SUNNYVALE, CA -- 10/30/09 --
Fortinet® -- a market-leading network
security provider and worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM)
solutions -- today announced its next-generation FortiSwitch(TM) family
with the debut of two new 10 gigabit Ethernet (GbE), ultra-low latency
switching platforms that feature high port density and "lossless"
scalability. The FortiSwitch-1000 chassis and FortiSwitch-500 platform are
designed to build high-performance network fabrics such as those required
by supercomputers for calculation-intensive tasks or high-speed
interconnect applications for server virtualization, data center
consolidation, and parallel and cloud-based computing. With a high
port-density of up to 576 10 GbE interfaces per seven-foot rack, the new
FortiSwitch products can scale to thousands of non-blocking ports for
maximum performance in minimal data center square footage. The introduction
of these FortiSwitch products complements Fortinet's existing high-end 10
GbE security infrastructure. Fortinet is also introducing the
FortiSwitch-100 "top-of-the-rack" switching platform as a complementary
product intended to reduce overall data center deployment costs.
As bandwidth requirements in the data center core increases and 10 GbE
performance is more commonplace, the underlying switching technology needs
to come up to speed without adding more complexity to the network
architecture or increasing the physical footprint. With FortiSwitch
hardware at the core, network operators can build wire-speed, highly
scalable and ultra-low latency network fabrics with the simplicity and
robustness of standard Ethernet. Traffic congestion is minimized by using
Fortinet's vScale(TM) multi-path traffic switching and dynamic congestion
avoidance features, which re-route data flows to the lowest latency path in
real-time and while maintaining full Ethernet compliance.
"The high-port density and high-speed switching capabilities of the new
FortiSwitch platforms underscore the performance- and value-centric
philosophy of Fortinet's entire product portfolio," said Anthony James,
vice president, product marketing, Fortinet. "These combined benefits --
the industry-standard Ethernet interface, Fortinet's vScale switching
technology, and value-focused product line -- will enable customers to more
easily build a high-performance network fabric at industry-leading price
points."
Dr. Bruce Allen, director of the Observational Relativity and Cosmology
division at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert
Einstein Institute), says: "Fortinet's FortiSwitch product uses unique
technology to make a faster yet less complex switch. It enabled the Atlas
computer cluster in Hannover to be the fastest Ethernet-based computer
cluster in the world."
The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics is the largest research
center solely devoted to the whole spectrum of general relativity and
beyond. The "Atlas Computer Cluster" is a part of the institute.
FortiSwitch Product Line-up
-- FortiSwitch-1000 is a 10 GbE switching platform designed for high
performance computing and data center fabrics; its fully redundant and
modular 10RU chassis houses configurable line cards, supporting up to 144
10 GbE interfaces. Multiple chassis can be interconnected to provide
greater scalability; the FortiSwitch-1000 chassis is also interoperable
with the FortiSwitch-500/100 appliances.
-- FortiSwitch-500 is a 10 GbE switching platform designed for high
performance computing and data center fabrics; its fully redundant and
modular 1RU platform offers 24 10 GbE interfaces. Multiple appliances can
be interconnected to provide greater scalability; FortiSwitch-500
appliances are also interoperable with the FortiSwitch-1000/100 platforms.
-- FortiSwitch-100 is a GbE and 10 GbE switching platform designed for
data center top-of-rack server aggregation; packaged in a compact 1RU form
factor, the FortiSwitch-100 platform delivers full wire speed Layer 2/3/4
switch features at industry-leading price points. Working in conjunction
with the FortiSwitch-1000 or -500 platforms, the FortiSwitch-100 series
switch dramatically reduces overall data center deployment costs while
preserving key performance innovations offered on other two FortiSwith-1000
and -500; comes with 48 wire speed 10/100/1000 ports with options including
4 x 10 GbE active CX4 or 4 x 10 GbE SFP+ uplinks.
This new FortiSwitch product set was added to Fortinet's product line as a
result of Fortinet's purchase of certain assets from Woven Systems earlier
this year.
Product Availability
The FortiSwitch-1000, -500 and -100 platforms are all now available.
Additional information on the FortiSwitch family can be found at
www.fortinet.com/products/fortiswitch.
About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com)
Fortinet is a leading provider of network security appliances and the
market leader in Unified Threat Management or UTM. Fortinet solutions were
built from the ground up to integrate multiple levels of security
protection -- including firewall, VPN, antivirus, intrusion prevention, Web
filtering, spyware prevention and antispam -- designed to help customers
protect against network and content level threats. Leveraging a custom ASIC
and unified interface, Fortinet solutions offer advanced security
functionality that scales from remote office to chassis-based solutions
with integrated management and reporting. Fortinet solutions have won
multiple awards around the world and are the only security products that
are certified in five programs by ICSA Labs: Firewall, Antivirus, IPSec
VPN, Network IPS and Antispam. Fortinet is based in Sunnyvale, California.
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Media Contacts:
Kim Nguyen
Fortinet, Inc.
408-486-5458
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