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We performed a comparison between Blue Coat ProxySG [EOL] and Steelhead based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"Proxy Solution and ADN and their integration capability with Blue Coat director are positive features.""It features intuitive proxy policy deployment using a VPN.""Since the implementation of this solution, the bandwidth has decreased and the performance in terms of Internet access has increased."

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"TCP optimization... caches a particular TCP connection and the next time a user uses that connection he will reach the destination easily.""The connectivity to speed is the valuable feature.""Steelhead is stable, and it can even help you avoid service interruption in the event of a power outage. If your hardware fails, technical support will replace your device quickly.""The compression of Riverbed is very powerful. It can also handle large quantities of traffic.""Scalable data referencing is a great feature.""I find the most valuable to be the compression and exchange replication.""It is very easy to install the solution.""The most valuable feature of Steelhead is its optimization capabilities."

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"We cannot automate the product since the IP address can only be assigned after acquisition of the serial number.""It would be great if the product had inbuilt queuing for Quality of Service.""It lacks deployment over multiple platforms and integration with SDN architecture."

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"Application response time and network performance could be improved.""One area for improvement is related to monitoring and visibility.""The product should offer more integration capabilities.""They should include a network switch in a future release.""Steelhead's handling of encrypted traffic could be improved because it requires some complex configuration to optimize encrypted traffic, especially when working with Microsoft protocols for mail servers and VPN services""If we load a primary firewall, the secondary firewall usually handles all the active connections, but in Riverbed, this isn't the case. We lose all the active connections at the moment of failure.""The solution needs to have alert notifications.""I would like to see improvement in the solution’s configuration and protocol aspects. We have got some configurations that are not set. I would also like to simplify the call detection of some protocols."

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  • "Additional features, such as Flash Proxies, have their own licensing fees that depend on what the requirements are."
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  • "The solution is expensive and the service contacts are costly too. The cost of the device makes the value proposition borderline acceptable for us. The service contract fees we pay is approximately $30,000 annually."
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    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of Steelhead is its optimization capabilities.
    Top Answer:The application response time of the solution can be improved.
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    Overview
    ProxySG appliances provide complete control over all your web traffic, delivering world-class threat protection. Robust features include user authentication, web filtering, data loss prevention, inspection, and visibility of SSL-encrypted traffic, content caching, bandwidth management, stream-splitting and more.

    Steelhead is the leading network optimization and application performance solution chosen by over 30,000 organizations worldwide. The performance of networks and applications directly impacts business productivity. Riverbed draws from nearly two decades of experience in driving network and application performance over Wide Area Networks with its flagship offering, SteelHead. SteelHead delivers the underlying technology that helps enterprises of all sizes maximize the efficiency and performance of the networks and applications used to run modern business. 

    SteelHead is proven to dramatically speed up the performance of applications anywhere in the organization while delivering the best end-user experience even under sub optimal network conditions. Reduce bandwidth utilization by up to 95%, deferring costly network bandwidth upgrades. Increase performance by up to 100x for on-premises applications.

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    Global Technology and Material Manufacturer
    ElAraby, SFK Leblanc, Bobst Group, Northwest Pipe Company, Halkbank, Tradebridge, EFG Hermes
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    Government25%
    Energy/Utilities Company19%
    Construction Company6%
    Media Company6%
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    Computer Software Company17%
    Government12%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company11%
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    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise33%
    Large Enterprise52%
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    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise62%
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    Blue Coat ProxySG [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in WAN Optimization while Steelhead is ranked 4th in WAN Optimization with 22 reviews. Blue Coat ProxySG [EOL] is rated 8.0, while Steelhead is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Blue Coat ProxySG [EOL] writes "Now we are able to inspect full SSL traffic". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Steelhead writes "Exceptionally stable and reliable but costly". Blue Coat ProxySG [EOL] is most compared with , whereas Steelhead is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Platform, WAAS, Citrix SD-WAN and Noction IRP.

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