Ocean Sky Builds Competitive Advantage with Blue Coat ProxySG Appliances
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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. Blue Coat Systems Jennifer Arculeo, 408-541-3330 (media) jennifer.arculeo@bluecoat.com Jane Underwood, 408-220-2318 (investors) jane.underwood@bluecoat.com or Merritt Group (for Blue Coat Systems) Katherine Nellums, 415-247-1663 (media) nellums@merrittgrp.com Copyright Business Wire 2009
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