Value Proposition
Application Delivery Network infrastructure addresses demand for greater application mobility and security in a distributed enterprise. Three core capabilities: application performance monitoring, WAN optimization and secure Web gateway technologies
Year Founded
1996
CEO
Brian NeSmith, President
Customers
More than 15,000 customers worldwide
Includes 81% of the Fortune® Global 500
Eight of the ten largest service providers in the world, 96 of the 100 largest companies in the world
Large government organizations, defense and civilian agencies and research and education institutions
Revenue
$444,745,000 for fiscal year ended April 2009
Consistent quarter over quarter growth
Increased market share from 25.1 percent to 30 percent in the first calendar quarter of 2009
Headquarters
Sunnyvale, California
Support centers in Sunnyvale, London, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Waterloo and Dubai
Ownership
Publicly traded (NASDAQ: BCSI)
Employees
1,250 employees and 2,800 partners worldwide
Service and Support
Blue Coat BlueTouch program of consulting services and on-the-ground support
Industry Recognition
Leader Position, Gartner’s Magic Quadrant, WAN Optimization Controllers 2008
Leader’s Quadrant of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateway 2008
Ranked market leader in WAN Optimization- Infonetics Research and Gartner - Q3 2008
Ranked market leader of Content Security Gateway Appliances- Infonetics 2008
Ranked market leader in WAN Optimization; Infonetics Research – Q2 2009
Environmental Initiatives
Blue Planet implements key technologies to reduce company’s carbon footprint
Designs and builds technology that enables enterprises to more efficiently utilize existing network resources
Products
ProxySG® appliances – Application acceleration, control and visibility at internet gateways and remote or branch offices
PacketShaper® appliances – Understanding and monitoring application performance, providing the ability to maintain application SLAs, fine-grained bandwidth management
ProxyClient® software – WAN optimization and Web security for mobile and remote workers
WebFilter™ software – Web categorization and identification of malware sources
WebPulse service - the real-time cloud computing security service that extends its Blue Coat WebFilter product
ProxyAV appliances – Detect malware and malicious code at the Web gateway without slowing traffic
Blue Coat holds more than 175 patents issued and pending
Five R&D centers around the world