Fortinet Honored Among “Best Places to Work” in Silicon Valley

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Apr. 30, 2009 - Fortinet^®- a market-leading network security provider and worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions has been named one of the Best Places to Work in the Silicon Valley by the San Francisco Business Times. Fortinet attributes its workplace success to recruiting high-quality professionals; building a diverse, energetic and talented workforce; and maintaining employee-friendly programs.

"Being noted as one of the 'Best Places to Work' in Silicon Valley is strong reinforcement of Fortinet's continued success and commitment to our employees," said Sherry Pulvers, vice president of Human Resources at Fortinet. "Our employees are our most valuable assets and the sole reason behind Fortinet's ability to lead the UTM segment for 12 consecutive quarters. It's an honor to be recognized by the San Francisco Business Times as an example of exemplary corporate culture."

The San Francisco Business Times' "Best Places to Work" award selects the top companies to work for in the San Francisco Bay Area and is based on responses to an online employee satisfaction survey, which polls a specific number of employees at each company; the size of the company determines the number of employees polled. The survey included questions on job satisfaction, culture, work environment, manager effectiveness and perceived personal value within the company.

According to Fortinet employees, the many convenient perks offered -- including an ongoing employee referral program, subsidized on-site dry cleaning, on-site dinner service and bring your child or pet to work days -- are among the factors contributing to better work/life balance for employees.

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 anti-spam -- 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, SSL, Network IPS and Anti-Spam). Fortinet is privately held and based in Sunnyvale, California.

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