Blue Coat Invests in PacketShaper Appliances to Expand Application Awareness

Visibility into Spotify Enables Businesses to Control Traffic for Optimized
Business Application Performance
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:BCSI), the technology leader in Application
Delivery Networking, today announced that it has expanded the number of
applications that Blue Coat® PacketShaper® appliances can discover, classify and
prioritize. With the addition of the new plug-in that can identify traffic from
online radio service Spotify, Blue Coat continues to invest in the PacketShaper
appliance and enable businesses to control the applications running on their
network.

"Visibility is fundamental to optimizing application performance and we intend
to continue to invest in our PacketShaper appliances to provide enterprises with
an expanded view into the applications that are running on their networks," said
Carrie Oakes, vice president of product management and marketing at Blue Coat
Systems. "Granular visibility is the lynchpin in the Blue Coat Application
Delivery Network infrastructure and provides enterprises with the actionable
intelligence they need to optimize application performance and align IT
investments with business requirements."

Spotify is a proprietary peer-to-peer streaming music application that utilizes
client computers to create a library of music. Spotify has more than one million
users and is currently available in the U.K., Finland, Sweden, Norway, France
and Spain, and is expected to launch elsewhere, including in the U.S. According
to Spotify,average listening times are over an hour per user per day and the
recommended bandwidth requirement is 256 Kbps.

Network managers can utilize Blue Coat PacketShaper appliances to discover and
control Spotify by limiting bandwidth for the application, blocking it or
reducing its priority to protect the performance of other business applications.

PacketShaper appliances can identify more than 600 applications - from flash and
peer-to-peer to Oracle and Facebook - that are running on the network and
monitor more than 100 metrics of every application session. With this in-depth
visibility, network managers can apply granular controls in the form of
bandwidth guarantees, prioritization and quality of service to business
applications, such as video conferencing or customer resource management
systems, to ensure recreational applications do not interfere with the
performance of those that are critical to the business.

With the visibility that PacketShaper appliances provide, network managers can
set and enforce corporate IT policies to optimize and accelerate business
applications and block or limit non-business applications. Blue Coat offers
unmatched visibility into the performance and security of applications running
across the network, providing enterprises with the control they need to contain
costs, enhance business productivity and respond quickly to changing business
requirements.

Availability

The new software plug-in for Spotify is available immediately and is free of
charge to customers with a current maintenance agreement.

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. 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-K for the
fiscal year ended April 30, 2009, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

Blue Coat, PacketShaper 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
Steve Schick, 408-220-2076 (Media)
steve.schick@bluecoat.com
or
Merritt Group (for Blue Coat Systems)
Katherine Nellums, 415-247-1663 (Media)
nellums@merrittgrp.com
or
Blue Coat Systems
Jane Underwood, 408-220-2318 (Investors)
jane.underwood@bluecoat.com

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