Blue Coat Buys Security Analytics Vendor Solera Networks

Blue Coat Systems announced that it has "..entered into an agreement to acquire Solera Networks, the industry’s leading provider of big data security intelligence and analytics for advanced threat protection. The Solera DeepSee platform will add industry-leading security analytics and forensic capabilities to the Blue Coat product portfolio, delivering an end-to-end security solution that includes protection, remediation and governance and gives enterprises complete visibility into the content and context of advanced targeted attacks. The acquisition is expected to close within the next 30 days".

See also "DPI/Security/Analytics Market: Intel Invests $20M in Solera Networks" - here.

Solera DeepSee Dashboard

"Solera’s customers include organizations around the world in many market segments, including the Departments of Energy, Homeland Security and Defense, Hitachi, Qualcomm, Overstock.com, Parsons Corporation and Zions Bank. For these customers, Solera’s DeepSee platform helps defend against advanced persistent threats and targeted malware attacks".

See "Blue Coat to Acquire Solera Networks" - here.

DPI/Security/Analytics Market: Intel Invests $20M in Solera Networks

 
Solera Networks announced ".. it has secured $20 million in Series D financing led by Intel Capital. Intel Capital is joined by existing investors .. round follows a year of tremendous momentum – with domestic and international growth exceeding 100% in 201 .. Its award-winning DeepSee platform continues to redefine rapid and proactive threat response using advanced Deep Packet Inspection capabilities to capture, index and classify all network traffic in real-time".

See video below about Solera Application Classification capabilities.

See "Solera Networks Raises $20 Million in Series D Funding Led by Intel Capital" - here.