{"id":1146,"date":"2020-02-11T13:52:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T09:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techxmedia.com\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2025-04-18T00:01:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T20:01:38","slug":"fortinet-equinix-to-accelerate-cloud-connectivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/fortinet-equinix-to-accelerate-cloud-connectivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortinet teams up with Equinix to accelerate cloud connectivity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fortinet announced that it is teaming with Equinix, a global interconnection and data center company,\u00a0to accelerate cloud connectivity with the addition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/products\/sd-wan.html?utm_source=pr&amp;utm_campaign=2019-q3-sd-wan\">Fortinet Secure SD-WAN<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equinix.com\/services\/edge-services\/network-edge\/index\/?ls=Public%20Relations&amp;lsd=19q2_cross-vertical_network-edge__pr-equinix_pr-newswire_press-release__us-en_AMER_Network_Edge_press_release&amp;utm_campaign=us-en__press-release_Network_Edge_press_release_pr-equinix&amp;utm_medium=press-release&amp;utm_content=network-edge_\">Equinix\u2019s Network Edge<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enterprise organizations are increasingly turning to <a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/tag\/SD-WAN\/\">SD-WAN<\/a> to improve user experience, reduce costs and optimize connectivity to multiple cloud platforms from branch and campus locations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortinet.com\/corporate\/about-us\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2019\/fortinet-secure-sd-wan-chosen-by-over-21000-global-customers-supports-enterprises-with-up-to-100000-sites.html\">over 21,000 customers have chosen Fortinet Secure SD-WAN<\/a>,\nmany of them choosing to deploy\ndirectly from the branch to accelerate their cloud adoption and\nimprove application and user experience for business applications. For enterprises that are\nadopting a cloud-first strategy \u2013 moving their workloads exclusively to the\ncloud \u2013 or a hybrid multi-cloud strategy \u2013 using multiple public clouds at the\nsame time for faster connectivity from WAN edges \u2013 Fortinet Secure SD-WAN is\nnow available as a virtual network service via Network Edge on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equinix.com\/platform-equinix\/\">Platform\nEquinix<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The addition of\nFortinet Secure SD-WAN to Network Edge allows Equinix to empower enterprise\ncustomers with a cloud on-ramp solution across multiple public clouds with full-featured\nSD-WAN that is scalable from mid-market to large distributed enterprises. With Fortinet Secure SD-WAN now available via Network Edge on Platform\nEquinix, enterprise customers are able to resolve latency challenges while\naccessing multi-cloud applications and optimize their cloud connectivity\nwithout compromising on security. Adding a colocation option extends the reach of\nFortinet Secure SD-WAN, which is available via\nhardware appliance, as an NFV for on-premises deployments, and as a virtual\nappliance in all major cloud providers. Fortinet\u2019s Secure SD-WAN solution\nassures accelerated throughput to workloads located in any public cloud\nprovider globally, with full multi-cloud and hybrid cloud support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With integrated\nnext-generation firewall security, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN now available in Equinix\u2019s\nNetwork Edge marketplace allows organizations to not only accelerate cloud\nconnectivity across public clouds and SaaS applications, but also enable\nconsistent security. Simplified operations with centralized management and analytics\nallow enterprise customers to enable zero-touch provisioning for faster\ndeployment. Flexible licensing models via bring-your-own-license\nor subscription-based pay-as-you-go allow customers to pick the licensing model\nthat best meets their needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With integrated next-generation firewall security, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN now available in Equinix\u2019s Network Edge marketplace allows organizations to not only accelerate cloud connectivity across public clouds and SaaS applications, but also enable consistent security. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,1595,9621],"tags":[366,364,206],"contributor":[],"class_list":["post-1146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cloud-computing","category-cybersecurity","category-emerging-technologies","tag-cloudconnectivity","tag-equinix","tag-fortinet"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/JMaddison-min-e1581414248976.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Rabab","author_link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/author\/rabab\/"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1146"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}