Top10ReasonstoSwitchtoBlueCoatWANOptimization

1. BlueCoatLeadership. FiveyearsagowhenyoumadeyourWANOptimizationdecision,BlueCoatwasnotinthe market.SincetheintroductionofCIFS,MAPandTCPacceleration,alongwithbytecachingin 2006,BlueCoathasquicklybecomearecognizedleaderinWANOptimization,surpassingthe technologyandbenefitsofearlyentrantslikeRiverbed. a. RecognizedinLeaderQuadrantintheGartnerMagicQuadrantforWANOptimization aswellasthetopLeaderWAVEintheForresterWAVEforWANOptimization.The ForresterWAVEreportdetailsthatBlueCoatWANOptimizationisStrongestamong leadersaswellasoneofthemostuserfriendly. b. Marketshareleadershipshownas#1marketsharebyIDCandInfonetics. 2. BestperformanceforCIFS,MAPIandothercorelegacyapplications. Besidesbeingtheleaderinadvancedtechnologiesforemergingapplications,BlueCoatbyte caching,CIFSandMAPIaccelerationprovidesthedatareductionandspeedimprovements youvecometoexpectfromyourbasicWANOptimizationtechnologiesdatareductionsof50 99%.ButasmoreapplicationsmovetoHTTPandSSL,youwanttoensureyourinfrastructureis partneredwiththeleaderinWANOptimization.BlueCoatSystems. 3. BlueCoatControlsRecreationTraffic BlueCoatistheonlyvendorthathelpsyoucontrolrecreationaltraffic.Applicationslikeflash video,iTunes,P2Pandwebbrowsingcanconsume3060%oftheWANlink.WithBlueCoat,you canmanageittwoways: a. ControlrecreationaltrafficoverWANinbackhaularchitecture.ProxySGinremotesites providesWANOptimizationPLUSabilitytolimitrecreationviaQOS(byURLcategoryor URL). b. EnablingbranchestogoDirecttoNetandoffloadALLrecreationfromthe WANsafely. 4. BlueCoatDeliversHighQualityVideoonExistingNetworks BlueCoatvideoaccelerationtechnologiesenableustosplitstream(takeonestreamtoa branch,splitto100users),objectcaching(ondemandvideoatremotesites)andContent DeliveryNetworking(CDNdistributesvideototheremotecachesduringlowusagehours). ThesetechnologiescanprovideMASSIVEbandwidthandperformancesavings. 5. BlueCoatAcceleratesSaaSApplications BlueCoatsuniqueobjectcachingandaccelerationarchitectureenablesustoaccelerateSaaS applicationsevenwhenyoudonthaveaboxattheotherendofthetransaction(oneboxor asymmetricdeployment).Further,wecanprioritizebusinessSaaSoverrecreationalbrowsing andsafelyenableremotesitestoaccessSaaSandInternetdirectlyDirecttoNetarchitectures thatsavemoneybyshiftingcoststoInternetlinks. 6. BlueCoatClientSoftwareProvidesProtectionAgainstWebMalwarePLUSAccelerationand isFreeofCharge(OK,thatsTWOthings)

a. BlueCoatintegrateswebfilteringandwebmalwareprotectionalongwithitswan optimization/accelerationsoftwareclient(youcanuseone,theotherorboth) b. BlueCoatprovidesitsclientsoftwarefreeofchargetocustomerswhoownProxySG gateways.Wedomakemoneyyouhavetobuytheconcentrator,moreclientsmore hardwareatthecore.Thefreesoftwareclient,however,significantlyreducescostof procurementandownershipformixedaccelerationdeployments(software/appliance mixes).BlueCoatsclientsolutionhasLOWERTCOincludinga73%lowercostof acquisitionandincludeswebfilteringandmalwareprotection. 7. BlueCoatReducesDataCenterServerLoads(andcosts)withObjectCaching BlueCoatsobjectcachingtechnologiesactuallyreducetheserverload.Forfiles,videoand HTTP/SSL,ifthedataisinanobjectcache,itisservedattheremotesite,afteraquickcheckto assurefreshdata,withoutburdeningtheserver.IfyouconsideraCIFSfileaccess,eachfile requestisaseparatetransactionpotentiallyhundredsorthousandsofbackandforth communicationsbetweenthefileserverandtheRiverbed.IfthefileisinBlueCoatsobject cache,onecheckforfreshnesstotheserverenablesalocalremoteofficeservingofthedata anddrasticallyreducedserverload.Thisarchitecturecanactuallyreduceserversrequiredfor files,webandvideointhedatacenter. 8. BlueCoatIntegratesLeadingSecureWebGatewayTechnologiesintothesameproduct BlueCoatsProxySGisnotonlytheleadingaccelerationproductonthemarket,italsointegrates securewebgatewaytechnologiestoprotectusersfromunproductiveandmaliciouswebsites. Thisintegration 9. BlueCoatCanHelpYouAssessYourNeedsDiscoverWhatisReallyHappening AtBlueCoat,wefinditusefultoassessALLtheapplicationsonyournetwork,anddetermine whatyourproblemsare.Weoftenseerecreationtraffictaking3060%ofWANlinkamajor performanceproblemhiddenfrommostcustomerswhodonthavetherighttoolstosee.With BlueCoatVisibilityenablescustomerstoseeallapplicationsontheirnetwork,measure utilizationandperformance,troubleshoottheissuesandmoreintelligentlychoosethetoolsto fixproblemsandbuildthenetworktodeliverapplicationseffectively. 10. BlueCoatEnablesNewDirecttoNetArchitectureslowercost,highavailability,new possibilities Bycombiningaccelerationtechnologiesthataccelerateexternalwebapplications,withsecurity requiredtoprotectagainstusersagainstexternalthreats,BlueCoatenablescustomersto embracearchitecturesthatallowremoteofficestodirectlyconnecttotheInternet.Customers can1)increaseavailabilitythroughdualhomedconnections2)lowernetworkingcostsby leveragingcheaperinternetlinks3)moveALLrecreationtrafficoffoftheWAN4)improveSaaS performancebydirectaccessandoptimizationtechnologiesonthesameplatformthatthey optimizeinternalWANtraffic. BlueCoatApplicationDeliveryNetworkingABroaderVisionDeliveredToday BlueCoatintegratesVisibility,Acceleration&Securityintoasinglesolutiontosecureandoptimize applications.WearethetechnologyleaderinADN,aperfectcomplementtoyourexisting infrastructure.Ascustomerstrytorationalizepointtoolsandvendors,theywanttopartnerwith

companieslikeBlueCoatthatprovideafullapplicationdeliverynetworkingsolutionthatincludes marketleadingWANOptimization.