SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortinet -- the only provider of
ASIC-powered, network-based antivirus firewall systems for real-time network
protection -- today announced the FortiGate 800 Antivirus Firewall, the 11th
member of the award-winning FortiGate family. The FortiGate 800 provides a new
entry-level gigabit platform with 'tri-speed' interfaces that support 10Mbps,
100Mbps as well as Gigabit Ethernet networks, which ensures a built-in,
cost-effective upgrade path for the many organizations that are migrating from
10/100 to 1000 megabits/second (gigabit) networks.
The number of gigabit Ethernet ports shipped is growing rapidly, driven by
the need for higher bandwidth to support voice, video and other high-bandwidth
applications and the plummeting costs of high-speed networking hardware.
However, while the price premium paid for gigabit networking devices -- such
as network interface cards and switches -- is diminishing relative to
10/100 Mbps equipment, security devices with gigabit interfaces still carry a
high premium relative to their 10/100 Mbps counterparts. As a result, most
organizations delay the purchase of gigabit-capable security devices until the
time that they upgrade their internal networks. Organizations that are
installing 10/100 Mbps security equipment today will therefore need to replace
those devices with gigabit-interface security systems when they upgrade their
internal networks.
The FortiGate model 800 includes 4 "tri-speed" Ethernet ports, each of
which supports 10/100 Mbps and can also support gigabit speeds with no change
in hardware. Customers can use the FortiGate 800 model today in their existing
10/100 networks, and will be continue to use the FortiGate 800 in the future
as they upgrade their networks to gigabit speeds, reducing their migration
costs and eliminating unnecessary replacement of network security systems.
"Fortinet is making it much easier for customers to deploy gigabit
security in their networks," said Brian Burke, research manager at IDC.
"Coupled with its competitive pricing for gigabit security, Fortinet's FG800
is compelling because it integrates firewall, VPN, content inspection,
antivirus, and intrusion detection/prevention into a single security
platform."
FortiGate 800 Provides Performance, Flexibility Advantages
The FortiGate 800 Antivirus Firewall provides the performance, flexibility
and security necessary to protect today's most demanding large enterprise
networks. The FortiGate 800 can be deployed as a high performance antivirus
and content filtering gateway, or as a complete network protection solution
leveraging firewall, VPN and intrusion detection/prevention (IDP)
capabilities.
The FortiGate 800 Antivirus Firewall features a total of 8 ports, four of
which are 10/100/1000 tri-speed Ethernet ports plus four user-definable 10/100
ports. Multi-zone capabilities provide granular security by group or
department, allowing administrators to segment their network into zones and
create policies between zones. A high availability port allows two or more
FortiGate 800 Antivirus Firewalls to be configured in redundant clusters for
improved scalability and uptime.
The FortiGate 800's key attributes include:
Firewall throughput of 600 Mbps
400,000 sessions
10,000 new sessions/second
VPN throughput of 200 Mbps
VPN tunnel capacity of 2,000
FortiGate 800 Built on Groundbreaking Architecture
FortiGate Antivirus Firewalls are based on a groundbreaking architecture
designed specifically to deliver application-layer security and content
processing services, in addition to network-layer services, in real time. The
FortiGate 800 provides all of the features found on the other 10 members of
the FortiGate family, including:
ICSA Certified Firewall
ICSA Certified IPSec VPN
ICSA Certified Antivirus Protection
ICSA Certified Network Intrusion Detection (NIDS)
Intrusion Prevention
Web Content Filtering
Email Content Filtering
All models in the FortiGate product family employ Fortinet's unique
FortiASIC(TM) content processing chip and the powerful, secure, FortiOS(TM)
operating system to achieve breakthrough price/performance. The unique,
ASIC-based architecture analyzes content and behavior in real time, and
delivers a combination of services and performance that cannot be matched
using conventional layer 3/layer 4 networking architectures, or by deploying
software applications on conventional computer systems.
FortiGate 800 systems, like all FortiGate Antivirus Firewalls, are kept up
to date automatically by Fortinet's FortiResponse Network, which provides
continuous updates to ensure protection against the latest viruses, worms,
Trojans, and other threats -- around the clock, and around the world.
"The FortiGate 800 offers enterprise customers an attractive, future-proof
investment that integrates easily in existing networks and supports the
accelerating shift to Gigabit networks," said Richard Kagan, Fortinet's vice
president of marketing. "With the introduction of the FortiGate 800, Fortinet
continues to deliver on our promise to provide the highest performance, most
secure solutions with the lowest total cost of ownership."
Distribution and Availability
The FortiGate 800 will be available in Q1 2004 via Fortinet's global
network of authorized distributors and resellers.
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