Blue Coat Systems, Inc has introduced its Secure Web Gateway Virtual Appliance for small branch offices that complements the vendor’s existing ProxySG appliances and Cloud Service.
“The Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway Virtual Appliance is a simple and powerful way to seamlessly extend the same on-premise threat protection and policies that ProxySG appliances provide at the corporate gateway to branch offices in India with limited IT staff,” said Ambarish Deshpande, Managing Director – India Sales, Blue Coat. “The new virtual appliances complement Blue Coat’s existing on-premise appliances and Cloud-based service, giving businesses the flexibility to deploy the solution that best fits their unique security requirements.”
“Businesses see the ease of deployment and integration into existing security environments that virtual security appliances provide as an easy way to extend security to branch offices,” said Phil Hochmuth, Program Manager, Security Products Research, IDC. “Increasingly, enterprises require different security solutions for different locations and scenarios; Web security vendors with more diverse deployment options—from traditional appliances to virtual security appliances and Cloud-based services—will be better positioned to address customers’ rapidly evolving Web security requirements.”
Like Blue Coat’s ProxySG appliances and Cloud Service, the Secure Web Gateway Virtual Appliance is backed by the WebPulse Collaborative Defense.
The Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway Virtual Appliance also delivers the same policy controls used by enterprises on the ProxySG appliances as well as a set of Web, Mobile and Mobile Web Application Controls.