IDC names Blue Coat leader in WAN Optimization

IDC names Blue Coat leader in WAN Optimization

The company scored the first place with 29.5 per cent market share on $67.4 million in revenue

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

MUMBAI, INDIA: Blue Coat Systems, Inc., a provider of Application Delivery Networking, today announced that a new report from IDC, a market research and advisory firm, named Blue Coat the leader in worldwide market share for WAN Application Delivery for the first quarter of calendar year 2009.

According to the recently issued IDC report named, “Worldwide WAN Application Delivery 2008 and 1Q, 09 Vendor Shares," Blue Coat was the market leader for the first quarter of 2009 and was second in market share for the full calendar year of 2008. For the first quarter of 2009, IDC reports puts Blue Coat in the number one position with 29.5 per cent market share on $67.4 million in revenue, said a press release.

"Blue Coat established itself as the market leader in the first quarter of 2009. This leadership results from a differentiated value proposition for the distributed enterprise," said Lucinda Borovick, vice president of data center networks, IDC.

She added that Blue Coat is delivering on its strategy to include visibility as a key principle of its Application Delivery Network infrastructure.

"Our vision for the Application Delivery Network addresses today’s WAN optimization challenges and enables distributed enterprises to contain costs, realize more value from their existing network investments and enhance productivity by delivering business applications as expected," said Bethany Mayer, senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing and Corporate Development, Blue Coat Systems.

He added that as their market share reflects, customers are responding to their comprehensive approach to WAN optimization, which integrates application and web visibility, acceleration and security.

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