Fortinet Certified by Everything Channel's VARBusiness as a Gold 5-Star Overall Winner in Its 2008 Partner Program

SUNNYVALE, CA, Mar 31 (MARKET WIRE) --
Fortinet(R) -- the pioneer and leading provider of unified threat management
(UTM) solutions -- today announced that it has been recognized by Everything
Channel's VARBusiness as one of North America's top information-technology
(IT) vendors for its FortiPartner(TM) Program.

Fortinet was certified as a Gold 5-Star Overall Winner in VARBusiness'
2008Partner Program Guide (PPG), a guide that acknowledges the commitment and
strength of a vendor's partner programs for its channel resellers, IT
integrators and technology consultants.

Fortinet is a 100-percent indirect sales company with all of its products
sold
through the channel. The strength of Fortinet's FortiPartner Program enabled it
to attract more than 700 new partners in 2007, while the company's internal
channel team grew by 82 percent. Over the past year, Fortinet has added popular
new deal terms, including channel pricing optimization and new enhancements for
deal registration designed to protect partners' investments.

"We have the strongest commitment to our channel partners, who play an
integral role in the success of Fortinet and our customers," said Michael
Valentine, vice president of Americas channel sales for Fortinet. "It is
truly an honor to be recognized with VARBusiness' 5-Star Partner designation,
which further validates the efforts we have put into our FortiPartner
Program. We have put a high priority on developing a unique and robust channel
program that offers partners the exceptional solutions and support they need to
grow their business."

Of the hundreds of vendor program entries reviewed for this year's guide,
Fortinet was one of only ten Gold 5-Star Overall Winners chosen in this 14th
annual VARBusiness Partner Programs Guide survey. The guide appears in the
March issue of VARBusiness and can be found online at www.channelweb.com.

"The quality of a vendor's partner program reflects the true commitment they
have to
the thriving Solution Provider Channel, and this year's 5-Star Partner Programs
Guide winners are the cream of the crop of Channel-friendly vendors," said
Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything
Channel.

Delivered via its flagship family of FortiGate appliances, Fortinet provides
a
flexible platform that enables enterprises and service providers of all sizes to
consolidate critical security technology and services to enhance network
protection and reduce total cost of ownership. These ASIC-accelerated security
appliances integrate essential security applications such as antivirus,
firewall,
VPN, intrusion prevention, Web filtering, and traffic shaping. All FortiGate
systems are kept up to date automatically by Fortinet's FortiGuard Network,
which helps ensure protection against the most damaging, content-based threats
from email and Web traffic such as viruses, worms, intrusions, other unwanted
networktraffic and more -- around the clock and around the world. FortiGate
systems are
centrally managed by Fortinet's FortiManager appliances which minimize the
administrative effort required to deploy, configure, monitor and maintain the
full range of network protection services provided by Fortinet products. For
additional information on Fortinet products, please visit
http://www.fortinet.com/products.

About VARBusiness

For the past 20 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the
gateway
to the commercial and public sector (or government) Solution Provider community.
The VARBusiness integrated platform of media opportunities provides strategic
insight for technology integrators through industry-defining research, in-depth
editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT
professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and
customers. VARBusiness offerings lead vendors and distributors to unprecedented
access to the most powerful strategic Solution Providers in the market.
VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both
editorial content and design.

About Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)

Everything Channel is the global leader in Channel execution and serves as
the one stop shop for Solution Providers and the hardware and software suppliers
that engage with the indirect sales Channel, which drives 75 percent of all
technology sales throughout the world. Solution Providers turn to Everything
Channel for product information, business guidance, market intelligence and
management tools. IT suppliers use Everything Channel to gain access to and
influence the Solution Provider audience, develop strategy, obtain market
intelligence and execute sales, recruitment and Channel enablement objectives.
Everything Channel provides for the wide range of business needs for both
Solution Providers and IT suppliers to run their business.

Everything Channel is the number one source for the Channel market,
helpingbusinesses run more profitably and effectively. Through use of its
portfolio
of channel solutions which include the ChannelWeb online network, magazines (CRN
and VARBusiness), events (XChange and Vision), workflow tools (MTC and eXalt),
tele-recruiting, sales support, marketing services, research and education
(IPED),
technology sellers are able to rapidly accelerate sales. Everything Channel
provides the answer to strategy and branding, online marketing, market
intelligence, lead generation, branded and custom events, education and workflow
tools targeted to those who buy and sell through the Channel.

About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com)

Fortinet is the pioneer and leading provider of ASIC-accelerated unified
threat
management, or UTM, security systems, which are used by enterprises and service
providers to increase their security while reducing total operating costs.
Fortinet solutions were built from the ground up to integrate multiple
levels of security protection -- including firewall, antivirus, intrusion
prevention, VPN, spyware prevention and anti-spam -- designed to help
customers protect against network and content level threats. Leveraging a
custom ASIC and unified interface, Fortinet solutions offer advanced security
functionality that scales from remote office to chassis-based solutions with
integrated management and reporting. Fortinet solutions have won multiple awards
around the world and are the only security products that are certified in six
programs by ICSA Labs: (Firewall, Antivirus, IPSec, SSL, Network IPS, and
Anti-Spyware). Fortinet is privately held and based in Sunnyvale, California.

Copyright Copyright 2008 Fortinet, Inc. All rights reserved. Fortinet is
aregistered trademark of Fortinet, Inc. FortiGate, FortiOS, FortiAnalyzer,
FortiASIC,
FortiCare, FortiManager, FortiWiFi, FortiGuard, FortiClient, FortiReporter and
other
names are trademarks of Fortinet, Inc. in the United States and/or other
countries. All other trademarks referred to herein are the property of their
respective owners.

Press Contacts
Dan Neel
Everything Channel
516.562.7236
dneel@everythingchannel.com

Kim Nguyen
Fortinet
408.486.5458
knguyen@fortinet.com

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