04 March, 2018

Fortinet Honors 2017 Partner of the Year Award Winners





Top Network Security Partners and Distributors Celebrate Joint Success at Fortinet Accelerate 18 Global Partner and User Conference




Dubai, UAE – Accelerate 18 – March 4, 2018




News Summary

Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) – a global leader in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, today announced at its global partner and user conference, Accelerate 18, the winners of its 2017 Partner of the Year Awards. The awards recognize outstanding cybersecurity sales, customer experience, collaboration, and marketing achievements from the company's distributors and resellers around the world.




Ken Xie, founder, chairman of the board and chief executive officer at Fortinet

"I would like to congratulate this year’s winners for their significant achievements in 2017. These partners demonstrated a commitment to deliver the very best cybersecurity solutions that defend their customers against today’s increasingly advanced threat landscape. I would also like to extend my gratitude to all of our partners for their dedication and achievements in 2017. Working together, we have all greatly contributed to a more secure digital future."

Fortinet 2017 Partner of the Year Award Winners:

FortiHero - Global Partner of the Year
Hughes Networks
Partner of the Year
US / Canada
LATAM
EMEA
APAC
Japan
US: CDW / CAN: Integra Data
GTlink
Magellan, Germany
Comnet Co., Ltd., Thailand
Otsuka Corporation
Distributor Partner of the Year
North America
LATAM
EMEA
APAC
Japan
Tech Data North America
Adistec
BOLL Engineering AG, Switzerland
Pacific Tech Pte Ltd, Singapore
SCSK Corporation
Fabric Partner of the Year
North America
LATAM
EMEA
APAC
Japan
SHI
ConsultingServices
ITI Innovazione Tecnologica Italiana, Italy
Syscom Inc., Taiwan
NEC Fielding, Ltd.
Growth Partner of the Year
North America
LATAM
EMEA
APAC
Japan
Kudelski Security
Atlas
Dynamic Systems, Saudi Arabia
Seccom Global, Australia
NTT Communications Corporation



This year's award winners were announced at the sold out Fortinet Accelerate 18 global partner and user conference, being held at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Accelerate 18 is host to more than 2,300 attendees representing over 1,700 different partner and customer organizations who have travelled from over 90 countries. Accelerate 18 offers a unique opportunity for partners and customers to gain insights about Fortinet’s Security Fabric architecture, provide direct feedback to Fortinet leadership, learn to maximize Fortinet’s enablement programs, and gain and share best practices with the cybersecurity industry’s best and brightest.




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