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Blue Coat Systems

Blue Coat Systems, Inc., was a company that provided hardware, software, and services designed for cybersecurity and network management. In 2016 it was acquired by and folded into Symantec and in 2019 as part of Symantec’s Enterprise Security business it was sold to Broadcom.

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Founded
1996; 30 years ago (1996)
Industry
Security
Headquarters
Sunnyvale, California
Defunct
August 1, 2016; 10 years ago (2016-08-01)
Fate
Acquired by Symantec
Founder
Michael Malcolm Joe Pruskowski Doug Crow

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Use by repressive regimes

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Blue Coat Systems

Nodes69
Edges68
Triples17
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028986
Components1

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related to Use by repressive regimes · 8
Blue Coat Systems → Blue Coat, Dubai, In October, Iraqi, Israel, Syria, Telecomix, The
Defunct · 1
Blue Coat Systems → August 1, 2016; 10 years ago (2016-08-01)
Fate · 1
Blue Coat Systems → Acquired by Symantec
Founded · 1
Blue Coat Systems → 1996; 30 years ago (1996)
Founder · 1
Blue Coat Systems → Michael Malcolm Joe Pruskowski Doug Crow
Headquarters · 1
Blue Coat Systems → Sunnyvale, California
Industry · 1
Blue Coat Systems → Security
Number of employees · 1
Blue Coat Systems → 1,700+
Products · 1
Blue Coat Systems → ProxySG, Advance Threat Protection (ATP) System, SSL Visibility Appliance, MACH5, K9 Web Protection, PacketShaper, CacheFlow

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Blue Coat SystemsDefunctAugust 1, 2016; 10 years ago (2016-08-01)1.00infobox
Blue Coat SystemsFateAcquired by Symantec1.00infobox
Blue Coat SystemsFounded1996; 30 years ago (1996)1.00infobox
Blue Coat SystemsFounderMichael Malcolm Joe Pruskowski Doug Crow1.00infobox
Blue Coat SystemsHeadquartersSunnyvale, California1.00infobox
Blue Coat SystemsIndustrySecurity1.00infobox
Blue Coat SystemsNumber of employees1,700+1.00infobox
Blue Coat SystemsProductsProxySG, Advance Threat Protection (ATP) System, SSL Visibility Appliance, MACH5, K9 Web Protection, PacketShaper, CacheFlow1.00infobox
Spotifyinstance ofthe company introduced a plugin for PacketShaper to throttle applications0.80text
Blue Coat Systemsrelated to Use by repressive regimesBlue Coat0.60section
Blue Coat Systemsrelated to Use by repressive regimesThe0.60section
Blue Coat Systemsrelated to Use by repressive regimesIn October0.60section

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