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September 17, 2008 ( PowerHomeBiz
) - New Delhi, India
-- In this globalised era enterprises have become increasingly reliant on
network architecture that successfully and securely supports distributed
branch offices and remote users. One of the key challenges facing CIOs is
how to manage branch office connectivity with today’s increased Internet
traffic and demands on connectivity. A system of purely traditional WAN
links can prove to be congested, inefficient and costly.
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In fact, a recent market survey conducted by Blue Coat showed that 40% of
companies in Asia Pacific already provide direct Internet access in branch
offices – with nearly 85% of respondents wanting the same level of Internet
protection and control in branch offices as in headquarters. In light of
these findings Blue Coat has launched the region’s first Direct-to-Net
Seminar series; with insights from IDC.
What does the future hold?
Increasingly, companies are turning to a Direct-to-Net approach to help
manage and more effectively integrate the Internet into IT architectures to
improve both communications and performance. Direct to the Net essentially
allows branch offices and remote users to be connected directly to the
Internet – with increasingly business-critical applications, outsourced
applications, non-essential traffic and even data centres being fully
Web-enabled.
Commenting on the region’s growth potential, IDC recent
research indicated branch office technology spending is projected to grow at
12.5% in Asia Pacific Japan versus 8.2% for 2008 and 10% versus 8% for the
same in 2009. These growth rates are substantially higher when compared to
the overall IT spend (hardware, software/applications & services) growth of
5.4% and 6.3% for 2008 and 2009 respectively in Asia Pacific.*
To hear more CIOs and IT professionals should attend the first Direct-to-Net Seminar
Series – brought to you by:
Blue Coat Systems, the world leader in WAN
Application Delivery and Secure Web Gateway with insights from IDC, the
premier global provider of advisory services for the IT and telecoms
industry. Blue Coat Direct-to-Net Seminar series: India – Mumbai (22
September) India – New Delhi (23 September)
Speakers at the event are:-
Jonathan Andresen, Director of Product
Marketing - Asia Pacific, Blue Coat Systems
Jonathan Andresen is Director of
Product Marketing at Blue Coat Systems, Asia-Pacific. Mr. Andresen has been
working in the telecommunications sector since 1996 and relocated to Asia in
2003. His areas of expertise include marketing, strategy and business
development.
Surjyadeb Goswami, Manager-Communications Research, IDC India.
Surjyadeb Goswami is Manager-Communications Research with IDC India. In this
role, he is responsible for conducting market research on the Indian
Enterprise Network Infrastructure Market including LAN, WAN and Telephony
specifically dealing with Channel Partners.
For additional information and
to book your attendance today please contact, mktg.sasia@bluecoat.com
About Blue Coat Systems
Blue Coat secures Web communications and accelerates business
applications across the distributed enterprise. Blue Coat’s family of
appliances and client-based solutions – deployed in branch offices, Internet
gateways, end points, and data centers – provide intelligent points of
policy-based control enabling IT organizations to optimize security and
accelerate performance between users and applications. Blue Coat has
installed more than 40,000 appliances worldwide. Blue Coat is headquartered
in Sunnyvale, California.
For more information on Blue Coat, please visit our website:
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