Fortinet’s FortiGate™ 3600 Antivirus Firewall Earns CRN Test Center Recommended Status

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 19, 2004 – Fortinet – the only provider of ASIC-powered, network-based antivirus firewall systems for real-time network protection – today announced the company’s FortiGate-3600 antivirus firewall solution for large enterprises and service providers is CRN Test Center Recommended. The high-performance FortiGate 3600 system, which delivers real-time antivirus, firewall, intrusion detection/prevention, VPN, and Web and email content filtering, earned four out of a five stars for the product’s speed, performance, demonstrable ROI and ability protect enterprises from security threats such as the recent MyDoom virus. The CRN Test Center evaluates hardware, software and various technology infrastructure components and evaluates each product based on its price, performance, ease of use and ability to deliver what the product promises. To view the entire product review, please visit http://crn.channelsupersearch.com/news/crn/47716.asp

CRN Test Center engineers praised the FortiGate-3600 unit as a single-vendor solution that can meet the network security needs of most any enterprise. The publication noted the benefits of such a comprehensive security solution include simplified administration and support along with reduced training and implementation costs. The unit’s browserbased administrative interface was deemed straightforward and easy to navigate, making installation simple. The FortiGate-3600 system was also recognized for its low initial cost that includes the hardware and all software capabilities with no limit on the number of users, along with a per-unit (rather than per-seat) charge for antivirus and intrusion detection updates. Other vendors in Fortinet’s market often charge based on user count for features such as antivirus and VPN functions, which greatly raises their products’ initial and ongoing costs.

“Solution providers will find the FortiGate-3600 security appliance is an excellent solution for dealing with today’s security threats,” said CRN’s technology editor Frank Ohlhorst. “The FortiGate 3600 offers the speed, performance and other features desired by enterprises of any size, while easing both administrative and support burdens. Solution providers can benefit from high margins and added revenue opportunities for installation, support and training associated with the unit. All of the main security areas are well-represented by the FortiGate 3600, and ROI can easily be demonstrated by the unit’s feature set and robust support options.”

The FortiGate-3600 unit provides enterprises and service providers with the high performance and robust capabilities needed for mission critical, real-time network protection applications. The product’s ASIC-powered antivirus protection strips harmful,
content-based attacks – including viruses, worms and Trojans – from real-time Web traffic as well as email messages at the network edge, even from within encrypted VPN tunnels, before these threats can reach vital servers and desktops.

“At a time when many large enterprises are having to negotiate numerous attacks on their networks, we feel our CRN Test center rating of four stars for our antivirus firewall solution is a great accomplishment,” said Richard Kagan, vice president of marketing for Fortinet. “The recent rise of content-based threats has revealed the inadequacies of many antivirus solutions. To combat these attacks, enterprises need a complete content inspection antivirus solution, like the FortiGate-3600 system, that sits on the edge of the network to prevent attacks from ever reaching the user.”

Fortinet offers VAR support via its FortiPartner Program. The Program offers three levels - Platinum, Gold and Silver – to meet the needs of VARS and resellers with different business requirements. Solution providers committing to the program can enjoy
high margins, and can also benefit from additional services such as co-op and market development funds (MDF), a partner Web portal containing tools and information, complimentary sales training, and sales and marketing support.

For more information on the FortiGate 3600 solution, please visit www.fortinet.com.

About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com)
Fortinet's award-winning FortiGate™ series of ASIC-accelerated antivirus firewalls, winner of the 2003 Networking Industry Awards Firewall Product of the Year, are the new generation of real-time network protection systems. They detect and eliminate the most damaging, content-based threats from email and Web traffic such as viruses, worms, intrusions, inappropriate Web content and more in real time – without degrading network performance. FortiGate systems, the only security products that are quadruple-certified by the ICSA (antivirus, firewall, IPSec, NIDS), deliver a full range of network-level and application-level services in integrated, easily managed platforms. Named to the “Visionaries” category in the 2003 Gartner Enterprise Firewall Magic Quadrant, Fortinet is privately held and based in Sunnyvale, California.