SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Sept. 23, 2008 - Fortinet^® - the pioneer and leading provider of unified threat management (UTM) solutions - today announced that new IDC research data confirms that the has maintained its No. 1 ranking in worldwide UTM factory revenue for Q2 2008. The company continues to fuel its rapid customer adoption with its new generation secure gateways tailored for large enterprises and MSSPs. For the 10 consecutive quarters, Fortinet continues to lead the UTM market ahead of Check Point, Cisco, Crossbeam, Juniper and SonicWALL.

Data in the latest IDC Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, September 2008 confirmed:

• Fortinet is the overall leader in UTM factory revenue for Q2 2008, ahead of Check Point, Cisco, Crossbeam, Juniper and SonicWALL
• Fortinet is the No. 1 vendor in the high-end UTM ($50K-$99.9K) price band for both factory revenue and units shipped
• Fortinet is the No. 1 vendor in the enterprise UTM (25K-$49.9K) price band segments for both factory revenue and units shipped
• Fortinet is the overall leader in UTM factory revenue for Western Europe and Asia Pacific for Q2 2008

"IDC's latest research supports that increased enterprise core and branch deployments of Fortinet's new generation secure gateways are helping us to successfully further penetrate this market," said Ken Xie, president, founder and CEO of Fortinet. "Also, Fortinet's strong position within the overall network security appliance space also indicates rapid adoption of our appliances, which have become the backbone of many enterprise, MSSP and carrier security solutions."

According to IDC, UTM security appliance products include multiple security features integrated into one device. To be included in this category, as opposed to other Threat Management appliance segments, UTM appliances must contain the ability to perform network firewalling, network intrusion detection and prevention, and gateway antivirus. All of the capabilities need not be utilized, but the functions must exist inherently in the appliance. In addition to the mandatory applications, UTM appliances may also host other security or networking features.

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 and services, including anti-virus, firewall, VPN, intrusion prevention, Web filtering, anti-spam and traffic shaping. All FortiGate systems are kept up to date by Fortinet's FortiGuard™ Network, which provides regular updates that help ensure protection against the most damaging, content-based threats from email and Web traffic such as viruses, worms, intrusions, other unwanted network traffic - around the clock and around the world. FortiGate appliances are complemented by an array of messaging, management and analysis systems and end-point security solutions.

For more information on Fortinet products, please visit: http://www.fortinet.com/products.