China National Offshore Oil Selects Blue Coat Appliances for Accelerating, Controlling and Securing Web Access

June 17, 2008 7:45 AM EDT

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), the leader in WAN Application Delivery and Secure Web Gateway, today announced that China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has deployed Blue Coat(R) ProxySG(R) appliances in its headquarters and largest regional office to manage Web usage, accelerate Internet content and applications, reduce bandwidth consumption and protect against malware.

With Blue Coat appliances, CNOOC can change its model for Internet access so that each branch office could potentially connect to the Internet. Rather than backhaul Internet traffic from branch offices to and from its corporate headquarters, CNOOC can provide direct Internet access to branch offices by deploying ProxySG appliances locally to ensure the same level of security, control and acceleration as the primary Internet gateway in the corporate headquarters. CNOOC has started by deploying a ProxySG appliance in its largest regional office. The same ProxySG appliances used in the branch office can also serve as WAN optimization appliances in the future, accelerating remote access to centralized files and applications.

Wang Ruoxun, director of the IT center of CNOOC, says, "As one of China's largest state-owned oil companies, CNOOC faces significant pressure for productivity and efficiency of operations. The Blue Coat solution can balance the Internet access demands of our 51,000 users and solve the problem of how to ensure the operation of critical business applications despite bandwidth limitations. In addition, Blue Coat ProxySG appliances also offer the scalability we need for future business growth. More policies and processes can be added on-demand to the ProxySG appliances at our headquarters and branches."

The Blue Coat appliances provide CNOOC visibility into the company's Internet access and enable the enforcement of appropriate controls according to corporate policy, the type of content or application and the individual using it. Malicious content, such as spyware and viruses, can be stopped. Employee Web surfing can be managed according to acceptable use policies and various Web applications, such as instant messaging (IM) and those using streaming media or peer-to-peer (P2P), can be controlled for bandwidth and acceptability. Acceptable content and applications are accelerated through use of caching and pipelining. In addition, bandwidth consumption can be decreased by as much as 50 percent.

"The selection of Blue Coat appliances by China National Offshore Oil Corporation reflects our proven capabilities for combining Web security and control with acceleration," said Matt Young, vice president, Asia Pacific, Blue Coat Systems. "In addition, we enable companies to shift from centralized Internet access to direct access in branch offices while maintaining consistency of security and policy control."

About CNOOC

The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is one of the largest state-owned oil giants in China, as well as the largest offshore oil and gas producer. It has established six business sectors, namely, oil and gas exploitation, technical services, chemical and fertilizer production and refining, natural gas and power generation, financial services, and logistic service and new energies development. CNOOC now owns four listed companies - CNOOC Ltd., China Oilfield Services Ltd., CNOOC Engineering Ltd., and China BlueChemicals Co., Ltd. The year 2007 saw it achieving a merged sales income of RMB 170 billion and a net profit of RMB 56.5 billion. For more information, please visit: www.cnooc.com.cn.

About Blue Coat Systems

Blue Coat secures Web communications and accelerates business applications across the distributed enterprise. Blue Coat's family of appliances and client-based solutions - deployed in branch offices, Internet gateways, end points, and data centers - provide intelligent points of policy-based control enabling IT organizations to optimize security and accelerate performance between users and applications. Blue Coat has installed more than 40,000 appliances worldwide. Blue Coat is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and can be reached at (408) 220-2200 or 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 year ended April 30, 2007, and Form 10-Q filed for the quarter ended January 31, 2008 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Source: Blue Coat Systems, Inc.

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