Blue Coat to Acquire Crossbeam Systems

Acquisition Unites Two Market Leaders With Complementary Technologies

Acquisition Unites Two Market Leaders With Complementary Technologies

New Updates for PacketShaper Appliances Deliver Visibility Into and Control Over Emerging Shadow IT Infrastructures

New Service Gives Employees the Access They Want; Provides Businesses With the Security They Need

Analyst Firm Recognizes Blue Coat for Unique Asymmetric Acceleration of Cloud-Based Applications and Robust Video Optimization

Eighty-Six Percent of FORTUNE Global 500 Companies Use Blue Coat Appliances

Company Holds Nearly Twice the Market Share of Closest Competitor

David Murphy Brings Extensive Operational and Channel Experience to Further Accelerate Growth in Web Security and Optimization Markets

Appliance and Cloud Solutions Deliver Web Security to the Extended Enterprise

Malicious Sites Increase 240% in 2011 With Average Business Facing 5,000 Threats per Month

SUNNYVALE, CA — (Marketwire) — 11/29/11 — Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCSI), the technology leader in and solutions, today announced that the Blue Coat® MACH5 WAN Optimization appliance has won the Networks Asia Readers- Choice Product Excellence Award in the Network Optimization/Acceleration category for the second consecutive year. The Readers- Choice Awards are determined by readers of Network World Asia magazine and Networks Asia portal to recognize IT vendors that have made t