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Fortinet consolidates SD-WAN and SASE management

Network World

Tighter integration between Fortinet's SASE and SD-WAN offerings is among the new features enabled by the latest version of the company's core operating system. FortiOS version 7.4 also includes better automation across its Security Fabric environment, and improved management features.

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Enterprise IT in 2014 – Under-the-Radar Challenges with WAN Bandwidth, BYOD, and XP Security

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Limited WAN Bandwidth. In a 2014 Next-Generation WAN Survey , 68 percent of respondents said demand for WAN bandwidth will increase over the next year. As the number of connected devices grows—from smartphones to tablets, and more—this strain on WAN bandwidth is inevitable. BYOD Will Fail to Live up to the Hype.

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Fortinet tightens integration of enterprise security, networking controls

Network World

has 300 new features including AI support to help stop network threats more quickly, sandboxing to help fight ransomware threats, and improved SD-WAN , branch, and edge orchestration. FortiOS is the vendor’s operating system for the FortiGate family of hardware and virtual components. FortiOS 7.2, How to choose an edge gateway.

Network 151
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Fortinet adds wireless and IoT security features to SASE platform

Network World

The vendor added the new features to its FortiSASE offering, which includes SD-WAN, secure web gateway, firewall as a service, cloud access security broker, and zero trust network access (ZTNA) , all running on top of its FortiOS operating system.

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Fortinet upgrades for better cloud, SD-WAN protection

Network World

Fortinet has rolled out a new version of its FortiOS operating system that gives customers the ability to manage security capabilities across their cloud assets and software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) environments. With FortiOS 5.6, With FortiOS 5.6,

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Technology Short Take 143

Scott Lowe

Michael Kashin explains how he built a DIY (Do It Yourself) SD-WAN using Envoy and Wireguard. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Or, one could just use something like this.

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Technology Short Take 143

Scott Lowe

Michael Kashin explains how he built a DIY (Do It Yourself) SD-WAN using Envoy and Wireguard. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Or, one could just use something like this.