Fortinet delivers advanced cybersecurity to software-defined data centres

AUCKLAND / SYDNEY, 23 October, 2015 – Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) – a global leader in high-performance cybersecurity solutions, has announced the release of their FortiGate VMX next-generation and internal segmentation firewall (NGFW/ISFW). FortiGate VMX, deployed in conjunction with the VMware NSX® network virtualisation platform, enables organisations to automate advanced cybersecurity within the Software-Defined Data Centre (SDDC).

Advanced security for dynamic data centres Working in collaboration with VMware, Fortinet has developed FortiGate VMX to fully leverage the capabilities of VMware’s NSX network virtualisation platform, enabling customers to automate the insertion, deployment and orchestration of FortiGate VMX for threat protection inside their data centre environments.

“Software-defined networks and data centres are poised to be the ‘technology de jour’ for larger enterprises and service providers,” says Jon McGettigan, Fortinet’s Senior Director Australia, NZ & South Pacific Islands. “As such, IT managers will be looking for agile security solutions that can provide scalable protection regardless of physical location. Additionally, as virtualised networks and data centres become more complex, management becomes more of an issue. Fortinet’s tight integration with NSX means that IT managers can now have ‘single pane of glass’ visibility into the distributed networks that provides even more control over network operations.”

“Fortinet has been working closely with VMware to arm customers with the same level of cybersecurity inside the data centre as they do at the perimeter,” continues McGettigan. “FortiGate VMX demonstrates our commitment to the VMware partnership and ecosystem as well as our customer’s security requirements.”

Policy driven network segmentation Recent high-profile security breaches have highlighted the need for security solutions that expand beyond the traditional edge defense strategies and segment networks internally, avoiding the rapid spread of threats once inside the data centre. VMware brings an SDDC approach to network security with micro-segmentation, isolating communications across unrelated networks, controlling the communications within a network and integrating with advanced security services like Fortinet’s Internal Segmentation Firewalls (ISFW). For the full article click here 

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