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AIR NATIONAL GUARD RECRUITS BLUE COAT SYSTEMS FOR WAN OPTIMIZATION TO MORE THAN 200 LOCATIONS

MALAYSIA – August 28, 2007 – Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCSI), leader in WAN Application Delivery and Secure Web Gateway, today announced that the Air National Guard has selected Blue Coat® ProxySG® appliances to accelerate applications and reduce bandwidth consumption across its Wide Area Network (WAN) to its more than 200 locations throughout the United States and its territories. The appliances will also protect Air National Guard Internet access points from malware and other security threats and control applications according to policy.

“The Air National Guard uses technology as a tool to ensure optimal operations, communication and readiness,” said Dunkin E. Walker, Lt. Colonel, United States Air Force and Chief, Network Architecture Branch Communications Directorate. “Given the importance of timely information in order to make sound decisions, it was critical for us to find a solution that would accelerate file transfer, email and other centralized applications and scale to all of our locations. Blue Coat ProxySG appliances provide the application acceleration and reduction of bandwidth consumption we need for effective operations. ”

On any given day the Air National Guard conducts para-rescue missions, modular airborne fire fighting support, combat communications and air traffic control. Fast, efficient delivery of centralized email, files and applications helps operations run smoothly and personnel work at their best. The ProxySG appliances can be centrally managed and deployed at each Air National Guard location to accelerate content and applications, overcome current WAN bandwidth limitations and provide flexibility for future applications and controls.

“The selection of Blue Coat ProxySG appliances by the Air National Guard reflects our proven capabilities for large-scale deployments and the need for WAN optimization with Web security and control,” said Kevin Biggs, senior vice president of sales at Blue Coat. “We are proud to help the Air National Guard achieve its goals for efficiency and effectiveness of communications at all of its locations.”