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| Dec 15, 2008 |
FortiMail email security platform effectively reduces spam
According to Eryin Halmen, Fortinet's country manager for Malaysia and Brunei, FortiMail delivers 50 percent cost savings, as compared to other traditional email security appliances. This is because FortiMail is charged according to the number of devices installed versus users count. He went on to elaborate that Fortinet can offer cost effective products with high performance because the company has a dedicated research team that eliminates the need for outsourced systems licensing fees.
Bernama Mandarin online, Malaysia |
| Dec 12, 2008 |
Fortinet records strong business growth in current crisis
According to Benjamin Teh, sales director for Fortinet South Asia, the difficult economic conditions encourage companies to focus on price-performance, which is hard to achieve with point solutions. Hence, Fortinet's integrated UTM approach to achieve more savings and better price performance security results comes into focus. He also mentioned Fortinet's goal to achieve 60-80% market growth in Indonesia with strong channel partners onboard and highlighted the company's focus on key vertical markets such as telecommunications, government and financial sectors. The company has also announced the expansion of its product portfolio, including the newly launched enterprise grade UTM security appliance, the FortiGate-620B and new FortiGate-5000 series. The company has also made a breakthrough with its release of FortiDB, a database security appliance.
EBizz Asia, Indonesia |
| Dec 5, 2008 |
2009 Information Security Trend Forum
According to Fortinet Taiwan's spokesperson Jim Liu, databases are the most important assets for enterprises and are currently the main targets for hackers. This is evident in the increase in corporate data theft. Liu went on to introduce FortiDB in his speech at the 2009 Information Security Trend Forum organized by Information Security Magazine on November 20 in Taipei, Taiwan.
Information Security Taiwan |
| Dec 5, 2008 |
Finding the right directions to secure your network, turning bad luck into good fortune
Fortinet's spokesperson Derek Manky was featured in this cover story on the key security events in 2008. He was cited for Fortinet's nine security predictions in 2009. Fortinet's threatscape reporting excerpts were also included in this story on the current security industry environment.
Information Security Taiwan |
| Dec 3, 2008 |
Fortinet appoints Parkpoom Jaroonpatrapong country manager for Thailand
According to Benjamin Te, Fortinet's sales director for South Asia, he is pleased to have Parkpoom onboard to lead the business in Thailand. With Parkpoom's strong experience and excellent track record in the technology industry, he will be able to retain and harness a stronger presence for Fortinet in the country. Parkpoom's vision and management know-how will also ensure that Fortinet continues to grow into a world-class leading network security vendor.
The Nation Newspaper Online, Thailand |
| Dec 2, 2008 |
Fortify your email platform
According to Eric Chan, Fortinet South Asia product specialist, the power packed highlight of FortiMail is in its antispam ability, which can recognize false email addresses spammers use to distribute spam. He added that FortiMail can cater to enterprises of all sizes, including organizations with up to 35,000 employees. Chan also added that FortiMail can deliver a cost advantage to companies because it does not charge per user license, opting for per device license, which is updated annually.
Tech Central - The Star Online, Malaysia |
| Dec 2008 |
Securing corporate assets with web content filtering.
According to Eryin Halmen, Fortinet's Country Manager of Malaysia & Brunei, the need to enforce corporate Internet Usage Policies requires the ability to monitor and block unauthorized web sites. Out of the 40 million websites Fortinet's FortiGuard Web Content Filtering service covers, 34% are potentially bandwidth consuming, liable, non-productive, objectionable or controversial and security violating. The need for complete content security is rising quickly as corporations are quickly realizing that traditional security devices such as firewalls, IDC, and host based Antivirus are no longer protecting them from the new generation of threats. The most effective solution to secure an enterprise network is a consolidation of various key security functions that provide a dynamic threat prevention system.
Malaysian business magazine |
| Nov 28, 2008 |
Justin Lee, Country Manager of Fortinet Korea on Information Security as a Strategic Enterprise Investment
According to IDC, global CEOs are selecting optimized IT security as a top priority for their firm. This represents that information security is an essential element for the company's growth. Justin Lee, Country Manager of Fortinet Korea observed that deploying optimized security infrastructure is a sound management practice for businesses and the industry needs a paradigm shift to view security as a long term investment item.
Security News, Korea |
| Nov 28, 2008 |
IT Daily - Fortinet has confidence in gaining traction in the antispam market
Fortinet Korea has highlighted that the FortiMail provides email security, quarantine and archiving in one appliance and is the only solution in the market to provide Tri-operation mode including Gateway, TP and server. According to Alvin Lee, Fortinet Korea System Engineer, the FortiGate appliance also provides anti-spam functionality but as a network security solution, it has limits on inspecting more complicated emails. This is the reason why Fortinet has penetrated the anti-spam market with FortiMail.
IT Daily, Korea |
| Nov 27, 2008 |
Fortinet Korea accelerate its pioneering role in the email security market
According to Justin Lee, country manager of Fortinet Korea, FortiMail complements the network-based FortiGate security appliance to provide more secured security features. He added that the product's reliability and performance has been proven by its deployment with K Bank as its customer. Fortinet plans to make further inroads into the email security market with our advanced FortiMail appliance.
DataNet, Korea |
| Nov 18, 2008 |
Interview with A. Sakamoto: Cost performance matters in financial crisis - Fortinet's products are strategic with accelerated performance
This three page article highlights the discussion of Fortinet Japan's strategy with spokesperson Akio Sakamoto-san. On the products front, the coverage also mentioned the features of FortiDB-1000B, FortiGate-5000 series and FortiGate-620B.
ASCII.jp, Japan |
| Nov 13, 2008 |
Performance driven: Fortinet's new UTM security appliance achieves 16Gbps throughput with accelerated ASIC.
According to A. James, Fortinet VP of products, with the increasing adoption of 10Gbit Ethernet and bandwidth expansion, users want performance. Fortinet is meeting this need with improved ASIC performance and the company has planned to protect against increased threats targeting web 2.0 applications and SaaS with new product launches.
@IT, Japan |
| Nov 13, 2008 |
Feature interview with Anthony James, VP of products: Fortinet launches accelerated security appliance FortiGate-620B for mid-enterprise
According to Anthony James, Fortinet VP of products, the current security trend points toward increased performance demand, network security consolidation, Web 2.0 security and information protection, which creates demand for 10Gbit Ethernet for mid-enterprise end customers. This increases the level of potential threats, creating the necessity to have a security solution designed suitably for the new environment. He drew attention to Fortinet's network processor FortiASIC NP2 and mentioned that due to the recession, IT budgets are shrinking. However, as enterprises still have to protect their networks and security remains a mandatory IT feature, UTM security appliances will continue to do well in this economic climate.
MYCOM Journal, Japan |
| Nov 6, 2008 |
Staying safe from malicious software (malware)
Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team discovered a Facebook worm that is trying to leverage Google Reader and Google Picasa to gain trust in visitors with an intention to download a malicious codec onto their machines. Providing advice to cyberspace users on staying safe, the article is attributed to Mr. Guillaume Lovet, Senior Manager of Fortinet's FortiGuard Global Security Research Team.
AsiaOne Digital, Singapore |
| Nov 6, 2008 |
Asia home to more malware variants
According to a new report from security vendor Fortinet, Asian economies are seeing more malware variants than their counterparts in other regions. Fortinet's threatscape report for October showed that four of the top five territories with the highest percentage of “distinct malware volume”, or the highest amount of unique malware activity, were in the Asia-Pacific region. The data for the latest report was compiled from Fortinet's network security appliances and intelligence systems between Sep. 21 and Oct. 20.
ZDNet Asia, Singapore |
| Nov 5, 2008 |
Information security and IP protection seminar for manufacturing: secure your intellectual property
According to Spencer Chen, country manager for Fortinet Taiwan, the rapidly changing environment has surfaced information security as the top priority for manufactures to address. This is due to recent information leaks and intrusion incidents with top technology companies, which has caused critical information and important designs to be stolen.
Network Computing, Taiwan |
| Nov 5, 2008 |
Fortinet offers full protection
According to Benjamin Teh, Fortinet sales director, the company was playing in the high growth unified threat management (UTM) area while the traditional firewall virtual private networks (VPN) market was forecast to decline in the coming years. Many firewall companies are trying to move to the UTM space, so did many intrusion detection system/ intrusion prevention system (IDS/ IPS) players. However due to Fortinet's home-grown technology, strong research and development of core and custom ASICs (application specific integrated circuits), nobody else in the industry was comparable, as others simply partnered with software solutions in a way that could not scale.
The Bangkok Post, Thailand |
| Nov 4, 2008 |
Interview - Fortinet announces database security appliances
According to Spencer Chen, country manager of Fortinet Taiwan, FortiDB represents a milestone for Fortinet to expand its offerings for database security. The company has announced the database appliance FortiDB-1000B after acquiring IPLocks' assets for database vulnerability assessment tool early this year. The article also quoted Jim Liu introducing FortiDB's features, different database environments it can support and the maximum concurrent database support facility.
RUN! PC, Taiwan |
| Nov 2, 2008 |
UTM improves with diversified functions supporting NAC and advanced web scanning
In this industry article, it is reported that from next year, UTM will have more functions such as NAC, web packet inspection that will strengthen the role of unified threat management in network security. In this roundup article, Fortinet is mentioned as the market leader with editorial coverage on FortiDB while carrying photographs of its FortiGate-5000 series high-end enterprise/ carrier grade UTM products.
iThome Weekly, Taiwan |
| Nov 2008 |
Competition between local and foreign vendors has just begun
Local Korean security vendors are reported to be gearing up for new UTM solution launches in Q408 and the market competition is expected to get fierce. The local UTM market is mostly held by foreign vendors such as Fortinet (the UTM market leader), Juniper, Cisco and Checkpoint. According to Justin Lee, country manager of Fortinet Korea, the company is strengthening its business solutions value proposition in the high end by launching three new products. These products provide superior performance and can accelerate Fortinet's penetration into the high end market.
Network Times, Korea |
| Nov 2008 |
Securing networks the Fortinet way
According to Eryin Halmen, Country Manager of Fortinet Malaysia and Brunei, the Readers' Choice Award is a clear indicator of the confidence that customers have in Fortinet's integrated, enterprise-class security solutions. Eryin also explained that in addition to Fortinet's strong value proposition in terms of offering a highly competitive UTM security whole offer from the FortiGate appliance to FortiGuard subscription services, the company is able to be in constant contact with customers and provide direct engagements to teams involved. Fortinet values our customers' feedback and pays better attention to their specific security needs and requests by listening to them.
Computerworld Malaysia |
| Oct 30, 2008 |
Unifying your threat management practice
According to Benjamin Teh, Fortinet's sales director for South Asia, protecting sensitive corporate data and enterprise network security is imperative to a company's survival as such data can be described as the business' life blood. Thus, it is crucial for companies to ensure that confidential information is tightly guarded and made inaccessible to malicious hackers attempting to use it for monetary gains. The consultative styled byline article then goes on to highlight UTM as the "pragmatic choice for IT managers".
The Business Times, Singapore |
| Oct 30, 2008 |
Fortinet to expand into database security market
According to Mr. U. Ratanaphupha, country manager for Thailand and Indochina, databases are fast becoming the next target for cybercriminal, as they hold sensitive and valuable information. To which, Mr. P. Suksathit, Fortinet's technical consultant pointed out that the FortiDB-1000B VA appliance provides an automated, cost-effective and centralized solution for database application security. The company also plans to develop new versions of FortiDB appliance to meet the needs of enterprises of all sizes.
Thai Rath Online website |
| Oct 24, 2008 |
Rise of the Appliance
In this article, Computerworld Malaysia talks to key technology providers and finds that Unified Threat Management has entered the enterprise in a big, hot and heavy way. Leading UTM player Fortinet sees UTM as the aggregation of seven key security functions. Eryin Halmen, Country Manager of Malaysia and Brunei, Fortinet, says this includes firewall, anti-virus, intrusion detection and prevention, IPSec Virtual Private Network (VPN), web content filtering, spyware prevention, and anti-spam™ integrated into a single hardware platform. He continues to add that there is a lot of potential in the IT security solutions market, as the top concern among enterprises in the current business environment is the prioritizing of security technology.
Computerworld Malaysia |
| Oct 21, 2008 |
Security Commoditization has begun
According to Mr. A. Sakamoto, Fortinet's chief strategist and VP of the Far East region, commoditization of security as an IT practice has begun. As a result, companies are outsourcing their security needs to experts, this trend is especially pronounced for SMBs, who face the challenge of investing more human resources in IT. In addition, Mr. N. Nishizawa, Fortinet's marketing head added that this represents more business opportunities for companies providing total security solution such as Fortinet. The article also expounds on UTM strengths and FortiGate-5000 series features.
MYCOM JOURNAL Online News, Japan |
| Oct 20, 2008 |
Market Inflection Point for UTM
According to Mr. N. Nishizawa, Fortinet's head of marketing, UTM will be the largest segment of the security market in 2011 per the latest IDC report. To meet market needs, Fortinet has launched the new FortiGate-5000 series for telecommunications service providers and large enterprises. FortiGate-110C is also positioned as a product that will help to meet the local branch office security needs. In conclusion, Mr. A. Sakamoto, chief strategist and VP of Far East Asia surmised, Fortinet is well positioned for the future worldwide UTM market.
Softbank Business IT Online, Japan |
| Oct 20, 2008 |
UTM suitable for economic recession
According to Mr. N. Nishizawa, Fortinet's head of marketing, UTM adoption is at a market inflection curve due to increasing network security needs. The article also covers the new FortiGate-5000 series to meet the enterprise and service provider segment.
@IT Online News, Japan |
| Oct 15, 2008 |
Securing Fortinet's position as a total network security vendor
According to Justin Lee, country manager of Fortinet Korea, Fortinet has more than 50% market share compared to other foreign vendors in the local UTM market. He also mentioned that the company has consolidated its position in the enterprise firewall market in 2007, reflecting Fortinet's strong growth as a total network solution provider. Lee added that the newly announced FortiGate 5000 series will help large enterprises, carriers and service providers deploy high performance multi-threat security at the core network to achieve mission critical performance.
Computer Times, Korea |
| Oct 15, 2008 |
Cyber threats are prevalent, Fortinet analyzes new security trends
Enterprises have suffered massive economic losses associated with Internet security and data leakage with more hackers profiteering by spreading viruses and malware. According to Derek Manky, security researcher at Fortinet, the prevalence of wireless connections has caused the number of vulnerabilities to rise. Hackers may create rogue WiFi access points and log users' activity. WiFi settings prove to be attractive to advertisers, as they can collect information. Most WiFi networks are unencrypted, so users' personal information may be stolen. Manky recommends that enterprises deploy UTM solutions with multiple security functions, including firewall, antivirus, antispam, IPSec VPN and web filtering. Enterprise users are encouraged to use a VPN or SSL site for data transfers and adopt WEP or WPA encryption.
Sing Tao Daily, Hong Kong |
| Oct 13, 2008 |
Cyber-criminals to target data centres: Fortinet
Corporate data centres are likely to become the next big target for cyber-criminals due to the sensitive and valuable information they hold, according to Unified Threat Management (UTM) security systems provider Fortinet. The global IT security firm says there is an increasing need for powerful tools that can detect and help guard against data breaches. This is especially critical for vertical industries such as retail, which require compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) to protect customers' personal and credit card information.
MIS Asia Online, Singapore |
| Oct 9, 2008 |
Interview with Justin Lee, Country Manager of Fortinet Korea: "Large enterprises are our next targets"
Justin Lee highlighted new Fortinet products, including chassis-based multi threat security solution designed for 10GbE environment. According to Lee, "These new product announcements create momentum to reinforce the thinking that UTM is appropriate for the core network. In addition, well-known telecommunication companies in Europe, Japan, USA and Australia are currently providing security service with FortiGate-5000 series. The target market for the new products includes telecommunications, portals, data centers, large enterprises with 1G or 10G network environments," he added.
Security News, Korea |
| Oct 8, 2008 |
Poor security awareness of employees in China
In a report on a global data leakage survey, which cites about 20% of all employees change their computer security settings in an attempt to view unauthorized websites. They also use QQ to chat online and download files, which most security gateways and firewalls may be unable to protect. In this article, the editor mentions that only Fortinet products can block QQ, attributing the capability due to in-country research conducted in China.
Sing Tao Daily, Hong Kong |
| Oct 6, 2008 |
Unified Threat Management (UTM) outgrowing end point security segment: IDC
The Unified Threat Management (UTM) market has already started to outgrow the point security solution segment, said analyst firm IDC.
MIS Asia |
| Oct 6, 2008 |
UTM Outsourcing is Thriving
According to Ken Xie, Founder, President and CEO of Fortinet, the worldwide UTM appliance market has overtaken the firewall as the most commonly adopted security appliance. However, in China, the firewall is still the most commonly used security appliance, as the market is poised to mirror the global trends in terms of UTM adoption. In addition, he cites the use of multi-core technology as being able to improve UTM performance significantly. Xie also mentioned that the MSSP market growth has created more opportunities for UTM. Fortinet has also been awarded the "Global Competitive Strategy Leadership of the Year" award by Frost & Sullivan for enabling profitable network-based Managed Security Services.
China Information World |
| Oct 1, 2008 |
The information security battlefield extends from IT centers to factories with Taiwan manufacturing at risk
Jim Liu, Fortinet's technical consultant proposes a robust and complete method by using UTM appliances, which helps to prevent users' possible Internet misuse and information leakage for IP protection, separate office automation and manufacturing automation systems to protect plans against multiple network threats. In addition, the manufacturers can implement network access control and monitoring for employees and visitors with FortiGate and FortiAnalyzer, which can be managed by FortiManager.
NetAdmin, Taiwan |
| Oct 2008 |
Present and Future Outlook for the Network Security Industry
According to Spencer Chen, Country Manager of Fortinet Taiwan, there is still a big opportunity in the UTM market. Fortinet has just acquired IPLocks and entered the database security market with FortiDB, its new database security appliance. The company has also improved its content processor to enable better small-packet filtering. Currently, all Fortinet UTM appliances use FortiASIC CP6 processor, including FortiGate-310B, which was launched in Q4 for the Taiwanese market.
Information Security Magazine, Taiwan |
| Sept 30, 2008 |
Special Report: Antivirus & Security
Fortinet was profiled in four key articles discussing business vulnerability, good antivirus packages, using education and IT policy to provide safeguards and the emergence of a new criminal tactic in this special report segment. Jens Andreassen, vice president at Fortinet advocates: "Regulatory and best-practice guidelines place an enormous due diligence burden on IT executives. Not only must the latest technologies be implemented for dealing with potential attacks, but executives must prove that all is being done to protect sensitive data and networks. To add to the burden, traffic and events must be logged for audits to prove compliance and also for forensic operations, which are critical to discerning and quickly remedying weaknesses in the network security regime." According to Derek Manky, security research at Fortinet, security in a large enterprise can be analogous to a chain, if there is one weak link (through an employee), the enterprise may be at risk. This may be through an innocent mistake, as most cases are, or through actual malicious intent.
South China Morning Post, Hong Kong |
| Sept 18, 2008 |
Juniper and Fortinet face big battle in the high-end UTM market
Juniper and Fortinet are starting to invade the high-end UTM market, targeting the carrier, MSSP and the data centre space with SRX 5000 and FortiGate-5000 series respectively. According to John Lee, Fortinet's Channel Manger, "Through the FortiGate series, we provide Firewall, IPS, AV, Switching, Routing, Antispam and URL filtering. Fortinet also provides five virtual domains without separate license." The most notable thing is Fortinet's ability to provide AV and IPS pattern update. Indeed, there will be severe competition in the high-end UTM market between Fortinet and Juniper.
IT Daily |
| Sept 15, 2008 |
UTM is Well-Positioned for Great Development in China
According to Ken Xie, Founder, President and CEO of Fortinet, the UTM appliance is fast replacing the firewall and has become the most adopted network security device outside China. He explained why the Chinese UTM market is at a market inflection point. First, China follows the global market trend, which has evolved from firewall to UTM. Second, the application of multi-core technology has greatly improved the UTM appliance performance. Third, the rise of MSSPs has also propelled the UTM appliance into mainstream.
China Computer World |
| Sept 5, 2008 |
Security expert explains the biggest hacker theft in America
Derek Manky, Fortinet's Security Research Engineer, explains how hackers intrude the wireless network and the security vulnerabilities exploited by them. He also elaborates on the reason why it took such a long time to solve this case and provided advice on appropriate security solutions to protect against such threats. Derek added that the hackers had broken the encryption to the wireless network that was secured with WEP and that it was this encryption protocol made it easier for hackers to gain access into the protected network.
www.ccidnet.com |
| Sept 2008 |
Fortinet: UTM is a good weapon for MSSP
According to Ken Xie, Founder, President and CEO of Fortinet, the company is the UTM market leader with product breadth and depth, global channels network and industry cutting edge security subscription. Xie mentioned that Fortinet has received 11 patents, 6 ICSA certifications, government certifications and Virus Bulletin 100 approved. These patents are Fortinet's key to success in the market for the FortiGate product line and the company has also been awarded the "Global Competitive Strategy Leadership of the Year" as a best practice award for enabling a profitable network based managed security service. Fortinet has also launched the FortiGate 5000 series, an enterprise product suite for end-to-end 10-Gigabit multi-threat security.
Telecom World China |
| Sept 2008 |
Bracing for Tough Times
According to Eryin Halmen, Country Manager of Malaysia & Brunei, network security consolidation could hardly have arrived at a better time as IT professionals concerned with security are finding themselves at the center of a perfect storm caused by the convergence of three "threatening" conditions.
Majalah PC, Malaysia |
| Sept 2008 |
Management Practice - A Pragmatic Approach to IT Security
Ever more sophisticated threats, increasing compliance requirements, and evolving applications continually expose new gaps in enterprise network security. Due to management issues, adding more point solutions is not always the best answer. Jens Andreassen, Vice President of Sales, APAC, Fortinet, looks at how enterprises can perform a pragmatic security gap analysis with an eye to selecting the right vendor to help improve network security without multiplying management complexity.
Capital CEO, Hong Kong |
| Sept 2008 |
What is Virtualization?
The article talks about the virtualization of FortiGate, Virtual-Chassis (Juniper), VIPRION (F5 Networks), VSS5000 (Nortel), SmartConnect (Blade Network Technologies). It also mentions the virtualization function in FortiGate and provides in-depth explanation on using the function.
Nikkei Network, Japan |
| Aug 27, 2008 |
UTM Integrates Multiple Security Functions
Enterprises have a surging demand for security solutions. At the CIO Executive Summit, Flora Chan, Regional Sales Manager, Hong Kong and Macau, Fortinet will talk about the latest cyber threats to enterprises and UTM appliance functions. The article cited spam, bogus sites and social engineering attacks targeting social networking sites as threats to watch out for.
Economic Times, Hong Kong |
| Aug 25, 2008 |
New Era for Leading Security Manufacturers
As enterprises and government place increasing importance on network security in 2008, market demand for such solutions increase as well. The Olympics will bring direct market growth and opportunities. According to Jens Andreassen, Fortinet's Vice President for Asia Pacific, the Olympics would push the existing communications networks to its limit due to end user demand, which creates a need for enterprises and carriers to adopt greater level of security coverage. In addition, promoting more internet usage will result in more opportunities for technology vendors.
Computer Business Information, China |
| Aug 14, 2008 |
Computer users and enterprises face possible network security challenges during Olympics.
Be careful of hackers when watching the Olympics live!
Economic Daily, Taiwan |
| Aug 13, 2008 |
Fortinet preaches Olympics security policies for offices
Fortinet, the security vendor, is concerned about enterprise security threats posed by the Olympics. Chris Simmons, Senior Product Marketing Manager of Fortinet said that the Olympics will likely create spikes in Internet traffic and put corporate networks to the test.
Economic Times, Hong Kong |
| Aug 9, 2008 |
Fortinet's value proposition for Japanese carrier customers
Spokesperson Mr. K. Miyanishi talks about FortiGate's product value proposition for Japanese carrier customers.
Yahoo! News, Japan |
| Aug 8, 2008 |
Justin Lee, Country Manager of Fortinet Korea talks about being enterprise-ready during the Olympics
With the 2008 Beijing Olympics round the corner, security experts are warning that hackers are increasingly prone to attack internet users. Spam is also created with social networking sites and blogs becoming popular. Thus, enterprises and organizations should strengthen its security education and Fortinet has suggested ten best practice steps to beef up security during the Olympics.
ZDNet, Korea |
| Aug 6, 2008 |
How Should Enterprise IT Teams Develop and Implement the Best Online Security Solution during Olympics?
This article provides a summary of how businesses can prepare themselves for potential "August Madness" and what attacks are lurking on the wires that computer users should be aware of during the games. It also provides Fortinet's best practices for online safety during the Olympics and beyond.
www.ccw.com.cn |
| Aug 6, 2008 |
Beyond UTM
Fortinet's Jens Andreassen, Vice President for Asia Pacific Sales provides an insight into why companies are now turning to purpose-built network security through an integrated and consolidated Unified Threat Management (UTM) approach.
HK Economic Times |
| Aug 5, 2008 |
IT Teams Countdown to Olympics - "When Michael Phelps takes the medal stand, will he take your network down too?"
Derek Manky, a well-renowned network security expert at Fortinet shares Fortinet's best practices for online safety at your workplace.
SC Cyberworld Online |
| Aug 4, 2008 |
Clearing potential Olympics network hurdle
Benjamin Teh, Fortinet's sales director for Southeast Asia, said businesses should instill clear policies on Internet usage, and ensure that employees are aware and understand the guidelines and consequences of not observing these policies. Companies that use filtering tools to control Web site access should inform their employees what types of sites will be blocked, Teh said in an e-mail interview.
ZDNet Asia (online) |
| Aug 2008 |
Achieve acceleration with Fortinet FortiGate-310B using ASIC technology
Feature article on FortiGate-310B features and functions
Kogyogijyutsu Shimbun |
| July 31, 2008 |
Deploying virtualized Unified Threat Management
Sugawara-san explains how to optimize virtualized UTM solutions as a contributed white paper.
@IT (IT Online News) |
| July 25, 2008 |
Database security is a business necessity
According to Justin Lee, Fortinet Korea country manager, "Database security should be considered in a management framework and applied in a systematic process, rather than from a technical perspective only. It needs to be deployed as a security system that cuts across the enterprise as a whole." He added that database security is not only about controlling database access but should be seen as an enterprise level, strategy business management tool.
Electronic Times, Korea |
| July 15, 2008 |
UTM Security Solutions, a Pragmatic Approach to IT Security
IT executives managing network security face complex challenges on a daily basis as threats become increasingly sophisticated, compliance burden increase and more vulnerabilities are exposed by new applications and technologies. This article takes a pragmatic approach to IT security with UTM security solutions and explains how enterprises can perform a pragmatic security gap analysis to improve network security in a simple manner by choosing the right vendor.
www.ccw.com.cn, China |
| July 8, 2008 |
[Special/High-performance Data Center] Virtualization Is Heating up
The enthusiasm for virtualization is hot among network vendors. Virtualization only interested in server or storage vendors so far. But recently thanks to the continuous effort for the development of virtualization technology among network vendors, new virtualization technologies are announced. Fortinet recently announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company three additional patents for network virtualization.
Digital Daily (IT Online), Korea |
| July 2, 2008 |
World of Warcraft Trojan spreads from Asia
Password-stealing programs affecting online games such as World of Warcraft accounted for almost 13 per cent of malware activity detected in a recent survey.
infomatics |
| July 2008 |
The Evolution of UTM
The evolution of security systems and software to the present Unified Threat Management (UTM) appliance-type solutions is really a history of an "arms-race" between hackers, crackers and virus authors, and security vendors.
MAX IT Magazine, Malaysia |
| July 2008 |
Enhance Security, Cost Reduction and Green IT, Consolidated Network Security Kills Three Birds with One Stone
As an IT professional dealing with network security, you are constantly confronted by an evolving array of threats and increasing compliance requirements. To manage this dynamic security threats landscape against other imperatives such as cost, limited data centre space, ease of use and protecting the environment, enterprise IT professionals has to consider both tactical and strategic imperatives. Network security consolidation is a real bargain with all the benefits that consolidation delivers for other areas of enterprise computing such as lower cost, easier management and many green benefits with improved security.
Network Times, Korea |
| June 30, 2008 |
Be on guard against multi-layer threats
Malware are increasingly becoming complex threats designed with multiple components that target different enterprise weaknesses, say industry watchers.
ZD Net Asia |
| June 23, 2008 |
Taking security steps to stay competitive
Network security has become crucial in enterprises' daily operations. The rise in virus and hacker attacks emphasises the need for a good security strategy to ensure enterprises stay competitive. Fortinet Inc's sales director of South Asia, Benjamin Teh shares his views.
Tech & U |
| June 18, 2008 |
U.S. Fortinet recommends "Consolidated Security" approach to sophisticated threats
According to Jens Andreassen, vice president of sales, the market trend is leaning towards security consolidation. He went onto to explain that network threats have evolved with attacks becoming more organized and complex. Thus, making the network security consolidation approach all the more relevant today. For instance, Fortinet provides a consolidated environment that enables the use of multiple security services like firewall, antivirus and anti-spam on a single platform through "FortiGate" consolidated threat security systems. In addition, consolidating multiple security functions will improve efficiency and reduce operational expenditure through the provision of comprehensive service offerings.
Dempa Shimbun newspaper, Japan |
| June 13, 2008 |
"UTM is the best choice for the introduction of security service" said Fortinet
Fortinet Japan held a media round table on June 13th, announcing the proposition of UTM which can consolidate and virtualized security solution for MSSP and Enterprise.
IT Media |
| June 2008 |
Interview with Eryin Halmen, the Fortinet Country Sales Manager in Malaysia
An IDC report recently named Fortinet as the worldwide leader in factory revenue for Unified Threat Management(UTM) porducts. Max-IT speaks with Mr. Eryin Halmen for more details.
MaxIT Magazine |
| May 27, 2008 |
Fortinet network security
Based on Fortinet's announcement of a collaboration with NCS Group for their managed security services platform. The coverage mentions how Fortinet's consolidated network security solution enables customers to reduce power consumption by reducing the number of security appliances.
The Straits Times, Singapore |
| May 23, 2008 |
UTM Takes the Role of Border Security Guard
This article talks about the UTM development status at present. After three years quick development, the market space of UTM has exceeded firewall and become the mainstream in security gateway market. The leading manufacturers in the world like Fortinet and Checkpoint etc all concern the ease of use. They put the usability as the focus of product exploitation, and thus the degree of satisfaction is rising. UTM becomes the main battlefield for major manufacturers, as a leading UTM manufacturer in the world, Fortinet entered China market in 2003 and has been focusing on building a channel system with wide coverage and high efficiency. Now Fortinet has got a better performance and ranked the first in China UTM market. The article also mentioned that multi-core platform becomes the hope for the manufacturers to solve the UTM performance bottlenecks.
Sina.com.cn |
| May 22, 2008 |
Fortinet to provide multi-threat security platform for NCS Group's managed security services
The NCS Group will deploy a managed security service based on Fortinet's multi-threat, integrated security platform. The managed security service will enable enterprise customers to outsource their IT security needs for optional protection and threat management while reducing their capital and operational expresses.
SearchSMBAsia |
| May 9, 2008 |
Danger! Online game users, are you protected from Trojans?
According to the latest report from security vendor Fortinet, online gaming Trojans targeted hevay attacks on Asia where online gaming gains the growing popularity. Two famous online gaming Trojans respectively targeted Taiwan and China in April. Online gaming vendor says hackers steal users' passwords and account credentials via seeding Trojans in victims' computers. Users should secure their computers to protect personal information.
China Times |
| May 7, 2008 |
Fortinet enhanced its mid-range UTM appliance performance.
UTM leader Fortinet recently launched a new mid-range UTM appliance, Fortinet-310B. With its new FortiASIC processor that was used only for high-end products, FortiGate-310B delivers firewall and IPSec VPN throughput of 8Gbps and 6Gbps respectively. This is the first time that Fortinet expands its FortiASIC processor to mid-range UTM appliances, said Jens Andreassen, VP of Fortinet APAC. Andreassen added that this unique processor FortiASIC was used only for high-end products at over 50 thousand USD. This big change has dramatically enhanced FortiGate-310B's FW and VPN performance.
iThome |
| May 2, 2008 |
UTM heads for larger market in Asia
Jens Andreassen, vice president of Asia-Pacific sales at Fortinet, told ZDNet Asia in a recent interview that the company is now seeing breakthrough in the higher-priced segment, a contrast to several years earlier, when UTM or all-in-one security appliances appealed mainly to small and midsize businesses (SMBs).
ComputerWorld |
| April 30, 2008 |
Global Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions provider targets Malaysia growth
US-based Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions provider Fortinet Inc. has launched a UTM solution for mid-market companies, as part of a new Asia-Pacific partner programme strategy.
ComputerWorld |
| April 30, 2008 |
Fortinet announced new FortiPartner program
Fortinet, the pioneer and leading provider of unified threat management (UTM) solutions, is announcing an aggressive channel-growth strategy aimed at significantly boosting the number of enterprise resellers in Asia Pacific in 2008.
Sing Tao Daily - IT Square |
| April 29, 2008 |
New ASICs technology accelerate firewall performance to switching speeds - FortiGate-310B
Fortinet announced the new FortiGate™-310B multi-threat security appliance. By incorporating into the purpose-built FortiASIC™ network processors previously reserved for its high-end product lines, Fortinet is raising the bar on firewall and virtual private network (VPN) throughput performance to gigabit-per-second (Gbps) speeds, and enabling wire-speed firewall performance.
PC Market |
| April 29, 2008 |
Leading Market Research Firm Ranks Fortinet No. 1 in Worldwide and Asia Pacific UTM Revenue for 2007
Fortinet has announced that new IDC research data confirms that the company ranked No. 1 in worldwide UTM factory revenue and the Asia Pacific UTM leader based on factory revenue, both for 2007, fueled by significant large enterprise, MSSP and carrier adoption of its high-end FortiGate™ network security appliances. This data makes Fortinet the global UTM factory revenue leader for two consecutive years.
PC3 Corporate |
| April 29, 2008 |
Companies fight to hold off growing threat of 'malware'
The portmanteau word for software that is written to damage computers intentionally is "malware", based on teh same model as hardware and software, although it may be more closely related to "beware".
South China Morning Post |
| April 28, 2008 |
UTM unexpectedly becomes an eye-catcher thanks to green issues
UTM has unexpectedly caught users' eyes when they start to pay attention to environment protection. According to Jens Andreassen, Sales VP of Fortinet APAC, who visited Taipei last week, green issues and power consumption reduction spotlight the benefits of UTM and become the considerations for users to purchase security applicances.
ZDNet |
| April 25, 2008 |
Fortinet Releases Mid-range UTM Appliance with equal Performance Level of its High-end model
Fortinet Japan today announced FortiGate-310B, a mid-range model, which is going to be available during Q2.
Enterprise Watch |
| April 23, 2008 |
Middle-range UTM with High-end Model's Performance Level from Fortinet
Fortinet Japan today announced FortiGate-310B, a mid-range UTM. UTM is a category of network securiy appliance that multiple functions are integrated into one device. Performance level of UTM has been boosted higher and the market is growing faster recent years.
Ascii |
| April 18, 2008 |
Government penalties can't deter cybercrime
At the pace that internet threats and highly-organised cyber attacks are happening, it is unrealistic for individuals or organisations to rely on governments to protect them, according to Unified Threat Management (UTM) pioneer Fortinet.
ComputerWorld, Singapore |
| Feb 25, 2008 |
Riverbed upgrades optimisation system and partners with Fortinet
The firm said that the updates would boost Exchange 2007 and web application performance, while it also announced phase 1 of the RiOS Services Platform (RSP), which will allow third party vendors to run their software on the Steelhead Appliances.
ITnews |
| Feb 12, 2008 |
Fortinet launches New Zealand partner program
Founded eight years ago, US-based vendor Fortinet has already grown its global workforce to exceed 1000 employees.
CRN |
| Feb 2008 |
The war against malware
More than ever before, the threat of malware continued to hang over the heads of enterprise executives in 2007. Further proliferation is also a frightening possibility for 2008, according to some industry participants.
CIO Asia |
| Jan 9, 2008 |
Fortinet, No. 1 in Worldwide UTM Market Leader
Fortinet announced that new IDC research data confirms that for the third consecutive quarter, the company ranked No. 1 in worldwide UTM factory revenue and the Asia Pacific UTM leader based on factory revenue, both for Q3 2007. Fortinet is the overall leader of global vendors in UTM factory revenue in Korea, India, Malaysia and Singapore. In Korea, Fortinet leads the low-end ($0-$0.9K) price band in factory revenue and units shipped, and the $3K-$5.9K price band for factory revenue and units shipped overall. It also leadsthe large enterprise ($10K-$24.9K) price band for factory revenue and units shipped amongst the global vendors
dataNet, Korea |
| Jan 3, 2008 |
Nissan Korea Secures Corporate Network with Fortinet
"Nissan Korea is preparing for their official launch next year in 2008, and it has also been going through a period of incredible growth with the popularity of the Infiniti range of vehicles. At the beginning of the project, they explained that they recognized the need to have a credible network security system in place, in time for the launch, and that they needed the security solution to be deployed quickly, but require minimum routine maintenance," said Hwang Young-chul, Manager of the Security Business Team at SysOne.
Digital Times, Korea |
| Jan 3, 2008 |
Fortinet Korea provided the UTM solution at Nissan Korea
Fortinet announced that Nissan Korea has successfully deployed Fortinet's FortiGate systems to secure its head office and sales and distributions centers. Nissan Korea was founded in 2002 and is the maker of the award-winning Infiniti™ range of luxury cars and SUVs. The company engaged its trusted partner, system integration company SysOne for this project, to deploy the FortiGate systems.
Electronic Times, Korea |
| Jan 1, 2008 |
Storm warning issued
Security experts provide an overview of their predictions of security threats for 2008, with the biggest threat being the Storm Worm. The write-up also quoted Richard Stiennon, security evangelist at Fortinet, citing 2008 to be the year when Facebook widgets will be used to distribute malware.
The Straits Times - Digital Life, Singapore |
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