ENTERPRISE security specialist Blue Coat Systems Inc has appointed Andrew Littleproud (pic) vice president of Asia Pacific, responsible for its sales and business operations. Reporting to Blue Coat senior vice president of worldwide field operations Marc Andrews, Littleproud will also focus on enhancing channel relationships, Blue Coat said in a statement. Littleproud brings strong security industry experience and is tasked with extending Blue Coat's Asia Pacific market penetration and leveraging the company's position in the secure web gateway segment, to adjacent security markets. During the last three years, Blue Coat has experienced strong growth in the enterprise security market, fuelled by its expanded offerings for advanced threat defence, it claimed.