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Blue Coat have announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Packeteer, for $268 million. It is expected that the deal will close in the next 6 - 8 weeks. Blue Coat stated that the PacketShaper product line will continue to be sold until the end of 2009 while some of the Packeteer technologies will be incorporated into the ProxySG appliance family.
The acquisition is expected to deliver the following strategic benefits to Blue Coat:
- Blue Coat's ability to incorporate key Packeteer© technologies into the Blue Coat© ProxySG© family of appliances to provide increased application understanding and traffic prioritisation capabilities
- Additional revenue from the sales, support and development of the PacketShaper© product
- Increased penetration of the WAN optimisation market with the addition of Packeteer's well-developed global sales distribution channel to Blue Coat's existing channel
- Expansion of Blue Coat sales opportunities through cross-selling to newly added Packeteer customers
- Extended leadership for Blue Coat in the WAN optimisation market
- Significant cost savings and revenue synergies through organisational economies of scale
As COMPUTERLINKS is a UK distributor for both Packeteer and Blue Coat, we are your best source of further information as the deal progresses. We are pleased that both companies have a history of delivering innovative solutions, sold within an appliance form-factor and distributed through channel partners and believe that this will make integration an easier prospect than if Packeteer were acquired by an organisation with a different set of philosophies.
If you would like further information about this news please do not hesitate to contact either the Blue Coat or Packeteer product teams.
Blue Coat WAN Simulator Demo Kit
Blue Coat and COMPUTERLINKS are pleased to offer dedicated WAN Simulator demo kit specifically designed to show the true benefits of Blue Coat's MACH5 WAN Optimisation solution. Please note that this is a once only offer and remaining stock is limited.
Each kit contains the following:
- 1 x WAN simulator (with EU-specific power supply)
- 2 x ProxySG 210-10-PR appliances with SSL licenses
- 1 x rolling carrying case (emblazoned with the Blue Coat logo)
- 1 x Ethernet switch
- 4 x patch cables
- 4 x cross-over cables
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Please note that there are two prices available as per the pricing below: |
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Product Code |
Description |
Buy Price |
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BLU9500470 |
WAN Simulator Demo Kit incl x2 APP Blue Knight |
£890.00 |
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BLU9500490 |
WAN Simulator Demo Kit incl x2 APP Non-Blue Knight |
£2,110.00 |
Please contact your Account Manager for support prices for the above.
For partners that have an accredited Blue Knight Engineer, please state the name of the engineer on any purchase order raised.
For further information please email the Blue Coat Product Team.
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