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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

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                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         Date of Report (Date of earliest event Reported): March 8, 2007

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                             BLUE COAT SYSTEMS, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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            Delaware                   000-28139               91-1715963
(State or Other Jurisdiction of       (Commission           (I.R.S. Employer
         Incorporation)               File Number)       Identification Number)

                              420 North Mary Avenue
                           Sunnyvale, California 94085
                                 (408) 220-2200
             (Addresses, including zip code, and telephone numbers,
              including area code, of principal executive offices)

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ITEM 2.02.  RESULTS OF OPERATION AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

On March 8, 2007, Blue Coat Systems, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release
announcing the Company's net revenue for its third quarter ended January 31,
2007. A copy of the Company's press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be
deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The
information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into
any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference
in such filing.

ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

     (d)    Exhibits.

            99.1  Press Release of Blue Coat Systems, Inc., dated March 8, 2007.



                                   SIGNATURES

            Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                 BLUE COAT SYSTEMS, INC.


DATE: March 8, 2007                              By: /s/ Kevin S. Royal
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                                                     Kevin S. Royal
                                                     Chief Financial Officer
                                                     (Principal Financial and
                                                     Accounting Officer)



                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

    Exhibit Number                            Description
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         99.1          Press Release of Blue Coat Systems, Inc., dated
                       March 8, 2007.