Fortinet-Intel Collaboration: Transforming Security- Stitch A Fabric Of Unmatched Security

Many vendors claim to have security solutions that protect you from “end to end,” but customers too often get stuck in the middle.

“Working in a hybrid, highly complex environment creates a lot of challenges,” says Jason Kimrey, general manager of US channel scale and partner sales at Intel. “You need partners that can help you navigate, whether you’re going from on-prem to off-prem or multiple cloud offerings.”

Instead of just protecting a single environment, now you’re protecting multiple architectures, along with everything that flows in-between, not to mention having to work with different technologies that aren’t always on speaking terms.

“So you had to have people come in and look at something like that and then go over and look at this. And you have to look at all these different endpoints in order to understand what actually is happening,” says Stephan Tallent, senior director, managed security service provider and service enablement at Fortinet.

Customers are increasingly opting for the convenience of a hybrid architecture that combines on-prem and off-prem, but that convenience comes at a price. That price is the increased complexity of a solution that can protect both environments.

“When you bring these different technologies together and they talk to each other and the companies are working together at high levels, you're actually able to create a great deal of functionality and customization that allows the partner to differentiate themselves,” says Tallent.

The Fortinet-Intel collaboration further extends Fortinet’s security fabric across traditional, cloud, virtual and software-defined environments. You and your customers can rest assured knowing your network is enjoying advanced security and accelerated performance powered by Fortinet and Intel.

“The Fortinet-Intel partnership allows for that flexibility and that agility, whether customers are trying to protect their assets in a corporate network environment, in a private cloud, or moving those assets to a public cloud,” says Jon Bove, vice president of Americas channels at Fortinet. “This strategic partnership with Intel allows us to continue that best-of-breed performance in a virtualized environment.”

“We’re working with partners like Fortinet to take advantage of what we’re doing in hardware to make NFV a reality. It is the next big wave. It’s going to do to networking what virtualization applications did for servers,” says Kimrey.

Fortinet’s approach allows partners to leverage its connectors for deeper integration and automate operational capabilities in multi-vendor environments though API integration. As we see more and more solutions go to a virtual environment, this strong partnership gives customers increased overall performance, agility and reduction of infrastructure burden. Fortinet does the heavy lifting that partners can activate with a single click.

No matter where your customers are, the Intel-Fortinet alliance has solutions that will work anywhere. They work for you because they’re customizable and they work for your customers because they’re convenient.