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| Dec 30, 2003 |
Fortinet to Present at Needham Growth Conference
Fortinet will be presenting at the Needham Growth Conference in New York City on January 7 at the New York Palace Hotel. President and Chief Executive Officer Ken Xie and Chief Financial Officer Harold Covert will address key technology investors and analysts regarding the Company's leading security technology, rapid market acceptance, and key plans for 2004 and beyond.
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| Dec 17, 2003 |
Industry Veteran Joins Fortinet as Chief Financial Officer
Fortinet today announced today that Harold L. Covert has joined the Company as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Covert has more than 25 years experience in senior management positions with leading technology companies, and has served as Chief Financial Officer for Extreme Networks, Adobe Systems and Silicon Graphics.
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| Dec 9, 2003 |
Fortinet Launches FortiGate™ 800 Antivirus Firewall Security Platform Targeting Enterprises Upgrading to Gigabit Networks
Fortinet today announced the FortiGate 800 Antivirus Firewall, the 11th member of the award-winning FortiGate family. The FortiGate 800 provides a new entry-level gigabit platform with 'tri-speed' interfaces that support 10Mbps, 100Mbps as well as Gigabit Ethernet networks, which ensures a built-in, cost-effective upgrade path for the many organizations that are migrating from 10/100 to 1000 megabits/second (gigabit) networks.
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| Dec 9, 2003 |
Fortinet Delivers Dynamic Threat Prevention Plus 50 Additional New Features/Enhancements to FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall Platforms
Fortinet today announced a dynamic prevention technology aimed at responding in real time to blended threats, along with more than 50 new features and enhancements to the FortiGate Antivirus Firewall platform, with the release of FortiOS 2.8, which also includes IPv6 support, virtual domains for high end systems, enhanced email filtering for Spam protection and dynamic Web filtering.
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| Dec 2, 2003 |
Gartner's John Pescatore Participating in Fortinet's Dynamic Threat Prevention Webcast
Gartner's vice president of security John Pescatore and Fortinet's Richard Kagan are participating in a Webcast, sponsored by SearchSecurity.com, to explore how a new generation of threat prevention systems can work together on a single, hardware-accelerated platform to help organizations meet the new challenges of today's most threatening cyberattacks.
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| Dec 2, 2003 |
Fortinet Names Former Solectron Exec VP of Manufacturing
Fortinet today announced that that former Solectron executive Sen-Yuan (Sandy) Ro joined the company as vice president of manufacturing.
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| Nov 25, 2003 |
Fortinet Establishes New Global HQ to Accommodate Rapid Growth
Fortinet today announced that it established a new global headquarters at a larger, dedicated building in the heart of Silicon Valley to accommodate its rapid growth.
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| Nov 17, 2003 |
Westcon Canada to Distribute Fortinet to its Reseller Base, Providing Canadian VARs a New Generation, Antivirus Firewall Solution
Westcon Canada Systems, Inc., a channel provider of networking technology products and a division of the Westcon Group,
Inc., announced it will be distributing Fortinet's award-winning FortiGate™ systems throughout Canada.
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| Nov 4, 2003 |
Major Korean University Selects FortiGate Antivirus Firewall Systems for Data Center Security
Fortinet today announced that the SoongSil University Computer Institute, a major technical university in Korea,
has selected FortiGate™ systems to provide integrated antivirus, firewall and intrusion detection/prevention
(IDP) services to protect their computer center against viruses, worms, intrusions and other threats and to limit the
scope and effect of traffic surges caused by network attacks.
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| Oct 28, 2003 |
Fortinet Wins 'Top Choice' Award for #1 Technology Innovator in Security by VARBusiness Magazine
Fortinet was awarded the Top Choice award in the security category of the VARBusiness Tech Innovators program
for its FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall products, which were among more than 400 entries submitted by nearly
250 companies in eight technology categories.
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| Oct 28, 2003 |
Fortinet Secures Internet Data Center for Taiwan's Tamkang University
Fortinet today announced that Taiwan's Tamkang University, a large educational institution with over 27,000 students,
has implemented Fortinet's FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall systems to secure all Internet traffic in and out of the organization's network.
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| Oct 21, 2003 |
Fortinet and Guarded Networks Partner to Enable BorderShield 'Security on Demand' Offering for SMBs
Fortinet today announced that Guarded Networks, a managed security services provider (MSSP), has chosen to support Fortinet's FortiGate™
Antivirus Firewall products in its BorderShield™ managed security service platform to capitalize on the growing demand by small- and medium-size
businesses (SMBs) for outsourced security services.
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| Oct 16, 2003 |
Fortinet Founder/CEO Ken Xie Appearing on 'Security Showdown' Panel at ETRE
Fortinet today announced that Fortinet founder, president and
CEO Ken Xie will appear on the "Security Showdown" panel at the European Technology Roundtable
Exhibition (ETRE), which takes place Oct. 15-18, 2003 in Berlin.
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| Oct 14, 2003 |
Fortinet Achieves Break-Even Point with Record 3rd Quarter; Reaches 20,000 Unit Shipments to Global Network Security Market
Fortinet today announced that upon closing a record quarter in 3Q03 it has reached the break-even point. The company also announced
shipment of the 20,000th FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall unit since the product's first commercial availability was provided to
network security customers and solutions providers in May of 2002.
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| Oct 9, 2003 |
Westcon Adds Fortinet to its Product Portfolio, Providing VARs a New Generation, Antivirus Firewall Solution
Westcon, a channel provider of networking technology products and a division of the Westcon Group, Inc., announced
today that it has added Fortinet's award-winning FortiGate™ systems to its product portfolio.
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| Sep 26, 2003 |
Venturewire Announces Investors' Choice Award Recipients
VentureWire, published by Dow Jones Newsletters, announced the recipients of its Investors' Choice award for the start-up
technology companies best positioned for long-term success in data storage, security, and systems management.
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| Sep 24, 2003 |
Fortinet VP of Marketing to Participate in Kim & Co. Information Security Sector Investor Teleconference
Fortinet today announced that Richard Kagan, vice president of marketing, will participate in an investor teleconference
Thursday, Sept. 25 at 11:00 a.m. EDST hosted by Kim & Co. information security sector analyst Garrett A. Bekker, III.
Also participating are Paul Henry of CyberGuard and Joel Snyder of Opus One.
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| Sep 23, 2003 |
Daewoo Capital Selects Fortinet for Antivirus Protection at the Network Edge
Fortinet today announced that Daewoo Capital Corp., one of Korea's largest diversified financial services companies
with two billion dollars in assets, has selected the Fortinet FortiGate™ Antivirus Gateway platform to secure
its corporate headquarters network in Seoul and 35 remote office connections.
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| Sep 15, 2003 |
Fortinet Attains Certification in ICSA Labs Enterprise NIDS Testing Environment
Fortinet today announced that its award-winning FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall platform has attained ICSA Labs certification
for its Enterprise network intrusion detection system (NIDS) testing environment, successfully detecting all attacks with zero "false"positive alerts.
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| Sep 15, 2003 |
Fortinet Founder & CEO to Present at Datacenter Ventures
Fortinet today announced that founder and CEO Ken Xie will present at Datacenter Ventures.
Datacenter Ventures presents a carefully selected group of promising private companies that are rapidly changing the market for enterprise security, storage and data management.
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| Sep 9, 2003 |
Fortinet Expands in Latin America and the Caribbean via CLAdirect Strategic Alliance
Fortinet announced today it its expanding its presence in the Latin American market through a strategic distribution agreement
with CLAdirect, a leading provider of IP networking solutions in Latin America.
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| Sep 2, 2003 |
Fortinet's FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall Solutions Adopted by KT Outsourcing, Korea's Largest IT Service Provider
Fortinet announced that Korea Telecom, Korea's largest IT outsourcing service provider, has deployed FortiGate™ systems
to deliver an antivirus gateway solution enabling KT to support its small- and medium-size business (SMB) customer base.
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| Aug 27, 2003 |
Fortinet Achieves Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) Certification from ICSA; Becomes First "Quadruple-Certified" Product
Fortinet today announced that the FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall product line has achieved the T1-level network intrusion detection
systems (NIDS) certification from ICSA Labs™, an independent division of TruSecure Corporation. FortiGate Antivirus Firewalls are
now the only systems in the world with four ICSA certifications for a single product.
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| Aug 26, 2003 |
Fortinet Closes $30 Million Series D Round of Funding
Fortinet announced it has closed its Series D financing with $30 million in new capital. The round was led
by Redpoint Ventures, who was joined by Meritech Capital Partners as new investors. All existing institutional investors
also participated in the financing. Fortinet has raised over $43 million in total equity financing to date since its founding.
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| Aug 22, 2003 |
Fortinet Alerts Customers to Use Multiple Defenses in FortiGate™ Systems to Defeat 2nd Phase of SoBig.F Worm Attack
Fortinet is alerting customers to use the port-blocking
capabilities in their FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall systems
to protect against the second phase of the W.32/SoBig.F virus
attack. |
| Aug 20, 2003 |
Fortinet
Signs Agreement with IBM's DOMUS Security Labs for FIPS &
Common Criteria Certifications
Fortinet today announced that validations and evaluations
are being performed for FIPS 140-2 (Federal
Information Processing Standard) certification and Common Criteria
Evaluation Assurance Level 4 (EAL 4) for the antivirus and firewall
functionality provided by FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewalls. |
| Aug 20, 2003 |
AltiGen Rings up VoIP Security Solution with Fortinet
Fortinet oday announced that AltiGen Communications Inc.
(NASDAQ: ATGN), a leading provider of IP-PBX telephone phone
systems and call center solutions, has enhanced its network
security and maintained compatibility with its high-quality
Voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure by upgrading its network
security to the FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall platform
from Fortinet. |
| Aug 13, 2003 |
Fortinet Successfully Delivers W32 Blaster/LovSan Worm Protection to
FortiGate Antivirus Firewall Installed Base Worldwide
Fortinet has successfully protected customers with a perimeter
defense update delivered automatically to the worldwide installed
base of FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewalls for the recent
Internet
worm attack known as the W32/Lovsan.A-net. (and also referred
to as 'MSBlast', 'MSBlaster', 'Blaster', 'LoveSam' and Win32.Posa.Worm).
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| Aug 12, 2003 |
Fortinet
Revs Security for Auto Industry Supplier
Fortinet today announced that a leading supplier of automotive
leather interiors has upgraded its network security using the
FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall platform. Troy, Mich.-based
Seton Company selected Fortinet systems to provide secure VPN
tunnels at five locations for email, file sharing, remote access
and ‘green-screen’ midrange computing connectivity
to more than 700 users in its Americas division, and roughly
another 500 users in its overseas divisions. |
| Aug 4, 2003 |
Fortinet
Fortinet and Neoteris Deliver Joint Solution for Clientless
Remote Access with High-Performance Antivirus Protection
Fortinet today announced a strategic partnership with Neoteris
Inc., the leading application security gateway vendor, to offer
an integrated antivirus and SSL access gateway solution. |
| July 31, 2003 |
Fortinet
Shores up Maritime Shipping Company´s Network Security
Empire Stevedoring, a Canadian company offering cargo offloading
and terminal operations for the maritime shipping industry in
North America, has enhanced its network security and positioned
itself to meet stringent new shipping industry regulations by
installing FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewalls at its primary and
remote locations. |
| July 22, 2003 |
Fortinet
Continues Americas Channel Expansion to Mexico, Signs Strategic
Alliance with Grupo DICE
Fortinet today announced it is rapidly expanding its channel
in the Americas through a strategic alliance with Grupo DICE,
one of the largest distributors of networking and telecommunications
equipment in Mexico. |
| July 17, 2003 |
Fresh
Egg Alliance Chooses Fortinet to Enable Branded Managed Security
Service Offerings for UK Resellers
Fortinet today announced an initiative to enable UK resellers
to offer managed security services to their customers without
requiring any up-front investment in people or equipment. In
conjunction with Fresh Egg NT, the security distributor and
managed security service provider based in the UK, Fortinet
resellers can offer Fresh Egg's managed security services under
their own brand using Fortinet's FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall
systems. |
| July 8, 2003 |
Australian
Education Institution Makes the Grade with Fortinet Content
Security
Fortinet announced that the Central Gippsland Institute (CGIT),
a major Victoria, Australia educational institution, has selected
Fortinet's FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall platform for a major
security upgrade of its corporate and branch office network.
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| July 1, 2003 |
Fortinet
Inc. Establishes Japanese K.K. Subsidiary
In a move to further strengthen its leadership position in the
Japanese antivirus gateway market and to better serve its partners
and customers, Fortinet Inc. today announced that it established a subsidiary
company, Fortinet Japan K.K., in a new office in the Shinjuku
area of Tokyo. |
| June 25, 2003 |
Fortinet's
FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall Wins 'Product of the Year'
at 2003 Networking Industry Awards
Fortinet today announced that the FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall
has won the Networking Industry Awards 2003 Product of the Year
for best firewall security product. |
| June 24, 2003 |
Gartner
Enterprise Firewall Magic Quadrant Report Positions Fortinet
as 'Visionary'
Fortinet today announced that Gartner has positioned Fortinet
and its FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall platform in the “Visionary”
category for the first-half 2003 Enterprise Firewall Magic Quadrant
report, a widely regarded comparison that rates industry competitors
in terms of their ability to execute and the completeness of
their vision. |
| June 17, 2003 |
New
Software Release for FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewalls Adds
Intrusion Prevention, VLAN Support & FTP Antivirus Screening
Fortinet today announced FortiOS™ 2.5, a new release of the
firmware available for all FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewalls. FortiOS
2.5 adds significant new features such as intrusion prevention,
as well as over 50 enhancements to the firewall, VPN, antivirus,
intrusion detection, and content filtering capabilities of the
FortiGate line — without requiring any hardware upgrades.View V2.50 Features
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| June 12, 2003 |
Fortinet FortiGate™ 400 Antivirus Firewall Wins Internet
Telephony Editors' Choice Award
Fortinet today announced that the FortiGate™ 400 Antivirus Firewall
has won an Editors Choice Award from Internet Telephony for
performance and value for money. |
| June 10, 2003 |
Fortinet
Signs Pan-Asia Distribution Agreement with SiS Expanding Reach
in China, Hong Kong & SEAsia
Fortinet today announced its first pan-Asia distribution agreement
with SiS International, one of the largest distributors of computer
systems, software, peripherals and networking products in the
Asia-Pacific region. |
| June 4, 2003 |
Fortinet
FortiGate™ 3600 Antivirus Firewall Wins 'Best Buy' Award
in SC Magazine Head-to-Head Comparison
Fortinet was honored by SC Magazine with a 2003 Best Buy award
for the FortiGate™ 3600 Enterprise Antivirus Firewall, garnering
an overall five out of five star rating, including perfect scores
for Features, Performance and Value for Money. |
| June 3, 2003 |
Fortinet
Launches EMEA Customer Support Center for Rapidly Expanding
European Presence
To support its rapidly expanding presence across Europe, Fortinet
today announced the establishment of a FortiCareTM customer
support center based in Sophia Antipolis, France, which will
provide round-the-clock technical support to Fortinets customers
from highly skilled, trained technical experts fluent in English,
German, French, Spanish and Italian. |
| May 27, 2003 |
Fortinet
CEO Ken Xie to Present at Gartner's IT Security Summit
Fortinet today announced that Ken Xie, Fortinet founder and
CEO, will participate in the Gartner IT Security Summit. His
presentation is scheduled for Monday, June 2, at 4:30 p.m. EDST
at the Washington Hilton, as part of the Telecom Sector 4 panel
addressing “Intrusion, Detection Response and Prevention, Viruses
and Forensics.” |
| May 20, 2003 |
Toshiba Canada Trusts Fortinet with Branch Office VPN Security
Fortinet today announced that Toshiba Canada, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Toshiba Corp. (J.TOS), has selected FortiGate
Antivirus Firewall platforms for an enterprise branch office
VPN implementation connecting their Toronto-area headquarters
with remote warehouse and distribution facilities. |
| May 13, 2003 |
FortiGate™ 50 Antivirus Firewall Awarded 'PC Pro Recommended'
Rating in 5 out of 6 Stars Editorial Review
PC Pro magazine, a leading publication and
online news portal in the UK, has awarded Fortinets FortiGate™ 50 Antivirus Firewall
with the magazine's prestigious “PC Pro Recommended” rating in a five out of six stars
editorial review.
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| May 8, 2003 |
Fortinet Agreement with Alternative Technology Expands North
American Distribution
Fortinet today announced its first distribution agreement in
North America with Alternative Technology Inc., a leading distributor
of thin client/server-based computing solutions and security
products. Dedicated to selling its products and services through
the VAR channel, Alternative Technology is a recognized leader
garnering recent awards from the Inc 500 (America's fastest-growing
companies) and VARBusiness (top 25 distributors). |
| April 29, 2003 |
Fortinet Expands Enterprise-Class Offerings with New Gigabit-Capacity
Antivirus Firewall Content Security Platform
Fortinet launched the FortiGate™ 1000 Antivirus Firewall, the
third gigabit-capacity member of Fortinets award-winning FortiGate
product line. Featuring the industrys fastest antivirus scanning
performance, combined with firewall throughput of 1 gigabit/second,
the FortiGate 1000 brings gigabit-speed, real time content security
to an even broader range of customers while establishing new
price/performance benchmarks for entry-level gigabit security
platforms. |
| April 29, 2003 |
Fortinet
Launches FortiGate™ 60 Antivirus Firewall for All-in-One
Network Security in SMBs and Enterprise Branch Offices
Fortinet launched the FortiGate™ 60 Antivirus Firewall that
uniquely provides real-time antivirus scanning of Web-based
content and encrypted VPN tunnels, in addition to other security
functions like firewall, intrusion detection and content filtering,
providing an unparalleled security solution in terms of functions
and performance for the small and medium business (SMB) and
enterprise branch office markets. |
| April 22, 2003 |
Fortinet
Launches New U.S. Partner Program, Signs Key Partnerships with
50 + Leading Security VARs
Fortinet today announced the launch of its U.S. FortiPartner
Program to support and provide profitable business opportunities
to qualified channel partners who are selling and supporting
the award-winning line of FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewalls. Designed
to support the ongoing efforts of Fortinets value-added resellers
(VARs), this program will further accelerate the growth of Fortinets
sales channels and market reach across the United States. |
| April 15, 2003 |
Meyer
Corp. Cooks Up New Recipe for Network Security with FortiGate
Antivirus Firewall Platform
Fortinet today announced that Meyer Corporation U.S., one of
the fastest growing cookware companies in the country and manufacturer
of popular brand names such as Anolon™, Circulon™, KitchenAid
Cookware™ and FarberWare Cookware™, has selected the FortiGate™
Antivirus Firewall platform for upgrading its corporate network
security. |
| April 8, 2003 |
Fortinet
Launches FortiManager™ System — Integrated Management
& Monitoring Tool for Large Scale Enterprises, Service Providers
Fortinet today announced the FortiManager System, an integrated
management and monitoring tool that enables enterprises and
service providers to automate the deployment and lifecycle management
of dozens, hundreds or thousands of FortiGate™ Antivirus
Firewalls across multiple, geographically dispersed installations.
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| April 1, 2003 |
Fortinet Ships 10,000th FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall
Fortinet today announced that it has achieved a major milestone
in less than one year of commercial availability by shipping
in worldwide distribution more than 10,000 FortiGate™ Antivirus
Firewall units. |
| March 25, 2003 |
Fortinet Adds to Growing Customer Base in China; Announces 6 New Installations in PRC
Fortinet today announced six new installations for customers
in China who are strengthening their ability to prevent content-based
attacks by adopting Fortinet’s FortiGate™ Antivirus
Firewall solutions. |
| March 19, 2003 |
Fortinet Names IT Industry Veteran Vice President of Worldwide
Customer Support
Fortinet today announced that IT industry veteran Bernie Vierich
has joined the Fortinet executive team as vice president of
worldwide customer support. |
| March 10, 2003 |
Fortinet
Extends Price/Performance Leadership, Launches New Gigabit Antivirus
Firewall Model with 2X Greater Capacity
Fortinet today introduced the FortiGate™ 3600 model, featuring
six gigabit interfaces and up to 4Gbps throughput. This represents
twice as many gigabit interfaces and provides up to 78 percent
more capacity than the FortiGate 3000 model, further expanding
the market for gigabit network protection. |
| March 4, 2003 |
Fortinet Continues Rapid European Expansion with Major New Distributors
and Management
Fortinet today announced a slew of new distribution partners
to significantly strengthen its reach across Southern and Central
Europe to Scandinavia to serve the rapidly growing demand for
Fortinets award-winning, industry-leading security products. |
| February 25, 2003 |
Fortinet
Establishes German Office and Distribution Partnership with
eSeSIX; Announces Germany Regional Director
Fortinet today announced that it has established a new office
in Ludwigshafen/Rheinm, Germany headed up by security industry
veteran Michael Grace as regional director. |
| February 24, 2003 |
KDDI
Selects Fortinet for Managed Security Services
Fortinet today announced that KDDI Corp. (TSE:J.KDD or 9433),
Japan's second largest telecommunications carrier, has selected
Fortinet's FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall platform for its managed
security services. |
| February 19, 2003 |
Fortinet Launches Free Daily Antivirus Bulletin for Latest Threat
Updates
Fortinet today announced availability of the FortiProtect Bulletin,
a daily free email newsletter
alerting customers, partners and interested parties to the latest
virus, worm, intrusion and
related malicious code threats to enterprise and service provider
networks. |
| February 11, 2003 |
Fortinet
Strengthens Antivirus Protection with Automatic 'Push' Updates
to FortiGate Systems
Fortinet today
announced that all FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewalls are now able to receive instant “push”
updates of antivirus and intrusion attack detection databases from the FortiProtect.
Distribution Network. This ensures that FortiGate units worldwide are updated in real
time in response to new attacks, and are able to detect and prevent threats from entering
customer networks, without waiting for the unit or an administrator to request an update.
FortiOS™
V2.36 Features |
| February 04, 2003 |
Health and Fitness Leader Gold's Gym Chooses Fortinet For Network
Protection Upgrade
Fortinet announced today that Gold's Gym International, the largest gym company in the world, has selected
the FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall to improve security and reduce operational costs. |
| January 28, 2003 |
Fortinet
Continues Asia-Pacific Market Expansion by Naming Network Industry
Veteran as Japan Country Manager
Building on its strong presence in the large and growing Japanese
information security market, Fortinet today announced the appointment
of networking industry veteran Takahide Sugimoto as country
manager for Japan. |
| January 21, 2003 |
Fortinet
Antivirus Firewall Products Nominated for SC Awards 2003
Fortinet today
announced that its FortiGate™ Series of security products has been nominated in SC
Magazine's SC Awards 2003 honoring the best products of the year in such categories as
firewall, antivirus, and Internet and network security.
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| January 15, 2003 |
TruSecure
CTO Tippett to Headline Real-Time Network Protection Webinar
Along with Fortinet and Yankee Group Security Experts
Fortinet today announced that its FortiGate™ Series
of security products has been nominated in SC Magazine's
SC Awards 2003 honoring the best products of the year in such
categories as firewall, antivirus, and Internet and network
security. |
| January 07, 2003 |
Security
and Networking Industry Veterans Named to Fortinet Worldwide
Sales Team
Fortinet today announced that security and networking industry
veterans Christophe Culine, F. Matthew Young III and Jens Andreassen
were named to the Fortinet executive management team as sales
vice presidents. Culine was named VP of sales for the Americas,
Young VP of sales and general manager for Asia-Pacific, and
Andreassen VP of sales and managing director for Europe, Middle
East and Africa (EMEA). |
