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Blue Coat WAN Optimization White Papers
ControlPoint
Architecture
Blue Coat’s ControlPoint Architecture enables IT
organizations to establish intelligent points of control
throughout the distributed enterprise, to effectively
secure Web communications and accelerate business applications,
while maintaining centralized policy control.
Taking
Control of Secure Application Delivery
Industry thought leader, Jim Metzler, examines architectural models and
requirements to ensure secure, accelerated delivery of applications to
all remote users
Application
Delivery Architecture - What is it and Why is it Important?
IT professionals constantly face the challenge of improving application
performance while protecting applications and users from security threats.
The problem is that traditional measures no longer provide an adequate
solution. Technology consultant, Robin Layland, takes an in-depth look
at the need for a new application delivery architecture that can complement
existing network resources and provide the capabilities needed in today's
enterprise.
Practical
Strategies to Accelerate Business Application Across
the WAN
Remote users in branch offices often suffer from slow
application performance over the WAN. Discover how MACH5 acceleration technology, a core
part of all Blue Coat SG appliances, uses five essential techniques to
speed delivery of internal and externally hosted business applications – including
encrypted SSL applications - to all remote users.
The
Unified Remote Access Approach
Traditional VPN technologies have been pushed beyond
the scope of their original design, forcing IT organizations
to accept the high cost and complexity of add-ons, extenders,
multiple consoles, and thick client software administration.
This white paper provides an analysis of existing IPSec
and SSL VPN, followed by an overview of Blue Coat RA
and its’ unique
on demand Connector technology.
Accelerating
File Services Applications
CIFS, Microsoft’s Common Internet File System,
requires hundreds or thousands of back-and-forth interactions
per file transaction. Blue Coat SG appliances with MACH5
technology accelerates CIFS traffic, thus improving enterprise
application traffic over the WAN.
Caching
and Compression - Key Technologies for Application Acceleration
Learn how object caching and byte caching each play a pivotal role in
accelerating any and all application traffic across a WAN.
Blue
Coat WebFilter Technology
This document examines the requirements for dynamic content
filtering solution to perform an effective policy enforcement
and gateway security role, and details Blue Coat WebFilter’s
approach.
URL
Filtering Database Accuracy Test
Broadband-Testing Labs, an independent network testing
facility in France, recently completed a comprehensive
test of web content filtering solutions from Blue Coat,
Websense, SmartFilter, and Surf Control. The purpose
of the test was to determine which solution delivered
the best in terms of categorizing and filtering a broad
range of URLs. Blue Coat emerged as the superior solution
in all categories tested. This white paper
provides details on the test suite and results.
URL
Filtering Database Coverage Test
Broadband-Testing Labs, an independent network testing
facility in France, tested URL filter database coverage
among several URL filtering products, including Websense,
Blue Coat WebFilter with Dynamic Real-Time Rating™ (DRTR)
technology, SmartFilter from Secure Computing, SurfControl, and WebWasher.
Results indicated that Blue Coat WebFilter provided the best coverage
in 11 different categories.
URL
Filtering Performance Test – Blue Coat Versus Microsoft
ISA
Does it really matter which platform you use to run URL
content filtering software? Yes it does, according to results of a performance test
conducted by Broadband-Testing Labs, an independent network testing facility
in France. The tests revealed that Blue Coat appliances significantly
outperformed the Microsoft ISA Server. Both platforms were tested
with real world Web traffic and used Websense for content filtering.
How
to Gain Visibility and Control of Encrypted SSL Web
Sessions
There is an increasing need for enterprise users to
access business applications and sensitive information
hosted outside the corporate network. In those situations,
SSL provides users with the secure connection they
need to maintain privacy over the Internet. However, hackers are discovering
ways to penetrate encrypted SSL sessions and cause damage to internal
corporate resources. Blue Coat’s “Inside Out” SSL
Proxy solution provides the visibility and control IT organizations need
to stop these threats and ensure session privacy.
Best
Practices for Controlling Skype in your Enterprise
Skype is an instant messaging and internet telephony (VOIP) application
designed to be hard to block and control using traditional means e.g.
firewalls. Due to its stealthy nature it can presents security and compliance
problems in the enterprise. This white paper describes how Blue Coat
SG appliances can be used in conjunction with firewalls to block unauthorized
use of Skype in the enterprise.
Secure
and Accelerate Web Applications & Public Websites
This white paper overviews the performance and security values provided
by Blue Coat SG appliances for reverse proxy deployments. Accelerate
web content delivery with integrated caching, isolate web servers from
direct Internet access, and secure communications with optional SSL services.
Spyware
Prevention for the Enterprise
Spyware is a hot topic. It poses privacy, security, and productivity
threats for enterprises via surreptitious installation and information
gathering techniques. Spyware prevention at the gateway is critical to
defend against these threats.
Analyzing
Web AV for Enterprise Deployment
Web traffic is an increasing portion of an organization's overall network
traffic. However, Web protocols (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, IM and Streaming media)
are often under-analyzed due to network performance and latency concerns.
This paper discusses the challenges, requirements and solutions for deploying
Web virus scanning in the enterprise.
Establishing
an Internet Use Policy for Instant Messenging
Learn about the issues surrounding public IM use at work and how Blue
Coat appliances can be used to monitor, control, and log IM activity
for AOL, Yahoo!, and MSN.
Establishing
an Internet Use Policy to Address P2P Use (Survey)
A Blue Coat study finds that enterprises remain exposed to illegal file
sharing. This paper reviews the results of Blue Coat's P2P study, as
well as offers best practices for developing an acceptable Internet use
policy with P2P controls.
Visibility
and Control with Proxy Appliances
Learn how to gain visibility and control of user communications
over the Web. Includes details on proxy functionality
and how to keep "good" employees
from doing "bad" things on the Internet.
The
Growing Security Threat: Your Employees
This META Group analyst whitepaper provides an understanding
of what users are doing on the Internet to put your
organization at risk, as well as how you can gain control
to keep your "good" users
from doing "bad" things over the Internet. |
