Alcatel to resell Fortinet antivirus firewalls

Fortinet and Alcatel have entered into a relationship by which Alcatel and its business partners will offer Fortinet's FortiGate Antivirus Firewalls and other products. This relationship will help Fortinet significantly expand its reach to new customers through Alcatel's vast network of business partners. It also allows Alcatel to extend its CrystalSec security framework with the addition of a best-in-class integrated network security gateway product. 

With Fortinet's FortiGate systems, Alcatel can provide enterprises of all sizes with affordable, easy-to-deploy gateway security solutions as part of a comprehensive network implementation. FortiGate Antivirus Firewall systems are complete network security solutions that protect against the growing number of costly, content-based threats at the network's edge, while delivering the highest possible performance.

They combine antivirus, firewall, intrusion detection/ prevention, antispam,
VPN, and Web content filtering in a single, easy to manage and cost-effective system. All FortiGate systems are kept up to date automatically through Fortinet's FortiProtect Network, which delivers continuous and automatic “push” updates that ensure protection against the latest viruses, worms, Trojans, and other threats - around the clock, and around the world.

Fortinet's FortiGate systems allow Alcatel to extend its CrystalSec security framework with the addition of a best-in-class integrated network security gateway product and provide enterprises and business partners with the unique ability to source best-of-breed security solutions from one networking company.

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