Like many organizations, higher education institutions are embracing cloud services, video content, and other new technologies. Yet few IT teams are as challenged by new mobile platforms, evolving social networks, and rising video content as those in higher education who must contend with large numbers of uncontrolled devices and users with an affection for untested websites, web apps and services. They are challenged to move more data without expensive network or bandwidth upgrades, and to enable user exploration of new devices, content, web apps and services while mitigating inherent security risks. Blue Coat can help higher education IT meet evolving institutional objectives while mitigating performance and security risks. 

• Cost-effectively meet evolving security and performance needs while enabling services to attract and retain students.
• Enable social media and other web services/applications within bandwidth, security and regulatory boundaries.
• Realize security goals in the face of changing surfing habits, mobile devices, web apps, and online gaming and other services.
• Support VOIP, class-room video usage, distance learning and online education programs.
• Enjoy activity visibility and priority delivery of educational traffic in a time of exploding per-user data volume including P2P, torrents, etc.
• Secure personal information (PII), copyrighted material, research, and other sensitive information from data leaks, malware, or other security breaches.
• Simplify adoption of IPv6 for improved routing, IPv6 device support and shifting international standards. 

To learn more, contact a Blue Coat sales representative to get the solutions you need to see, secure and accelerate your government networking environment.