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Wed, February 18, 2009Tue, February 17, 2009Mon, February 16, 2009Sun, February 15, 2009Sat, February 14, 2009Fri, February 13, 2009Thu, February 12, 2009Hyundai Engineering Selects Blue Coat Appliances for WAN Optimization and Substantially Increases Employee Productivity
Published in Science and Technology on Tuesday, February 17th 2009 at 5:04 GMT, Last Modified on 2009-02-17 05:06:03 by Market Wire
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that Hyundai Engineering has selected Blue Coat® ProxySG® appliances to accelerate the delivery of applications and content across its Wide Area Network (WAN) between the company's headquarters and overseas construction offices. Blue Coat ProxySG appliances have solved significant performance and response issues for important applications like Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Electronic Data Management System (EDMS) documents that are business-critical. Hyundai Engineering's use of ProxySG appliances has resulted in accelerating file access and enterprise application response time by as much as 50x, resulting in employee productivity gains of up to 50 percent.
Hyundai Engineering has numerous branch offices throughout the world, but much of its new business comes from the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia, where network infrastructure is less robust and performance is a particular issue. Initially, Hyundai Engineering considered replacing the local network service provider with satellite or international line services, but found it cost prohibitive. The company then discovered that a comprehensive WAN optimization solution would solve the performance issue effectively at a relatively low cost.
"Our business demanded a solution that would provide fast, efficient exchange of engineering blue prints and design drawings between any one of our locations," said Ha Young-Dae, manager of Hyundai Engineering. "Blue Coat ProxySG appliances have enabled us to be more responsive to customers and to increase our employee productivity by up to 50 percent."
Before Hyundai Engineering deployed Blue Coat ProxySG appliances it was a time-consuming process to access blueprints or design drawings in branch offices or save them in headquarters. Efficient access to blue prints or design drawings is essential to the company's ability to make accurate, expeditious decisions.
After a benchmark test, Hyundai Engineering selected Blue Coat ProxySG appliances, which accelerate applications over the WAN. By deploying ProxySG appliances, Hyundai Engineering has improved business-critical application and file access times by 50x. More efficient utilization of its ERP system, CAD drawings and data management system has also resulted in lower WAN bandwidth utilization and operational costs.
"Blue Coat ProxySG appliances provide a decisive advantage to enterprises and organizations by accelerating applications and the business processes that they enable," said Matt Young, vice president, Asia Pacific region, Blue Coat Systems. "Hyundai Engineering is utilizing the power of our appliances to gain business advantages and increase employee productivity while reducing overall operational costs."
About Hyundai Engineering
Hyundai Engineering is EPCM type (Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Management) Engineering Company, which can help to manage the whole life cycle such as design, engineering, factory operation since 1974. Hyundai Engineering has professional experiences and technology from many local/abroad references. Recently, ENR ranked Hyundai Engineering for 69th of "Top 200 International Design Firms".
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 ].
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