The dispute ended a month later after Fortinet agreed to make the source code available upon request. In April 2005, a German court issued a preliminary injunction against Fortinet's UK subsidiary in relation to source code for its GPL-licensed elements. By 2004 Fortinet had offices in Asia, Europe and North America. The company began distributing its products in Canada in December 2003, through Westcon Canada, and in the UK in February 2004 through Norwood Adam. Fortinet's first channel program was established in October 2003. An additional $30 million in financing was raised in August 2003, followed by $50 million in March 2004. The company raised $13 million in private funding from 2000 to early 2003. įortinet spent two years in research and development before introducing its first product, FortiGate, in 2002. The company was renamed to ApSecure in December 2000 and later renamed again to Fortinet, based on the phrase 'Fortified Networks.' In 2004, amid fundraising for Fortinet, NetScreen was acquired by Juniper Networks for $4 billion. In 2000, they co-founded Appligation Inc.
Prior to Fortinet, Ken Xie founded and served as an executive for NetScreen, and Michael Xie served as an executive for ServeGate. The product was later adapted to include multi-cloud, IoT, and SD-WAN capabilities.Ĭorporate history Early history In 2016, Fortinet released its Security Fabric architecture that included integration and automation with other network security devices and third-party vendors. The company went public in November 2009, raising $156 million through an initial public offering. By 2004, Fortinet had raised over $90 million in funding. The company's first product was FortiGate, a firewall, later adding wireless access points, sandboxing, and messaging security.
It develops and markets cybersecurity software and appliances and services, such as firewalls, anti-virus, intrusion prevention and endpoint security.įortinet was founded in 2000 by brothers Ken and Michael Xie. See the Knowledge Base article on the vendor website to learn more about configuring port mirroring on Fortinet-FortiGate Switches.Fortinet is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
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