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BLUE COAT TEAMS WITH AUSTIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TO TRAIN FAMILIES IN ONLINE SAFETY & INTERNET PARENTING
Blue Coat Systems Provides K9 Web Protection, Training and Resources to Low-Income Families Receiving Computers with Their New Homes
SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 5, 2007 —Blue Coat Systems (Nasdaq: BCSI), the leader in secure content and application delivery, today announced it is working with the Austin, Texas affiliate of Habitat for Humanity to educate and train new home recipient families that have also been given computers with Internet access. The mandatory Internet training program about online safety measures and effective Internet parenting strategies meets the requirements of the AT&T; AccessAll Computer Partnership, the nation's largest program designed to provide in-home Internet and technology access to low-income families across America. Under its Community Outreach Program, Blue Coat will provide Austin Habitat for Humanity with the necessary tools, materials and resources, including the Blue Coat® K9 Web Protection filter, to provide to its families.
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BLUE COAT AND INDIANA PTA TO EDUCATE MEMBERS ON INTERNET SAFETY, INCREASE COMMUNITY ACTION
In recognition of Internet Safety Month, joint initiative dedicates efforts to raise awareness on the impact the Internet has on children, community, and parenting strategies
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 26, 2007 —Blue Coat Systems (Nasdaq: BCSI), the leader in secure content and application delivery, today announced a joint initiative with the Indiana Parent Teachers Association (PTA) that will encourage and educate its member organizations on how to create a safe, family-friendly Internet environment within their homes and communities. Through Blue Coat's Community Outreach Program, the Indiana PTA will distribute the necessary tools, materials and resources to its member organizations, including the Blue Coat® K9 Web Protection filter. The U.S. Senate has officially designated June as Internet Safety Month.
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BLUE COAT K9 WEB PROTECTION EARNS AUSTRALIAN IIA FAMILY FRIENDLY FILTER ACCREDITATION
Award-winning Internet filtering software now recommended by Australian ISPs
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 14, 2007 – Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), the leader in secure content and application delivery, today announced that Australia's Internet Industry Association (IIA) has accredited Blue Coat® K9 Web Protection as an IIA Family Friendly Filter, effective for all age ranges. The IIA is a national, non-profit, industry organization in Australia that develops best practice solutions for businesses so that people of all ages can enjoy greater confidence in being online. Accreditation by the IIA enables K9 Web Protection to be listed as one of the recommended filtering solutions available through Australian ISPs. K9 Web Protection enables parents to block and manage unwanted Web content such as pornography, violence, and hate speech. K9 is offered through the Blue Coat Community Outreach Program (www.k9webprotection.com), which provides materials and resources to educate this first generation of Internet parents about the impact of the Internet on children and on parenting strategies.
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BLUE COAT’S JOHN CAROSELLA TO SPEAK AT 95TH ANNUAL INDIANA PTA CONVENTION
VP of content control will discuss the impact of the Internet on parenting in the 21st century; how to ensure children have safe Internet environment
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 4, 2007 – Blue Coat® Systems (Nasdaq: BCSI), the leader in secure content and application delivery, today announced that John Carosella, vice president of content control, will speak at the 95th Annual Indiana PTA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Conference will take place at the Indianapolis Marriott East, April 20-22, 2007.
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BLUE COAT ANNOUNCES UPGRADE TO AWARD-WINNING K9 WEB PROTECTION SOFTWARE
New version of free Internet filtering software supports Windows Vista; features enhanced protection for social networking, email/password management and Web category protection capabilities
SUNNYVALE, Calif., February 26, 2007 – Blue Coat® Systems (Nasdaq: BCSI), the leader in secure content and application delivery, today released an update to its free, award-winning K9 Web Protection Internet filtering software. New features include Windows Vista support, additional safeguards for “social networking” sites and new Web category and email/password management capabilities, giving parents more protection and control over their family’s use of the Internet. K9 Web Protection is automatically upgraded for current users, and is available free for home users at www.getk9.com.
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BLUE COAT K9 WEB PROTECTION EARNS THE NATIONAL PARENTING CENTER'S SEAL OF APPROVAL
 Free Internet filtering software/community outreach resource wins over parents, children and educator
SUNNYVALE, Calif., November 28, 2006 - Blue Coat® Systems (Nasdaq:
BCSI), the leader in secure content and application delivery, today
announced that the National Parenting Center has awarded its 2006 Seal
of Approval to Blue Coat Systems' K9 Web Protection, a free Internet
filter that enables parents to block and manage unsolicited Web content
such as pornography, violence and hate speech. K9 Web Protection is
offered through the Blue Coat Community Outreach Program
(www.k9webprotection.com) which provides materials and resources to
educate this first generation of Internet parents about the impact of
the Internet on children and on parenting strategies.
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UTAH PTA AND BLUE COAT SYSTEMS JOIN FORCES TO DRIVE GREATER INTERNET SAFETY, COMMUNITY ACTION
Joint Initiative Promotes Internet Safety Champions and Use of Tools that Monitor and Block Offensive or Potentially Dangerous Websites
SUNNYVALE, Calif., and SALT LAKE CITY, June 20, 2006 - Blue Coat® Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), the leader in secure content and application delivery, and the Utah Parent Teachers Association today announced that they are working together to promote greater Internet safety. The Utah PTA is the first PTA to actively promote Internet safety at a state level. It has launched this program with the goal of empowering community members to create safer, and more family-friendly, Internet-environments. Through this partnership, the Utah PTA will distribute information about Internet parenting to its member organizations, and recommend use of filtering software and other tools, including Blue Coat's K9 Web Protection, which is available free for families.
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K9 WEB PROTECTION WINS IPARENTING MEDIA AWARD
The Only Web Filtering Product to be Recognized, K9 Receives Award for its Ability to Block Offensive or Potentially Dangerous Sites, Including the Popular Website MySpace
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 24, 2006 - Blue Coat® Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), the leader in secure content and application delivery, today announced that K9 Web Protection has won an iParenting Media Award. K9 Web Protection is a free Web filter that gives parents control over their family's use of the Internet. K9 won the award because it enables parents to monitor and control what sites their children access, and provides them with the ability to block offensive or potentially dangerous sites, including the popular website MySpace.com. K9 is the only Web filtering product to receive this honor.
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BLUE COAT RELEASES K9 WEB PROTECTION - FREE INTERNET FILTERING FOR THE
HOME
Company Gives Away Core Technologies to Help Protect Kids from Dangerous
or Questionable Web Sites, Including MySpace
SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 4, 2006 - Blue Coat® Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:
BCSI), the leader in secure content and application delivery, today announced
K9 Web Protection, a free Web filter that gives parents control over their
family's use of the Internet. K9 Web Protection blocks more than 55
different categories of content, including pornography, hate speech and
sites that promote violence or permit gambling. It enables parents to
monitor and control what sites their children access, and enables them to
block questionable sites, including the popular website MySpace.
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INDEPENDENT TESTING SHOWS BLUE COAT WEBFILTER AS THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE URL
FILTERING DATABASE
Broadband Testing Compared URL Filtering Databases Of Industry Leaders -- Blue
Coat WebFilter Outperformed Competitors By More Than 60%
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 30, 2005 -- Blue Coat® Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), a
leading provider of proxy appliances, today announced that independent testing
conducted by Broadband Testing (Moux, France) shows Blue Coat WebFilter as the most
comprehensive URL filtering database, in a comparison of leading databases that
includes Blue Coat WebFilter, Websense, Secure Computing SmartFilter, SurfControl,
and CyberGuard Webwasher.
The test results, available as a download from
www.broadband-testing.co.uk,
showed the Blue Coat WebFilter database outperforming its competitors by up to 62% in
website coverage. The testing compared URL filtering databases against a list of 2
million URLs to determine which database possessed the most comprehensive listing of
websites, in key categories such as pornography, gambling and spyware. URL filtering
databases are typically incorporated into proxy appliances, firewalls and other network
infrastructure equipment to restrict corporate users’ access to unwanted sites.
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