Blue Coat to Host Government Webinar on Meeting Trusted Internet Connection Initiative

The TIC initiative focuses on improving the security of government networks by reducing the number of, and further securing, risk points. Under the initiative, TIC will decrease the number of external, public-facing Internet gateways used by government agencies from roughly 4,000, today, to 50. Originally, government agencies were to comply with the initiative by June 30, 2008. However, due to the aggressive deadline, many agencies filed for extensions or are still evaluating solutions for gateway consolidation and greater security of their Internet connections.

Blue Coat solutions offer a unique combination of Web security and policy control with acceleration and bandwidth reduction that can scale to the large deployments needed for such consolidation. Blue Coat(R) ProxySG(R) and ProxyAV(TM) appliances, when used with Blue Coat WebFilter(TM) software and its cloud-based WebPulse(TM) service, provide a layered approach for inbound and outbound Internet gateway protection from spyware, malware, mobile malicious code, viruses, Trojans, botnets, phishing and Web 2.0 threats. The Blue Coat solutions also enable organizations to enforce acceptable usage or network management policies and comply with laws and regulations. Blue Coat ProxySG appliances are already deployed in government agencies specifically to address TIC requirements. In addition, Blue Coat works with key managed service provider partners that are part of the GSA Networx program to make purchasing easy for government agencies that want to use Blue Coat products.

To register for the Webinar or learn more, visit: www.bluecoat.com/TIC.

The Webinar will be held Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 2 p.m. Eastern Time/11 a.m. Pacific Time.

About Blue Coat Systems

Blue Coat secures Web communications and accelerates business applications across the distributed enterprise. Blue Coat's family of appliances and client-based solutions -- deployed in branch offices, Internet gateways, end points, and data centers -- provide intelligent points of policy-based control enabling IT organizations to optimize security and accelerate performance between users and applications. Blue Coat has installed more than 40,000 appliances worldwide. Blue Coat is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and can be reached at (408) 220-2200 or www.bluecoat.com.

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Blue Coat Systems Steve Schick, 408-220-2076 (Media) steve.schick@bluecoat.com Daniel Levy, 408-220-2318 (Investors) daniel.levy@bluecoat.com or Merritt Group (for Blue Coat Systems) Ben Merritt, 703-926-0290 (Media) merritt@merrittgrp.com