Fortinet's FortiGate(TM) Enterprise Security Appliances Secure the Multi-
gigabit Network Designed by iNOC at the Radiological Society of North
America's (RSNA) Annual Meeting
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortinet -- the pioneer and
market leader in Unified Threat Management and only provider of ASIC-
accelerated, network-based multi-threat security systems for real-time network
protection -- today announced that its FortiGate enterprise security
appliances have been deployed to secure the multi-gigabit network at the
Radiological Society of North America's (RSNA) Annual Meeting at McCormick
Place in Chicago, held from Nov. 27-Dec. 2. RSNA is the medical industry's
largest international meeting with over 700 vendors and 62,000 attendees,
including radiologists, allied health scientists, hospital executives and
healthcare consultants.
Fortinet's FortiGate enterprise security appliances are protecting the
tradeshow's massive high-speed communications network that supports the
conference, dubbed RSNAnet, which is designed and managed by iNOC, a global
provider of Network Operations Center (NOC) services and Fortinet Partner.
RSNAnet spans multiple exhibit halls across two million square-feet, has about
120 network closets and uses Gigabit Ethernet and OC-48 (Optical Carrier 48)
transport. Premium Ethernet services are delivered by a flexible Virtual
Private LAN Service (VPLS) enabled network over a resilient IP/MPLS
(Multiprotocol Label Switching) core using Marconi BXR-5000 routers and
Extreme Summit7i/5i switches. In addition, wireless hot spots across the show
floor are enabled with Meru Networks' WLAN System, which provides quality of
service (QoS) and load balancing in high user-density environments.
Multiple FortiGate-500A and FortiGate-800 systems, which are ASIC-
accelerated multi-function enterprise security appliances, are deployed both
internally on every network segment, as well as externally on Internet
connections providing firewall, antivirus, intrusion prevention and VPN
services. iNOC has been designing, building and managing RSNAnet for the last
six years, and this is the third year that Fortinet's FortiGate security
appliances have protected the network. To manage and monitor the network, iNOC
builds a temporary NOC at the Convention Center.
"Protecting the multi-gigabit RSNAnet at this year's RSNA conference with
over 62,000 attendees requires comprehensive network security functionality
that does not adversely affect network performance, and can be deployed
quickly and seamlessly to protect our massive temporary network," said Rick
Smith, vice president of engineering and services for iNOC. "Fortinet's ASIC-
accelerated FortiGate systems fit our requirements again this year by
providing the security functionality and performance we need, all in an
enterprise security appliance form factor that is easy to deploy, configure
and manage."
About iNOC (http://www.internetnoc.com)
iNOC provides Network Operations Center (NOC) services for Enterprises and
Service Providers that need to reduce costly downtime of their IT and
Telecommunications Infrastructure. iNOC's clients are concerned about lack of
standard procedures and processes, information security and disaster recovery
and look for a 24x7x365 monitoring and management solution that is delivered
by an experienced team. iNOC offers a reliable, secure and cost-effective
management solution by leveraging tightly integrated proprietary software
tools, processes and redundant 24x7x365 NOCs to help Enterprises and Service
Providers accomplish their strategic objectives and achieve industry
compliance.
About Fortinet (http://www.fortinet.com)
Fortinet is the confirmed leader of the Unified Threat Management security
appliance market. The company's award-winning FortiGate(TM) series of ASIC-
accelerated multi-threat security appliances, winner of the 2004 Security
Product of the Year Award from Network Computing magazine and 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 e-mail and Web traffic such as
viruses, worms, intrusions, inappropriate Web content and more in real time --
without degrading network performance. Fortinet's solutions are the only
security products that are certified seven times over by the ICSA (firewall,
antivirus, IPSec, SSL, IDS, client antivirus detection and cleaning), and
deliver a full range of network-level and application-level services in
integrated, easily managed platforms. Named a Light Reading Top 10 Private
Company and #4 on Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal's "Fast 50" list,
Fortinet is privately held and based in Sunnyvale, California.
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CONTACT:
Kelly LeBlanc, +1-408-486-7876 or
kleblanc@fortinet.com, or Michelle Spolver, +1-408-486-7837 or
mspolver@fortinet.com, both of Fortinet, Inc.
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