Bangkok--2 Oct--Fortinet Fortinet — the pioneer and leading provider of unified threat management (UTM) solutions — today announced expanded 10-gigabit Ethernet (GbE) support for its FortiGate-5000 series product line, which allows large enterprise, carrier and service provider customers to deploy superior multi-threat security within the fastest and, often, the most mission-critical portions of their network environment. Three new products being announced today contribute to Fortinet’s ultra-high performance, chassis-based product line, and extend 10-GbE on a per-blade basis as well as for blade-to-blade communications. At the heart of Fortinet’s modular 10-GbE product suite is its FortiGateฎ-5001A multi-threat security blade, which offers the highest levels of availability, redundancy and scalability. Now, with 10-GbE interface options, performance with content protection is increased as part of the FortiGate modular system. Complementing the FortiGate-5001A blades are the following new 10-GbE products, which together enable up to 182 Gbps of firewall performance: - FortiSwitch-5003A hub blade allows 10-Gbps inter-blade communications within the FortiGate-5000 Series chassis to load-distribute incoming traffic across multiple security blades; - RTM-XB2 (Rear Transition Module) is a new component of the FortiGate-5000 Series that acts as the channel for 10-GbE communications between the FortiGate and FortiSwitch blades. A growing number of carriers, service providers and large enterprises are migrating to 10-GbE networks to satisfy the increasing demand for bandwidth within the datacenter and core. Enterprise customers are requiring faster network speeds to support bandwidth-intensive applications like rich media voice/video applications for real-time communication. In addition, the 10-GbE adoption trend is being fueled by decreasing per-port price. As a result, network managers around the globe are requiring 10-GbE security for their 10-GbE networks. A telecommunications carrier, for example, might use the FortiGate-5000 Series suite of 10-GbE products to provide multi-gigabit full content inspection at their data center locations, where 10-GbE is commonly deployed. Prior to Fortinet’s new 10-GbE offerings, companies were deploying multi-threat security solutions at gigabit speeds or below, or choosing to implement something less than full content security on 10-GbE networks. All FortiGate-5000 Series systems combine Fortinet’s hardware and software offerings to provide one or all of a broad array of security applications — firewall, antivirus, intrusion prevention, VPN, spyware prevention and antispam. When deployed as a consolidated solution, FortiGate systems bring together a broad multi-threat network security platform. Fortinet has also announced strong financial results. During the first half of 2008, the company grew billings 32 percent to $120 million and grew revenues 34 percent to $98 million, compared to $73 million the first half of 2007. Sales of its enterprise and high-end security appliances constituted the fastest-growing segments of its business. “The world’s largest companies are entrusting their IT security to Fortinet based on the unique value we bring — a highly flexible, fast and secure platform to address the myriad of data and network security requirements,” said Ken Xie, founder, president and CEO of Fortinet. “Increased market recognition, global large customer adoption, and solid business execution are driving Fortinet’s growth, which is outpacing the market. Additionally, our strong cash position and revenues — well-balanced across products and services, geographies and market segments — provide a solid foundation for continued growth and market opportunities.” Fortinet’s first half 2008 revenues were driven by notable wins in the telecommunications, managed security service provider, enterprise, government and financial services sectors. About 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, antivirus, intrusion prevention, VPN, spyware prevention and antispam -- 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. beluv TEL: 0-2653-2717-9 E-mail: beloved_lee1@hotmail.com