Blue Coat Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), a leading provider of Web security and WAN optimization solutions, today announced that it was named Best Web Security Vendor at the VARIndia StarNite Awards. The awards are conferred based on the results of a VARIndia survey of vendors' penetration and engagement with channel partners. In the survey, 47 percent of customers and channel partners rated Blue Coat as the best Web security vendor over Check Point, Cisco and McAfee.

?Today, traditional enterprise security is no match for sophisticated and rapidly evolving Web-based security threats,? said Steve Daheb, chief marketing officer and senior vice president at Blue Coat Systems. ?This award from VARIndia, which considers input from both our partners and customers, validates the value of our real-time Web defense and security appliances.?

Blue Coat® ProxySG® appliances work in conjunction with the Blue Coat WebPulse? service, a cloud-based community of 70 million users worldwide that rates requests in real time to provide comprehensive awareness of evolving and emerging malicious Web content. This Web security intelligence is immediately available to all users without requiring updates or downloads.

The VARIndia StarNite Awards honor information technology vendors, solution providers and partners for their contributions towards the growth of the Indian IT industry.

About Blue Coat Systems

Blue Coat Systems is the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking. Blue Coat offers an Application Delivery Network Infrastructure that provides 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, WebPulse 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.

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