Carbon Black revealed the successful integration of its Carbon Black endpoint detection and response solution with Blue Coat’s next-generation malware analysis and security analytics network options.Read More…
Fortinet today announced the appointment of Manal Abi Rafeh as its Regional Marketing Manager for the Middle East and Africa. Manal will be based out of Dubai and report to Yann Pradelle, Vice President, Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa, Fortinet.Read More…
Help AG, attained the the BlueTouch support partner status from Blue Coat, which will allow the company to offer 24×7 L 1 and L 2 technical support to customers of Blue Coat in the region.Read More…
Blue Coat today announced the release of its next-generation CacheFlow 5000 appliance, which delivers a significant leap forward in performance and capacity — more than three times greater throughput and cache storage compared to the previous version — in the same compact, 4U footprint. The new CacheFlow appliance is available immediately and includes IPv6 support to address the advanced networking requirements of large service provider customers.Read More…
Blue Coat announced that Lebanon’s leading Internet service provider, Lebanon Online S.A.R.L. has deployed the its CacheFlow 5000 appliance to substantially reduce its operational expenses by cutting bandwidth spend, manage sizeable increases in network traffic and subscriber growth, enhance Web security and optimize and enhance the delivery of rich Web 2.0 content, large files and video. Lebanon Online expects the return on its investment in CacheFlow appliances to be less than six months, based upon bandwidth savings alone. Read More…
Blue Coat Systems, the leading provider of Web security and WAN optimization solutions, recently announced that it has been positioned as a Top Player in the Corporate Web Security Market Quadrant by analyst research firm Radicati. According to the report, Blue Coat’s “leadership in the Web acceleration and URL filtering space has given it a commanding lead in terms of installed base and also helps position the company as a leader in the Web security space.” According to Radicati, Top Players are the current leaders of the corporate Web security market and have products with large customer bases. Read More…
Saudi Arabia based Naizak announced that it has been signed a value-added distributor for Blue Coat Systems to help build the partner network across the Middle East and distribute the entire range of market-leading Blue Coat solutions for WAN optimization, application performance management and Web security. The core area of focus will remain on expanding the Blue Coat WAN optimization business in the region. Blue Coat Proxy SG appliances accelerate and optimize email and file access in addition to enterprise applications, live and on-demand video, web content and cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications.Read More…
Blue Coat Systems today announced its Blue Coat® ProxySG® version 6 Acceleration Edition appliance for WAN optimization has achieved Oracle Validated Integration with the Oracle® E-Business Suite 11.5.10 and 12.1 and Siebel CRM release 7.8 and 8.1 through Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN). Blue Coat ProxySG Acceleration Edition appliances accelerate the remote use of Oracle E-Business Suite and Siebel applications in branch offices where network latency, congestion and packet loss slow centrally run applications.Read More…
Blue Coat Systems recently won the Frost & Sullivan Global Product Differentiation Excellence Award 2011 for content filtering for its Secure Web Gateway solution. According to Blue Coat, it was palced higher than its competitors in four of the five categories and tied in the remaining one. Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution stood out in the comparative analysis with stringent parameters like unique features and functionality, quality and complexity, customization, brand perception of the uniqueness of the product and matching product to market needs. Read More…
Blue Cat, launched its new enhanced channel program Blue Coat Channel Advantage Program to increase channel partner effectiveness in selling Blue Coat WAN optimization solutions and deliver a higher return on the investments that its partners make. The new programs include a WAN Optimization Partner designation that enables certified partners to achieve higher margins; a Fast Start enablement program to quickly ramp up partners that sell Blue Coat WAN optimization solutions; a new Try-and-Buy program to simplify the evaluation process and reward partners that successfully convert evaluations into sales; and new training and education resources through the Blue Coat.Read More…
