Patrick Lai Joins Leading Network Security Vendor to Capture Enterprise Market
HONG KONG - December 8, 2008 - Fortinet® - the pioneer and leading provider of unified threat management (UTM) solutions, today announced the appointment of Patrick Lai as the new channel sales manager for Hong Kong and Macau. Lai brings broad-based IT security and channel experience to the role, where he will partner with the local channel to accelerate adoption of Fortinet's multi-threat security appliances. In his role, he will drive channel recruitment and enablement, engage and ensure the partners' high performance within the region. Lai will also be driving demand by interfacing with new and existing end customers.
"I am excited to join the team, as Fortinet stands out as a competitive and respected player in the security space with already strong partners onboard. My goal will be to drive greater adoption of Fortinet's FortiGate® security appliances among large enterprises and service providers. Fueled by the current proliferation of the cyber threats, companies need a comprehensive and efficient security approach to protect their businesses, and Fortinet present a compelling high-performance, cost-effective solution for businesses of all sizes," said Patrick Lai, channel sales manager for Hong Kong and Macau region.
Lai was previously the channel sales manager at F5 Networks, overseeing the Hong Kong and Macau territory. His experience with channel engagement, enablement and partner base certification will benefit Fortinet in strengthening the channels. Prior to that, Lai was the regional manager for B & Data, one of Fortinet's distribution partners today.
"With Patrick onboard, I am confident that he will successfully work with our channel partners to create a stronger presence for Fortinet in the territory. Our strategy is to grow our enterprise and carrier markets through a two-prong approach, leveraging both partner network and creating end customer demand. We also plan to drive greater adoption of FortiGuard services for businesses with a presence in the Chinese territory," said Benjamin Teh, Fortinet's sales director for South Asia.
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-Spyware). Fortinet is privately held and based in Sunnyvale, California.
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