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The National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC) Makes an Educated Decision to Secure its Network with Fortinet

Deployment Helps the Education Institute Optimize its Network Security Consolidation Strategy

BANGALOE, India, July 13, 2010 - Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) - a leading network security provider and worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions, today announced that National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC) has chosen Fortinets Unified Threat Management (UTM) solutions to consolidate its network security infrastructure. NITC has deployed the FortiGate®-620B enterprise-class security appliance and the FortiAnalyzer™ appliance for centralized reporting. Previously, the existing setup needed more robust regulatory compliance and the team needed to provision for increased bandwidth needs. NITC also found its single point solution for intrusion prevention (IPS) protection lacking due to its weak security approach. Thus, the team decided on migrating to a consolidated UTM platform with the ability to provide additional features such as firewalling, antivirus protection, Web content filtering in addition to IPS capabilities.

ÏFortinets solutions were deployed seamlessly with minimal downtime. In particular, the FortiGate-620B appliance offers the potent combination of consolidation, virtualization, high performance and manageability with seamless network integration, says Sumesh, the Faculty In-charge of the Campus Networking Centre at the National Institute of Technology Calicut. ÏVirtualization has also helped us achieve optimized network security operations with the added ability to customize performance according to users needs. Furthermore, FortiAnalyzer provides an excellent birds eye view of the networks threats. We strongly recommend Fortinet to any firm looking for robust, high performance network security infrastructure providing high reliability, he added.

Fortinets UTM solution stood out with the FortiOS 4.0 operating system, which allows IT administrators the ability to customize network requirements to allow only http traffic to pass through while achieving high availability and maximum network performance simultaneously. Fortinets robust hardware virtualization capabilities allow NITC to set up different rules for various inter-departmental networks with virtual domains (VDOMs), for a greater cost-performance advantage.

With this deployment completed during the first quarter of 2010, the outcome is favorable for NITC, as Fortinets network security solution has enabled the national institution to achieve better security and optimize its bandwidth usage. FortiAnalyzer has also allowed the system administrators to benefit from hassle free data intelligence and greater control of the information.

ÏEducational institutions are mandated to maintain a non-restrictive network environment for students to enhance their e-learning through Internet-enabled collaborative learning tools. However, this poses significant security risks, says Vishak aman, director of SAAC for Fortinet. ÏMigrating to a scalable, unified threat management architecture, is a step in the right direction for NITC to achieve a security-ready state and bandwidth optimization.

About NITC (www.nitc.com)

The National Institute of Technology Calicut is a technical institution of national importance set up by an Act of Parliament (Act 29 of 2007). This non-profit institution aims to develop high quality technical education to groom individuals with a good foundation in basic engineering principles, technical, managerial and innovative research capabilities. These professionals are expected to lead by example and leverage technology for the progress of mankind, while adapting themselves to the changing technological environment with the highest ethical values as inner strength.

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Fortinet's FortiGate systems are ASIC-accelerated security appliances that integrate core security and network functionalities including firewall, SSL and IPSec VPN, antivirus, intrusion prevention, Web filtering, antispam, application control, data loss prevention, SSL traffic inspection and WAN optimization. All FortiGate systems are kept up to date automatically by Fortinet's FortiGuard® Network, which helps protect against the most damaging, content-based threats from email and Web traffic such as viruses, worms, intrusions, other unwanted network traffic and more - around the clock and around the world. Fortinet solutions have won multiple awards and are the only security products that are certified in five programs by ICSA Labs for firewall, antivirus, IPSec VPN, network IPS and antispam.

About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com)
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) is a worldwide provider of network security appliances and the market leader in unified threat management (UTM). Our products and subscription services provide broad, integrated and high-performance protection against dynamic security threats while simplifying the IT security infrastructure. Our customers include enterprises, service providers and government entities worldwide, including the majority of the 2009 Fortune Global 100. Fortinet's flagship FortiGate product delivers ASIC-accelerated performance and integrates multiple layers of security designed to help protect against application and network threats. Fortinet's broad product line goes beyond UTM to help secure the extended enterprise - from endpoints, to the perimeter and the core, including databases and applications. Fortinet is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices around the world.

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About Fortinet(www.fortinet.com)

Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) is a worldwide provider of network security appliances and the market leader in unified threat management (UTM). Our products and subscription services provide broad, integrated and high-performance protection against dynamic security threats while simplifying the IT security infrastructure. Our customers include enterprises, service providers and government entities worldwide, including the majority of the 2009 Fortune Global 100. Fortinet's flagship FortiGate product delivers ASIC-accelerated performance and integrates multiple layers of security designed to help protect against application and network threats. Fortinet's broad product line goes beyond UTM to help secure the extended enterprise - from endpoints, to the perimeter and the core, including databases and applications. Fortinet is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices around the world.

Copyright © 2010 Fortinet, Inc. All rights reserved. The symbols ® and ™ denote respectively federally registered trademarks and unregistered trademarks of Fortinet, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates. Fortinet's trademarks include, but are not limited to, the following: Fortinet, FortiGate, FortiGuard, FortiManager, FortiMail, FortiClient, FortiCare, FortiAnalyzer, Fortieporter, FortiOS, FortiASIC, FortiWiFi, FortiSwitch, FortiVoIP, FortiBIOS, FortiLog, Fortiesponse, FortiCarrier, FortiScan, FortiAP, FortiDB and FortiWeb. Other trademarks belong to their respective owners. Fortinet has not independently verified statements or certifications herein attributed to third parties, such as statements attributed to IDC, and Fortinet does not independently endorse such statements. This news release may contain forward-looking statements, such as statements regarding trends of adoption by large enterprises and the ongoing adoption by MSSPs, carriers and small to medium businesses, that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ. isks and uncertainties include, among others, changes in market dynamics, changes in demand for UTM and other solutions, the introduction of new competitive solutions, economic risks and uncertainties, execution risks and uncertainties related, for example, to new product introductions and innovations, and other risk factors set forth from time to time in our filings with the SEC, copies of which are available free of charge at the SECs website at www.sec.gov or upon request from Fortinets investor relations department. If the risks or uncertainties materialize or the assumptions prove incorrect, results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. Fortinet assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in the event actual results differ, and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.

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