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- WAN Application Performance: Survey Results & Trend Analysis
- This Blue Coat white paper highlights the findings of a December 2006 survey of over 1,300 IT executives. The purpose of the survey was to identify current computing trends and their impact on application performance over corporate WANs. The key trends that CIOs and other IT leaders reported as impacting...
- Tags: Performance, Survey, Analysis, Blue Coat Systems Inc., WANs, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers
- Annie E. Casey Foundation Deploys Blue Coat Spyware Interceptor Appliance to Protect Large Amounts of Data
- Since 1948, the Annie E. Casey Foundation has worked to build a better future for vulnerable children and their families in the United States. With more than 240 PC systems being used by the foundation in two different buildings, protecting large amounts of data and information presented a formidable challenge...
- Tags: Foundation, Blue Coat Systems Inc., Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Desktops, Security, Hardware
- Case studies
- KUKUM Accelerates University Network and Web Interactions With Blue Coat Proxy Appliance
- Kolej Universiti Kejuruteraan Utara Malaysia KUKUM was set up in Perlis, the smallest state in Malaysia, in April 2002, with the mission to grow the engineering and technical manpower in the country. KUKUM needed a flexible Web content filtering solution that offered data integrity and a secure environment of communication...
- Tags: Web, Network, Blue Coat Systems Inc., KUKUM, Content Management, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing
- Case studies
- City of Keizer Picks Blue Coat Spyware Interceptor to Battle Against Spyware
- With its fast growth, the city of Keizer, Oregon, has had to build an infrastructure capable of handling the demands of its citizens. City of Keizer needed a solution to address the growing threat posed by viruses and spyware and preventing crippling the city's fast-growing network. Attacking the problem on...
- Tags: Blue Coat Systems Inc., Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Case studies
- PlainsCapital Banks on Blue Coat Proxy Appliances as Foundation for Web Security
- PlainsCapital Corporation is among the largest privately-held financial services companies in Texas, serving business centers and communities across the state. For a financial institution like PlainsCapital Bank, the Web has become a de facto part of doing business. More than ever the bank is implementing browser-based applications as solutions for...
- Tags: Web, Web Security, Blue Coat Systems Inc., Channel Management, Marketing
- Case studies
- Holland America Enjoys Clear Sailing With Blue Coat
- Holland America Line, a leader in the premium cruise industry, was using a well-known product to intercept viruses and control access to potentially dangerous sites. The company was experiencing problems with performance, availability, and maintenance costs because an ineffective web-security solution. The company needed a more efficient and effective strategy...
- Tags: Clear, Blue Coat Systems Inc., Holland America, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Web Site Development, Viruses And Worms, Strategy, Databases, Security, Internet, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies
- Maxtor Deploys Blue Coat Proxy Appliances to Protect and Control Its Web Infrastructure
- Maxtor Corporation is one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives. The company needed a more efficient and effective strategy to keep spyware and viruses from entering its networks and prevent users from accessing inappropriate Web content, reduce helpdesk requirements, and improve network performance. Maxtor deployed Blue Coat...
- Tags: Maxtor Corp., Web Infrastructure, Blue Coat Systems Inc., Help Desk, Cyberthreats, Call Centers, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, It Operations
- Case studies
- State of Delaware Relies on Blue Coat Proxy Appliances as Foundation for Web Security
- The State of Delaware Department of Technology and Information DTI was created to ensure that the state's information technology resources are focused on areas core to the state's mission, while maintaining network security and availability for its users. The State of Delaware needed a comprehensive web security solution to keep...
- Tags: Web, Web Security, Blue Coat Systems Inc., Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Channel Management, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing
- Case studies
- Mustang Controls Spyware at the Gateway and Reaps Huge Benefit
- Mustang Engineering, a Wood Group company, is an independent services provider to the global oil, gas and chemical industries. Mustang Engineering needed more efficient and effective strategy to prevent spyware from entering its networks, reduce helpdesk requirements, and improve network performance. The company deployed Blue Coat WebFilter in conjunction with...
- Tags: Gateway Inc., Benefit, Blue Coat Systems Inc., Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Help Desk, Call Centers, Viruses And Worms, Security, It Operations
- Case studies
- Green Bay Packers Sack Spyware With Blue Coat Gateway Spyware Prevention
- The National Football League NFL Green Bay Packers have gone on to earn national stature and virtual world-wide recognition by winning more championships over the intervening 80-plus years than any team in pro football. The Green Bay Packers rely on their computers and the Internet for pre and post-game communications...
- Tags: Gateway Inc., Blue Coat Systems Inc., Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Case studies
- Denver Health Relies on Blue Coat to Prevent Spyware From Infecting 3,200 PCs
- Denver Health, formerly known as Denver General Hospital, is the Rocky Mountain Region's Level 1 academic trauma center, and the safety net hospital for the Denver area. Denver Health relies on individual PCs and the Internet for their physician order entry system POE, where doctors and nurses utilize computers to...
- Tags: Patient, PC, Blue Coat Systems Inc., Denver Health, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Case studies
- State of Alabama Picks Blue Coat Proxy Appliances to Protect Web Infrastructure
- The State of Alabama wanted to regulate Web traffic and address productivity concerns. With a diverse population of up to 35,000 online users, the solution had to provide very granular control without significantly increasing in-house maintenance or support requirements. The State of Alabama deployed two Blue Coat Proxy SG appliances...
- Tags: Network, Alabama, Web Infrastructure, Blue Coat Systems Inc., Networking
- Case studies
- Enterprise Application Delivery: No User Left Behind
- As the number of remote users who access your network through unmanaged devices and the Internet increases, the level of control you have over application performance and security decreases. Your challenge, then, is to securely and reliably deliver your business-critical applications to untrusted platforms. To meet this challenge, Blue...
- Tags: Enterprise Application, Blue Coat Systems Inc., Internet
- White papers
- Palm Beach Schools Move Web Security and Compliance to the Head of the Class
- Palm Beach County is the 4th largest school district in Florida and the 8th largest in the nation. An existing web-security solution was unable to control access to "risky" websites or limit bandwidth consumption. Preventing spyware on local computers was a critical objective for IT since infections were more than...
- Tags: Web, Palm Inc., Compliance, Web Security, Blue Coat Systems Inc., Palm Beach County, Regulatory Compliance, Networking, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures
- Case studies
- How to Boost Network Performance and Security - Simultaneously!
- As more rich Internet applications RIAs migrate to the enterprise, it's vitally important that network engineers and security architects work together to optimize application performance and security. This is particularly true for a highly distributed user community where multiple points of access mean that network reliability and security cannot...
- Tags: Network, Application Performance, Blue Coat Systems Inc., Networking, Security
- Webcasts 2008-02-26
- Gartner Report: Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers
- This Gartner Magic Quadrant Report evaluates Blue Coat WAN Optimization solutions against competing products based on each company's Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute. Available here as a free download, "Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers, 2007" explores what you need to know about acquiring WAN optimization capabilities.
- Tags: Quadrant, Gartner Inc., Blue Coat Systems Inc., WANs, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2007-12-14
- The Case and Criteria for Combining Application Acceleration and Security
- At first glance, it may seem that the network engineer and the security architect have little in common. However, as more rich internet applications migrate to the enterprise, more load is placed on the network and more collaborative power is given to the user - exposing the network infrastructure...
- Tags: Network, Application Performance, Blue Coat Systems Inc., Networking, Security
- White papers 2008-02-01
- Gartner Report: Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateway, 2007
- Interested in what analyst firm Gartner has to say about Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solutions? See how Blue Coat stacks up against the competition on the two axes of completeness of vision and ability to execute. Learn about solutions that protect Web-surfing PCs from infection and enforce...
- Tags: Web, Quadrant, Gartner Inc., Blue Coat Systems Inc., Strategy, Security, Management
- White papers 2007-06-04
- k9 Blue Coat web blocker
- We have recently installed this program and it seems to be excellent.We have set it up to operate on the top setting "High" - "Protects against all default-level categories, plus chat, newsgroup and unrated sites."When I browse/search I get a pop up message from the program asking "This web page...
- Tags: Channel management, info@..., Web, Blue Coat Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-31
- Practical Strategies to Accelerate Business Applications Across the WAN
- Blue Coat's MACH5 is a patent-pending framework of technologies designed to bring all of the appropriate acceleration techniques (bandwidth management, compression, protocol optimization, byte caching, and object caching) to all of an enterprise's key applications - including web, secure web, file services, email, and video. MACH5 is delivered in Blue...
- Tags: Strategy, Business Application, MACH5, Blue Coat Systems Inc., WANs, Channel Management, Productivity, E-mail, Corporate Communications, Networking, Marketing, Online Communications
- White papers 2007-04-11
