SYDNEY; Australia, May 10, 2006-- Fortinet - the pioneer and leading provider of multi-threat security solutions- today announced the appointment of Mr. James Davey as Manager, Major Accounts for Australia and New Zealand. His appointment is part of Fortinet's strategy to increase its current installed-base of enterprise and service provider customers, and acquiring and supporting government accounts.

Mr. Davey is a senior sales professional with 18 years experience in the IT industry. He was previously senior account manager for NetStar (Australia) Pty Ltd, in charge of major corporate accounts, and before that, he was business development manager for Getronics (Australia) P/L. He was also services account manager with Compaq Computer Australia.

"Enterprise customers have recognized the value of our integrated security solutions in providing more effective security and lowering their total cost of ownership (TCO) without compromising network performance," said Hansen Chang, vice president of Fortinet Asia-Pacific. "Mr. Davey's background and experience will enable us to not only improve and expand upon our opportunities with new and existing enterprises, service providers, and governments entities."