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FORTINET
Official Website: http://www.fortinet.com
Official about page: http://www.fortinet.com/aboutus/aboutus.html
Country: Please specify country
Location: Headquarters - 1090 Kifer Road,Sunnyvale, California 94086. USA
Founded: 2000
Business: Deep Packet Inspection/Lawful Interception/Web Filtering
Contact
Phone: Tel: +1-408-235-7700
Fax: +1-408-235-7737


Background

Although, there is not a reported office in Syria, there are numerous resellers and distributors throughout the Middle East and South Africa that have been trained and certified in their products/devices. In 2007 IT representatives from Syria and other countries in the Middle East attended an event and were able to acquire Forinet products.

Office Locations

Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, USA, with global office locations in Canada, Mexico, France, Austria, Belgium/Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, Poland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey, United Arab Emirates (Dubai), United Kingdom, Malaysia, Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.


Sales/Training: +1-866-868-3678 Tech Support: +1-866-648-4638 (or +1-408-486-7899)


Patents - 80+ patents / 115+ patents pending


Products

Product family index

Deep Packet Inspection/Lawful Interception/Web Filtering, including Identification and Location of occupants and blocking of websites.

"But it is possible to match the service to just to the house, but to it’s occupants, all sharing the same IP address." and

"Beyond the selections of the FortiGuard web services, overrides and custom configurations, are the firewall policies that instruct the FortiGate how to determine which users can see what sites and when." Fortinet Blog by founder Michael Xie.


  • FortiGate 51B (DPI-capable) used to block protocols, that are used to block VPN protocols, OpenVPN, L2TP, PPTP, IPSec and virtually protocol with recognizable signature. DPI is made through their so-called IPS system, which is fully documented there.
  • FortiGate-3950B provides Deep Packet Inspection and is being used by SK Telecom. "Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, SK Telecom builds on its strong innovation, market leadership and global partnerships, to bring a host of exciting mobile technologies, such as Mobile In Vehocle, Smart Payment among others, to end-users in the international market. In Korea, SK Telecom is the leading wireless communications operator, serving more than 24 million subscribers, which is over 50% of the local mobile market. In 2009, the company's revenue reached KRW 12.1 trillion and net income was KRW 1.29 trillion."
  • FortiGate Web Filtering in a Cloud - Configuration made simple

"Configuring the FortiGate unit is as simple as selecting which categories to block and allow, and if desired, log URL access to monitor the browsing habits of your employees. But what if you have your own set of web sites you want included, or excluded?

FortiOS (see a quick presentation of its DPI-capabilities) enables you to create your own web filtering profiles, where you can select the specific combination of allowed, blocked and monitored categories, and apply them to specific firewall policies. This combination of low-latency cloud-based web filtering services and local customization and configuration create a powerful, high-performance and flexible web filtering solution that only Fortinet can provide." Micheal Xie, Founder of Fortinet Video about FortiOS 4.3 Monitoring, includes IP address, Location, Identity.

"Further, all surfing actions can also be logged and analyzed. Users’ surfing habits can be monitored and thus filtering fine-tuned. If the FortiGate unit has an integrated storage module – internal hard disk or AMC module, or you use a FortiAnalyzer unit, you can log the web sites visited and generate reports to see what the web site flow is, and even, who the top users are, and adjust your network web filtering policies accordingly to strike a balance of network traffic management." Fortinet: Web Filtering Controlling the Flow.


FortiDB supports options for data collection such as network protocol agents and a network sniffer.

Countries/Customers Using Fortinet

  • Germany
  • Ireland
  • Australia
  • South Korea


  • Warmia-Mazury 2011 [ POLAND]
  • Siemens 2011 in USA & GERMANY
  • Kerry County Council 2011 IRELAND
  • Chi-X Australia 2011
  • Terenine Technology Solutions 2011
  • SK Telecom 2011 [ SOUTH KOREA]
  • Grass Merkur (German version) 2011
  • Migros 2011
  • Leica Camera (German version) 2011
  • Griffith University 2011
  • Roche Brothers 2010, 2011
  • Migros 2011
  • Global Crossing 2011
  • Chi-X 2011
  • Guess?, Inc 2011
  • Canton of Jura 2011
  • Faculdade Espírito-Santense de Administração (FAESA) 2011
  • Blackpool Council 2011
  • Instituto de Salud Carlos III 2011
  • Rural Wisconsin Healthcare Cooperative 2011
  • Instituto de Salud Carlos III 2011
  • Solutionary 2011
  • SFR 2011
  • Anonymous Financial Services 2011
  • Northwest Independent School 2011
  • Tech Data 2011
  • Accuity 2011
  • InterBolsa 2011
  • Oxford University 2010
  • Fujitsu Canada 2010
  • Green Mountain Access 2010
  • Telekom Deutschland 2010 [ GERMANY]
  • Freedom Health 2010
  • Buongiorno 2010
  • Hospital Maisonneuve-Rosemont 2010
  • Panda Restaurant Group 2010
  • Honda New Zealand 2010 [ NEW ZEALAND]
  • State of Nebraska 2010 [ USA]
  • BHI Advanced Internet 2010
  • Electricity Authority of Cyprus 2010 [ CYPRUS]
  • Pomerleau Construction 2010
  • Sodexo Nederland 2010 [ NETHERLANDS]
  • Betailigungs Holding Hanau 2010
  • Ascent Consulting Services 2010
  • SmarTone-Vodafone 2010
  • Ascent Consulting Services 2010
  • Jefferson County 2010 [ USA]
  • Adif 2010
  • City of Thetford Mines 2010 CANADA
  • Lexel 2010
  • American University of Beirut 2010 [ BEIRUT]
  • Elsag Datamat 2010
  • Banco do Brasil 2010 [ BRAZIL]
  • Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) 2009
  • National Institute of Technology Calicut 2009
  • Havells Sylvania 2009
  • Rothaus Brewery (German Version) 2009
  • SmartBusiness 2009
  • Holiday Retirement 2009
  • Walla Communications 2009
  • Volkswagen Mexico 2009 [ MEXICO]
  • GreenFiber 2009
  • Havells Sylvania 2009
  • French Ministry of Culture and Communication 2009 [ FRANCE]
  • Orascom Telecom 2009
  • The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast 2009 [ USA]
  • Caisses Populaires du Manitoba 2009 [ USA]
  • Ideas del Sur 2009
  • Laguna Development Corp. 2009
  • MASAN Group 2009
  • Roman Catholic School Board Of Curacao 2009 [ CURACAO]
  • Qdoba Mexican Grill 2009
  • Black Gold Regional Schools 2008
  • Tawasul Telecom 2008
  • Pembrokeshire College 2008
  • Leica Geosystems 2008
  • Hutchison 3G Austria 2008 [ AUSTRIA]
  • American Axle & Manufacturing 2008
  • Clintondale Community Schools 2008
  • Abington Public Schools 2008
  • Modern Industries 2008
  • Midland Federal Savings & Loan 2008
  • VocalNet 2008
  • PSC Info. Group 2008
  • VMware 2008
  • Chunghwa Telecom 2008
  • SoftLayer 2008
  • DJO 2008
  • Hat World 2008
  • Troon Golf 2008
  • Community Health Resources 2008
  • CNBC TV18 2008 [ USA]
  • Amadeus Hospitality 2008
  • Times of India 2008
  • Paris, IL School District 2008 [USA]
  • Verizon Business 2008
  • Belgacom 2008
  • UAE University 2008 [ UAE]
  • West Midlands Police 2008
  • Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C. 2008
  • City of West Haven 2008
  • Troon Golf 2008
  • Amadeus Hospitality 2008
  • Valvoline Instant Oil Change 2008
  • TNS 2008
  • Valvoline Instant Oil Change 2008
  • Direct Insurance 2008
  • Harley-Davidson 2008
  • LockNET 2008
  • Frederick Innovative Technology Center 2007
  • Warwickshire College 2007
  • RedCross (German Version) 2007
  • RTL Nederlands 2007 [ NETHERLANDS]
  • NetBenefit 2007
  • Asia Commercial Bank 2007
  • State of South Dakota 2007 [ USA]
  • H3G 2007
  • HEAnet 2007
  • Maxon Motor 2007
  • Cook County Courts 2007 [ USA]
  • Charter Communications 2006
  • Morinaga & Co. Ltd. 2006

Reports

  • Fortinet/Fortigate 51B used for Internet Filtering in Burma/Mynamar OpenNet

Tech Partners & Businesses


People Responsible

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

Name Title Description
Michael Xie Founder, CTO and vice president of engineering for Fortinet, has been in the security industry more than 15 years. A seasoned and successful entrepreneur, Ken Xie started his first network security company SIS in 1993, designing software firewalls while studying at Stanford University. In 1996, he realized the performance limitations of software firewalls running on PCs/servers, and then started NetScreen. As founder, president and CEO, he lead the company to develop the industry's first ASIC and dedicated hardware systems for high performance firewalls and VPNs. NetScreen (NASDAQ: NSCN) later was acquired by Juniper (NASDAQ: JNPR) for $4 billion. In 2000, after recognizing that firewalls and VPNs alone could not stop content and application network attacks such as viruses, intrusions, spam and malicious Web content, Ken founded Fortinet. Fortinet pioneered Unified Threat Management (UTM) - a market which Fortinet leads and has quickly grown to be among the largest segments in the network security space. Fortinet completed its IPO (NASDAQ: FTNT), which was lauded by Renaissance Capital as "2009 IPO of the Year."

Business success and technology innovation has garnered Ken numerous patents and accolades. In 2006, Ken was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum and Time Magazine, and Northern California Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young. He was also recognized as a Top 5 Entrepreneur by Entrepreneur Magazine in 2005, top 25 Chinese-Americans in Business by Forbes in 2010, and "Father of UTM" in an InfoSecurity cover story in 2011.

Ken earned B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University and an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. He is also a state registered Professional Engineer in Electrical, and hold certificates of Advanced Project Management, Strategic Decision and Risk Management from Stanford University. Ken is active in the industry and community, serving as a board member of HuaYuan Science and Technologies Association, and a member of Committee of 100 and the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Bay Area Council.

Ken Goldman Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Ken Goldman is an accomplished executive with extensive financial, operational and business management experience and a solid track record of success. He served as senior vice president, finance and administration, and CFO of Siebel Systems from August 2000 until the close of Oracle Corporation's acquisition in January 2006. Prior to that, he held CFO positions at Excite@Home, Sybase, Inc., Cypress Semiconductor and VLSI Technology. Additionally, his experience includes board director, audit committee chairman, and financial advisory roles at several leading public and private technology companies. Ken earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Cornell University in 1971 and his master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School in 1974. He is a member and the former president of The Financial Executive Institute, Santa Clara chapter, and was formerly a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Advisory Council (FASAC) from 2000 to 2004.
Michael Xie Founder, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Vice President of Engineering Michael Xie has more than 15 years of experience in the network security industry. Previously, he held positions as Vice President of Engineering for ServGate, Software Director and Architect for NetScreen, and Senior Software Engineer for Milkyway Networks.

He holds multiple U.S. patents and is the author of several books in the computer and network security markets. He was named a 2006 Northern California Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young and a Top Technology Innovator by VARBusiness Magazine in 2004. Michael has an M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Manitoba as well as B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University in China.

Gregory S. Fitzgerald Vice President of Worldwide Corporate Marketing Mr. Fitzgerald serves Fortinet, as the Vice President of Worldwide Corporate Marketing. Mr. Fitzgerald is responsible for overseeing worldwide positioning, product delivery and go-to-market strategies.

Prior to joining Fortinet, Mr. Fitzgerald was SVP Marketing for Sourcefire, a public network security company; CEO of DisplayPoints, a privately held web 2.0 media company, from inception to its profitable sale in September 2009; Global Vice President of Marketing, Product Management, Channels and Inside Sales at TippingPoint, a division of 3Com and leading provider of Intrusion Prevention Security Systems. Prior to this, Mr. Fitzgerald was an executive for growth-stage ventures, and high growth public organizations. He has also been an instructor of marketing and sales at ACTON MBA, Austin Texas. Mr. Fitzgerald holds a BBA in Marketing and Finance from Emory University, an MBA in Product Marketing from the University of Colorado, and a MIM in International Marketing Strategy from Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management.

Michael Anderson Vice President, Services Michael Anderson has more than 20 years experience leading high-performance support and services teams for global technology companies. He is responsible for leading Fortinet's global support, professional services and training organizations. He joined Fortinet from Check Point Software Technologies, where he led professional services and training. Michael was brought to Check Point through its acquisition of Nokia's Network Security division, where he led global services. Prior to Check Point and Nokia, Michael was the vice president of global services for SonicWALL and held senior leadership positions with Silicon Graphics and Digital Equipment Corporation. Michael holds a B.S. degree in communications from the University of Washington.
Patrice Perche Vice President, International Sales and Support Patrice Perche has nearly two decades of experience in the IT security industry. In his current position, Patrice is responsible for managing Fortinet's international sales and support operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Asia. Prior to this, Patrice was vice president of EMEA sales at Fortinet and helped drive the company's sales into , Benelux, Spain, India and the Middle East region. Patrice has extensive experience in launching innovative security technologies into new markets and working closely with channel partners. Prior to joining Fortinet, he was co-founder and CEO of Risc Group, a French-based company focusing on IT Security with pan-European operations. Patrice graduated from Insa Lyon and holds a masters degree in computer engineering.
Sherry Pulvers Vice President, Human Resources Sherry Pulvers brings more than 20 years of experience to her role as head of human resources, managing Fortinet's global HR practices and infrastructure. Sherry joined Fortinet in June, 2008 as part of Fortinet's acquisition of IPLocks, where she was a senior member of the HR team for more than three years. Prior to IPLocks, Sherry served in an HR management role at PalmSource where she created the infrastructure required for its spin-off from Palm Inc. and subsequent IPO. She was previously the director of HR at Alcatel, providing HR leadership and support to the company's networking division. Sherry attended the University of California Santa Cruz where she earned her certification in human resources management. Subsequently, she was certified as a Professional in Human Resources by the HR Certification Institute and is an active member of the Northern California Human Resources Association.
Michelle Spolver Vice President, Corporate Communications Michelle Spolver has nearly 20 years of experience helping technology companies gain mindshare and market share through the development, management and implementation of public, analyst and investor relations programs, corporate reputation management, executive communications, and customer and channel marketing activities. Prior to joining Fortinet, Michelle was director of worldwide public relations for Check Point Software Technologies, where she was instrumental in growing the company's brand awareness through business, financial and industry trade press. Prior to Check Point, Michelle held senior public relations positions at Compaq Computer Corporation (acquired by HP) and Weber Shandwick Public Relations. Michelle earned a B.A. degree in journalism from California State University, Long Beach, and is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI).
Michael Valentine Vice President, Americas Sales and Support Michael Valentine brings to Fortinet more than 20 years of sales and channel experience. Michael joined Fortinet as Vice President of Americas Channel Sales, during which time he expanded the company's network of North America technology distributors, signed more than 700 new Americas partners, grew the internal channel team by 82 percent and updated the award-winning FortiPartner Program with a stronger enterprise focus. He is a recognized and respected sales executive who in 2008 and 2009 was named a top "Channel Chief" by CRN magazine. Prior to joining Fortinet, Michael held vice president of Americas sales positions at both SonicWALL and WatchGuard Technologies, as well as held senior sales positions at Panasonic. He holds a bachelors degree in business administration from The University of Texas at Arlington.
John Whittle Vice President, Legal and Corporate Development John Whittle has significant experience managing a wide range of legal matters for technology companies. Most recently John was Vice President, General Counsel for Ingres Corporation, an open source database company formed by a divestiture from Computer Associates (CA).

Prior to that, John was Vice President, General Counsel for Corio, Inc., an enterprise application services provider, where he managed the company's legal matters, which included an initial public offering process and acquisition by IBM.

Prior to Corio, John was an attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, representing technology companies in general corporate matters, initial public offerings and follow-on offerings. John holds a BA degree in history from the University of Virginia and a JD, magna cum laude, from Cornell University.

Carl Windsor Major Accounts Manager in the UK Carl Windsor was working on his PhD in Computational Chemistry but found he spent much time defending the network from attacks. On (eventual) completion of the PhD, rather than move in to chemistry, his first job was for a systems integrator as Lead Unix and Security administrator in the telecommunications sector. After several years experience working for in the teleco environment he moved into datacenter hosting as Service Delivery Manager and was one of the first Fortinet Managed Security Service Providers. Carl has been working for Fortinet for over four years and is currently a Major Accounts Manager in the UK.

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