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Fortinet's FortiMail Earns Platinum Certification for Virus Bulletin's VBSpam Awards
(Market Wire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SUNNYVALE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 11/06/09 --
Fortinet® -- a market-leading network
security provider and worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM)
solutions -- today announced that its FortiMail(TM) email security
appliance was awarded Virus Bulletin's highest level "Platinum"
certification in the VBSpam Awards.
Virus Bulletin staff tested FortiMail among 13 other anti-spam products for
detection rates and the number of false positives. Fortinet's FortiMail
product was one of only two products that achieved the Platinum-level
certification, which is given to products with a spam catch rate twice as
high and a false positive rate twice as low as the average in the test.
"FortiMail has had a strong support from enterprises worldwide, and being
certified as a Platinum product by Virus Bulletin is further validation of
FortiMail's strong anti-spam capabilities," said Anthony James, vice
president of products, Fortinet. "We are thrilled to have our FortiMail
appliance Platinum-certified by Virus Bulletin. The highest-level VBSpam
award underscores our dedication to providing customers with powerful and
differentiated anti-spam products to meet their constantly evolving
security needs."
Fortinet's FortiMail email security appliance is a multi-layered email
security platform that removes unwanted spam and provides maximum
protection for blended email-related threats. FortiMail enables enterprises
to increase productivity by reducing unwanted spam messages and facilitates
regulatory compliance through advanced email content archiving and routing.
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
content 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.
Copyright © 2009 Fortinet, Inc. All rights reserved. The symbols ® and
(TM) denote respectively federally registered trademarks and unregistered
trademarks of Fortinet, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates. Fortinet's
trademarks include, but are not limited to, the following: Fortinet,
FortiGate, FortiGuard, FortiManager, FortiMail, FortiClient, FortiCare,
FortiAnalyzer, FortiReporter, FortiOS, FortiASIC, FortiWiFi, FortiSwitch,
FortiVoIP, FortiBIOS, FortiLog, FortiResponse, FortiCarrier, FortiScan,
FortiDB and FortiWeb. Other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
Fortinet has not independently verified statements or certifications herein
attributed to third parties.
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Media Contacts:
Maeve Naughton
Fortinet, Inc.
408-486-7819
mnaughton@fortinet.com
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