MSP Offers Blue Coat Security

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Blue Coat® Systems (Nasdaq: BCSI), the leader in secure content and application delivery, today announced that Networx Australia, an innovative managed service provider for Australian enterprises and organizations, has selected Blue Coat SG appliances with MACH5 application acceleration technology for WAN optimization and Web security to its managed service customers. The SG appliances, located at the Networx operations center and at customer locations, reduce latency and minimize bandwidth consumption for customers, while also providing Web filtering and security. The resulting service significantly improves network and Internet performance for customers. It also enables Networx to cut its own operational costs and increase customer retention.

“The Internet Service Provider business in Australia is sharply competitive, but with the Blue Coat solution we have been able to differentiate our service through accelerated delivery of content and applications and also offer comprehensive Web filtering,” said Mikael Haidar, chief information officer, Networx Australia. “Blue Coat SG appliances can simultaneously solve application latency issues, reduce bandwidth consumption and deliver security and control. The result is significantly faster and more reliable service for customers, important differentiation in a competitive market, increased customer retention and lower costs due to bandwidth reductions.”

Blue Coat Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI)