Blue Coat's CEO, Brian NeSmith spoke with Tech Target at Interop 2008 about the Packeteer acquisition, life at Blue Coat and the future of WAN optimization. Blue Coat WAN Application Delivery solutions "stop the bad and accelerate the good," optimizing application performance and security for any user, anywhere, across a distributed enterprise. Blue Coat's proxy architecture completely understands users and applications on the network, affords granular control over security, and permits fast, secure delivery of all applications critical to running the business. The acquisition of Packeteer by Blue Coat extends intelligent application delivery solutions to safely optimize the flow of information for every user, on every network, everywhere.