Blue Coat Ranked Second in Market Share in Quarterly Report on WAN Optimization

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCSI), a leader in WAN Application Delivery and Secure Web Gateway, today announced that a new report from Gartner, Inc., the world’s leading information technology research and advisory company, ranks Blue Coat second in worldwide market share for WAN optimization controllers during the third calendar quarter of 2007. In Gartner’s report for the second calendar quarter of 2007, Blue Coat had ranked third in market share. According to the Gartner report, "Market Share: Application Acceleration Equipment, Worldwide, 3Q07,”1 in addition to ranking second in market share, Blue Coat was also the fastest growing vendor in the quarter, with a growth rate of 55 percent in worldwide WAN Optimization Controller solution based product revenue. "Our comprehensive and uniquely differentiated approach to WAN optimization with security and control is clearly resonating with enterprises and large organizations,” said Bethany Mayer, senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing, Blue Coat Systems. "WAN optimization is no longer about simply accelerating files. Enterprises and organizations need to manage and distribute company video and accelerate business-critical applications, even those using SSL encryption, while stopping malware and mitigating the effects of non-business critical applications.” About Blue Coat Systems Blue Coat secures Web communications and accelerates business applications across the distributed enterprise. Blue Coat’s family of appliances and client-based solutions – deployed in branch offices, Internet gateways, end points, and data centers – provides intelligent points of policy-based control enabling IT organizations to optimize security and accelerate performance between users and applications. Blue Coat has installed more than 40,000 appliances worldwide. Blue Coat is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and can be reached at (408) 220-2200 or www.bluecoat.com. 1. Gartner, Inc., "Market Share: Application Acceleration Equipment, Worldwide, 3Q07” by Joe Skorupa and Nhat Pham, December 2007. 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’ Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2007, and Form 10-Q filed for the quarter ended July 31, 2007 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Blue Coat and other applicable product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blue Coat Systems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks, trade names or service marks used or mentioned herein belong to their respective owners.