FORTINET GLOBAL ALLIANCE PARTNER PROGRAM: ECOSYSTEM

The Fortinet Global Alliance Partner Program is an extensive ecosystem of manufacturers, consultancy firms, service providers, global system integrators, and other technology firms who compliment and extend the unique value proposition of Fortinet's unified threat management solutions for protecting customers against current and future threats.

Use the menu below to find a current list of Fortinet Global Alliance Partners. Partners are listed by partner category.

Strategic Partners Solution Partners Technology Partners

Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent's vision is to enrich people's lives by transforming the way the world communicates. Born with an unparalleled ability to offer end-to-end communications solutions to customers, Alcatel-Lucent is focused on enhancing client relationships and enriching the lives of people through communications. Expert, driven, intuitive, innovative, Alcatel-Lucent is the first truly global communications solutions provider, with the most complete end-to-end portfolio of solutions and services in the industry.

Fortinet and Alcatel-Lucent have a long-standing relationship by which Alcatel-Lucent and its business partners offer Fortinet's FortiGate platforms to customers worldwide. A symbiotic relationship, allowing Fortinet to significantly expand its reach to new customers through Alcatel-Lucent's vast network of business partners while allowing Alcatel-Lucent to provide enterprises and MSSPs of all sizes with affordable, easy-to-deploy gateway security solutions as part of a comprehensive network implementation. Supporting Alcatel-Lucent's mission to supply their enterprise customers with the industry's best value in highly-available, secure, and easy to manage networking solutions, Fortinet's ASIC-based unified threat management solutions offer Alcatel-Lucent the ability to expand their commitment to security -- and do so without degrading network performance. Additionally, Alcatel-Lucent's solutions-oriented approach lends to a continued relationship that enables Fortinet to continue to expand market reach and bring leading security solutions to new customers and networking-focused channel partners.

Dimension Data

Dimension Data

Dimension Data has more than 12 years experience in the global security solutions market and employ in excess of 350 security experts around the world. Dimension Data consult with organizations and deploy a wide range of security offerings from key vendor partners in all of the 45+ countries where we are present. To date, Dimension Data has completed in excess of 10,000 product implementations for more than 5 000 clients spanning a multitude of industry sectors.

    Dimension Data is a global systems integrator with:
  • The highest level of partner status with Fortinet across 5 continents
  • Extensive technical and sales certifications throughout all regions
  • The expertise to support organizations with services and products across the full portfolio of Fortinet offerings

74% of the Global Fortune 100 and 54% of the Global Fortune 500 companies are Dimension Data clients. Together, Dimension Data and Fortinet have provided security solutions to a wide range of organizations - from a leading multinational service provider in Africa to major financial institutions across North America and Asia.

Ericsson

Ericsson

Ericsson is shaping the future of Mobile and Broadband Internet communications through its continuous technology leadership. Providing innovative solutions in more than 140 countries, Ericsson is helping to create the most powerful communication companies in the world.

Ericsson is one of the few companies worldwide that can offer end-to-end solutions for all major mobile communication standards. Through the Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications joint venture, they offer a range of mobile devices including those supporting multimedia applications and other services allowing richer communication.

HP ProCurve

HP ProCurve

The ProCurve Networking business unit of HP delivers enterprise networking solutions comprising wired and wireless LAN and WAN networking products, services and solutions. Recognizing the necessary migration of intelligence and functionality to the network edge, the ProCurve Adaptive EDGE Architecture strategy is the industry's only comprehensive and inclusive network design strategy that is adaptable, scalable and completely interoperable for achieving command from the center with control to the network edge.

Fortinet extends its award-winning FortiGate unified threat management platform to the ProCurve network environment, playing a strong collaborative role in ProCurve's ProActive Defense strategy to proactively secure networks against internal and external threats. Joining Fortinet's ASIC-accelerated security appliances with ProCurve's ProActive Defense strategy further extends ProCurve's leadership position in enhancing the security of networks and providing customers with the deployment choice and flexibility they require.

Orange Business Services

Orange Business Services

Control, defend and protect. At Orange Business Services, keeping businesses safe is the top priority. That's why they offer a global, end-to-end security solution for networks and the applications that run over them. Orange Business Services can provision, stage, install, maintain and monitor total security infrastructure to minimize threats, while customers, partners and remote workers access networks safely.

Orange Business Services takes a holistic approach to security. Before proceeding with any solution, security specialists conduct a thorough analysis. Orange Business Services experts help design, deliver and manage the applications solution that best meets customer needs. By understanding client protection needs and identifying gaps, Orange Business Services ensures designs fit the business framework.

Riverbed

Riverbed

Riverbed Technology is the technology and market leader in wide-area data services (WDS) solutions for corporations worldwide. By enabling application performance over the wide area network (WAN) that is orders of magnitude faster than what users experience today, Riverbed is changing the way people work, and enabling a distributed workforce that can collaborate as if they were local.

By deploying Riverbed WDS solutions in conjunction with FortiGate systems, customers can achieve increased performance benefits by not only accelerating common TCP traffic, but also blocking malicious content from infiltrating the network. The two best-of-breed products have been rigorously tested for compatibility and together provide the broadest, most complete and scalable Secure Application Acceleration solution, while minimizing operational complexity and costs.

Unisys

Unisys

Unisys is a worldwide technology services and solutions company. Their consultants apply Unisys expertise in consulting, systems integration, outsourcing, infrastructure, and server technology to help clients achieve secure business operations. Unisys builds secure organizations by creating visibility into clients' business operations. Leveraging the Unisys 3D Visible Enterprise approach, Unisys makes visible the impact of decisions - ahead of investments, opportunities and risks.

Unisys' Global Outsourcing and Infrastructure Services (GOIS), is the second largest information and communication technology management outsourcing firm in the world. Fortinet's award-winning high-end FortiGate multi-threat security systems have become the backbone of Unisys' Enterprise Security Service, which provides outsourced firewall, antivirus, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), web content filtering, and anti-spam to large enterprises worldwide.

The Unisys team believes that customers' needs are addressed more effectively and with fewer performance and cost concerns by deploying security services through the FortiGate family of multi-threat security systems. Unisys relies on Fortinet's high-end security systems to manage all outsourcing requirements, including subscription services and 24-hour replacement services, which is essential for fulfilling the RMA requirements of high-end customers.

VMware

VMware

VMware (NYSE: VMW) is the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter. Customers of all sizes rely on VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green. With 2007 revenues of $1.3 billion, more than 100,000 customers and more than 10,000 partners, VMware is one of the fastest growing public software companies.

By deploying a FortiGate security appliance at the network edge of an IT infrastructure virtualized by VMware ESX Server, customers can enable comprehensive security services and customize policies across multiple security domains based on individual security requirements to protect each VMware virtual servers rather than use a generic overarching policy, resulting in increased network security within virtualized environments.

AlgoSec

AlgoSec

AlgoSec® is the leading provider of firewall policy management solutions that enable organizations to increase their level of security while improving operational efficiency. More than 400 leading organizations in over 30 countries have deployed AlgoSec solutions to intelligently automate what were manual and labor-intensive tasks associated with firewall, router and VPN management.

AlgoSec FireFlow® enhances the Fortinet FortiGate protected network by enabling security operations teams to automate the firewall change management process from submission to audit. It ensures that security policy changes are approved, necessary and implemented as intended. FireFlow has successfully completed FortiVerified testing to ensure interoperability with FortiGate security appliances in all key areas of the change management workflow, including change planning, assessing risks associated with rule changes, and verification that implemented rule changes match the initial request.

AlterPoint

AlterPoint

AlterPoint develops advanced network management solutions designed to optimize network spend and better align IT with business imperatives. Enterprises worldwide rely on AlterPoint's solutions to handle persistent change, vulnerability threats, and regulatory requirements.

AlterPoint's Network Authority 6 is certified to interoperate with FortiGate devices to provide network governance features consisting of configuration and change automation, analytics, compliance, and inventory and lifecycle management and enables enterprises and service providers to complement and extend the FortiManager solutions when deploying large-scale Fortinet installations in heterogeneous network infrastructures.

ArcSight

ArcSight

ArcSight is a leading provider of security and compliance management solutions that intelligently identify and mitigate business risk. ArcSight provides customers with a complete solution for intelligent identification, prioritization and network response to external security attacks, insider threats and compliance breaches. ArcSight serves as a "mission control center" and intelligently collects and distills millions of enterprise-wide events down to the most critical information necessary for organizations to make informed decisions to protect their businesses. The real time and historic view across heterogeneous infrastructures, augmented by ArcSight's complementary solutions for network configuration, log management and threat response management, offer the industry's only complete solution from event collection to incident remediation.

ArcSight's Logger solution successfully delivers enhanced log management for Fortinet's award-winning FortiGate multi-threat security systems. ArcSight's ability to offer advanced logging features through its Logger product serves as an alternative to Fortinet's FortiAnalyzer solution in environments where customers, such as MSSPs and large enterprises, are demanding comprehensive log aggregation, storage, and analysis. Not only does the ArcSight solution deliver advanced logging capability on extensive FortiGate deployments, it also opens new avenues of opportunity where customers have a need for both a comprehensive security and log management solution.

ExaProtect

ExaProtect

ExaProtect is a leading provider of security policy management solutions, with production deployments in more than 20 Fortune 500 companies and over 300 customer sites worldwide. ExaProtect's automated solutions enable organizations to centrally control the design, deployment, and documentation of security policies across multi-vendor enterprise networks.

The company's flagship product, Solsoft Policy Server, offers centralized policy management of network devices and can now be deployed in conjunction with FortiGate appliances in large and complex network environments. By automating the configuration of complex security rules across Fortinet devices, customers can quickly deploy and update error-prone security policies across their global networks to maintain consistency with corporate-level security practices.

Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs)

Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) deliver cost effective, robust suites of multi-threat security solutions that provide 24X7X365 risk mitigation for residential and business subscribers of all sizes.

An MSSPs ability to offer firewall, antivirus, intrusion prevention, Web content filtering, VPN, spyware prevention and antispam - as well as site-to-site and remote access via IPSec and SSL - provides a comprehensive set of security offerings that compliment a subscribers' security needs. MSSPs provide the security expertise necessary to effectively integrate these solutions as well as respond to changes in the end users infrastructure and applications while combating emerging threats. When an MSSP can deploy a comprehensive suite of security solutions bundled with offerings including Internet access, MPLS, VoIP, IPTV, hosting, WiFi LAN, business continuity and cellular communications, the overall ROI for the subscriber is further increased.

As the market and threat landscape continues to change and evolve, MSSPs are increasingly turning to Fortinet's comprehensive set of products and services to provide combined security offerings to customers in an efficient and cost effective manner. Fortinet's ASIC-accelerated platforms are currently available from footprint ranging from CPE platforms sized for broadband type deployments to multi-gigabit full content scanning, core network or datacenter environments. Additionally, with high port density and switching capabilities, Fortinet delivers the architectural flexibility to suit any MSSPs' requirements.

Fortinet offers two distinct levels of MSSP Partnerships; the MSSP Star Partner and MSSP Premier Partner levels.

FORTINET STAR PARTNERS

netpulse mondsi kahuna
dacom jbcc kddi
perimeter bhi anitian
omnidata nuspire charterbusiness
axia netbenefit emergis
Securiview Fidelity National Information Services

FORTINET PREMIER PARTNERS

seccom comsenso bizmeka
elock dxinetworks mistral
telecity integralis gbprotect
baisecurity inoc simplenetwork
nosdatacom ipkey ongarde
locknet jso tierpoint
Tata

Tufin

Tufin

Tufin Technologies is the leading provider of Security Lifecycle Management solutions that enable large organizations to enhance security, ensure business continuity and increase operational efficiency. Founded in 2005 by leading firewall and business systems experts, Tufin now serves more than 300 customers around the world, including leading financial institutions, telecom service providers, transportation, energy and pharmaceutical companies.

Fortinet's FortiManager is certified to interoperate with Tufin's SecureTrack™ and SecureChange™ Workflow products, which help security operations teams to manage security policy changes, minimize risks and dramatically reduce manual, repetitive tasks through automation. With a combination of accuracy and simplicity, Tufin empowers security officers to perform reliable audits and demonstrate compliance with corporate and government standards. Tufin enhances the value of FortiGate multi-threat security appliances by enabling customers to better manage complex multi-vendor environments and streamline security operations.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is a leading global provider of innovative processing solutions in the computing, graphics and consumer electronics markets. AMD is dedicated to driving open innovation, choice and industry growth by delivering superior customer-centric solutions that empower consumers and businesses worldwide.

AMD's industry-leading Opteron Processors offer high performance and low power technology for high-end embedded designs. Addressing and helping eliminate the real challenges and bottlenecks of system architectures, these processors help to power Fortinet's unified threat management solutions for large enterprises and service providers that cannot afford degradation in performance.

AdventNet

AdventNet

AdventNet is a provider of enterprise IT management software that enables end-to-end network management solutions for service providers, equipment vendors, and enterprise customers. AdventNet solutions are deployed by over 8,000 customers worldwide and cover applications such as network and event management, application and network monitoring, and customer support software.

FortiGate devices are certified to interoperate and integrate with ManageEngine DeviceExpert, a web-based network change and configuration management solution, along with ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer, a web-based firewall log analysis and reporting software. These tools simplify the tasks of network administrators to increase productivity and ensure business continuity and integrity.

Citrix Systems

Citrix Systems

Citrix Systems is the global leader and the most trusted name in application delivery infrastructure. More than 180,000 organizations worldwide rely on Citrix to deliver any application to users anywhere with the best performance, highest security and lowest cost. Citrix customers include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies and 98% of the Fortune Global 500, as well as hundreds of thousands of small businesses and consumers.

Fortinet solutions are certified to interoperate and integrate seamlessly with the Citrix Access Platform, which provides world-class on-demand information access and application delivery to over 180,000 organizations around the world. Leveraging a partnership, Fortinet is able to offer customers a deeper integration of FortiGate unified threat management security features with Citrix-based environments.

GISS

GISS

FirePlotter is developed by GISS (UK) Limited, a global leader in innovative monitoring software for corporate firewalls. The FirePlotter Team is dedicated to providing solutions that help customers better manage and understand their Internet connection usage in real-time.

Fortinet solutions are certified to interoperate and integrate with FirePlotter, a valuable tool that can deliver enhanced value for FortiGate security systems by offering customers the ability to instantly track and monitor all activity on their business-critical Internet connection.

 






Two factors made it a clear decision for us to partner with Fortinet. The company has developed a strong reputation and market leadership for its security platform and breadth of products that can meet the varied needs of enterprises, service providers and carriers. This, together with our proven track record of providing high quality, cost-effective network services means the partnership is good for both companies and our clients across the globe.

Steve Joubert, Group Executive Global Solutions
Dimension Data