Blue Coat ProxyClient

Optimize application performance and security for remote users

Blue Coat ProxyClient helps deliver a headquarters work experience to all employees wherever they are. With ProxyClient, you can define which applications to accelerate and which to block based on security and bandwidth requirements. ProxyClient is administered with the ProxySG management console for easy provisioning, configuration and maintenance. It can also be distributed to end-user machines using standard software provisioning services and is automatically updated to minimize ongoing administrative time and resources.

With Blue Coat ProxyClient, you can:

Improve the performance of applications, file access and downloads up to 35 times.
Continuously analyze background Web content for hidden malware and rate new Web content.
Optimize network efficiency and ProxySG network deployments.

Read the ProxyClient Datasheet

Remote Acceleration

Byte Caching
Reduce bandwidth usage and improve response times for remote users by removing redundant pieces of data (such as corporate logos in documents) from network traffic.

Object Caching
Store files (Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, etc.) locally to provide LAN-like performance for remote workers without the overhead of traditional wide area file services.

Protocol Optimization
Reduce inefficiencies within the CIFS protocol over unpredictable public networks and dramatically improve CIFS file sharing performance.

Compression
Reduce predictable patterns within TCP applications to improve utilization of network bandwidth by TCP applications.

Remote Web Filtering

Cloud Service Protection from Internet Threats
ProxyClient has a real-time relationship to the WebPulse cloud service that continuously analyzes web content in the background for hidden malware. ProxyClient is part of a larger "community watch" where each ProxyClient user requests benefits the entire community to detect malware and rate web content.

Real-time Rating Service
ProxyClient can utilize the dynamic web content rating service for unrated or newly published web content to enhance web content categorization and policy enforcement.

Log and Audit Internet Access and Potential Threats
Collect information on all remote web browsing, or just early warning on new malware and spyware attacks with logging and reporting integrated into your Blue Coat infrastructure.

Manageability & Reliability

Centralized Management
Configure, deploy and maintain ProxyClients through the Client Manager interface on your ProxySG with the ability to provide filtering policies to individual users and groups.

Automatic Load Balancing and Failover
Detect and failover to alternative ProxySGs when the primary concentrator is unavailable.

Location Awareness for Maximum Performance
Enable administrators to enable or disable ProxyClient acceleration and web filtering depending on ProxyClient's network location in relation to the ProxySG.

VPN Transparency
Deploy ProxyClient to VPN users without any changes to VPN configuration.

Visibility

Client-side Logging and Trace Files
Trouble shoot end-user problems quickly and easily through comprehensive logs and trace files.

Real-time Client Statistics
Monitor performance statistics in real-time through graphical client-side displays.

Client Requirements
Operating Systems	Microsoft Windows: XP Home, Media Center, Professional including service packs 1-3 Windows Vista: all 32-bit Vista versions are supported including SP1 except Starter Edition Ultimate
Hard Drives	15MB available for ProxyClient software installation with up to 40MB for logging and an additional 1.5GB available space (minimum) for CIFS object caching and byte caching (5GB or more available recommended)
Processor	600 megahertz (MHz) processor (minimum), 750MHz or faster processor (recommended)
RAM	512MB (minimum)