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Fortinet: Complete Content Protection
Fortinet released its FortiOS 2.8 operating system this month with dynamic prevention and 50 new features and enhancements.
Christina Torode, December 19, 2003 |
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Fortinet launches Gigabit antivirus firewall security platform
The FortiGate 800 provides a new entry-level gigabit platform with 'tri-speed' interfaces that support 10,100, and 1000Megabits/second (Mpbs) (aka Gigabit) Ethernet networks.
Dave Chappelle, December 14, 2003 |
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Securing The Perimeter: Keeping Ahead of Would-Be Hackers
When it comes to innovation, the security space is a curious sector. On one hand, there's essentially no chance that someone will come up with a silver-bullet solution that solves everyone's security concerns in one fell swoop.
Luc Hatlestad, December 9, 2003 |
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Fortinet, NetContinuum update appliances
Fortinet and NetContinuum on Monday released new versions of their multifunction appliances that employ processors to inspect traffic and apply security rules.
Scott Tyler Shafer, December 9, 2003 |
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Fortinet delves into data to search for intrusions
Fortinet is announcing software to supplement its traditional firewalls that inspects the content of individual packets and reconstructs data streams to look for intrusions.
Tim Greene, December 9, 2003 |
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VARBusiness Picks Top Tech Innovators
VARBusiness' first annual Tech Innovators Awards garnered 370 applications from more than 100 vendors. Products were judged on factors including newness, potential suitability for VARs and overall coolness. In the end, 24 companies were honored across eight technology categories. And the winners are...
David Strom, December 9, 2003 |
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Fortinet Adds New Prevention Technology
Fortinet released FortiOS 2.8 this week with dynamic prevention and 50 new features and enhancements.
Christina Torode, December 9, 2003 |
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Fortinet firewall follows all-in-one trend
Fortinet Inc. today announced upgrades to its firewall that enhance its functionality and give users more features on a single platform, a growing trend among appliance vendors.
Jim Rendon, December 8, 2003 |
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Westcon Canada adds to security line up
In one of three new deals it announced, the distributor of networking technology products signed up Fortinet, a provider of ASIC-accelerated, network-based antivirus firewall systems for real time network protection.
Sarah Lysecki, December 5, 2003 |
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Westcon Group Steps Up Security Business With An Emphasis On Services
With so many companies equipped with little more than a firewall, conventional wisdom says the recent rash of cyberattacks and viruses should spark a trend of increased IT spending for security technology.
Rob Wright, November 28, 2003 |
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SOHOs?False Sense Of Security Opens Doors
While firewalls have become ubiquitous among midsize and large businesses, many SOHO users choose to believe that their computers are not attractive targets to the hacker community.
Frank J. Ohlhorst, November 7, 2003 |
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Fortinet FortiGate-400
The multifunction security appliance is gaining in popularity, with many vendors offering a variety of products that deliver a wide choice of services.
November 3, 2003 |
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Intrusion protection upgrade
FortiOS 2.5, a new release of the firmware available for all FortiGate antivirus firewalls, adds significant new features,
such as intrusion prevention, as well as more than 50 enhancements to the firewall, VPN, antivirus, intrusion-detection and
content-filtering capabilities of the FortiGate line — without requiring any hardware upgrades.
November, 2003 |
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Feature-stoked firewalls burn brightly
The FortiGate-500 left the other contenders in the dust when it came to delivering rock-solid firewall beef. In the lab, none of the attacks or combination attacks fazed it.
Alyson Behr, October 31, 2003 |
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VARBusiness Selects Tech Innovators
VARBusiness' first annual Tech Innovators Awards ceremony was held Monday night at Arizona's Fairmont Scottsdale Princess Hotel;
David Strom, October 28, 2003 |
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Fortinet Adds New Partner Program
Fortinet's all-in-one approach to security is getting the attention of managed security service providers (MSSPs) and prompting the vendor to develop a program for those partners.
Christina Torode, October 24, 2003 |
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Network Firewalls Bust Viruses and Intruders
Content Inspection security technology, led by anti-virus AV) and intrusion detection systems (IDS), is converging on network firewalls. This research note looks at the technology trend of firewalls supporting anti-virus solutions across Small and Medium Businesses (SMB), large enterprises, and service provider markets.
Eric Ogren, October 16, 2003 |
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A fortress in a box
FortiGate 3600 offers a smorgasbord of security services on one machine.
Vincil Bishop and Earl Greer, October 13, 2003 |
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Security debate rages
Strong aftershocks continue from the Gartner report that declared intrusion-detection systems dead and predicted the market for such products would be gone by 2005.
Ellen Messmer, October 6, 2003 |
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Security made simple
The earliest models mostly combined firewall and VPN functions, but today's crop integrates a wider range, such as intrusion detection, anti-virus protection and content filtering.
Bob Violino, September 29, 2003 |
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Security Boxes Look to Ban Spam
As the public annoyance with email spam and viruses heats up, security appliance vendors are starting to add spam-fighting features to their products as a way to differentiate themselves from the competition.
September 26, 2003 |
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Technologic Names Top Ten at Datacenter Ventures
Technologic Partners, the publisher of VentureWire, announced the winners of its Investors' Choice award at the conclusion of its two-day Datacenter Ventures private equity conference held this week in Redwood City, Calif.
September 18, 2003 |
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Fortinet touts stopping SoBig dead in its tracks
Last month a number of companies fell victim to the fast-spreading SoBig worm, but Fortinet says its customers were able to stop the worm at the FortiGate.
Mark Riehl, September 8, 2003 |
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Firewall power — START-UP LANDS $30 MILLION IN FIGHT AGAINST VIRUSES
Fortinet, a start-up offering a new kind of anti-virus firewall for computer networks, has raised $30 million from a fourth round of venture capital, to fund what some analysts say could be a strong advancement in efforts to fight computer viruses.
Matt Marshall, August 28, 2003 |
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Fortinet adds $30 million in funding
Network-based antivirus firewall systems software maker Fortinet Inc., a privately-held Santa Clara-based company, says it raised $30 million in a fourth round of funding. The money will be used for continuing operations and product development.
August 26, 2003 |
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Fortinet Lands $30 Million In Funding
Hardware maker secures another round of funding as the market for security software continues to grow.
George V. Hulme, August 26, 2003 |
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Fortinet Score $30M Funding Round
Fortinet Inc. announced this morning that it has raised $30 million in its fourth round of funding. The company has raised a total of $43 million so far. Its previous funding round of $9 million was announced in July 2002.
August 26, 2003 |
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Fortinet's Firmware Bulks Up Protection
Fortinet recently unveiled the latest version of its FortiOS firmware, available for the company's FortiGate Antivirus Firewalls.
August 05, 2003 |
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Neoteris, Fortinet partner on anti-virus gateway solution
Neoteris Inc. has expanded its support of Secure Sockets Layer
service in its security gateways to encompass deals with McAfee
Security and Fortinet for anti-virus gateways.
August 04, 2003 |
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Fortinet system manages network security tools
Fortinet has introduced FortiManager System, a network management and monitoring system designed for companies with anti-virus firewalls in several different locations.
July 10, 2003 |
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FortiGate 60, the "Swiss Army knife" of security for small and medium-sized companies
This box is quite fast, cumulates antivirus, firewall, VPN, IDS and web content filter functions. Its set-up is very simple.
Stéphanie Reynaud, July 07, 2003 |
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Content security platform
The FortiGate 1000 Antivirus Firewall combines high-performance antivirus scanning with firewall throughput of 1 Gbps, content-filtering, VPN, intrusion-detection and traffic-shaping functions.
July, 2003 |
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Fresh Egg cracks managed services
Fortinet signs up distributor to push managed security services to UK resellers.
Karl Flinders, June 30, 2003 |
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Week in Security
Fortinet released FortiOS 2.5, a new version of its firmware for its ASIC-based antivirus-firewall appliances that adds new intrusion-prevention capabilities and enhances the firewall, VPN, antivirus and content-filtering capabilities of the devices.
Marcia Savage, June 20, 2003 |
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Fortinet Upgrades Antivirus Firmware
Firewall-systems provider Fortinet released an upgrade to its firmware this week that, along with other recent product rollouts, shows that the often-maligned intrusion-detection and prevention space is very much alive.
Luc Hatlestad, June 19, 2003 |
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Fortinet Adds Intrusion Prevention/FTP AV Screening
Fortinet has updated the firmware for its FortiGate Antivirus Firewall series, adding intrusion prevention, support for virtual LANs and FTP anti-virus screening in the process.
June 18, 2003 |
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Security God in the Making?
The security market is on the verge of a new chapter, as vendors work toward collapsing ASIC-based security functions and deep packet inspection into a single security "God Box" that can handle everything.
June 17, 2003 |
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Fortinet adds intrusion detection platform
Fortinet is adding intrusion prevention software to its multifunction security platform, enabling customers to block a range of threats or suspected attacks.
Tim Greene, June 16, 2003 |
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Fortigate-400
TMC Labs was very impressed with the performance of the Fortigate-400. With its plethora of features, including virus-protection, intrusion detection, policies, and more, the Fortinet's Fortigate-400 sets the benchmark for appliance-based firewall devices.
June, 2003 |
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FortiGate-3600
Fortinet offers a range of what it calls "anti-virus firewalls" for all markets, from the home user to the large enterprise and carrier-class service provider. In fact, "anti-virus firewall" is a somewhat modest description of what this product has to offer.
June, 2003 |
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Fortinet FortiGate-50
VERDICT: An ideal all-in-one Internet security solution for small businesses that compares favourably on price with the competition.
June, 2003 |
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ASICs give a big boost to antivirus
Fortinet Inc. says its hardware-based network protection devices provide better price performance compared with the competition, but one industry analyst says the company faces challenges, despite its security savvy ways.
Stefan Dubowski, May 16, 2003 |
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Check Point adds application protection
While the new application intelligence features in FireWall-1 are significant, they fall short of offering comprehensive "deep packet inspection" required for true application security, said Richard Stiennon, an analyst at Gartner Inc. Competitors such as NetContinuum Inc. and Fortinet Inc. have specialized products based on application-specific integrated circuits capable of more extensive and faster inspections of application-layer traffic, Stiennon said.
Paul Roberts, May 12, 2003 |
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Check Point digs deep into packets
The new capabilities will let Check Point compete against other leading firewall vendors Cisco and NetScreen, says Richard Stiennon, an analyst with Gartner. Other vendors focused on using custom chips to rip packets apart, inspect them and apply multiple policies more thoroughly than NGAI does will ultimately have the edge, he says. These include Fortinet….
Tim Greene, May 12, 2003 |
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Week in Security: Daily Attack Record, New Products
Fortinet, a supplier of ASIC-based antivirus systems, announced its first distribution agreements in North America, with Denver-based Alternative Technology.
Marcia Savage, May 9, 2003 |
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NetWorld+Interop: Show focuses on wireless and web services
A host of new products promising to secure wireless networks and web services deployments are on prominent display in Las Vegas this week.
April 30, 2003 |
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New Boxes from Fortinet
Fortinet responds to demand in two areas by releasing a high-end small office device and a low-end Gigabit Ethernet-capable device at N+I.
April 29, 2003 |
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Showtime for VoIP, security
Fortinet and Resilience are adding automated intrusion blocking to their security appliances.
Phil Hochmuth and Tim Greene, April 28, 2003 |
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N+I: Security news focuses on wireless, Web services
A host of new products promising to secure wireless networks and Web services deployments will be on prominent display in Las Vegas this week as the NetWorld+Interop 2003 (N+I) show kicks off.
Paul Roberts and Stephen Lawson, April 27, 2003 |
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Week in Security: Windows Server 2003 Support, Cisco And Microsoft Flaws
Fortinet, a supplier of ASIC-based Antivirus Firewall systems, launched its U.S. Fortinet Partner Program and said it has signed more than 50 solution providers. Program benefits include maintenance annuities, sales and support assistance, training, sales tools and marketing programs.
Marcia Savage, April 25, 2003 |
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Vallejo's Meyer selects security system
Vallejo cookware manufacturer Meyer Corp. selected Santa Clara-based network security company Fortinet to provide its corporate Antivirus Firewall
April 14, 2003 |
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Week in Security: Appliance Market Grows, 1Q Profits and Losses
Fortinet announced the FortiManager System, a tool that allows large enterprises and service providers to automate the deployment and management of hundreds or thousands of FortiGate Antivirus Firewalls across multiple installations.
Marcia Savage, April 11, 2003 |
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Fortinet completes firewall line with management system
On the heels of its 10,000th shipment of hardware-based anti-virus firewall systems last week, Santa Clara, CA-based Fortinet announced the launch of its FortiManager System
Tim McElligott, April 09, 2003 |
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FortiNet Solution Provides MSP Capabilities
Getting into advanced managed services is as easy as deploying one box to support five services, says Fortinet.
April 08, 2003 |
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Fortinet to Deliver Security to Small Businesses
Santa Clara, Ca.-based Fortinet claims its FortiManager System software allows service providers to provide more services to small business customers at lower cost.
April 07, 2003 |
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Fortinet uncorks security mgmt. app
Fortinet this week is introducing a management appliance that claims to make it simpler for customers to configure, create policies for and administer the large groups of the company's multifaceted FortiGate security appliances.
Tim Greene, April 07, 2003 |
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Prevent or deter?
Whether intrusion prevention is reality or just marketing-speak, it all comes down to a matter of trust. Products from big players such as Cisco and IBM and small, innovative players such as Fortinet can do far more on their own than IT typically asks of them.
April 04, 2003 |
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Can't live without it
A list of favorites: Solutions that solve day-to-day problems and make all the difference.
Tom Yager, March 21, 2003 |
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Fortinet wins distributors across Europe
Fortinet firewalls increasingly find a commonplace presence. They are included in the portfolios of UK's large distributor Wick Hill, Boll Engineering Switzerland, Corex Austria and further distributors in France, Belgium, Spain, Italy and Norway.
Nicola Schmidt, March 20, 2003 |
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IT Security on a Shoestring Budget
According to Yankee Group´s Eric Ogren, firewall products from Fortinet include antivirus software in a kind of two-for-one special.
Tiernan Ray, March 17, 2003 |
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Fortinet Introduces High-Performance Enterprise Firewall
Fortinet on Tuesday introduced a new enterprise firewall designed for fast performance.
March 11, 2003 |
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Fortinet revs its security gear
Fortinet is getting ready to ship a beefed-up version of its security platform that would let service providers protect their networks and offer security services to customers.
Tim Greene, March 10, 2003 |
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Fortinet Gets More Gigabits
Less than a year after it launched its first products, security startup Fortinet Inc. is gearing up to go head-to-head with the most established high-end players in the industry.
March 7, 2003 |
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CeBIT: New displays, WLAN -- then there are the exhibits
Fortinet Inc. is taking the hardware route to virus protection, adding the FortiGate 3600 to the high end of its Antivirus Firewall range.
Peter Sayer, March 6, 2003 |
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Wick Hill Signs as Distributor for Fortinet and Zeus
Wick Hill has signed as a distributor for U.S.-based Fortinet, the firewall/VPN appliance firm.
March 4, 2003 |
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Wick Hill boosts portfolio with new vendors
UK niche distributor Wick Hill has expanded its portfolio to offer security systems from Fortinet.
Karl Flinders , March 3, 2003 |
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Avoid getting burned by hackers, install a firewall
Fortigate 100 from Fortinet. This is the slickest small-office firewall I've seen. Its most unique feature is real-time, antivirus protection.
Brad Patten, February 14, 2003 |
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Fortinet Unveils Security Update Feature
Fortinet, a maker of ASIC-based security appliances, Monday unveiled a new antivirus push-update capability.
Marcia Savage, February 10, 2003 |
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How to build a secure WLAN
Real-time network protection required for wireless networking.
James Liu, February 6, 2003 |
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Gym Chain Flexes Security Muscles
Gold's Gym installs all-in-one appliance from Fortinet.
George V. Hulme, February 3, 2003 |
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Vaccine Appliance Market to Take Off This Year
The market for vaccine servers, or appliances, is gearing up for a take-off this year after years of sluggish sales.
According to the industry, information security firms such as Xcurenet, Fortinet Korea, Network Associates Korea and Symantec Korea
are looking to gain a foothold in the vaccine appliance market with a series of new releases.
Jang Dong-joon, January 21, 2003 |
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Deep packet inspection: The next phase of firewall evolution
Firewalls are the most effective defense against cyberintruders on the network, and they are becoming increasingly better at blocking network-based attacks.
January 6, 2003 |
