DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 5th October, 2011 - Blue Coat Systems, Inc., a leading provider of Web security and WAN optimization solutions, today announced that it will be participating in GITEX Technology Week 2011.

Speaking about the company's participation at the event, Nigel Hawthorn, VP EMEA Marketing at Blue Coat Systems said, "Gitex is attended by the key players in the industry and customers looking for solutions to urgent and complex issues. The exhibition is the ideal platform for us to present our unique range of products and solutions. Bandwidth is a limitation in this region which is why we are eager to demonstrate our new range of WAN optimisation solutions which reduce the wait for  users and save bandwidth. We will also be demonstrating our cloud-based web-security products that deliver web-security to everyone from small businesses to large multinationals. Blue Coat's new Web Application Policy Engine allowing IT staff to set and enforce granular web policies by specific application, operation and category for social networking sites and other major web services will be on demonstration. We will be conducting sessions to educate potential customers on the latest advances for optimising internet traffic and security solutions to ensure that end users can access the content they need without being infected by malware and phishing sites".

Blue Coat Systems delivers solutions for WAN Optimisation which provide specialized optimization features for data, video, cloud and web applications- even in IPv4, IPv6 or mixed environments. The MACH5 appliances combine protocol acceleration, compression, object and byte caching and QoS to help accelerate key applications such as file access, email, web, storage replication and backup while the PacketShaper device allows content-aware control of an organization's web-integrated WAN. The company also specializes in Web security and its ProxySG appliances deployed with Blue Coat WebFilter deliver comprehensive protection against web-based threats, including malware, phishing and botnet traffic from infected end user systems.

Blue Coat recently won the Network Middle East award for 'Best On-Site and Managed Services Security Provider 2011 ' and the Reseller Middle East award for 'Best Software & Security Vendor 2011'.

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About Blue Coat Systems
Blue Coat Systems is a leading provider of Web security and WAN optimization solutions.  Blue Coat offers solutions that provide the visibility, acceleration and security required to optimize and secure the flow of information to any user, on any network, anywhere.  This application intelligence enables enterprises to tightly align network investments with business requirements, speed decision making and secure business applications for long-term competitive advantage.  Blue Coat also offers service provider solutions for managed security and WAN optimization, as well as carrier-grade caching solutions to save on bandwidth and enhance the end-user Web experience.  For additional information, please visit www.bluecoat.com.

Blue Coat, ProxySG, PacketShaper and the Blue Coat logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Blue Coat Systems, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

For more information, please contact:
Manal Abi Rafeh
Blue Coat Systems ME
Telephone: +971 4  3911620
Fax: +971 4 3911635
Email: manal.abirafeh@Blue Coat.com

Media Contact:
Colin Saldanha
PR Consultant
PROCRE8
Dubai - UAE
GSM: +971 (50) 6400762
Email: colin@procre8.biz

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