Land Bank of the Philippines Speeds Delivery of Applications to 36 Branches with Blue Coat ProxySG Appliances

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:BCSI), the technology leader in Application Delivery Networking, today announced that Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK), the official depository of the Philippines and the country’s largest formal credit institution in rural areas, has deployed Blue Coat^® ProxySG^® appliances in 36 branches across the Philippines to speed the delivery of key business applications and improve customer experience.

"Many of our branches are located in remote areas with limited bandwidth, yet it is essential that they have uncompromised access to centralized applications that are crucial in providing our customers with consistently high quality service,” said Senior Vice President, Alan Bornas. "With Blue Coat appliances, we are now managing our applications to effectively utilize available bandwidth and accelerate response time to our branches. As a result, we can provide faster transaction processing for our customers and a better, more responsive experience.”

With a network of branches spanning the Philippines archipelago, optimizing and securing the delivery of applications can be challenging. Prior to deploying Blue Coat ProxySG appliances, LANDBANK used Web-based applications for local branches with limited wide area network (WAN) bandwidth or VSAT satellite communications systems.

Blue Coat ProxySG appliances combine protocol optimization, caching and compression techniques to optimize the delivery of business applications over the limited bandwidth that is available to most of LANDBANK’s remote offices. Additionally, the ProxySG appliances enable LANDBANK to manage and control recreational or less time-sensitive applications. By reclaiming bandwidth from non-business applications, LANDBANK is both optimizing its existing bandwidth and further improving the delivery of business-critical applications.

"Blue Coat appliances speed application delivery while reducing bandwidth consumption, so employees at remote locations enjoy nearly the same performance level as employees at LANDBANK’s corporate headquarters,” said Matt Young, vice president of Asia Pacific, Blue Coat Systems. "For LANDBANK, it means that business runs faster and more efficiently with lower WAN costs, and for customers, it means a better customer service experience.”

LANDBANK is a government financial institution that now ranks among the top five commercial banks in the country in terms of deposits, assets, loans and capital. From its initial role as the financing arm of the agrarian reform in the Philippines, LANDBANK has evolved into a full-service universal bank while meeting the needs of those residing in the countryside.

WAN optimization is a fundamental technology of the Blue Coat Application Delivery Network infrastructure, which combines visibility, acceleration and security to optimize and secure the delivery of applications across the distributed enterprise.

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