SUNNYVALE, CA, Oct 13, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX News Network) -- Fortinet(R) (NASDAQ: FTNT) -- a leading network security provider and the worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions -- today announced that it will host a live webinar on the "Evolution of the Enterprise Firewall" on Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 10 a.m. ET.

WHAT: This event will address how enterprises, especially those with sophisticated infrastructures, are facing a challenge in growing their firewall deployments to meet their evolving network security needs. This challenge is primarily due to their legacy firewalls' inability to: address increasingly complex multi-vector threats, which call for complete content protection; meet the higher throughput requirements driven by online applications and new technologies (VoIP, video, etc.); and scale to secure the extended perimeter of the organization, which now includes the distributed and mobile enterprise.

WHO: Guest speaker Chris Christiansen, program vice president of security products and services at IDC, and Patrick Bedwell, vice president of product marketing at Fortinet, will discuss the evolution of the firewall and how today's enterprises are keeping up through unified threat management. This event is recommended for security administrators, enterprise IT administrators and senior-level IT decision-makers.

WHEN: Wednesday, October 27, at 10 a.m. ET.

REGISTRATION: To register for the free, online webinar, go to http://www.fortinet.com/registration/?oid=805.

Members of the media can register for the event by contacting Jennifer Leggio at jleggio@fortinet.com.

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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Media Contact:
Jennifer Leggio
Fortinet, Inc.
+1-408-486-7876
jleggio@fortinet.com

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