce company policies. Incumbant providers have been slow to respond to changing demands, while new vendors are struggling to get the right product mix and prove their mettle in the demanding enterprise market.
Posted: May 14, 2009 | Published: September 11, 2008


Topics:  Firewall Management | Firewall Server Software | Gateways (Hardware) | Malware | Network Security | Security | Security Infrastructure | Security Management | Security Systems | Security Threats | Virus Detection Software | Virus Protection

ANALYST REPORT - Sometimes a bad egg will exploit a security vulnerability on purpose for personal gain. Much more often, though, expensive data loss incidents are caused by good people who just made an honest mistake. A good DLP solution will protect from the few bad ones who are trying to hurt the business, and also from the many good - but fallible - employees.
Posted: May 15, 2009 | Published: October 15, 2008


Topics:  Data Security | Email Security | Email Security Policies | Email Threats | Information Security | Integrated Threat Management | Messaging Security | Vulnerability Management

ANALYST REPORT - Check out this brief analyst report to learn how a comprehensive up-the-stack approach supports today's mission-critical enterprise networks and provides reliable, rapid response times for network-centric business practices and applications on a 24/7 basis.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: April 29, 2009


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Performance Management | Content Delivery | Enterprise Systems | Network Management | Network Performance | WAN

ANALYST REPORT - This whitepaper will discuss these managed service trends and challenges, and will identify the steps to success to meet customers. Escalating application and security requirements.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: December 28, 2008


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Applications Management | Managed Security Services | Security Management | SLA

ANALYST REPORT - WAN optimization controllers seek to improve applications performance and reduce bandwidth requirements by intelligently managing traffic across the WAN. This analyst report presents a snapshot of the current market situation as well the results and explanation of Gartner's study of nine separate WOC vendors. Read the full report to learn more.
Posted: July 10, 2009 | Published: June 30, 2009


Topics:  Application Performance Management | Application Server Hardware | Applications Management | Network Appliances | Network Performance | Network Traffic Management | Networking Hardware | WAN | WAN Hardware

ANALYST REPORT - This Osterman Research White Paper discusses the extent of today's Web threats and provides recommendations on key aspects of a defense against them. It also provides information on Blue Coat's offerings.
Posted: May 15, 2009 | Published: January 15, 2009


Topics:  Cybersecurity | Malware | Network Security | Secure Content Management | Security | Security Best Practices | Security Threats | Virus Protection | Web Services Security

BOOK - Most WANs see so much traffic these days that it's not just a matter of speeding things up. You also need comprehensive applications and user control before you can contain costs, enhance business productivity, and respond quickly to changing business requirements. Read this booklet to learn more about WAN optimization.
Posted: June 29, 2009 | Published: June 29, 2009


Topics:  Application Integration | Application Performance Management | Application Security | Network Applications Software | Network Infrastructure | Network Management | Network Performance | Network Security | WAN

CASE STUDY - Read this case study to discover how INERGY Automotive Systems enhanced overall security, protected business-critical applications, diminished need to expand WAN bandwidth, and optimized access to centralized systems and applications by implementing successful data and network convergence using Blue Coat Intelligence solutions.
Posted: April 20, 2009 | Published: April 16, 2009


Topics:  Bandwidth Management | ERP | Network Applications Software | Network Convergence | QOS | SAP (Product) | VoIP | WAN | WAN Hardware

CASE STUDY - With two data centers serving 24 offices in the U.S., Europe and India, Hitachi Consulting required a solution that could provide visibility into the applications running on the network while selectively accelerating business critical ones. Read on to learn about the solution they found.
Posted: October 22, 2009 | Published: October 22, 2009


Topics:  Communications Networks | Data Center Networking | Network Appliances | Network Design | Network Infrastructure | Network Performance | Network Traffic Management | WAN | WAN Switching

CASE STUDY - Read this case study to learn how BT selected Blue Coat ProxySG for its flexibility in combining user and application visibility, with extremely granular levels of security and control, to enforce rules that allowed undisruptive use of recreational applications and safe access to sites previously considered off-limits, such as MySpace.
Posted: June 26, 2009 | Published: December 2, 2008


Topics:  Application Security | Applications Management | Bandwidth Management | Content Delivery | Network Security | Secure Application Development | Secure Content Management | Security Threats | Social Networking | Web 2.0

DATA SHEET - Critical applications need to move at the speed of business. Blue Coat PacketShaper provides WAN Optimization functionality through a series of modules-- monitoring, shaping and compression. Check out this data sheet for more details.
Posted: April 20, 2009 | Published: April 17, 2009


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Monitoring | Application Performance Management | Applications Management | Network Capacity | Network Management | Network Monitoring | Network Performance | QOS | WAN | WAN Hardware

DATA SHEET - By leveraging Blue Coat's unparalleled deep visibility solutions, IntelligenceCenter provides powerful application performance monitoring, and more effectively enables policies to enforce and optimize application behavior.
Posted: April 20, 2009 | Published: April 17, 2009


Topics:  Application Deployment | Application Integration | Application Monitoring | Application Monitoring Software | Application Performance Management | Application Performance Management Software | Applications Management | Network Management | Network Monitoring | Network Monitoring Software | Network Security

DATA SHEET - Check out this data sheet for a categorized listing of 600 common applications for which Blue Coat PacketShaper delivers an accurate picture of network traffic.
Posted: April 20, 2009 | Published: April 20, 2009


Topics:  Application Integration | Application Life-Cycle Management | Application Monitoring | Application Performance Management | Network Appliances | Network Applications Software | Network Capacity | Network Management | Network Monitoring | Network Performance