{"id":45495,"date":"2020-02-11T07:46:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T07:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/?p=45495"},"modified":"2020-02-11T07:46:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T07:46:37","slug":"fortinet-and-equinix-accelerate-cloud-connectivity-with-fortinet-secure-sd-wan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/2020\/02\/11\/fortinet-and-equinix-accelerate-cloud-connectivity-with-fortinet-secure-sd-wan\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortinet and Equinix accelerate cloud connectivity with Fortinet Secure SD-WAN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fortinet,\na global leader in cybersecurity solutions, has announced it is teaming up with\nEquinix, a global interconnection and data centre company, to accelerate\ncloud connectivity with the addition of Fortinet Secure SD-WAN on Equinix\u2019s\nNetwork Edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enterprise\norganisations are increasingly turning to SD-WAN\nto improve user experience, reduce costs and optimise connectivity to multiple\ncloud platforms from branch and campus locations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\nover 21,000 customers have chosen Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, many of them choosing\nto deploy directly from the branch to accelerate their cloud adoption and\nimprove application and user experience for business applications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For\nenterprises that are adopting a cloud-first strategy \u2013 moving their workloads\nexclusively to the cloud \u2013 or a hybrid multi-cloud strategy \u2013 using multiple\npublic clouds at the same time for faster connectivity from WAN edges \u2013\nFortinet Secure SD-WAN is available as a virtual network service via Network\nEdge on Platform Equinix. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John\nMaddison, EVP of products and CMO, Fortinet, said: \u201cThe majority of our\ncustomers use multiple cloud providers, so it\u2019s really important for them to be\nable to choose where they deploy services. Collaborating with Equinix and\noffering Fortinet Secure SD-WAN via Network Edge gives our customers additional\ndeployment flexibility, allowing them the option to host services outside of\ntheir branch location and accelerate their cloud journey.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fortinet, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, has announced it is teaming up with Equinix, a global interconnection and data centre company, to accelerate cloud connectivity with the addition of Fortinet Secure SD-WAN on Equinix\u2019s Network Edge. Enterprise organisations are increasingly turning to SD-WAN to improve user experience, reduce costs and optimise connectivity to multiple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":45496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[331,5,36,809],"tags":[11290,1530,1201,35,11291,5323,5252,851],"class_list":["post-45495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cloud","category-enterprise-security","category-intelligent-technology","category-more-news","tag-cloud-connectivity","tag-cybersecurity","tag-equinix","tag-fortinet","tag-fortinet-secure-sd-wan","tag-john-maddison","tag-network-edge","tag-sd-wan"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45495"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45500,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45495\/revisions\/45500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/me\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}