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Fortinet is the pioneer and world's leading provider of Unified Threat Management (UTM) security systems that enable secure business communications and deliver the best security, performance and total cost of ownership available. Our award-winning security systems and subscription services protect the networks of more than 20,000 customers worldwide - including telecommunications carriers, service providers and enterprises of all sizes.

Fortinet Milestones

One of Top 3 Network Security Appliance Vendors

#1 in Worldwide UTM Revenue for 2006

Ranked Tier 1 Enterprise Security Vendor

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Fortinet was founded in 2000 by Ken Xie, the visionary founder and former president and CEO of NetScreen (later sold to Juniper for more than $3.5 billion) and is led by a strong and seasoned management team with deep experience in the networking and security arenas. Fortinet's position as the leading privately-held network security company has been validated by more than $100 million in funding from the industry's leading venture capital firms.

The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with customer support, development and sales facilities throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Fortinet sells its system and subscription service products through a network of channel partners worldwide.

Fortinet Solutions Deliver Unmatched Security, Performance and TCO

Fortinet offers an array of multi-threat security solutions that help businesses of all sizes meet their security challenges and enable a safe and clean communications environment. Fortinet built its comprehensive security platform from the ground up to provide multiple layers of threat protection and management. This translates into increased deployment flexibility and better security through integration, a "future-proof" solution that can easily scale with business requirements.

Using Fortinet's ASIC innovation and performance acceleration capabilities, FortiGate systems detect and eliminate the most damaging, content-based threats from email and Web traffic such as viruses, worms, intrusions, inappropriate Web content and more in real time - without degrading network performance. FortiGate systems integrate the industry's broadest suite of security protections - including firewall, VPN, antivirus, intrusion prevention (IPS), Web filtering, antispam, and traffic shaping - that can be deployed individually or combined for a comprehensive unified threat management solution.

Fortinet products enable customers to:

Protect mission-critical infrastructure from a wide range of attacks
Reduce the complexity of security infrastructure and solutions
Limit or reduce costs associated with point product implementations and maintenance
Keep up with ever-evolving intrusion and virus threats
Provide superior multi-threat protection without degrading network performance

FortiGate ASIC-based multi-threat security systems employ breakthroughs in networking, security and content analysis. Our architecture analyzes network content and behavior in real time, enabling all key network services - including real-time Web applications - to be screened for both network and content-level threats without impacting network performance.

Fortinet offers an array of scalable multi-threat security appliances, email security appliances, and management, reporting and analysis solutions that enable customers of all sizes to have flexibility in deployment, meet compliance objectives and cost-effectively protect their critical assets.