Blue Coat Systems, a provider of Web security and WAN
optimization solutions, announced that its Blue Coat Reporter now provides
intelligence about the usage of Web video on corporate networks.
Version 9.3 of Blue Coat Reporter features a new tabular
view of video usage information, providing an at-a-glance view of how employees
or others on the network are using Web video.
“The new Reporter product provides important insight
on how employees are using Web video and enables companies to understand and
address trends and patterns of behavior. In addition, our next generation WAN
optimization solutions reduce the impact of video by a substantial factor while
boosting the performance of business-critical applications,” said Steve
Daheb, chief marketing officer and senior vice president, Blue Coat Systems.
Blue Coat
estimates that video currently comprises an average of 20-50 percent of the
traffic on a corporate network, but it can rise to 90 percent or more. Industry
experts expect the amount of video traffic on corporate networks to grow
substantially over the next several years.
Blue Coat solutions can reduce bandwidth used by video
over the Wide Area Network (WAN) or Internet gateway through use of video
caching for on-demand video and stream-splitting for live video.
The new version of Reporter helps companies understand
video usage trends by providing: Top ten ranking of Websites accessed by
employees to watch video, including the amount of bandwidth video each site
consumes for video content.
It will also provide top ten ranking of employees using
the greatest amount of bandwidth for watching Web video, including the amount
of bandwidth they consumed.
Blue Coat Systems recently announced
the launch of enhancements to its Web security solutions that provide advanced
application controls, more granular content ratings and actionable intelligence
to deliver detailed visibility into and precise control over Web-based
applications on the network.
By Telecomlead.com Team
editor@telecomlead.com
