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Bluecoat
Blue Coat Appoints Venkat Raghavan as Senior Vice President of Research and Development

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 16, 2012 – Blue Coat Systems, Inc., the technology leader in Web security and WAN optimization solutions, today announced that IBM veteran, Venkat Raghavan has joined as senior vice president of research and development. Venkat brings a 20 year track record of delivering world-class enterprise security products and market-leading innovation to Blue Coat.

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Blue Coat Introduces Free, Family-Safe Web Browser to Protect Children and Families on Android Phones and Tablets

K9 Web Protection Browser Provides Real-time Protection against Inappropriate Material, Malicious Threats and Phishing

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Blue Coat Awarded CRN’s 2012 5-Star Partner Rating For the Third Straight Year

Channel Focus, Enablement and Dedication Drive Prestigious Award from Computer Reseller News in Security, Networking and Cloud Vendor Categories

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New PacketShaper Drives Performance up to 8 Gbps and Introduces Visibility and Control of IPv6 “Shadow Networks”

PacketShaper 9 Software Keeps Ahead of Growing Network Traffic and Provides Industry’s First Visibility and Control of Unauthorized IPv6 Applications...

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Blue Coat ProxySG Appliances Achieve Common Criteria Certification to Meet Stringent Government Security Requirements

Blue Coat has achieved certification for EAL4+ level security under the Canadian Communications Security Establishment’s (CSE) Common Criteria Evaluation...

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Blue Coat Names Industry Veteran as Chief Operating Officer and President

David Murphy Brings Extensive Operational and Channel Experience to Further Accelerate Growth in Web Security and Optimization Markets...

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Blue Coat Introduces Unified Web Security Solution to Deliver Always On Protection and Control to the Extended Enterprise

Global Threat Protection, Universal Policy and Unified Reporting Enable Transition from Securing the Network to Securing the User...

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Blue Coat Demonstrates Web Security Solutions at 2012 RSA Conference

Appliance and Cloud Solutions Deliver Web Security to the Extended Enterprise...

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Blue Coat to Operate as a Privately Held Company and Aggressively Advance its Leadership in Web Security and WAN Optimization

Blue Coat announced the completion of its acquisition by an investor group led by private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo, LLC...

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Blue Coat Shareholders Approve Merger Agreement with Thoma Bravo

Blue Coat shareholders voted to approve the previously announced merger agreement between Blue Coat and an investor group led by private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo, LLC...

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Checkpoint
Check Point Launches ZoneAlarm® Free Antivirus + Firewall 2013

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd.(Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced the availability of ZoneAlarm Free Antivirus + Firewall 2013 - the most complete free Internet security solution for consumers,...

Check Point Software Technologies Reports Record 2012 First Quarter Financial Results
  • Total Revenue: $313.1 million, representing an 11 percent increase year over year
  • Non-GAAP Operating Income: $186.7 million, representing 60 percent of revenues
  • Non-GAAP EPS: $0.74, representing a 16 percent increase year over year
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Check Point Introduces ThreatCloud™, the First Collaborative Network to Fight Cybercrime

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd.(Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced Check Point ThreatCloud™ – the first collaborative network...

Check Point Introduces GAiA™ Unified Secure Operating System With Its Latest R75.40 Software Blade Release

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd.(Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced the availability of Check Point R75.40, the latest release for its leading...

Media Alert: Check Point to Present at Bloomberg Cybersecurity Conference

Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced the company’s participation at the Bloomberg Cybersecurity Conference on April 19, 2012. Check Point Security Evangelist, Tomer...

Palo Alto
The Firewall is Dead. Long Live the Firewall!
Recently, Roger Grimes opined that the firewall was dead.  Several folks chimed in to tell him that he was wrong, and much debate has ensued, citing reports about the nature of recent breaches, how attacks used to work, and how modern attacks work.   I think much of the misunderstanding has to do with the [...]
Not Just for CIOs – The Role of IT is Changing Too
It’s a little late, but I wanted to comment on a great opinion piece by Nicholas Evans in Computerworld last week. He makes several points that Brian, Matt, and I have been blogging about/around recently – the accessibility of applications and devices, the consumerization of IT, and the disintermediation of IT and the requisite role [...]
Fresh Perspectives on Consumerization and BYOD – Part 3
This is the third of a three-part blog series exploring the issues and challenges with consumerization and BYOD. In part 1 of this series, we examined the challenge of dealing with the scope and diversity of consumerization. In part 2 of this series, we took a closer look at why the network plays such an [...]
A Wrap Up of InfoSec Europe
It’s been a busy week at InfoSec Europe, the security event held at Earl’s Court in Kensington, London. The show continues to bring together some of the best and brightest minds in security, and that’s reflected by the level of conversations that we’ve had. Day after day, the crowds were running at a constant high, [...]
The Jericho Botnet — Why Break A Wall When You Can Just Sneak Through?
One of the advantages of having an automated malware detection system with distributed nodes around the world is that you get to see a lot of malware. But sometimes, something interesting stands out. That was the case when our research team discovered 42 samples of what we are now calling the “Jericho” botnet, which Bill [...]
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Blue Coat Appoints Venkat Raghavan as Senior Vice President of Research and Development

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 16, 2012 – Blue Coat Systems, Inc., the technology leader in Web security and WAN optimization solutions, today announced that IBM veteran, Venkat Raghavan has joined as senior vice president of research and development. Venkat brings a 20 year track record of delivering world-class enterprise security products and market-leading innovation to Blue Coat.

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Posted 16/05/2012 11:00:00 PM