Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated and automated cybersecurity solutions, has announced that Oman Data Park (ODP) has expanded its managed security services offering by adding the Fortinet Secure SD-WAN solution to its portfolio. This announcement strengthens a long-standing seven-year partnership between Oman Data Park and Fortinet.<\/p>\n
Founded in 2012, Oman Data Park is the Sultanate\u2019s premier Managed Services Provider offering both local and international organisations with infrastructure, AI, cloud, public cloud and managed security services.<\/p>\n
Maitham Al Lawati, General Manager – Risk and Compliance at Oman Data Park, said: “Oman Data Park enjoys a strategic partnership with Fortinet where they provide us with security solutions for our managed network security services business. Our aim is to provide the best security services and maximum return on investment for our customers who place their trust on us to manage their next-generation security requirements.<\/p>\n
“By adding Fortinet\u2019s powerful and secure SD-WAN to our services, we are not only strengthening our relationship with Fortinet and enhancing our portfolio, but also allowing our customers to benefit from the unique combination of security, flexibility, single-pane-of-glass management and cost savings with minimal to no additional investment.”<\/p>\n
Fortinet\u2019s Secure SD-WAN solution enables the efficient, automated, SLA-based utilisation of their WAN resources for Internet and cloud-based service access. ODP\u2019s customers have benefited from these capabilities to replace their separate WAN routers, WAN optimisation products and security devices with a single solution that is secure, application-aware and offers automatic WAN path control and multi-broadband support.<\/p>\n
It greatly improves application performance while reducing WAN operating expenses and management complexity. Fortinet\u2019s SD-WAN has also helped ODP customers to secure their applications hosted on ODP cloud, including email and web applications security and Advanced Threat Protection (ATP).<\/p>\n
\u201cOman Data Park is one of Fortinet\u2019s first MSSP partners in the region and we are pleased to see our relationship growing stronger through our shared goals \u2013 that of providing customers with critical next-generation security solutions,\u201d said Alain Penel, Regional Vice President \u2013 Middle East, Fortinet. \u201cSecure SD-WAN is a native component of the\u00a0Fortinet Security Fabric\u00a0and the\u00a0FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall\u00a0and ODP\u2019s customers will benefit from having such tools for undergoing Digital Transformation without the security risks inherent to other solutions that don\u2019t take a security-first approach.\u201d<\/p>\n
ODP have standardised their managed security services with Fortinet\u2019s FortiGate appliances to offer customers UTM and NGFW services. Based on customers requirements, ODP provides FortiGate appliances ranging from the entry-level FortiGate 30E series, to the high-end FortiGate 3700D series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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