Ocean Sky Builds Competitive Advantage with Blue Coat ProxySG Appliances

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Wed May 27, 2009 7:45am EDT

Blue Coat Appliances Enable Ocean Sky to Build Virtual Studio and Recruit
Leading Designers from across the Region
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:BCSI), the technology leader in Application
Delivery Networking, today announced that Ocean Sky, an integrated apparel
company, has deployed Blue Coat® ProxySG® appliances to securely enable
cross-regional collaboration among its design, manufacturing and distribution
teams. With ProxySG appliances, Ocean Sky has built a virtual design environment
that allows the company to assemble cutting edge talent from across Asia
Pacific, creating a competitive advantage. 

"The success of our business depends on cross-regional cooperation where
employees from different teams can collaborate to improve efficiencies in our
development and distribution processes," said Margaret Tang, senior IT manager
at Ocean Sky. "With Blue Coat, we are able to attract and retain key talent from
all over Asia by operating a single, virtual studio." 

To enable efficient collaboration within Ocean Sky, Blue Coat ProxySG appliances
utilize a combination of Wide Area Network (WAN) optimization technologies,
including compression, caching, pre-population and protocol optimization. The
combination of these technologies improved Ocean Sky`s application response
times and also reduced its bandwidth consumption across the WAN. With the
deployment of Blue Coat appliances, Ocean Sky has not only created a virtual
design environment, but it can also source materials throughout the region. 

The same ProxySG appliances that optimize applications across the WAN also
provide Ocean Sky with an effective point of control for enforcing corporate IT
policies. With centralized policy enforcement, ProxySG appliances ensure that
policies are consistently enforced across Ocean Sky`s distributed workforce. 

"For businesses that operate globally or across large regions, like Ocean Sky,
ensuring rapid application response times is critical running an efficient
business," said Matt Young, vice president of Asia Pacific, Blue Coat Systems.
"Blue Coat delivers the unique combination of WAN optimization and security
technologies that allows Ocean Sky employees to collaborate from design to
distribution." 

The WAN optimization technologies that are intrinsic to ProxySG appliances are a
critical component of the Blue Coat Application Delivery Network infrastructure.
An application-aware infrastructure, the Application Delivery Network provides
visibility, acceleration and security to optimize and secure the delivery of
applications across the distributed enterprise. 

About Ocean Sky

Ocean Sky is a fully integrated apparel service provider from design to
distribution. Through our relentless pursuit of innovation, strategic
enhancements to organizational capabilities, leveraging on opportunities for
business growth, Ocean Sky has achieved success through speed, cost efficiency,
quality and innovation to global customers worldwide. 

Established in 1995 and listed on the Mainboard of Stock Exchange of Singapore
in 2003, the Group's four core business units are Corporate Services, Apparel
Agency, Apparel Production and Apparel Support Services. 

Ocean Sky operates three Marketing Hubs in Singapore, Hong Kong and the
USA/Central America. They define the sales and marketing functions, pursue
market insights, uniquely position the business to create and deliver value and
success. 

About Blue Coat Systems

Blue Coat Systems is the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking.
Blue Coat offer 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. For additional information, please visit
www.bluecoat.com. 

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: The statements contained in this press release that
are not purely historical are forward-looking statements, including statements
regarding Blue Coat Systems` expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies
regarding the future, and including statements regarding the capabilities and
expected performance of Blue Coat Systems` products. All forward-looking
statements included in this press release are based upon information available
to Blue Coat Systems as of the date hereof, and Blue Coat Systems assumes no
obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to
differ materially from those projected. These and other risks relating to Blue
Coat Systems` business are set forth in Blue Coat Systems` Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended January 31, 2009 and Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2008,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Blue Coat, ProxySG 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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