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SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 17, 2004 – Fortinet -
the only provider of ASIC-powered, network-based antivirus
firewall systems for real-time network protection – today
announced Japan Business Computer Corp. (JBCC), the number
one solution provider in Japan for the IBM Business Partner
program, is leveraging FortiGate™ Antivirus Firewall
platforms as a key component of a managed security service
targeted to corporate customers. The managed security service
provides 24/7/365 remote monitoring and management of FortiGate
Antivirus Firewall systems, and provides companies and organizations
of all sizes with gateway
antivirus protection along with a full suite of network-level
and content-level protection capabilities against intrusions,
viruses, worms, malicious Web and mail content, and more.
“Often, customers become more concerned about security
issues when they turn responsibility over to a third party
than if they managed the systems themselves,” said Kazuyoshi
Ishiguro, president, JBCC. “With this heightened scrutiny,
we have to have security platforms in place that operate with
the highest performance, are easy to manage, and address the
broadest cross section of security threats. Fortinet provides
our customers with that solution.”
In Japan, the issue of performance is always a factor when
companies look at network-based security solutions. Many organizations
have become used to the high-speed broadband Internet connections
available in Japan, which routinely deliver between 8-12 Megabits
per second, and are unwilling to compromise on performance
in order to have adequate security. At the same time, the
cost of procuring, integrating, and managing conventional
security products is prohibitive for organizations of all
types and sizes, given today’s limited financial and
personnel resources. JBCC’s managed service named “Rental
SEKISHO-KUN (Rentable Mr. Barrier)”, based on Fortinet’s
products, provides customers with a headache-free, cost effective
solution that delivers the best available security without
compromising performance.
Leading The Managed Security Services Wave
According to information published by CERT (www.cert.org)
from Gartner, an IT research firm, managed security services
is one of the fastest growing market segments in the security
marketplace. Gartner reports that by 2005, 60 percent of enterprises
will outsource the monitoring of at least one network boundary
security technology. The META Group, also a
research and IT consulting company, expects to see maturity
first in the managed VPN and firewall arenas. According to
IDC, a division of the research and technology company International
Data Group (IDG), by 2004 security services are expected to
become a $16.5B industry with a 35 percent compound annual
growth rate. The Fortinet-powered managed security service
provided by JBCC/SMAC (Solution Management and Access Center)
includes firewall monitoring, real time antivirus and intrusion
threat prevention updates, rule maintenance and attack log
analysis, and hardware support and maintenance, all key components
of managed services highlighted by leading industry research.
“Managed security services holds the promise of helping
companies of all sizes more effectively combat today’s
most complicated Internet-born attacks, without requiring
significant IT staffing,” said Richard Kagan, vice president
of marketing at Fortinet. “Fortinet’s solutions
provide managed security service provides with a unique ability
to deliver differentiated offerings that are profitable and
meet customer needs.”
About JBCC (www.jbcc.co.jp/information/index_e.htm)
JBCC provides comprehensive services relating to computer
systems, ranging from consultation and planning, implementation,
administration, maintenance and support, training and outsourcing.
This wide range of services is backed up by JBCC’s nationwide
73 office locations, as well as the state of the art SMAC
customer support system.
About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com)
Fortinet's award-winning FortiGate™ series of ASIC-accelerated
antivirus firewalls, winner of the 2003 Networking Industry
Awards Firewall Product of the Year, are the new generation
of real-time network protection systems. They 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. FortiGate systems, the only security
products that are quadruple-certified by the ICSA (antivirus,
firewall, IPSec, NIDS), deliver a full range of network-level
and application-level services in integrated, easily managed
platforms. Named to the “Visionaries” category in
the 2003 Gartner Enterprise Firewall Magic Quadrant, Fortinet
is privately held and based in Sunnyvale, California.
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