Blue Coat Joins Microsoft System Center Alliance and Participates in Microsoft Management Summit
Release Date:
04/28/2009 - 5:00am
summary:
Work Accelerates and Optimizes System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and Microsoft App-V Applications Streaming over Wide Area Network
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 28, 2009– Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that it has joined the Microsoft System Center Alliance to enhance and support Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V), part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, solutions over the Wide Area Network (WAN) to branch offices and over the Internet to remote workers. Blue Coat will also participate in the Microsoft Management Summit 2009 from April 27-May 1, 2009 in Las Vegas.
In addition to accelerating enterprise applications and remote files across the WAN, Blue Coat® ProxySG® appliances can now optimize and accelerate software updates, configurations and patches that have been packaged by a company’s IT department for distribution to its users using Configuration Manager and App-V. For example, a 40 megabyte update file that previously required nearly four minutes to cross the WAN can now be delivered in under five seconds1. A large software installation package of 375 megabytes that previously required slightly more than an hour to transfer across the WAN can now be transferred in a few seconds1. As a result, the ProxySG appliances can also free up WAN bandwidth for critical business applications
ProxySG appliances also optimize and accelerate the delivery of on-demand applications using Microsoft App-V. In Blue Coat performance tests, Microsoft Office Word 2007 delivered through App-V benefited from a 70 percent improvement in the amount of time to launch the application remotely and a 98 percent reduction in bandwidth consumption2.
Blue Coat® ProxyClient® software, the first WAN optimization client with integrated security and control for remote users, can also accelerate the delivery of software and applications delivered by Configuration Manager or App-V. ProxyClient software utilizes WAN optimization technologies, including byte caching, to accelerate access to files, such as spreadsheets and presentations, and to speed the response time of remote Web applications. ProxyClient also uses the Blue Coat WebPulse™ service, a real-time cloud computing security service, to enforce a company’s centrally managed Internet usage policies and to protect against malware, spyware, mobile malicious code and phishing exploits.
“As Microsoft System Center and App-V continue to advance application technologies for both servers and clients, we value the efforts of companies such as Blue Coat Systems to optimize the Wide Area Network for delivering distributed applications,” said Karri Alexion-Tiernan, Director of Product Management for App-V. “With centralized management and applications on one hand and users distributed in branch offices on the other, the network and the application must come together to meet the demands for remote response time.”
“Blue Coat ProxySG appliances can dramatically accelerate enterprise applications and files across an enterprise’s Wide Area Network to branch offices, while at the same time significantly reducing bandwidth consumption to contain or reduce operational expenses,” said Dave Asprey, vice president of technology and corporate development, Blue Coat Systems. “We are pleased to be part of the Microsoft System Center Alliance and to support and enhance the delivery of software through Microsoft’s innovative Configuration Manager 2007 and App-V products.”
Boiler Plate:
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.
Notes:
1Test performed on a Window XP SP2 client with SCCM 2007 installed on a server running Windows 2003 SP2. The tests were run on a simulated 1.544 Mbps (T1) WAN link with 100 ms latency. The comparison is between the baseline reading and a “warm” read.
2Test performed between the App-V server and the Desktop clients on a simulated T1 Ethernet link with 100 ms latency. The comparison is between a baseline and “warm” read.
Fowarding Statement:
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.
