Fortinet - a market-leading network security provider and worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions - has announced that new IDC research data confirms that the company was ranked number one in worldwide UTM factory revenue for 2008, fuelled by significant large enterprise, MSSP and carrier adoption of its high-end FortiGate network security appliances.
This data makes Fortinet the global factory revenue leader for three consecutive years. For 2008, Fortinet also held its sales lead in the enterprise and high-end price bands - two significant segments of focus for the company.
Says Amy Thomas, Fortinet Product Manager at Zycko, official distributor of Fortinet UTM solutions: "The proliferation of security threats has made UTM technology an essential component of an organisation's security arsenal.
Fortinets ranking by IDC confirms that we are delivering an unparalleled solution that meets the security needs of businesses today, providing the antidote to malicious threats - all in one solution."
Data in the latest IDC Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, March 2009, confirmed:
* Fortinet is the overall leader in UTM factory revenue for all of 2008 and Q4 2008.
* Fortinet is the number one vendor in the high-end ($50K-$99.9K) price band for both factory revenue and units shipped for all of 2008 and Q4 2008.
* Fortinet is the number one vendor in the two enterprise UTM price band segments ($10K-$24.9K and $25K-$49.9K) for both factory revenue and units shipped for all of 2008 and Q4 2008.
* Fortinet is the overall leader in UTM factory revenue for Western Europe and Asia Pacific for all of 2008 and Q4 2008.
"Faced with an increasingly complex threat landscape and shrinking IT budgets, enterprises of all sizes are re-evaluating their network security postures and replacing ineffective security point solutions with UTM solutions," says Ken Xie, Fortinet founder, president and CEO. "Driving Fortinet's UTM growth is enterprise and high-end customer adoption and realisation of the defined and measurable security effectiveness, value and ROI achieved with our FortiGate appliances - which are backed by real-time security updates and hold more certifications and awards than any competitive solution."
According to IDC, UTM security appliance products include multiple security features integrated into one device. To be included in this category, as opposed to other threat management appliance segments, UTM appliances must contain the ability to perform network firewalling, network intrusion detection and prevention, and gateway anti-virus. All of the capabilities need not be utilised, but the functions must exist inherently in the appliance. In addition to the mandatory applications, UTM appliances may also host other security or networking features.
Delivered via its flagship family of FortiGate new generation security gateways, Fortinet provides a flexible platform that enables enterprises and service providers of all sizes to consolidate critical security technology and services to maximise network protection and reduce total cost of ownership. These ASIC-accelerated security appliances integrate essential security applications and services, including anti-virus, firewall, VPN, intrusion prevention, Web filtering, anti-spam WAN optimisation, and data leakage prevention (DLP). All FortiGate systems are kept up to date by Fortinet's FortiGuard Network, which provides regular updates that help ensure protection against the most damaging, content-based threats from e-mail and Web traffic such as viruses, worms, intrusions, other unwanted network traffic - around the clock and around the world. FortiGate appliances are complemented by an array of messaging, management and analysis systems and end-point security solutions.
For more information on Fortinet products, please visit: http://www.fortinet.com/products.
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Fortinet (www.fortinet.com)
Fortinet is the pioneer and leading provider of ASIC-accelerated unified threat management, or UTM, security systems, which are used by enterprises and service providers to increase their security while reducing total operating costs. Fortinet solutions were built from the ground up to integrate multiple levels of security protection - including firewall, anti-virus, intrusion prevention, VPN, spyware prevention and anti-spam - designed to help customers protect against network and content level threats. Leveraging a custom ASIC and unified interface, Fortinet solutions offer advanced security functionality that scales from remote office to chassis-based solutions with integrated management and reporting. Fortinet solutions have won multiple awards around the world and are the only security products that are certified in six programs by ICSA Labs: Firewall, Antivirus, IPSec VPN, SSL VPN, Network IPS, and Antispam. Fortinet is privately held and based in Sunnyvale, California.
Zycko
Zycko is an international distributor focusing on three key areas - networking, VOIP and security. Zycko is 100% channel focused, selling its solutions through a channel of resellers, systems integrators and service providers.
Networking: Zycko's networking division is an independent supplier of third party/OEM GBICs (GBIC and SFPs), router cables and router memory. The company also distributes original Cisco equipment and refurbished products for internal infrastructures, and maintenance and/or spares holding, which offer significant cost savings to resellers and their clients. Zycko also sources 3COM, Nortel, Juniper networking products, to mention a few.
Zycko's Smartpac Repair centre offers in-house repairs on all networking equipment, including Cisco, 3COM and Nortel. We repair both end-of-life and new equipment and operate a no-fix/no-fee service. All repairs are carried out to component level with a turnaround time of two weeks.
VOIP: Zycko is also the official distributor of Polycom's range of IP SIP-based handsets, conference phones as well as the Kirk IP DECT solutions and the Spectralink Wireless solutions.
Security: Zycko is the official distributor of Fortinet's secure gateway offering, which includes anti-virus, firewall, IPS, VPN, Web filtering and anti-spam technology - all in one box.
For further information, visit http://www.zycko.co.za.
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