Unisys partners Fortinet for outsourced enterprise security services
ConvergenceAsia staff
18/07/2007

Unified threat management solutions provider Fortinet and Unisys have entered into a global agreement to use Fortinet's FortiGate multi-threat security systems as both supported premise equipment and operational infrastructure in the Unisys Managed Security Services.

Under the agreement, Unisys, a worldwide technology services and solutions company will resell Fortinet's enterprise and high-end security systems - from the FortiGate-50 to the FortiGate-5000 Series - to its customers and manage all outsourcing requirements for firewall, antivirus, IPS, Web content filtering and anti-spam functions.

Unisys also will support the FortiGate products for its customers, including subscription services and 24-hour replacement services, which are essential for fulfilling the requirements of high-end customers.

"Our decision to begin offering an integrated system as part of our outsourced offering was driven by budgetary and functional requirements, as traditional firewall offerings were not sufficiently meeting our customers' demands for highly effective, multi-functional systems but at lower price points," said Paul Davis, vice president and program manager, enterprise security, Unisys.

Fortinet's FortiGate multi-threat security appliances integrate essential security applications and services - including anti-virus, firewall, VPN, intrusion prevention (IPS), anti-spam, anti-spyware, Web filtering and traffic shaping - into a purpose-built platform, to provide superior protection capabilities and deployment flexibility while reducing the operational burden and costs compared to managing multiple point solutions.

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