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Dec 28, 2004	Fortinet CTO Michael Xie Named a Top Technology Innovator by VARBusiness Magazine Fortinet today announce its Founder, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Vice President of Engineering and President of Fortinet Canada, Michael Xie, was named a Top Technology Innovator for 2004 by VARBusiness magazine.
Dec 22, 2004	Fortinet Named "Best Antivirus Solution" Finalist for Secure Computing (SC) Magazine's Global 2005 Reader Trust Awards Fortinet today announced that the company's FortiGate family of systems has been named a Reader's Trust award finalist for "Best Antivirus Solution" in the SC Magazine Global Awards 2005.
Dec 20, 2004	Caritas Christi Health Care's Network Receives Clean Bill of Health and Safeguards Online Patient Data Using Fortinet Network Security Platform Fortinet today announced that Caritas Christi Health Care, the second largest health care system in New England, has deployed a network security platform from Fortinet to secure computer network traffic for its corporate data center, hospitals and extended association of doctor's offices.
Dec 13, 2004	Light Reading Names Fortinet Top IPO Candidate Finalist in 'Leading Lights' Awards Program Fortinet today announced that the company has been named a finalist in the 'Top IPO category' of Light Reading's inaugural Leading Lights telecommunications industry awards program.
Dec 13, 2004	Fortinet Elevates Virus Protection with New Premier Service Fortinet today announced FortiProtect™ Premier, an enhanced virus protection service level agreement (SLA) that is now available to the 2,000+ customers who have deployed over 80,000 FortiGate systems.
Dec 9, 2004	Cube Financial Group Installs Fortinet Solution to Improve Network Security, Reduce Spam, and Cut Costs by 60% Fortinet today announced that Cube Financial Group has upgraded their network security infrastructure and reduced costs by 60 percent using Fortinet's FortiGate™ platform.
Dec 1, 2004	Fortinet Secures Europe's National Exhibition Centre (NEC) Against Network Attacks FortiGate-1000 Antivirus Firewalls Enable NEC to Protect Dynamic Network of Users Against Viruses, Malicious Code and Other Attacks.
Nov 16, 2004	Korea Telecom Directory Chooses Fortinet's FortiGate-400 Antivirus Firewall to Secure its Network of 22 Million Subscribers Fortinet today announced that Korea Telecom Directory has installed the FortiGate™-400 enterprise-class antivirus firewall system to protect its network of more than 22 million subscribers.
Nov 15, 2004	Aruba Teams With Security Leaders To Provide Enterprises With Centralized Worm And Virus Protection Aruba Wireless Networks (Aruba) today announced strategic new partnerships with end-point security vendor, Sygate Technologies and network security vendor, Fortinet, Inc., to enable a more efficient, robust and scalable model for deploying centralized enterprise anti-virus and anti-worm solutions.
Nov 10, 2004	Fortinet Protects Against Latest MyDoom Variant Fortinet today announced that its FortiGate™ systems protect against the latest MyDoom worm variant, W32/Mydoom.AH-mm, also known as Bofra B.
Nov 8, 2004	Fortinet Unveils Large-Scale Security Management Solution Fortinet today unveiled the FortiManager-3000 System, a powerful new tool for centrally configuring, managing and monitoring large-scale security deployments.
Nov 4, 2004	Fortinet's FortiGate Antivirus Firewall Products Awarded U.S. and Canadian Government FIPS Security Certification Fortinet today announced that its FortiGate™-300, 400, 500, 800, 3000 and 3600 integrated network security systems have received Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 security validation.
Oct 25, 2004	Fortinet Enhances FortiGate Network Security Platform for Mid-Size Enterprises and Small Businesses Fortinet today announced it has expanded its network security platform with the introduction of five new systems that deliver increased performance, flexibility and security to both medium enterprises and small businesses.
Oct 20, 2004	Fortinet Serves Up Cost-Effective WAN Security to Roy's Restaurants Fortinet today announced that Roy's Restaurants Hawaii, founded by famous chef Roy Yamaguchi, has deployed Fortinet's FortiGate Antivirus Firewall platform to protect its wide area network (WAN) and Fortinet's FortiClient Host Security software to enable secure and affordable remote access between restaurants and for traveling employees.
Oct 11, 2004	Fortinet Extends Managed Security Service Provider Partner Program; FortiGate-5000 Chassis Series Offers Additional Security Services on a Single Platform Fortinet today announced enhancements to its growing managed security service provider (MSSP) program.
Oct 4, 2004	Calgary Zoo Goes Wireless with Fortinet's Security Solutions Fortinet today announced that the Calgary Zoo, home to more than 900 animals and host to over one million visitors a year, has deployed an enterprise-wide network security infrastructure based on Fortinet's FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall platforms to improve network performance and enable mobile networking while protecting against viruses, worms, Trojans, intrusions and other attacks.
Sep 29, 2004	Victoria University of Wellington Chooses New Fortinet FortiGate™ 5000 Platform to Secure Campus Network Fortinet today announced that Victoria University of Wellington, a leading Australasian university in New Zealand, has selected Fortinet to provide network security to its campus networks.
Sep 23, 2004	Westcon Group Adds Fortinet to its GSA Schedule, Providing Multi-Layer Security Solutions to Government Arena Westcon Group, Inc. announced today that it has added Fortinet to its lineup of vendors who offer products through its Comstor division's GSA schedule 70, the country's 17th largest by volume.
Sep 22, 2004	Fortinet Named Market Leader of New Unified Threat Management Security Category Fortinet today announced its confirmed leadership position in the Unified Threat Management (UTM) security market.
Sep 14, 2004	Fortinet Now Uniquely Detects, Eliminates Spyware and Other Types of Grayware Fortinet today announced new capabilities to detect and eliminate a wide variety of spyware and related grayware.
Sep 13, 2004	Fortinet Extends Product Family: Introduces FortiGate™ 5000 Network Security Platform for Large Enterprises, Carriers and Managed Service Providers Fortinet today extended its FortiGate product family with the introduction of the FortiGate-5000 Series of high-performance, highly scalable Antivirus Firewalls.
Aug 26, 2004	Fortinet FortiGate™ 60 Antivirus Firewall Earns Editor's Choice Award from Personal Computer World (UK) Magazine Fortinet today announced the FortiGate-60 antivirus firewall solution for small to medium-sized businesses and branch offices received Personal Computer World's "Editor's Choice" award in a comparative review of integrated security devices published this month.
Aug 23, 2004	Games Distributor Level Up! Protects Multi-Country Network With Fortinet Solutions Fortinet that Level Up!, the first online games distributor in the Philippines, has chosen Fortinet's FortiGate™ platforms to protect its million-subscriber gaming network infrastructure.
Aug 17, 2004	Alcatel to Resell Fortinet Antivirus Firewalls as Part of its Enterprise Network Security Offering Fortinet today announced they have entered into a relationship by which Alcatel and its business partners will offer Fortinet's FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewalls and other products.
Aug 10, 2004	Fortinet FortiGate-800 Antivirus Firewall Earns Top Grade in Information Security Magazine's Integrated Security Appliance Review Fortinet today announced that its FortiGate-800 Antivirus Firewall won top marks in Information Security Magazine's August review of "4-in-1 Turnkey Security Appliances".
Aug 9, 2004	BAI Security Standardizes on Fortinet's Integrated Security Platform for Managed Services Offering Fortinet today announced that BAI Security (BAI), a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP), has standardized on the Fortinet integrated security platform to better meet its customers' information security needs.
Aug 4, 2004	Honda Automobile (Thailand) Drives Security Enhancements with Fortinet's FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewalls Fortinet today announced that Honda Automobile (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (HATC), Honda Worldwide's automobile production and sales subsidiary in Thailand, has enhanced its network security infrastructure with Fortinet FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewalls to protect its corporate network against an increasingly sophisticated network threat environment.
Aug 2, 2004	Fortinet Executives to Present at the RBC Capital Markets North American Technology Conference 2004 Fortinet today announced that its Founder, President and CEO Ken Xie and CFO Harold Covert will present at the RBC Capital Markets North American Technology Conference 2004 in Half Moon Bay, CA at the Ritz Carlton on Monday, August 2, at 3:15 p.m. PST.
Jul 26, 2004	Fortinet Fortifies Chung Hua University's Infrastructure with FortiGate™-4000 Anti-Virus Firewalls Fortinet today announced that Chung Hua University, a leading university in Taiwan, has chosen Fortinet's FortiGate-4000 platform to secure its campus-wide network population that supports more than 10,000 students and academic staff.
Jul 19, 2004	Fortinet Named Top Emerging Network Security Company by Leading Venture Capital Research Firm Fortinet today announced that Growthink Research, a leading venture capital research firm, has named Fortinet as one of its "Top Emerging Companies of 2004".
Jul 15, 2004	Fortinet Launches Reseller Partner Program in the Asia Pacific Region Fortinet today formally announced its FortiPartner Reseller Program for Australia/New Zealand, South Asia, South-East Asia, and Hong Kong.
Jul 13, 2004	Leading Australian ISV Re-Writes Security Architecture; Selects Fortinet Solutions Fortinet today announced that Technology One (ASX:TNE), a leading Australian business software provider, has implemented Fortinet's FortiGate™ platform to secure and connect its ten offices and 300 employees located throughout Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia.
Jun 30, 2004	Fortinet, Frost & Sullivan and ISSA Address Security in a Dynamic Network Threat Environment Fortinet today announced it will participate in a free webinar, titled "The Expanding Security Perimeter", along with industry experts from Frost & Sullivan, a leading international consultancy, and the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA).
Jun 29, 2004	Fortinet Enhances and Extends Security Reporting and Analysis Offerings Fortinet today expanded its security logging, reporting and analysis solutions offerings with the availability of the next version of its FortiLog system and the introduction of a new product, FortiReporter Security Analyzer.
Jun 21, 2004	TLCVision Sees Improved Security, Cost-Savings And Increased Performance With Fortinet's FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall Platforms Fortinet today announced that TLCVision Corporation has implemented an enterprise-wide network security infrastructure based on Fortinet's FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall platforms to strengthen security and realize a significant monthly cost-savings.
Jun 15, 2004	Fortinet Appoints Ingram Micro Asia Limited as New Distributor in Singapore Fortinet today announced that it has appointed Ingram Micro Asia Limited as an authorized distributor.
Jun 10, 2004	Top Taiwan University Secures Network with Fortinet Solutions Fortinet today announced that Soochow University, a leading university in Taiwan, has chosen Fortinet's FortiGate™ platform to secure its campus network that supports more than 14,500 students and 1,000 staff members.
Jun 7, 2004	Fortinet FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewalls In Evaluation For Common Criteria EAL-4 Certification Fortinet today announced the company's FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewalls have entered the final phase of the certification process for Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4 (EAL-4).
Jun 1, 2004	Long Beach Transit Puts The Brakes On Network Security Threats With Fortinet's FortiGate™-300 Antivirus Firewall Platform Fortinet today announced that Long Beach Transit, a Southern California-based ground transportation company, has deployed the FortiGate™-300 Antivirus Firewall platform as its primary defense against content-based network attacks.
May 24, 2004	Norvergence to Integrate Fortinet's FortiGate™ High-Performance Antivirus Firewall Platforms in T1 Fortress™ Offering Norvergence, Inc. and Fortinet today announced they have entered into a strategic partnership.
May 12, 2004	Fortinet Named to Prestigious "Red Herring 100" Listing Fortinet today announced that Red Herring, the premier magazine of business technology and innovation, has named Fortinet to the "Red Herring 100".
May 11, 2004	Fortinet FortiGate™-60 Awarded "Security Product of the Year" by Network Computing Magazine Fortinet today announced its FortiGate-60 Antivirus Firewall was named "Security Product of the Year" by CMP Media LLC's Network Computing Magazine.
May 10, 2004	Fortinet Expands Security Solution Portfolio with New FortiGuard™ Web Filtering Service Fortinet today expanded its solution portfolio with the introduction of the FortiGuard Web Filtering service.
May 3, 2004	Atmel Defeats Network Attacks With Fortinet Antivirus Firewall Platform Fortinet today announced that Atmel Corporation, a world-leading semiconductor manufacturer, has strengthened its existing network security architecture with the addition of Fortinet's FortiGate antivirus firewall platform as the primary layer of defense against content-based network attacks.
Apr 29, 2004	Fortinet Joins RSA Security Partner Program, Enabling Seamless Integration of Two-Factor Authentication with FortiGate Antivirus Firewalls Fortinet today announced that it has joined the RSA Secured Partner Program.
Apr 26, 2004	Fortinet Enables Thailand's Largest Online Game Provider to Boost Security and Performance of "Ragnarok" Game Network Fortinet today announced that it was chosen by Thailand's largest online game provider, AsiaSoft International Co. Ltd., to supply a network-wide security system for its hugely popular Ragnarok Online game network.
Apr 21, 2004	Fortinet Hosts First-Annual Asia Pacific Partner Conference Fortinet today kicked off its first-annual Fortinet Partner Conference at the Novotel Coralia resort in Phuket, Thailand.
Apr 19, 2004	Fortinet Signs Distributor Agreement with Tech Pacific, Expands Reach Into SAARC Region Fortinet today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Tech Pacific, the largest distributor of technology products and services in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.
Apr 14, 2004	Office Of The Deputy Prime Minister Deploys Enhanced Network Security Solution To Eliminate Virus Attacks The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), Regional Co-ordination Unit (RCU) has deployed an enhanced network security solution to protect all Regional Government Offices throughout the UK from virus attacks.
Apr 14, 2004	World's Leading Berry Supplier Upgrades Security With Fortinet's FortiGate Antivirus Firewall Platforms Fortinet today announced that the company's FortiGate™ family of antivirus firewalls is securely connecting the offices of Driscoll Strawberry Associates (Driscoll's)-- a leading, global supplier of strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries.
Apr 7, 2004	Volvo Construction Equipment Korea Secures Its Network With Fortinet's Antivirus Firewall Platform Fortinet today announced that Volvo Construction Equipment Korea, a unit of Volvo Group and Korea's largest heavy machinery company, has successfully deployed Fortinet's FortiGate-1000 enterprise-class high-speed antivirus firewall to secure its corporate network.
Mar 31, 2004	Fortinet Extends Security Technology To Remote Endpoints With New FortiClient Host Security Solution Fortinet today announced plans to extend the benefits of its integrated security technology to remote PC endpoints with the introduction of FortiClient™ Host Security Software.
Mar 30, 2004	Fortinet's FortiWiFi™ 60 Antivirus Firewall Earns CRN Test Center Recommended Status Fortinet today announced that the company's FortiWiFi 60 antivirus firewall solution for secure wireless access has earned the CRN Test Center Recommended rating.
Mar 17, 2004	Fortinet's FortiGate™-60 Antivirus Firewall Named "Leader Of The Pack" By Network Computing, Earns Editor's Choice Award Fortinet today announced that the FortiGate-60 antivirus firewall solution for telecommuters, small offices/home offices and small to medium-sized businesses, received Network Computing's "Editor's Choice" award in a recent comparative review of integrated security devices.
Mar 11, 2004	Chunghwa Telecom Secures Broadband Communication Services Using Fortinet's FortiGate Antivirus Firewall Platforms Fortinet today announced that Chunghwa Telecom Global is leveraging the power and flexibility of the FortiGate family of antivirus firewalls to protect its corporate network and ensure secure broadband communication services to its consumer and enterprise customers.
Mar 5, 2004	Fortinet's CEO Ken Xie to Present at Lehman Brothers 2004 Global Software and IT Services Conference Fortinet today announced that its Founder, President and CEO Ken Xie will present at The Lehman Brothers 2004 Global Software and IT Services Conference at 10:30 a.m. on March 8, 2004 at The Ritz Carlton Hotel in Half Moon Bay, Calif.
Mar 4, 2004	Industry Veteran Chris Paisley Joins Fortinet's Board of Directors Fortinet today announced that Chris Paisley has been appointed to its board of directors. Mr. Paisley is a renowned industry veteran with a successful track-record of managing high-growth companies.
Mar 2, 2004	Fortinet Secures $50 Million in Mezzanine Funding Fortinet today announced it has closed a $50 million mezzanine financing. The mezzanine round was fully subscribed by Fortinet's existing investors and strategic investors, demonstrating their enthusiasm for and confidence in Fortinet and the rapidly growing security market.
Feb 26, 2004	Window is Open for Select Group of Quality IPO Candidates in 2004 According to Financial Industry Panel A panel of financial industry experts highlighted key market segments, candidate criteria and the current market climate for potential 2004 security market initial public offerings at the first annual Security IPO Summit held yesterday at RSA Conference 2004.
Feb 24, 2004	Fortinet Launches New Wired and Wireless Antivirus Firewalls for Small and Medium Sized Businesses at RSA Conference Fortinet today announced its new FortiWiFi™-60 and FortiGate™-50A antivirus firewalls.
Feb 24, 2004	New Product Line from Fortinet Provides Consolidated Logging and Reporting Across Multiple Security Functions and Sites Fortinet today announced the FortiLog family of integrated logging appliances, designed to meet the growing need for reliable, secure collection and detailed analysis of network usage and security data.
Feb 23, 2004	Fortinet Expands Reach into Asia to Meet Growing Demand for its Integrated Network Security Solutions Fortinet today announced it has expanded its operations across the ASEAN region with the opening of offices in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and India.
Feb 20, 2004	Fortinet, CipherTrust and NetScaler Bring Leading Financial Experts Together For The Security IPO Summit at RSA Conference 2004 The Security IPO Summit, co-hosted by network security innovators, Fortinet, CipherTrust and NetScaler, will be a frank discussion by a panel of financial market experts on the prospects for security IPOs in 2004.
Feb 19, 2004	Fortinet's FortiGate™ 3600 Antivirus Firewall Earns CRN Test Center Recommended Status Fortinet today announced the company's FortiGate-3600 antivirus firewall solution for large enterprises and service providers is CRN Test Center Recommended.
Feb 17, 2004	Japan Business Computer Corp. Offers Managed Security Solution Based on Fortinet's FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall Platforms Fortinet today announced Japan Business Computer Corp. (JBCC), the number one solution provider in Japan for the IBM Business Partner program, is leveraging FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall platforms as a key component of a managed security service targeted to corporate customers.
Feb 10, 2004	Fortinet and Dacom Sign Strategic Alliance To Offer Integrated Security Services To Enterprises In Korea Fortinet today announced it has signed a strategic partnership in Korea with fixed-line carrier Dacom Corp. to jointly deliver an integrated security service.
Feb 5, 2004	Fortinet's CEO Ken Xie to Present On Next Generation Security Technologies For Data Centers At Silicon Valley Event Fortinet will be participating in a panel discussion regarding Next Generation Data Center Technologies on February 9, 2004 at the Westin Hotel in Santa Clara.
Feb 2, 2004	Fortinet to Present at Thomas Weisel Partners Tech 2004 Conference Fortinet will be presenting at the Thomas Weisel Partners Tech 2004 Conference in San Francisco on February 4 at the Fairmont Hotel.
Jan 29, 2004	Fortinet's FortiGate™ 3600 Antivirus Firewall Named Enterprise Firewall "Product of the Year" Fortinet today announced the FortiGate 3600 antivirus firewall solution for large enterprises and service providers has received SearchNetworking.com's "Product of the Year" award in the Enterprise Firewall Systems category.
Jan 27, 2004	Fortinet Currently Protecting Thousands Of Customers Worldwide From MyDoom Worm With Antivirus Protection At The Network's Edge Fortinet today announced the company is helping thousands of customers around the globe to defend their networks and critical computer systems against the ravages of the MyDoom worm that is currently plaguing the Internet.
Jan 20, 2004	Fortinet Launches Security Industry's First Platform Scalable to Multi-Gigabit Antivirus Performance Fortinet today set a new standard for network-based antivirus protection with the announcement of the FortiGate 4000 Antivirus Firewall.
Jan 14, 2004	Fortinet Brings Public And Private Sectors Together And Expands Efforts With U.S. Federal Government Through Silicon Valley Event Fortinet is continuing to support the U.S. federal government's quest to fight cyberterrorism and improve Homeland Security through sponsorship of the San Jose Business Colloquy.
Jan 8, 2004	Fortinet's CEO Ken Xie Presents On Major Shifts In Network Security Marketplace at Needham Growth Conference Addressing a capacity audience at the annual Needham Growth Conference yesterday in New York City, Fortinet President Ken Xie laid out the evolving landscape of network security for attendees.
Jan 5, 2004	Fortinet and Aventail Deliver Joint Solution for Clientless Remote Access with High-Performance Antivirus Protection Aventail Corporation, the leading provider of clientless SSL VPN appliances and services, today announced a strategic partnership with Fortinet. By combining the power of Aventail's EX-1500™ SSL VPN appliance with the Fortinet FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall, enterprises can more effectively provision a complete, secure remote access solution.