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Content Control from Blue Coat is a leading provider of next generation Internet management solutions protecting businesses, homes, and schools from unwanted and inappropriate web content. Content Control from Blue Coat was originally Cerberian Inc., was founded in April of 2000 after recognizing the need for an efficient and effective Internet management solution. The company was dedicated to creating a safer Internet experience by providing the ability to monitor, filter, and report on Internet use and activity anytime and from anywhere.

Cerberian was a private company headquartered in Draper, Utah and grew to more than 35 employees, establishing itself as a unique and powerful service provider in the content filtering marketplace. The company’s distinctive technology was offered as a managed service, integrated on a variety of platforms offered through several strategic alliance partnerships and OEM relationships, including Belkin, Broadcom, Check Point, Microsoft, SonicWALL, Zone Labs, ZyXEL and many others.

On July 19, 2004 Blue Coat™ Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCSI), a leading provider of proxy appliances, announced an agreement to acquire Cerberian Inc. The acquisition resulted in the integration of Cerberian's URL filtering and categorization technology onto the Blue Coat ProxySG™ appliance. The combination of URL filtering with Blue Coat's content filtering and protocol control capabilities provide customers with the most comprehensive Web control available.

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