Prior to Blue Coat, the Packers struggled to keep spyware off the network
with desktop based anti-virus and anti-spyware solutions.  These "reactive"
tools, which address spyware after it infects nodes on the network, quickly
proved ineffective with IT staff having to spend an average of one day per
week attending to desktop and laptop computers.
    The Packers addressed the problem with Blue Coat's preventive gateway
anti-spyware solution, which combines the ProxySG(TM) and ProxyAV(TM)
appliances to stop "drive-by" spyware installations, block access to known
spyware Web sites and scan Web content for known spyware signatures.  Blue
Coat's solution also incorporates detailed reporting capabilities to help the
Packers IT team quickly identify infected computers for a targeted, more
efficient clean-up.
    "Spyware was consuming considerable amounts of IT manpower and was putting
our entire organization at risk each week, with 150-200 instances of spyware
and adware identified on infected machines," said Wayne Wichlacz, director of
information technology for the Green Bay Packers.  "We could no longer deal
with spyware in a reactive manner.  We deployed Blue Coat's gateway anti-
spyware solution to stop known and unknown forms of spyware before our
internal systems can become infected."
    As a proxy, Blue Coat sits in the middle of the Web data stream to inspect
Web traffic traversing the network perimeter, including spyware.  At this
powerful position in the network, Blue Coat applies its Spyware Policy Control
functionality to inspect, filter and block Web content associated with spyware
installation software.  This capability is critical when spyware originates
from an unknown Web site and when there is no known signature available to
detect the malicious program.
    "Blue Coat has been the first and only effective solution for preventing
spyware from landing on the network," said Mark Sollazo, president of
SynerComm (http://www.synercomm.com), a Blue Coat Premier Partner.  "Unlike other
spyware tools that rely on known patterns, signatures or URLs to reactively
detect spyware, Blue Coat provides a preventive approach that inspects Web
content for spyware installers and previously unidentified forms of spyware
programs."

    About Blue Coat Systems
    Blue Coat enables organizations to keep "good" employees from doing "bad"
things on the Internet.  Blue Coat high-performance proxy appliances provide
visibility and control of Web communications to address today's new business
risks -- such as inappropriate Web surfing, spyware, viruses brought in via
back door channels such as instant messaging and Web-based email, and network
resource abuse due to peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing and video streaming.
Trusted by many of the world's most influential organizations, Blue Coat has
shipped more than 20,000 proxy appliances.  Blue Coat is headquartered in
Sunnyvale, California, and can be reached at (408) 220-2200 or
http://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' most recently filed Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31,
2004, and other reports filed from time to time with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

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