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December 13, 2005	Fortinet Targets Large Enterprises & Service Providers with New FortiMail Secure Messaging Appliance Fortinet today expanded and enhanced its family of FortiMail™ secure messaging appliances with the announcement of FortiMail-2000, a new secure messaging appliance targeted at very large enterprises, universities and managed security service providers (MSSPs), and unveiling of FortiMail 2.2, a major new firmware release for its FortiMail systems.
December 8, 2005	Fortinet Selected as 2006 Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum Fortinet today announced that it has been selected as a Technology Pioneer for 2006 by the World Economic Forum. Fortinet's selection as a prestigious World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer is based on the network security technology breakthrough developed by its Founder and CEO Ken Xie. Mr. Xie, an acknowledged visionary in the networking and security fields, is profiled in Time Magazine's Dec. 12, 2005 edition, which features a special editorial section on the World Economic Forum.
November 29, 2005	Fortinet Unifies Security Analysis, Logging and Reporting with New FortiAnalyzer Appliances Fortinet today enhanced and expanded its security management functionality to provide comprehensive reporting, vulnerability scanning and other features that let IT organizations obtain increased visibility into their networks and address governmental regulatory compliance requirements.
November 28, 2005	Fortinet Provides Network Protection for Attendees and Exhibitors at Medical Industry's Largest Tradeshow Fortinet today announced that its FortiGate enterprise security appliances have been deployed to secure the multi-gigabit network at the Radiological Society of North America's (RSNA) Annual Meeting at McCormick Place in Chicago, held from Nov. 27 -Dec. 2. RSNA is the medical industry's largest international meeting with over 700 vendors and 62,000 attendees, including radiologists, allied health scientists, hospital executives and healthcare consultants.
November 23, 2005	Pizza Hut Deploys More than 200 Fortinet Security Appliances to Protect and Connect its Vast Distributed Network of Franchise Restaurants Fortinet today announced that Pizza Hut Korea has successfully deployed Fortinet's FortiGate multi-threat network security appliances to protect its head office and hundreds of restaurant franchise outlets throughout South Korea against a wide range of network threats.
November 15, 2005	Fortinet Announces New Multi-gigabit Security Appliances for Large Enterprises Fortinet today unveiled two new high-performance security appliances in its FortiGate system family for large enterprise networks that require comprehensive multi-threat protection and security system reliability features.
November 14, 2005	Fortinet Named "Best Integrated Security Appliance" Finalist for Secure Computing (SC) Magazine's 2006 Reader Trust Awards Fortinet today announced that the company's FortiGate™ family of security appliances has been named a Reader Trust award finalist for "Best Integrated Security Appliance" in the SC Magazine Awards 2006. Finalists for this coveted award were determined by users of information security products and services who voted online during a one month period.
November 14, 2005	Fortinet Appoints Brett T. White as Chief Financial Officer Fortinet today announced that Brett T. White has joined its management team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
November 2, 2005	Fortinet Secures West Virginia University's Network of 50,000 Users Fortinet today announced that West Virginia University has deployed a comprehensive enterprise network security platform from Fortinet.
October 27, 2005	Fortinet Secures Ryerson University's Gigabit-Speed Network of Over 50,000 Users Fortinet today announced that Ryerson University, a leading Toronto, Ontario-based university, has deployed a comprehensive enterprise network security platform from Fortinet.
October 24, 2005	Fortinet Technology Takes Virus Protection to New Level Fortinet today announced a groundbreaking new technology that increases protection against damaging "Zero-Day" virus attacks and raises the bar on security system performance.
October 19, 2005	Fortinet's FortiGate Security Appliances Achieve NSS Certification for Unified Threat Management (UTM) Capabilities Fortinet today announced that its FortiGate™-3600 systems have passed rigorous unified threat management (UTM) testing by The NSS Group, a prestigious independent security testing facility.
October 6, 2005	Fortinet Ranked Among Top Five Fastest Growing Companies in Silicon Valley Fortinet today announced it has been chosen by Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal as a "Fast 50" private company, as a result of its strong revenue growth over the past three years.
September 26, 2005	Fortinet Named 2004 Worldwide Leader of the Unified Threat Management (UTM) Security Appliance Market Fortinet today announced that it has retained its worldwide leadership of the Unified Threat Management (UTM) security appliance market for the second consecutive year, according to a new report issued by leading IT market research and advisory firm IDC.
September 19, 2005	Fortinet Protects Against W32/Bagle.CJ-mm Fortinet today announced that its FortiGate™ integrated security appliances, FortiMail™ Secure Messaging Systems and FortiClient™ Host Security software protect against W32/Bagle.CJ-mm (also known as W32/Mitglieder.FE).
September 14, 2005	Fortinet Establishes New Global Headquarters Fortinet today announced that it has moved its headquarters to a new larger building to accommodate its growing staff, expanded operations, and increased sales and customer demand.
September 7, 2005	Fortinet Secures Medical Research Council (UK) Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Fortinet today announced that the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (CBSU) of the UK Medical Research Council (MRC) has selected Fortinet systems to protect the highly critical research data on its network.
September 1, 2005	Fortinet Receives ICSA Certification for Antivirus Detection and Removal Fortinet today announced that its FortiClient™ Host Security software has received ICSA certification for Antivirus Cleaning and Desktop Antivirus Detection, verifying that Fortinet's client solution will protect host PCs or servers from being infected by "in the wild" and other computer viruses.
August 15, 2005	Fortinet Wins 1,400+ System Deal with Taiwan's National Police Agency Fortinet today announced that the National Police Agency (NPA) of Taiwan's Ministry of Interior, has purchased and will deploy more than 1,400 Fortinet security systems, management and host security products to protect against network threats for its police offices throughout the island.
August 11, 2005	Fortinet Protects Against W32/Dumador.DH-tr Fortinet today announced that its FortiGate™ integrated security appliances, FortiMail Secure Messaging Systems and FortiClient™ Host Security software protect against W32/Dumador.DH-tr, a new backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform that uses spyware and keylogging to collect and submit sensitive personal information via the HTTP protocol.
August 9, 2005	Fortinet Complies With International Trade Commission (ITC) Ruling, U.S. Business Continues Uninterrupted Fortinet today announced plans to address a U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruling received on August 8, 2005 regarding a patent infringement complaint filed by Trend Micro. Without interruption to its U.S. operations or customers, Fortinet is accelerating development and delivery of enhanced antivirus software intended to avoid the technology covered in Trend Micro's patent and deliver increased benefits to customers.
August 2, 2005	Monaco Interactive Selects Fortinet's Carrier-Class FortiGate-5020 Systems for Provisioning Managed Security Services to its Customers Fortinet today announced that Monaco Interactive, the Internet Service Provider (ISP) division of Monaco Telecom, which offers Internet access, content/application hosting services and global Internet solutions throughout the principality of Monaco, has chosen Fortinet's FortiGate™ ASIC-accelerated security systems.
July 27, 2005	Fortinet Continues Success in Securing Financial Institutions Fortinet today announced that Caisse Populaires du Manitoba, a Canadian based financial institution, has deployed Fortinet's FortiGate systems to protect its network of more than 30,000 members, over 250 employees, and spanning 30 branch office sites with remote users, from harmful network threats such as data privacy theft, viruses, pharming, phishing, and more.
July 26, 2005	Fortinet Scores Number Three Slot in Light Reading's Top Ten Private Company List Fortinet today announced the company has been named a Top Ten Private Company, rising to the number three slot, by Light Reading, an online news and research site covering the networking and telecommunications industries.
July 22, 2005	Fortinet Protects Against HTML/Ebay-phish Fortinet today announced that its FortiGate™ integrated security appliances, FortiMail™ Secure Messaging Systems and FortiClient™ Host Security software protect against the latest Phishing scam, HTML/Ebay-phish. Fortinet received the first sample of this new Phishing scam in Israel and detected 46,902 samples thus far, including 12,000 samples of this new Phishing attempt within two hours of releasing the detection package.
July 19, 2005	Fortinet Selected By AlwaysOn As Top 100 Award Winner Fortinet today announced it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the Top 100 Private Company award winners. Fortinet was handpicked by the AlwaysOn editorial team based on a set of five criteria - innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation.
June 30, 2005	Fast Growing Investment Firm in Canada Selects Fortinet to Protect Mission Critical Applications and Client Data Fortinet today announced that ClaringtonFunds (TSX: CFI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Clarington Corporation, which is a financial investment firm with $4 billion in assets based in Toronto, has deployed an array of Fortinet FortiGate™ systems to provide comprehensive network protection for customer data, financial transactions and its mission critical applications.
June 22, 2005	Fortinet the Fastest Growing Top-5 Ranked Security Appliance Vendor in Western Europe in Q1 2005, According to IDC Fortinet today announced its entry into the top five ranking of security appliance vendors in Western Europe, with Cisco, Nokia and Juniper and ahead of Symantec, based on revenue generated in the first quarter of 2005.
June 15, 2005	Fortinet Delivers Four Expanded FortiGuard Subscription Services; Continuous Updates Provide Real-time Protection Fortinet today announced enhanced subscription services for customers to deploy on FortiGate™ and FortiMail™ systems.
June 14, 2005	Radio France Chooses Fortinet to Protect its Network of 50+ Radio Stations Located Throughout France Fortinet today announced that Radio France, France's largest Radio Network, has chosen a comprehensive security platform from Fortinet to secure its Wide Area Network (WAN) connections through 51 separate sites within France.
June 8, 2005	Fortinet Prevents Pharming, Offers New Guidelines For Protection Fortinet today is confirming its FortiGate™ systems, which are security appliances that provide integrated security applications, help defeat the growing threat of a new form of malicious electronic crime - 'Pharming.'
June 3, 2005	Fortinet Protects Against W32/Bobax.Z-dldr Fortinet today announced that its FortiGate™ systems, which are ASIC-accelerated security appliances, protect against W32/Bobax.Z-dldr, also known as Download.BBX, or Downloader-ABL.
June 1, 2005	The Conseil Régional d'Ile de France Chooses Fortinet's FortiGate Security Appliances Fortinet today announced that the Conseil Regional d'Ile de France, a government organization covering 11 million inhabitants over 12,000 km², has chosen Fortinet's network security appliances to secure its local area network (LAN) and remote sites against Internet security threats.
May 25, 2005	Virginia School District Beats Spyware and Boosts Network Security Using Fortinet Systems Fortinet today announced that Fauquier County Public School system, a wide-area network of 18 schools in Warrenton, VA, has purchased and deployed Fortinet's FortiGate™ integrated network security appliances to protect its multi-use, enterprise-size network from today's increasingly clever and damaging spyware, adware and other types of network threats.
May 24, 2005	Fortinet Named a "Hot 100" Company by Entrepreneur Magazine Fortinet today announced that it has been named a 2005 "Hot 100" company by Entrepreneur magazine.
May 18, 2005	Fortinet Named a "Red Herring 100" Company for the Second Consecutive Year Fortinet today announced that it has been named one of the Red Herring 100 Private Companies in North America. This marks the second consecutive year that Fortinet has received a "Red Herring 100" honor.
May 17, 2005	PizzaExpress Secures More than 300 Restaurants and Headquarters' Operations with Fortinet's FortiGate™ Systems Fortinet today announced that PizzaExpress, a leading European restaurant chain, has selected hundreds of Fortinet's FortiGate systems to protect its headquarters against viruses and intrusion attempts, and provide secure virtual private network (VPN) communications between more than 300 restaurants based throughout the UK and Ireland.
May 13, 2005	Fortinet Disputes Trend Micro Patent Infringement Claim Fortinet today announced that it is seeking review of the initial determination issued by the International Trade Commission (ITC) judge against Fortinet regarding a patent infringement complaint by Trend Micro.
May 4, 2005	VARBusiness Magazine Names Fortinet's Security Appliance a Midmarket 'Product of the Year' Fortinet today announced that its FortiGate-500A system, an enterprise security appliance, was named a midmarket 'Product of the Year' by VARBusiness magazine. Fortinet's FortiGate-500A is featured in the special May 2, 2005 VARBusiness "State of the Midmarket" issue.
May 2, 2005	Fortinet Collaborates with Polycom to Enable Secure Multi-site Voice and Video-over IP (V²oIP) Fortinet today expanded its presence in the Voice and Video-over-Internet Protocol (V²oIP) market with the announcement of new firmware in its FortiGate™ systems that enables secure and real-time VoIP and V²oIP.
May 2, 2005	Fortinet to Deliver Integrated SSL and IPSec VPN Functionality in Unified Threat Management Systems Fortinet today announced that its FortiGate systems are certified by the ICSA for both Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and IPSec virtual private network (VPN) functionality as part of its integrated network security platform.
Apr 25, 2005	Fortinet and equinux Announce Compatibility of FortiGate Systems and VPN Tracker for Mac OS X Fortinet today announced the compatibility of FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewalls and equinux VPN Tracker
Apr 19, 2005	Fortinet Helps Byram Healthcare Meet HIPAA Compliance Fortinet today announced that Byram Healthcare, a leading specialist of health care supplies to the home, has deployed Fortinet systems, security subscription services and reporting software to secure its mission critical network applications and block harmful, unwanted network traffic.
Apr 11, 2005	Widener University Chooses Fortinet's Enterprise-Class Security Solutions to Protect its Campus Network and Deliver Secure Internet Services Fortinet today announced that Widener University, a leading metropolitan university headquartered in Chester, PA, has deployed a combination of Fortinet's enterprise-class integrated security systems to protect its user community from hackers, unwanted network traffic and network threats of all types.
Apr 8, 2005	Fortinet IPS Solution Named Finalist for Network Computing's 2005 Well-Connected Award Fortinet today announced its FortiGate™-3600 integrated network security systems have been named a 2005 Well-Connected Award Finalist in the Network Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) category by CMP Media, Inc.'s Network Computing Magazine.
Mar 30, 2005	Pierre Lang Jewellers Safeguards Multi-National Enterprise Network with Fortinet FortiGate™ Systems Fortinet today announced that Pierre Lang, a leading international designer-jeweller, has replaced its previous Cisco PIX firewalls with an integrated network security platform from Fortinet.
Mar 23, 2005	Fortinet Continues to Lead the Unified Threat Management Security Appliance Market in Western Europe Fortinet today announced its continued leadership position with a fourth quarter unit market share of 19.7 percent in the Unified Threat Management (UTM) security appliance market in Western Europe.
Mar 15, 2005	Fortinet Earns Common Criteria EAL-4 Certification Fortinet today announced the company's FortiGate Antivirus Firewalls and FortiOS firmware received certification for Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4 Augmented (EAL 4+).
Mar 9, 2005	Fortinet Network Security Platforms and Web Filtering Subscription Service Make the Grade with Educational Institutions Fortinet today announced that two Canadian school districts, Lethbridge School District No. 51 and Red Deer Public Schools, have deployed Fortinet's FortiGate-500 systems and FortiGuard Web Filtering Subscription Service to secure their networks against attacks and other inappropriate or unwanted content for administrators, students, employees and staff.
Mar 7, 2005	Fortinet Protects Against Latest Sober Variant W32/Sober.M-mm Fortinet today announced that its FortiGate™ systems and FortiClient Host Security software protect against the latest Sober variant, W32/Sober.M-mm, also known as Sober.L.
Feb 22, 2005	Fortinet Wins Significant Deals in North Africa and DOM-TOM with Distribution Partner Telio Fortinet today announced its collaboration with leading Information Technology (IT) distributor Telio has enabled the company to rapidly increase its presence in the North African and French overseas departments and territories (DOM- TOM) markets.
Feb 15, 2005	Computerlinks and Fortinet to Join Forces Across Europe Fortinet today announced that it has signed a pan-European partnership agreement with leading European value-added distributor, Computerlinks.
Feb 14, 2005	Fortinet's FortiClient Software Receives Acclaimed Virus Bulletin (VB) 100% Award Fortinet today announced that its FortiClient Host Security software has received the Virus Bulletin 100% award for its exemplary virus-detection capabilities.
Feb 10, 2005	Fortinet's FortiGate Systems Are the First Unified Threat Management (UTM) Systems to Achieve Coveted NSS Certification Fortinet today announced that its FortiGate™-800 systems have passed rigorous intrusion prevention system (IPS) testing by The NSS Group.
Feb 8, 2005	Fortinet Executives Present at Thomas Weisel Partners Tech 2005 Conference & Kaufman Brothers Internet Security Conference Fortinet will be presenting today at the Thomas Weisel Partners Tech 2005 Conference and the Kaufman Brothers Internet & Security Conference, both being held in San Francisco.
Feb 7, 2005	Fortinet Unveils New Secure Messaging Platform and Antispam Service Fortinet today unveiled two powerful new additions to its network security solutions and services portfolio: FortiMail, a secure messaging system, and FortiGuard-Antispam, a managed antispam service.
Feb 1, 2005	Fortinet's FortiGate A-Series Secures Germany's Leading Cinema Group Against Network Security Threats Fortinet today announced that CinemaxX AG, Germany's leading cinema group, has chosen Fortinet's FortiGate™ systems to protect its distributed network of cinemas and enable secure online ticket purchasing transactions.
Jan 27, 2005	Fortinet Adds Multi-vendor Support, Security Event Correlation to FortiLog Logging and Reporting Systems Fortinet today announced new capabilities across the FortiLog family of integrated logging and reporting appliances with FortiLog v1.6, the next version of its firmware.
Jan 25, 2005	Fortinet Secures Two Finalist Nominations in SC Magazine Awards 2005 - Second Nomination Announced for "Best Blended Security Solution" Fortinet today announced that the company's FortiGate systems have been named a finalist for "Best Blended Security Solution" in SC Magazine's prestigious U.S. Excellence Awards.
Jan 18, 2005	Fortinet Targets the Retail Industry with New FortiGate Network Security Systems Fortinet today announced that it has expanded its network security platform family with the introduction of the FortiGate-60M system.
Jan 13, 2005	Manufacturing Industry Veteran Dr. Koichi Nishimura Joins Fortinet's Board of Directors Fortinet today announced that Dr. Koichi (Ko) Nishimura has been appointed to its board of directors.
Jan 10, 2005	Hyundai Merchant Marine Keeps Network Attacks at Bay with Fortinet FortiGate Systems Fortinet today announced that Hyundai Merchant Marine Co., Ltd., has successfully deployed the FortiGate™-3000 and FortiGate-300 systems to protect its corporate headquarters and branch offices.
Jan 4, 2005	Fortinet Boosts Jenny Craig's Network Security and Operational Efficiencies Fortinet today announced that Jenny Craig, one of the largest weight management companies in the world, has deployed a full network security platform from Fortinet to protect and manage its corporate headquarters, Web hosting site, and more than 100 remote Centres worldwide.