KUALA LUMPU, Malaysia, May 5, 2005 - Fortinet - the confirmed market leader in Unified Threat Management and only provider of ASIC-accelerated, network-based antivirus firewall systems for real-time network protection- today announced it has appointed Trans Niaga Sdn Bhd as an authorized distributor in Malaysia in a move to further strengthen its presence in the local market.

Trans Niaga Sdn Bhd is a Malaysian company and one of Malaysia's largest technology distributors with offices in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Customers around the region benefit from the broad product range, fast delivery and high quality of service that have been the company's trademarks. The authorization of this distributorship has allowed Trans Niaga to further augment its scope into the security space, allowing reseller and integrator customers increased access to Fortinet's technological innovation and best-in-class security products.

Eryin Halmen, Fortinet's country manager of Malaysia, said that TransNiaga Sdn Bhd will be a significant asset in Fortinet's portfolio of distributors. The company's experience has led to the development of a highly efficient distribution system that ensures customers using Fortinet's FortiGate antivirus firewalls will receive what they need promptly and with excellent support services 24/7.

"Trans Niaga fits well into our distribution strategy and will complement our existing service to customers here," said Halmen. "Customers are increasingly asking for better, faster and more responsive service. By appointing a distributor of this caliber we are giving our customers broader choices and ensuring that their requirements will be met by our local partners."

Wilson Wong, Senior Sales Manager of Trans Niaga Sdn Bhd, said he is delighted with the appointment and is very much looking forward to working with Fortinet. "Fortinet has rapidly established a strong position in the security appliance market with its broad array of highly functional, high performance, competitively priced FortiGate systems,"said Wong. "The ability to deliver Fortinet's antivirus firewall products complements and extends our security portfolio and provides an important new product line for our reseller partners. With Trans Niaga's Malaysian-wide distribution systems behind us, we're looking forward to delivering excellent products and services to Fortinet's customers in Malaysia."

FortiGate Antivirus Firewalls are the industry's only ASIC-based integrated security platforms which detect and eliminate the most damaging, content-based threats from email and Web traffic such as viruses, worms, intrusions, inappropriate Web content and more in real time - without degrading network performance. In addition to providing application level protection, the FortiGate systems deliver a full range of network-level services - firewall, VPN, intrusion detection and traffic shaping - delivering a complete network protection services in dedicated, easily managed platforms.

For more information on Fortinet's FortiGate Antivirus Firewalls and other Fortinet products, please visit:http://www.fortinet.com/products/