Fortinet bagged the Network Security Company of the Year award in UAE for the year 2017 by leaing research and consulting firm, Frost & Sullivan. The company was recognised for its growth, portfolio diversity, the technology roadmap and vision for the future to provider solutions to deal with advanced network security threats.
“Network security products constitute the bulk of Fortinet’s business in the UAE, while the adoption of cloud, virtual and SDN models is also growing steadily,” said Benoy C S, Director & Business Unit Head, Digital Transformation Practice, Frost & Sullivan. “Through a strong partner ecosystem, Fortinet tightly integrates and interoperates with all major virtualization SDN cloud security analytics and networking vendors in the UAE.”
Industry analysts at Frost & Sullivan tracked markets and companies by holding detailed interactions with market participants, end-users, other stakeholders, value chain players and extensive research of proprietary data, to compile the Jury Evaluation Matrix. Specific benchmarks were considered to ascertain the final industry ranking, and winners were chosen based on revenue and growth, market share and growth, technology roadmap, and key achievements.
“Fortinet is proud to be announced as the UAE’s leading Network Security Company for 2017. It is a testimony to our technology vision and commitment to our partners and customers. The adoption of connected devices, Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud services in the UAE is increasing, and so are the complexities with regard to the security needs surrounding these technologies. With the Fortinet Security Fabric, we are leading the way in security innovation and helping companies in the UAE and across the Middle East address the challenges of security from IoT to the Cloud.” said Alain Penel, Regional Vice President for Middle East at Fortinet.