CUSTOMER CASE STUDY: CKE RESTAURANTS

Tom Lindblom, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at CKE Restaurants, explains why Fortinet should be on the shortlist for all retail environments.



QUICK FACTS
Year Founded
2000
Stock Symbol
NASDAQ: FTNT
Headquarters
Sunnyvale, California
Number of Employees
1,200+
Financial Highlights
FY09 Revenue: $252M
$260M+ cash and no debt
Profitable
First Product Release
May 2002
Units Shipped to Date
500,000+
Customers
75,000+ customers
Market Leadership
Top 4 Largest Network Security Appliance Vendor
Patents
40 patents
100+ patents pending
Industry Accolades
80+ awards, including:
Security Product of the Year
Best Integrated Security Appliance
Best IPS solution
Top Mid-market Solution
2006 Technology Pioneer
7 ICSA security certifications
NSS certified (UTM)
ISO 9001 certified
Corporate and Securities Counsel
Wilson Sonsini
Goodrich & Rosati
Palo Alto, California
Auditors
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
San Jose, California



Security virtualization rapidly became the answer to our needs and only Fortinet could offer to virtualize all the essential security functions on a single platform that would scale to thousands of users. On top of the strong performance and flexibility of Fortinet's appliances, we were impressed with Fortinet's management and reporting tools, which will allow us to provide a unique Web interface to our customers so that they have easy control and visibility over their security service.

Hendrik Van De Velde, Vice President, Product and Solution Management
Belgacom