SUNNYVALE, Calif., January 11, 2012 - Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) - a leading network security provider and worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions - today announced that new IDC Tracker research data positions Fortinet as the number one vendor in worldwide UTM factory revenue for Q3 2011, published on December 23, 2011. This data marks the 23rd consecutive quarter Fortinet has maintained its leadership position.
"IDC's data shows that the demand for multi-function security devices is growing in the enterprise and across all sectors and regions," said Ken Xie, founder, president and CEO of Fortinet. "Our ability to innovate and provide flexible, customizable solutions to address the security needs of our customers - whether they need a firewall, a next-generation firewall or UTM - will enable us to continue to be the leader in this growing market."
By definition, UTM security appliance products include multiple security features integrated into one device including the emerging next-generation firewall, and next-generation IPS segments. In the third quarter, Fortinet extended its overall market share as measured by revenue for UTM and achieved leadership in total units shipped in several countries. This is important to note as IDC cites UTM as one of the leading growth drivers for network security - a market IDC predicts will be worth $10.4B by 2015.
- Data in the latest IDC Worldwide December 2011 Security Appliance Tracker indicated:
- Fortinet leads the market with 18.0% UTM share
- Fortinet is the overall leader in UTM factory revenue for Q3 2011
- Fortinet is the total units shipped leader in 3 of the 5 super regions tracked
- Fortinet leads the market in revenue in 4 of the 8 tracked price-bands
Fortinet's FortiGate® appliances are consolidating
security functionality across wired and wireless
architectures in enterprises, managed security service
providers (MSSPs) and telecommunications carriers for
higher performance and a lower total cost of ownership.
Custom FortiASIC-accelerated security technology greatly
improves the performance of the appliance's integrated UTM
features, including antivirus, firewall, VPN, intrusion
prevention, as well as many other security and networking
functions, such as Web filtering, anti-spam, WAN
optimization, and data leakage prevention (DLP). FortiGate
systems help provide security protection through updates by
Fortinet's FortiGuard® Network, to help guard against
the most damaging threats, such as viruses, worms, advanced
intrusions and other unwanted network traffic - around the
clock and around the world. FortiGate appliances are
integrated with a broad security ecosystem product
offering, including messaging, Web application firewall,
database security, management and analysis systems and
end-point security solutions. FortiGate appliances also
contain a wireless controller so that wired and wireless
infrastructures are simply implemented and more secure with
one security platform. The entire security environment can
be easily managed and reported through enterprise scale
FortiManager and ForiAnalyzer for a single pane of glass
policy and visualization.
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