Fortinet’s Kendra Krause Recognized by Everything Channel’s VARBusiness as One of the Top 50 Women in the Technology Integration Business

SUNNYVALE, CA–(EMWNews – August 21, 2008) – Fortinet® — the pioneer and leading

provider of unified threat management (UTM) solutions — today announced

that Kendra Krause, the company’s director of Americas channel sales, has

been recognized by Everything Channel’s VARBusiness magazine as one of the

top 50 women in the technology integration business. The “Power 50” was

chosen by the editors of the magazine based on their achievements as

executives and the amount of influence they wield over the technology

channel. The 50 women represent a changing trend in a traditionally

all-male industry.

Krause is responsible for strategy and execution of sales and marketing

programs for Fortinet’s North American partners. She plays a pivotal role

in supporting Fortinet’s 100-percent channel sales model.

With more than 10 years of channel experience, Krause has helped Fortinet

create a team entirely dedicated to the channel to help partners plan,

support and drive their businesses. Under her leadership, Fortinet’s

channel account team has grown by 120 percent within a 12-month period,

establishing a strong support system for the company’s FortiPartner

program. The program recently earned certification as a Five-Star Partner

from VARBusiness for the third consecutive year, an acknowledgement of

Fortinet’s commitment to and strength of its FortiPartner Program for IT

integrators, solution providers, resellers and consultants.

“We are very pleased and honored by VARBusiness’ recognition as it

confirmed something we already knew — that Kendra Krause is a tireless

champion of the channel community and a strong asset for Fortinet,” said

Michael Valentine, vice president of Americas channel sales at Fortinet.

“Kendra and her team have worked hard to create meaningful channel

programs, which has helped us build relationships with industry leaders

that have been mutually beneficial for Fortinet and our partners.”

“The ‘Power 50’ have made a profound impact on the technology marketplace,”

stated Robert C. DeMarzo, vice president and editorial director, Everything

Channel. “It is with a great sense of pride and honor that we offer

congratulations to Kendra Krause for her significant contributions to our

industry.”

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 seven programs by ICSA Labs:

Firewall, Antivirus, IPSec, SSL, Network IPS, and Anti-Spyware. Fortinet is

privately held and based in Sunnyvale, California.

About VARBusiness

For the past 20 years, VARBusiness’ strategic resources have been the

gateway to the commercial and public sector (or government) Solution

Provider community. The VARBusiness integrated platform of media

opportunities provides strategic insight for technology integrators through

industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and

innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated

decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness

offerings lead vendors and distributors to unprecedented access to the most

powerful strategic Solution Providers in the market. VARBusiness has been

the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and

design.

Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)

Everything Channel, formerly CMP Channel, activates technology sales

channels from access to execution. IT suppliers, value add, retail, direct

sales and CIOs all turn to Everything Channel to manage and accelerate

their businesses. With over 30 years experience, Everything Channel offers

a complete technology solution through media, events, services, workflow

tools, research, training, account recruitment and managed analytics as

well as marketing support and sales services from strategy to branding.

Everything Channel is a subsidiary of United Business Media

(http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news

distribution and specialist information services with a market

capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

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