GEC NEWS WIREPartners Including HP, Ixia, PLUMgrid, Pluribus Networks, Extreme Networks and NTT Collaborate with Fortinet to Advance SDN Security
Fortinet has unveiled its new Software-Defined Network Security (SDNS) framework – the first of its kind across the industry – designed to provide advanced threat protection through the integration of security into the modern, agile data center environment. This new framework provides a clear vision and actionable steps in delivering a comprehensive approach to securing the data center, while providing the most extensible platform for infrastructure integration with technology partners including HP, Ixia, PLUMgrid, Pluribus Networks, Extreme Networks and NTT.
“There is likely no single SDN platform that all enterprise and service provider customers are going to standardize on,” said John Maddison, vice president of marketing for Fortinet. The key is providing scalable security modules that can be called on-demand, at the orchestration level.” The recent milestones are the new Fortinet security appliances to support Microsoft Azure; membership in HP’s AllianceOne program to deliver pre-integrated; optimized security for HP’s SDN portfolio; integration with Cisco’s application-centric infrastructure (ACI), and network security efforts for VMware vSphere and SDDC customers.
“With recent efforts to leverage HP VAN SDN Controller orchestration of next-generation firewall (NGFW) protection for campus LAN’s, we have a strong collaborative relationship with Fortinet” said Michael Zhu, senior director of Solutions and Alliances, Global Product Line Management, HP Networking.
