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Frost & Sullivan recognises
Fortinet as 2017 UAE Network
Security Company of the Year
F
ortinet, a global leader in high-
performance cybersecurity
solutions, has announced that it has
received the 2017 UAE Network Security
Company of the Year award from growth
consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.
Fortinet received the recognition
after Frost & Sullivan evaluated the
company’s focus on revenue growth,
portfolio diversity, the technology
roadmap and vision for the future to
provider solutions to deal with advanced
network security threats.
“The UAE is considered to be a
trendsetter for technology adoption
and implementation in the entire
Middle East. With advancements in
IoT, BYOD, connected devices and
Cloud technologies, the risk associated
with these developments have also
increased,” said Benoy C S, Director
and Business Unit Head, Digital
Transformation Practice, Frost & Sullivan.
“Fortinet’s go-to-
market strategy
is an interaction
of hardware and
software research on
threats and malware.”
PCI compliance, ensuring hospitals
are health insurance portability and
accountability compliant, or putting
together carrier solutions for telecoms.
“Through a strong partner ecosystem,
Fortinet tightly integrates and
interoperates with all major virtualisation
SDN cloud security analytics and
networking vendors in the UAE.”
Industry analysts at Frost & Sullivan
tracked markets and companies by
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Specific benchmarks were considered
to ascertain the final industry ranking,
and winners were chosen based on
revenue and growth, market share and
growth, technology roadmap, and key
achievements.
“Fortinet is proud to be announced as
the UAE’s leading Network Security
Company for 2017. It is a testimony to
our technology vision and commitment
to our partners and customers,” said
Alain Penel, Regional Vice President –
Middle East, Fortinet.
“Network security products constitute
the bulk of Fortinet’s business in the
UAE, while the adoption of cloud,
virtual and SDN models is also growing
steadily. Fortinet’s go-to-market
strategy is an interaction of hardware
and software research on threats and
malware, and the aggregation of
extensive threat intelligence.
“All this combined defines the way in
which the company will market and
design solutions for its customers,
whether helping a small retailer achieve
holding detailed interactions with
market participants, end-users, other
stakeholders, value chain players and
extensive research of proprietary data,
to compile the Jury Evaluation Matrix.
Alain Penel, Regional Vice President
– Middle East, Fortinet
“The adoption of connected devices,
IoT and Cloud services in the UAE is
increasing, and so are the complexities
with regard to the security needs
surrounding these technologies. With
the Fortinet Security Fabric, we are
leading the way in security innovation
and helping companies in the UAE
and across the Middle East address
the challenges of security from IoT to
the Cloud.” n
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