Blue Coat to Present at First Albany Capital Annual Growth Conference

Blue Coat to Present at First Albany Capital Annual Growth Conference

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Blue Coat(R) Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:BCSI), a leading provider of proxy appliances, today announced that Blue Coat president and CEO Brian NeSmith, and CFO Robert Verheecke, will deliver a presentation on behalf of the company at the First Albany Capital Annual Growth Conference. The presentation will be held on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time at the Mandarin Oriental in New York.

What: Blue Coat presentation at the First Albany Capital Annual Growth
Conference
How: Webcast is available at
http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=9687&s=1&k=BF7797E6C0D678E07133CFD26D6DF719
or www.bluecoat.com/aboutus/investor_relations. To listen to the
live Webcast, please log on at least 30 minutes prior to the
scheduled presentation time to register, download, and install
any necessary audio software.
When: Wednesday, December 8, 2004, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Replay: www.bluecoat.com/aboutus/investor_relations

About Blue Coat Systems


Blue Coat enables organizations to keep "good" employees from doing "bad" things on the Internet. Blue Coat high-performance proxy appliances provide visibility and control of Web communications to address today's new business risks -- such as inappropriate Web surfing, spyware, viruses brought in via back door channels such as instant messaging and Web-based email, and network resource abuse due to peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing and video streaming. Trusted by many of the world's most influential organizations, Blue Coat has shipped more than 20,000 proxy appliances. Blue Coat is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and can be reached at 408-220-2200 or www.bluecoat.com.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: The statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements, including statements regarding Blue Coat Systems' expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future, and including statements regarding the capabilities and expected performance of Blue Coat Systems' products. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are based upon information available to Blue Coat Systems as of the date hereof, and Blue Coat Systems assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These and other risks relating to Blue Coat Systems' business are set forth in Blue Coat Systems' most recently filed Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2004, and other reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

NOTE: All trademarks, trade names or service marks used or mentioned herein belong to their respective owners.


Source: Blue Coat Systems, Inc.

CONTACT: media, Susan Coss, +1-415-445-3237, or
susan@marketstreetpartners.com, or investors, JoAnn Horne, +1-415-445-3235, or
joann@marketstreetpartners.com, both of Market Street Partners, for Blue Coat
Systems, Inc.

Web site: http://www.bluecoat.com/


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