Blue Coat Systems - Blue Coat and Proofpoint Extend Their Technology Alliance to Middle East

Nidal Taha, Regional Director for ME and Turkey, Blue Coat SystemsStore this angel in big sizeDUBAI, United Arab Emirates, September 27th ,2009 – Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), the technology baton in Application Delivery Networking, today appear that it is extending its accord with Proofpoint, Inc., the arch provider of unified email security, archiving and abstracts accident blockage solutions, to the Middle East. Proofpoint and Blue Coat are alive to bear a absolute aegis band-aid that protects adjoin attenuated malware attacks through email and the Web.

Commenting on the alliance, Nidal Taha, Regional Director for ME and Turkey, Blue Coat Systems said, “Globally, we are seeing malware threats affective to the Web with awful links accepting delivered via email. This is accurate for the Middle East region, as well, and the collective Blue Coat and Proofpoint band-aid provides enterprises with the accoutrement they charge to bigger action threats that attack to access the action through email and Web-based communication.”

Blue Coat® ProxySG® and ProxyAV™ accessories and the Proofpoint on Demand hosted account and Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway apparatus allotment real-time intelligence and acceptability abstracts to accommodate Blue Coat and Proofpoint barter with added aegis adjoin the latest email and Web-based malware attacks. The interoperable band-aid protects adjoin entering threats such as spam, viruses, phishing and denial-of-service attacks at Internet and email gateways.

Proofpoint’s email security, powered by the patent-pending Proofpoint MLX apparatus acquirements technology, inspects hundreds of bags of attributes in admission email letters to accurately ascertain and block spam, malware or phishing attempts. The Blue Coat ProxyAV apparatus scans Web cartage for malware, including encrypted SSL-traffic, while ProxySG accessories act as an administration point at the Internet aperture for accumulated IT policies.

Additionally, ProxySG accessories plan in affiliation with the Blue Coat WebPulse™ billow account to accommodate abreast advice on the latest malware threats. With an beat accomplishments malware apprehension action that utilizes assorted blackmail apprehension engines, as able-bodied as use of animal raters, the WebPulse account can analyze new and evolving threats and accommodate actual updates to added than 54 actor users.

“The email and Web aegis aperture markets accept been advancing as attenuated threats become added beat and enterprises common ambition to crop a holistic access to mitigating both bulletin and Web-borne risks,” said David Stanley, VP of EMEA for Proofpoint. “The abutting cooperation amid Proofpoint and Blue Coat will accord enterprises acceptance to an interoperable band-aid for mitigating a huge ambit of the a lot of acute IT risks.”

Proofpoint is a affiliate of the Blue Coat Technology Integration Partner Program, and Blue Coat is a affiliate of the Proofpoint Technology Partner Program. Through the accord in these accomplice programs, both companies accommodate engineering, training and abutment assets to body an interoperable aegis band-aid that protects email and Web-based communications from attenuated threats.

About Blue Coat Systems
Blue Coat Systems is the technology baton in Application Delivery Networking. Blue Coat offers an Application Delivery Network Infrastructure that provides the visibility, celerity and aegis appropriate to optimize and defended the breeze of advice to any user, on any network, anywhere. This appliance intelligence enables enterprises to deeply adjust arrangement investments with business requirements, acceleration accommodation authoritative and defended business applications for abiding aggressive advantage. For added information, amuse appointment www.bluecoat.com.

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Manal Abi Rafeh
Regional Marketing Manager ME & Turkey
Blue Coat Systems ME
Telephone: +971 4 3911620
Fax: +971 4 3911635
Email: manal.abirafeh@bluecoat.com

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