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Fortinet
Fortinet, Inc. is an American cybersecurity company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, who develop and market security solutions like firewalls, endpoint security and intrusion detection systems.
Fortinet has offices all over the world including US, Canada, and UK.
Founded in 2000 by brothers Ken Xie and Michael Xie, the company's first and main product was FortiGate, a physical firewall. The company later added wireless access points, sandbox and messaging security. The company went public in November 2009.
In 2000, Ken Xie and his brother Michael Xie co-founded Appligation, Inc., which they renamed ApSecure and finally Fortinet (from the phrase "Fortified Networks").
Fortinet introduced its first product, FortiGate, in 2002, followed by anti-spam and anti-virus software. The company raised $13 million in private funding from 2000 to early 2003. Fortinet's first channel program was established in October 2003.
The company began distributing its products in Canada in December 2003 and in the UK in February 2004. By 2004, Fortinet had offices in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Fortinet became profitable in the third quarter of 2008.
According to market research firm IDC, by November 2009, Fortinet held over 15 percent of the unified threat management market. Also in 2009, CRN Magazine's survey-based annual report card placed Fortinet first in network security hardware, up from seventh in 2007. In November 2009, Fortinet had an initial public offering, opening on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol FTNT. By the end of the first day of trading, the company had raised $156 million. The company later became listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, and became a component of the NASDAQ-100 index.[citation needed]
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Fortinet
Fortinet, Inc. is an American cybersecurity company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, who develop and market security solutions like firewalls, endpoint security and intrusion detection systems.
Fortinet has offices all over the world including US, Canada, and UK.
Founded in 2000 by brothers Ken Xie and Michael Xie, the company's first and main product was FortiGate, a physical firewall. The company later added wireless access points, sandbox and messaging security. The company went public in November 2009.
In 2000, Ken Xie and his brother Michael Xie co-founded Appligation, Inc., which they renamed ApSecure and finally Fortinet (from the phrase "Fortified Networks").
Fortinet introduced its first product, FortiGate, in 2002, followed by anti-spam and anti-virus software. The company raised $13 million in private funding from 2000 to early 2003. Fortinet's first channel program was established in October 2003.
The company began distributing its products in Canada in December 2003 and in the UK in February 2004. By 2004, Fortinet had offices in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Fortinet became profitable in the third quarter of 2008.
According to market research firm IDC, by November 2009, Fortinet held over 15 percent of the unified threat management market. Also in 2009, CRN Magazine's survey-based annual report card placed Fortinet first in network security hardware, up from seventh in 2007. In November 2009, Fortinet had an initial public offering, opening on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol FTNT. By the end of the first day of trading, the company had raised $156 million. The company later became listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, and became a component of the NASDAQ-100 index.[citation needed]