In a recent enterprise security market assessment, the research firm also ranked Fortinet as having "very positive" momentum - a ranking higher than 43 other network security vendors.

Among other things, the report cites that Fortinet’s strong position is attributed to broad scalability of its leading FortiGate™ multi-threat security appliances; logging, reporting and management solutions; and quick and effective threat response from the company’s FortiGuard Network, which, supported by the FortiGuard Global Security Research Team, provides subscription services and 24x7 updates to antivirus, intrusion prevention (IPS), Web content filtering and antispam capabilities to enable protection against content- and network-level threats.

Fortinet also continues to be ranked a Tier 1 vendor in the research firm’s most recent enterprise security market assessment. Current Analysis defines Tier 1 vendors as market leaders, at or near the top of market share, who shape the direction of their respective market. Other Tier 1 enterprise security vendors include Cisco, Juniper, Check Point, Nokia and others.

Delivered via its flagship family of FortiGate appliances, Fortinet provides a flexible platform that enables enterprises and service providers of all sizes to consolidate critical security technology and services to maximize network protection and reduce total cost of ownership.

These ASIC-accelerated security appliances integrate essential security applications such as antivirus, firewall, VPN, intrusion prevention, Web filtering, anti-spam and traffic shaping. All FortiGate systems are kept up to date automatically by Fortinet’s FortiGuard Network, which helps ensure protection against the most damaging, content-based threats from email and Web traffic such as viruses, worms, intrusions, other unwanted network traffic and more - around the clock and around the world.