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Oct 29, 2012
Former employee, more than 3 years
Sunnyvale, CA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
BlueCoat had a great market foothold with their one-box solution, and it's possible they'll retain enough of that edge while they retool their product line.
Cons
BlueCoat squandered their market position by continually shuffling their engineering presence across geographies due to an inability to acknowledge and resolve internal political disputes that eventually strangled their technology advantage. Going private and attempting to rebuild their product from scratch didn't resolve or minimize this crippling issue.