Fortinet wins Frost & Sullivan Network Security Vendor Award

Fortinet recently announced that it has been honored with the 2013 Frost & Sullivan Network Security Vendor of the Year Award. The Award was presented at the 2013 Frost & Sullivan India Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Awards banquet, held at the Le Meridien hotel in New Delhi.

This Award is a tribute to Fortinet's proven leadership, dynamic market strategy, product innovation, and consistent efforts by the team in delivering exceptional business performance across domains, as well as in demonstrating best practices and excellence during the past 12 months in India.

An independent panel of eminent judges including industry leaders from across the Indian ICT sector as well as Frost & Sullivan's ICT analyst team evaluated the various contenders for this Award based on their market performance, market strategy, innovation with new products, and alignment with key market trends. The award Fortinet received covers the Firewall/IPSec VPN, SSL VPN and IDS/IPS segments.

"Notwithstanding the challenging business scenario in India, Fortinet recorded impressive growth in 2012. This win is a direct outcome of a successful product strategy and strategic business partnerships, driven by a singular focus on intelligent innovation to meet customer needs," said Benoy CS, director, ICT Practice, Frost & Sullivan. "We recognize Fortinet as the Network Security Vendor of the Year in India because of its outstanding market performance, technology innovation, and consistent focus leading to a strong local presence."

The Frost & Sullivan Awards is a global program that recognizes outstanding industry achievement by companies across the world. The 11^th edition of the India ICT Awards acknowledged exemplary companies and individuals that have pushed the boundaries of excellence, risen above the competition, and demonstrated outstanding performance in the ICT sector in India.

On this occasion, Vishak Raman, Fortinet's senior regional director for India and SAARC, said: "It's indeed a matter of prestige to be recognized by Frost & Sullivan for our leadership in the network security market. This award coincides with our 10^th anniversary in the Indian market, and is a testimonial of how the investments in our operations in sales, pre-sales, support, and marketing have paid off. Our product innovation, excellent support, and relentless efforts in delivering value proposition to customers have differentiated us from the competition, and positioned us for further growth in the year ahead."