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What is Blue Coat PacketShaper?

PacketShaper is a highly-scalable WAN Optimization and network QoS platform.

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PacketShaper is a highly-scalable WAN Optimization and network QoS platform.

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Seller
Broadcom
Year Founded
1991
HQ Location
San Jose, CA
Twitter
@broadcom
59,257 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
61,034 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NASDAQ: CA
Phone
+1 800 225-5224
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$27,500,000,000
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Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) is a global technology leader that designs, develops, and supplies a broad range of semiconductor, enterprise software and security solutions. Broadcom's category-leading product portfolio serves critical markets including cloud, data center, networking, broadband, wireless, storage, industrial, and enterprise software. Our solutions include service provider and enterprise networking and storage, mobile device and broadband connectivity, mainframe, cybersecurity, and private and hybrid cloud infrastructure. Broadcom is a Delaware corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. For more information, go to www.broadcom.com.

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Mukesh Kumar A.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
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Real-time monitoring features such as identification and classification of various applications with better performance.
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Gagandeep S.
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Gagandeep S.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
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I like the application visibility of Blue Coat PacketShaper. Application signatures detect traffic as an application, and you have complete visibil...
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Verified UserMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"One of the best solution in the market to monitor and control the performance"
The best part of the BC Packet shaper is its super simplistic user interface. Also the granularity with which we can prioritize the traffic makes ...
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What do you like best about Blue Coat PacketShaper?

I like the application visibility of Blue Coat PacketShaper. Application signatures detect traffic as an application, and you have complete visibility of what is passing through your network. What traffic to rate limit etc. Instead of rate limiting traffic based upon TCP/UDP ports, you can do it based upon applications is very nice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blue Coat PacketShaper?

I think Blue Coat packet shaper should provide more insights into reporting. The custom reports should be at more granular levels and shall provide more filters to get more insights. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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I definitely recommend this product as i have seen very less glitches with it. It works very nicely if configured correctly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blue Coat PacketShaper solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are optimizing and rate limiting the traffic with Bluecoat packet shaper. We had recently encountered a scenario where users can pull updates from SCCM over remote access VPN tunnel and when updates were pushed and all the users start downloading the updates, causing the internet link of the organization to have high bandwidth utilization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blue Coat PacketShaper?

The best part of the BC Packet shaper is its super simplistic user interface.

Also the granularity with which we can prioritize the traffic makes it must have in our network Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blue Coat PacketShaper?

Their adoption towards the cloud PS is very slow.

Would have liked if they introduced cloud version of PS earlier.

Also its categorization engine seems to be bit slow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blue Coat PacketShaper solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have been using PS to prioritize the important traffic like our VIP users.

Also during our business meets, we make sure that the remote meetings never face latency or other performance issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Blue Coat PacketShaper?

Real-time monitoring features such as identification and classification of various applications with better performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blue Coat PacketShaper?

Expecting improved performance for handling traffic in complex networks like ours involving legacy as well as latest technologies for us and our customers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blue Coat PacketShaper solving and how is that benefiting you?

Improved network monitoring for various traffic patterns. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Connection optimalisation and bandwith control Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blue Coat PacketShaper?

Broadcom stopped suporting the solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blue Coat PacketShaper solving and how is that benefiting you?

Non- critical traffic pushing away business critical aplications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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