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Science and Technology
Tue, February 3, 2009 Blue Coat Introduces Application Performance Dashboard and Ability to Identify Custom Enterprise Applications
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:BCSI), the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced a new version of Blue Coat® IntelligenceCenter software and a new software release for its Blue Coat® PacketShaper® appliances to extend the application visibility and control inherent in its solutions for Application Delivery Networks (see separate release today from Blue Coat on Application Delivery Networks).
"The starting point for ensuring effective application response time and gaining control of enterprise networks is having visibility into what applications are running on the network and understanding how they are performing at any given location for any given user," said Carrie Oakes, vice president of product marketing, Blue Coat Systems. "The Application Delivery Network enables enterprises to ensure IT processes and applications are on pace with the speed of business."
IntelligenceCenter – Application Dashboard
The Blue Coat IntelligenceCenter application monitoring product now provides a real-time Application Performance Dashboard that shows enterprise application performance at any location for distributed users. It enables organizations to set and track Service Level Agreements (SLA) for business-critical applications in real-time. If application response time falls below an acceptable level, an administrator can use PacketShaper appliances to reassign bandwidth and set prioritization levels while Blue Coat® ProxySG® appliances apply other acceleration techniques to speed delivery. The Application Performance Dashboard can show how applications are utilized throughout the enterprise and can help with network and application troubleshooting and serve as an important tool for ongoing resource planning.
PacketShaper Appliances – Identify, Classify and Prioritize Custom Applications
The new PacketShaper software enables enterprises to define specific custom or customized applications running on the network, adding to the more than 600 off-the-shelf applications already recognized. The ability to identify custom applications enables administrators to monitor the performance of those applications and to optimize response time through prioritization and other acceleration technologies. Many enterprises have several business-critical applications that have been developed internally, and others have customized commercially available software applications to meet their specific needs. Custom and customized applications are often those that are the most important to the critical business processes of an enterprise or organization.
Availability
The Application Performance Dashboard is included in version 2.1 of the IntelligenceCenter solution and will be available later this month. It will be a free upgrade for customers who currently have the IntelligenceCenter product and an active support contract. The IntelligenceCenter software installs on a dedicated server and works with PacketShaper appliances distributed throughout the enterprise.
The new ability to identify custom or customized applications is included in the next release of software for PacketShaper appliances, version 8.4, which will be available later this month. The PacketShaper software upgrade will be available at no cost to existing customers with service contracts.
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 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 October 31, 2008 and Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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