SUNNYVALE, CA–( EMWNews – April 2, 2008) – Fortinet® — the pioneer and leading

provider of unified threat management (UTM) solutions — today

announced it has achieved breakthrough performance for the

mid-enterprise segment with the new FortiGate™ 310B multi-threat

security appliance. By incorporating into the FortiGate-310B

purpose-built FortiASIC™ network processors previously reserved for

its

high-end product lines, Fortinet is raising the bar on firewall (FW)

and virtual private network (VPN) throughput performance to

gigabit-per-second (Gbps) speeds, and enabling wire-speed firewall

performance.

As a mid-enterprise product, the FortiGate-310B delivers the best

price/performance ratio in its class with FW/VPN speeds that rival

competitors’ entry point high-end enterprise products, yet is priced

significantly lower. Additional benefits provided by the FortiGate-310B

appliance include highest-in-class port density of 10 gigabit Ethernet

ports, with an additional four gigabit ports made available through an

optional Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) module.

The increased FW/VPN throughput and high port-density on the

FortiGate-310B appliance relieves small- and medium-sized enterprises

of the constraints that have historically prevented internal network

security segmentation. The ability to provide security segmentation

allows customers greater flexibility in managing their networks with a

higher degree of precision, giving network managers increased policy

granularity and the ability to isolate and contain security events for

faster resolution. These capabilities were previously reserved for

high-end enterprise security products, but are now available to the

mid-enterprise segment through the FortiGate-310B security appliance.

“Smaller enterprises, or firms with lean IT and security staffs, want

consolidated network security services — from firewall, VPN and AV, to

IPS and secure network zoning,” says Phil Hochmuth, an analyst with the

Yankee Group. “For such organizations, the more roles a single piece of

hardware can take on, the better — as long as performance does not

suffer.”

The FortiGate-310B security appliance offers customers robust

multi-threat protection from a single device, which increases security

while lowering operational and capital expenditures. New features in

the FortiGate-310B bring the following benefits to customers.

-- Introduction of FortiASIC network processors enables best-in-class

   FW/IPSec VPN throughput of 8 Gbps and 6 Gbps, respectively, which

   represents a breakthrough in mid-range enterprise security

   solutions;



-- Highest port density (10) and lowest price-per-port of any product

   in its class;



-- AMC expansion slot provides flexibility for additional wire-speed

   firewall ports or embedded storage (other options will be available

   as additional modules are released);



-- Advances to the FortiASIC content processor, standard to all

   FortiGate systems, result in significant improvements to

   intrusion-prevention-system (IPS) and antivirus performance.

“The breakthrough performance of the FortiGate-310B validates

Fortinet’s strategy of leveraging custom-designed ASICs to maximize the

speed at which networks can be secured,” said Anthony James, vice

president of products for Fortinet. “As network traffic and bandwidth

increases, it becomes ever more important that security appliances keep

pace to ensure that greater traffic flows do not result in greater

risks to the network. Offering firewall and VPN throughput at gigabit

speeds is a revolutionary step in network security for this class of

product, and we are proud to be the first to offer this to our

customers.”

As with all FortiGate systems, the FortiGate-310B consolidates critical

security technology and services to enhance network protection and

reduce total cost of ownership. The FortiGate-310B delivers network and

content protection through the integration of eight essential security

functions and services — firewall, VPN, IPS, antivirus, antispam,

antispyware, Web filtering and traffic shaping. The systems are kept up

to date automatically by Fortinet’s FortiGuard™ subscription

services, which provide updates to help protect against the latest

viruses, worms, Trojans and other threats — around the clock and

around the world.

Availability

The FortiGate 310B will be available in the second quarter of 2008

through Fortinet’s network of channel partners worldwide. Additional

information on this and other Fortinet products can be found at

http://www.fortinet.com/products.

About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com)

Fortinet is the pioneer and leading provider of ASIC-accelerated

unified threat management, or UTM, security systems, which are used by

enterprises and service providers to increase their security while

reducing total operating costs. Fortinet solutions were built from the

ground up to integrate multiple levels of security protection —

including firewall, antivirus, intrusion prevention, VPN, spyware

prevention and anti-spam — designed to help customers protect against

network and content level threats. Leveraging a custom ASIC and unified

interface, Fortinet solutions offer advanced security functionality

that scales from remote office to chassis-based solutions with

integrated management and reporting. Fortinet solutions have won

multiple awards around the world and are the only security products

that are certified in six programs by ICSA Labs: (Firewall, Antivirus,

IPSec, SSL, Network IPS, and Anti-Spyware). Fortinet is privately held

and based in Sunnyvale, California.

Copyright © 2008 Fortinet, Inc. All rights reserved. Fortinet is a

registered trademark of Fortinet, Inc. FortiGate, FortiOS,

FortiAnalyzer, FortiASIC, FortiCare, FortiManager, FortiWiFi,

FortiGuard, FortiClient, FortiReporter and other names are trademarks

of Fortinet, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All

other trademarks referred to herein are the property of their

respective owners.