BANGKOK, Thailand, August 2, 2010 - Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) - a leading network security provider and a worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions today announced that CAT Telecom, a leading telecommunications provider in Thailand, has deployed its FortiMail-2000AÌ¢åãå¢ multi-layered email security platform at the companys internet data center in Bangkok to protect the email accounts of its 25,000 employees and subscribers from spam and other malware. CAT Telecom chose Fortinets security appliance for its performance, feature-richness and ease of management. The solution was deployed via Comnet, one of Fortinets local partners in the country.

eplacing previously installed competitive solutions, FortiMails solution stands out with its transparent mode feature for email security. Other critical features provided by FortiMail include: on-box archiving, local sender reputation, dynamic heuristic rule updates, high availability configuration and grey listing. The deployment of three FortiMail-2000A appliances allowed CAT telecom to eliminate the issues of its previous relay mail server, which proved to be weak in performance and unable to efficiently resolve spam emails, thus taking up a significant amount of the teams time to manage and monitor threats daily.

ÏFortinets email security platform is easy to manage, giving us back more time to resolve email problems, in order to create a smoother experience for customers. The technology also provides us greater visibility into the root cause of each specific problem, thus providing us with greater speed and accuracy for troubleshooting, said Kamphol Boongsri, manager of Internet Service Center at CAT Telecom. ÏFortinet FortiMail is a suitable choice in terms of cost and performance for any high intensity carrier-grade network.

With FortiMail, CAT Telecom also benefits from a lower total cost of ownership since there is no per user licensing fee associated with Fortinets solution. The telecom provider subscribed to Fortinets FortiGuard Antispam and Antivirus Subscription Services, which leverage Fortinet's reputation database and signatures to identify and block spam, phishing attempts, viruses, spyware and other email-borne threats and deliver automatic real-time updates to FortiMail appliances. The product advantages, coupled with the excellence support service from Comnet, made the deployment a success for CAT Telecoms IT department.

ÏAs telecom providers offer email services to their subscribers, they must guarantee the best levels of service and ensure spam-free communications. With FortiMail, they can control their email traffic down to the subscriber level, which is very important for them, said George Chang, regional director for Fortinet carrier and service provider markets in Asia Pacific. ÏWith its high performance, flexibility and cost-effectiveness, FortiMail has made great inroads into the telco market and we are honored to add CAT Telecom to our customer list.

Designed for global enterprises and service providers who wish to provide mail domain protection, the FortiMail-2000B can process up to 1.0 million emails per hour with full antivirus and antispam filtering. It contains two Tera-Bytes of storage (user-upgradable to 6 TB) and supports hardware AID storage. Its hot swappable/redundant power supplies and high-availability options ensure data integrity and reliability for high volume messaging systems.