Nine Entertainment Utilizes Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway Solution

Wireless News
02-04-2011
Nine Entertainment Utilizes Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway Solution
Type: News

Blue Coat Systems, Inc., a provider of Web security and WAN optimization solutions, announced that Nine Entertainment Co. (formerly PBL Media), a media and entertainment group, has deployed Blue Coat ProxySG appliances with Blue Coat WebFilter to improve employee productivity and Web security for more than 4,500 employees while reducing management costs and help desk requests.

"The flexibility of the Blue Coat solution makes it easier for us to give each employee access to the Web content and applications they need to be effective and eliminates the need for IT to be a traffic cop, allowing us instead to define policies from a business perspective," said Garry Clarke, IT systems manager for Nine Entertainment Co. "By enabling us to delegate administration to our internal help desk and immediately enforce any policy changes, the Blue Coat solution has also decreased the administrative workload on our senior engineers from around four hours per week to zero."
According to a release, employees at Nine Entertainment Co. rely on the Internet to perform their job, so a Web security solution that doesn't impact performance is critical to employee productivity. The Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution delivers flexibility through granular access controls that enable Nine Entertainment Co. to allow acceptable content and applications while avoiding decreased productivity and user dissatisfaction associated with overblocking Internet content.

Nine Entertainment Co. is also protecting its users from Web- based malware with Blue Coat WebFilter and the Blue Coat WebPulse service, a collaborative cloud-based defense that analyzes and categorizes unknown content and links.

Nine Entertainment Co. also deployed Blue Coat Director and Reporter to centrally manage and report on the company's 30 sites across Australia, Asia and New Zealand. With Director, Nine Entertainment Co. can maintain policy control, roll out configuration and policy changes, and audit and report from a central location, resulting in consistent and continuous policy enforcement across the company.

"Blue Coat understands how to deliver security without compromising performance and also provides organizations with the flexibility to enforce more precise and granular policies," said Steve Daheb, chief marketing officer and senior vice president at Blue Coat Systems. "With the Blue Coat Secure Web Gateway solution, Nine Entertainment Co. can safely use the Web and has reduced its help desk calls and management costs, enabling the IT team to focus on strategic business projects rather than daily administrative tasks."

More company information:

www.bluecoat.com

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