Fortinet has announced its ten year company anniversary marking a celebration of a decade of innovation and leadership in the computer security industry.
The company's strong technology expertise has helped it to secure and maintain worldwide UTM market leadership for more than six years, according to IDC. The company also holds leading positions in UTM market reports from Gartner and Frost & Sullivan. For its innovation, Fortinet has been awarded more than 60 patents, with over 120 patents pending, has more product certifications than any other security appliance company, and has earned more than 100 product awards from Information Security Magazine, SC Magazine and Network World.
"Fortinet was founded to execute the vision for integrated network and content/application security that could keep up with Internet changes and threats without crippling network performance or administrative resources," said Ken Xie, founder, president and CEO, Fortinet.
Customer adoption is yet another proof point to Fortinet's successful innovation. The company has shipped more than 600,000 systems to more than 100,000 customers worldwide, including the majority of the 2010 Fortune Global 500. Fortinet customers are comprised of telecommunications carriers, U.S. Federal government agencies, managed security services providers (MSSPs) and enterprises of all sizes, many of which are focused on financial services, healthcare, retail and Federal markets.
