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Protecting the Door — Not Just the Mail Slot
The ISP has anti-virus protection in place with automatic,hourly updating. However, many of the ISP's users were calling Donald in a panic.
Joe Wells, Decemeber, 2002
Channel Will Have to Navigate Firewall Maze
Firewalls and other security products are now on a path toward convergence, with many vendors bundling features such as intrusion detection, spam filtering and antivirus with their firewall-based security solutions.
Frank J. Ohlhorst, Decemeber 31, 2002
 
Fortinet offers VPN access via remote PCs
There is a new option if you are looking for remote-access VPN gear: Fortinet.
Tim Greene, December 18, 2002
 
Fortinet Offers VPN Client For Its NPG Appliance
Security device vendor Fortinet announces it will offer virtual private network client software that simplifies enterprise deployment of VPNs based on its Network Protection Gateway (NPG) security appliances.
Paul Desmond, December 12, 2002
 
Fortinet Wins Internet Telephony Magazine
The editors of Technology Marketing Corporation's (TMC™) Internet Telephony® magazine, a leading publication in the rapidly growing IP telecommunications industry, have awarded Fortinet with the magazine's prestigious 2002 Product of the Year Award. The Award recognized Fortinet's entire FortiGate™ line of Network Protection Gateways for their "vision, leadership and technological innovation."
Greg Galitzine, December 10, 2002
 
Fortinet takes a swing at the remote access space
Hardware-based antivirus vendor Fortinet reckons it has spotted some low-hanging fruit in the remote access VPN market.
Steve Coplan, December 10, 2002
 
Perimeter/Network Security Buyers' Guide
Information Security's 2003 Buyers' Guide, is the security industry's most comprehensive collection of 850 suppliers and 1,900 products and services across 66 categories.
December 09, 2002
 
Vendors complete tougher ICSA 4.0 firewall tests
ICSA Labs said yesterday it has completed the first wave of tests of product against version 4.0 of its certification criteria.
ComputerWire, December 4, 2002
 
Fortinet Allies With Japan's Zuken
Zuken NetWave to attack rapidly growing network protection market in Japan with Fortinet's FortiGate product line.
November 22, 2002
 
Fortinet in Ideal partnership
Security device maker Fortinet has singed a distribution agreement with Ideal Hardware as it sets out its two-tiered channel intention in the UK.
Karl Flinders, November 18, 2002
 
Infrastructure briefs
A new gateway product from Fortinet will contain a firewall with 3G bit/sec throughput in addition to content-filtering, VPN, intrusion-detection and traffic-shaping features.
Network World, November 4, 2002
 
Securing Your Converged Network - Cracking the Code for Mass Telecommuting
Richard Kagan, November, 2002
 
FortiGate 500 NPG
Fortinet is joining that small, but growing club with FortiGate 500 NPG, a gateway appliance that's designed for enterprises and service providers.
November, 2002
 
Vendors help telcos fight zombies, hackers and more
Fortinet's product, in contrast, sits on the network to monitor activity before it reaches the customer, and can be automatically updated with new information on viruses and other security threats.
Ted McKenna, October 31, 2002
 
Fortinet focuses on the custom market
The latest gear from Fortinet is the FortiGate 3000, which supports a 3G bit/sec firewall if no other applications are running on the box.
Tim Greene, October 30, 2002
 
Fortinet releases three gigabit security appliance
Network security vendor Fortinet has unveiled a new carrier-class gateway that features a firewall with 3Gbps throughput in addition to content filtering, virtual private network (VPN), intrusion detection, and traffic shaping features.
CW360, October 29, 2002
 
Fortinet Upgrades VPN/Firewall Lineup
Fortinet has made an addition to its high-end security lineup.
TechWeb News, October 29, 2002
 
Fortinet to unveil 3Gbps
A NEW CARRIER-CLASS gateway product from Fortinet will contain a firewall with 3Gbps throughput in addition to content filtering, virtual private network (VPN), intrusion detection, and traffic shaping features, according to the company.
Paul Roberts, October 28, 2002
 
Deep-data
The FortiGate series is a stunning first effort. Most exciting is the room Fortinet has reserved for future capabilities. This is not a one-shot appliance that you'll have to replace in a year. It is an extensible platform with lots of room to grow.
Tom Yager, October 25, 2002
 
Fortinet To Deliver 3G Multifunction Security Appliance
Fortinet, Inc. next week will announce a new 3G bps member of its FortiGate Network Protection Gateway (NPG) family of appliances, which provide a bevy of security services in a single box.
Paul Desmond, October 25, 2002
 
Fortinet Goes Gigabit
Despite an abundance of ultra-high-speed firewall and VPN (virtual private network) appliances flooding the market today, security startup Fortinet Inc. isn't afraid to launch another multi-gigabit product offering next week.
Eugénie Larson, October 24, 2002
 
Entry VPN
Quick setup and low maintenance make Fortinet FortiGate 100 an excellent solution for a small office wanting network protection and VPN connectivity.
Robert P. Lipschutz, September 17, 2002
 
FortiGate 500 Offers Multiple Security Zones
Fortinet is adding another device, the FortiGate 500, to its security appliances range - a firewall and VPN protection box with multiple security zones that keep traffic from user groups, such as corporate employees from business partners, physically separate on the appliance.
Tim Greene, September 16, 2002
 
Eyes Wide Open: Carriers, customers find the price of security is eternal vigilance
Vendors like Fortinet are offering products designed to help carriers identify and eliminate network security threats before they reach customers.
Ted McKenna, September, 2002
 
Fortinet gateway provides multi-zone security
The powerful, multi-zone capabilities of Fortinet’s FortiGate 500 NPG enable organizations to segment their networks and establish custom-tailored security and content control policies on a zone-by-zone, department-by-department basis.
September 9, 2002
 
Fortinet Offers FortiGate 500 NPG
Fortinet released the FortiGate 500, the newest model in its family of Network Protection Gateways that protects enterprises of all sizes from content-based threats both inside and outside their networks.
September 4, 2002
 
Fortinet takes security into the multizone
Fortinet has rolled out a new version of its network protection gateway, the FortiGate 500 that has 12 ports, three times as many as its earlier products, allowing enterprises to create security zones within an enterprise network and segment security policies.
Steve Coplan, September 4, 2002
 
Have we successfully killed the Internet virus? Don't bet on it
Even if every computer user in the world had some form of antivirus protection installed on his or her machine, viruses would continue to proliferate, says leading antivirus researcher Joe Wells, chief antivirus architect at Fortinet.
Robert Vamosi, August 22, 2002
 
SMB Market Wants Security In A Box
With security awareness at an all-time high, the need is growing for Internet-security appliances as an all-in-one solution for network protection.
Marcia Savage, August 5, 2002
 
Appliances Deliver Network Security For Lower Costs
The latest crop of security appliances in this roundup meet the need for cost-effective security; those sites looking for antivirus capabilities will want to focus on the offerings from Fortinet.
Frank Ohlhorst, August 5, 2002
 
Fortinet FortiGate 200
The FortiGate 200 combines a stateful packet inspection firewall with VPN services, antivirus, Web filtering and advanced logging. Those services meet the primary concerns of most midsize-business network administrators.
Frank Ohlhorst, August 5, 2002
 
FortiGate Fortifies Your Traffic Security
The FortiGate 500’s standout features include the ability to set up multiple security zones and handle routing, content filtering, traffic shaping and failover. I appreciated its ability to manage, inspect and route traffic between multiple subnets.
Mike DeMaria, August 5, 2002
 
Fortinet Provides Agile Software with a New Level of Network Protection
At Agile Software, we've been especially concerned about the threat posed by virus attacks. Fortinet provides Agile with a new level of network protection.
Francis Leong, August 1, 2002
 
Security Firm Fortinet Gets $9 Million Second Round
Fortinet, provider of network protection systems, has received its second financing round.
July 16, 2002
 
Fortinet Announces Second Round Financing of $9 Million
Fortinet, the premier provider of network protection systems, today announced the completion of its second financing round.
July 16, 2002
 
Network security firm adds funding
Fortinet, a Santa Clara-based provider of network security systems, has announced that it has closed a $9 million round of financing.
Neil Orman, July 16, 2002
 
Fortinet Raises $9 Million
Santa Clara, Calif.-based Fortinet Inc.,plans to announce today that it has raised $9 million in a Series B financing led by DEFTA Partners.
George White, July 16, 2002
 
Fortinet Allies With Secure Computing To Beef-Up Its Web Filtering System
Secure Computing's SmartFilter application, an On-Box Web filtering software solution, will be bundled with Fortinet's FortiGate Gateways, resulting in a more thorough, turbocharged content filtering option for the FortiGate product line.
Gretchen Hyman, July 10, 2002
 
Network+Interop (N+I) Show Report
Another unique feature of the FortiGate devices is their ability to perform traffic shaping-packet-counting and flow measurement. This technology appears to be superior to that of many devices now available that operate at lower layers of the OSI network model and examine headers only, and are not capable of processing and scanning content in real time.
Davis D. Janowski, May 10, 2002
 
Guarding the Gigabits
Fortinet announced six new devices in its FortiGate family of content processing systems at N+I on Monday, the first hardware applications on the market to address virus protection and content filtering. The company claims that its ASIC-based solution is the only content processors fast enough to actually filter everything going through the network.
Larson, May 7, 2002
 
Vendors aim to help users simplify network security
NetWorld+Interop 2002 highlights new products and services aimed at making networks safer such as Fortinet's FortiGate series that can screen content by blocking all traffic from specified URLs and traffic from sites that are not banned but nevertheless contain banned content.
Tim Greene and Ellen Messmer, May 6, 2002
 
Fortinet has new take on security
Fortinet's products are the first to address both network-level and application security in a single hardware box.
Daniel Terdiman, May 3, 2002
Products & services to secure your enterprise
The FortiGate-300 offers real-time detection of common attacks and sends alerts to an admin when an attack is detected and also protects against virus and worms with signature and macro scanning of all incoming and outgoing e-mail attachments and downloaded Web pages.
Christine St. Pierre, May 2002
 
 

   
   
 


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