Blue Coat Systems

With a new global service center (GSC) launched in Malaysia in August this year, Blue Coat Systems is poised for greater growth in the Asia-Pacific region. The new Kuala Lumpur-based facility is now the company's second-largest office.

According to Matt Young, vice president of Asia-Pacific sales for Blue Coat Systems, the Asia-Pacific region is the company's fastest growing region, and it plans to double its current headcount of 50 people in Malaysia by the end of 2008.

Founded in 1996, Blue Coat is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. It makes appliances and software to help organizations secure Web communications and accelerate delivery of business applications, such as proxy servers, WAN optimization and SSL VPN.

Blue Coat has some 8,000 customers in more than 50 countries around the world.

Blue Coat Systems ranks among ZDNet Asia's Top 10 fastest-growing companies for 2008/2009.

This company is listed in Networking & Communications, Security.

Financials

Fiscal year-end April	FY08	FY07	FY06	FY05	FY04
Global revenue (US$millions)	305.4	177.7	141.7	96.2	—
Global full-year net income (US$millions)	32.6	-7.2	2.9	4.7	—
Average year-on-year revenue growth over 4 years					48.20%
Average year-on-year net income growth over 4 years					56.92%
Percentage of revenue from Asia (including Japan/Korea)					19%

Operations

Founded	1996 California USA
First Asian office	2000 Hong Kong
Global employees	1,275
Global employees in Asia	200
Asian economies: Total 8	China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand

* Data correct as of October 2008. Information was compiled by ZDNet Asia from sources such as official reports, corporate Web sites and financial news sites. ZDNet Asia strived to get the latest information but does not guarantee the correctness or completeness of the data. The information provided on this site is for general informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or sell any securities.

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