[November 21, 2009] Blue Coat Expands Hybrid Secure Web Gateway Solution Tweet Nov 20, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Blue Coat Systems, Inc., a company specializing in Application Delivery Networking, announced that it is expanding its hybrid Secure Web Gateway solution with new Blue Coat ProxySG Series and ProxyAV Series appliances, new cloud-based defenses in the Blue Coat WebPulse service and extended remote user protection through Blue Coat ProxyClient software. According to a release, these new additions include: - Blue Coat ProxySG 9000 Series appliances that set a new industry standard for performance - Blue Coat ProxyAV 1400 and 2400 Series appliances for high performance inline malware scanning - Enhanced security checks for Web-based threats in the ProxySG family of appliances - Extensible custom filtering for Blue Coat ProxyClient software - Additional defenses against Web-based threats added to the Blue Coat WebPulse cloud service The company said the Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution is a scalable, hybrid architecture that combines ProxySG and ProxyAV appliances with ProxyClient software and the cloud-based WebPulse service to provide Web awareness and on-demand intelligence about the latest Web threats across the extended enterprise. The new Blue Coat ProxySG 9000 and ProxyAV 1400 and 2400 appliances connect to the WebPulse collaborative cloud defense service to obtain threat intelligence and Web awareness. Innovations in design and processing for the new ProxySG appliances result in a 5X performance improvement over existing appliances. Additionally, the ProxySG 9000 appliances support a full Gigabit per second of throughput when deployed in high availability configurations, setting a new industry performance standard for gateway appliances. With these advances, the ProxySG and ProxyAV appliances can each scale to support enterprises with 250 to 60,000 users on a single appliance. "With a collaborative and scalable cloud-based service to deliver on-demand security intelligence, the Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution continuously adapts to the dynamic Web-based threat landscape that is challenging legacy security architectures," said Mikko Valimaki, chief scientist at Blue Coat Systems. "By combining a high-performance Internet gateway appliance with remote user protection and a collaborative cloud environment in a hybrid architecture, Blue Coat provides enterprises with a security foundation that is built to last." More Information: www.bluecoat.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]