Fortinet®, a global provider of broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions, announced the adoption of Fortinet Secure SD-WAN by five new managed security service providers (MSSP) to help drive better business outcomes and customer experiences. B.Online, Cirion, ngena, PT&T, and Telefónica join a growing list of service providers that are leveraging Fortinet Secure SD-WAN as the foundation for new and differentiated connectivity services while maintaining security. Enterprises benefit from a faster return on investment as well as the ability to deploy solutions more quickly with the assistance of their MSSP.
John Maddison, EVP of Products and CMO at Fortinet said, “Fortinet has the unique ability to deliver industry-leading SD-WAN, SASE, Universal ZTNA, SD-Branch and many other solutions built on a common operating system. This allows our global MSSP partners to easily grow their business and deliver new services. We’re proud to support our partners and their customers with flexible solutions to tackle their biggest digital acceleration challenges.”
MSSPs continue to rely on Fortinet Secure SD-WAN to provide flexible, on-demand access to business-critical applications deployed in the cloud, data center, or on-premises. Fortinet Secure SD-WAN is the industry’s only solution that can be seamlessly expanded to Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), SD-Branch, and other services, and can be used as the foundation of new services today and in the future. When enterprises have remote users who need to connect to local applications in a data center (on premises or in the public cloud), the recently launched Secure Private Access integration with Fortinet Secure SD-WAN can be used to protect their existing investments.
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN also integrates with third-party cloud-delivered security capabilities available from an MSSP, such as Secure Web Gateway (SWG), ZTNA, Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), and Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS). By combining these solutions, MSSPs can create a powerful multi-vendor SASE offering that provides remote workers with the same connectivity and security benefits as employees in a traditional office.
Fortinet also provides a comprehensive single-vendor SASE solution by combining cloud-delivered SD-WAN connectivity with cloud-delivered security service edge (SSE). FortiSASE extends the convergence of networking and security from the edge to remote users. Because this single-vendor SASE solution is powered by a single operating system (FortiOS), MSSPs can easily deliver new services to expand their business.
Fortinet continues to invest heavily in its Secure SD-WAN solution, and customers and third parties recognize this effort. In fact, Fortinet was recently named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic QuadrantTM for SD-WAN in 20221 and ranked first in three out of five Critical Capability Use Cases in the Gartner® Critical Capabilities for SD-WAN report.
Furthermore, a Forrester-commissioned study recently quantified both the network and security benefits of Fortinet Secure SD-WAN. The findings revealed that a composite organization comprised of interviewees with Fortinet Secure SD-WAN experience delivered 300% ROI over three years and payback in eight months, highlighting the benefits customers and partners gain by investing in the solution. To help our service provider partners even more, Fortinet has a long history of collaboration with MEF to establish industry standards for SD-WAN, SASE, and ZTNA. Service providers use these standards to help customers make informed decisions about the products they buy.
Here’s is the new service provider that have recently launched managed SD-WAN services powered by Fortinet are saying about Fortinet Secure SD-WAN:“From the beginning, our vision was to develop a service offering that not only provided the value of traditional SD-WAN but would be flexible enough to blend SD-WAN and cloud-delivered security to deliver SASE offerings to our customers. We knew this would allow B.Online to commit to any service level the customer required for any type of traffic. By adding a recognized SD-WAN leader like Fortinet to our portfolio, B.Online was able to achieve this goal. Not only have we seen an increase in our sales growth for network services since adding Secure SD-WAN to our services, but Fortinet’s reputation across the industry and stellar performance has further increased customer trust in B.Online globally,” Said Ayman Abu Jalalah, Directory of Technology at B.Online KW.
