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The FortiGate 3980E and
FortiGate 7060E Both Deliver Performance Validated in Ixia’s Rigorous New
CloudStorm 100GE Application and Security Testing
“Cloud
computing, IoT, and a hyper-connected digital economy have been straining
enterprise IT resources and rapidly increasing the performance demands required
from today’s security solutions. Enterprises cannot afford to sacrifice their
network performance or their security features in this highly competitive and
constantly evolving landscape. Fortinet is continually innovating to deliver
the highest performing and most secure solutions on the market, enabling our
customers to fully leverage their technology infrastructures with the
confidence that their users and data are secure.” -
News Summary
Fortinet (NASDAQ:
FTNT), the global leader in high-performance cybersecurity solutions, today
announced new solutions that expand Fortinet’s top-tier enterprise firewalls
for enterprise, data center, and service provider customers. The FortiGate 3980E
is the world’s first security appliance to achieve Terabit per second (Tbps)
firewall performance and the FortiGate 7060E delivers market-leading 100
Gigabit per second (Gbps) of next-generation firewall throughput in a chassis
form-factor.
Both
enterprise firewalls leverage Fortinet’s advanced Security Processing Units
(SPU) to deliver unprecedented performance, effortless scale, and superior Security
Fabric defenses so large enterprises don’t have to compromise between security
features or network speed disruption.
FortiGate 3980E
Enterprise Firewall
Fortinet’s
3000 series of enterprises firewalls are engineered to deliver the highest
firewall performance in a compact appliance form-factor. Fortinet is expanding
this enterprise offering with the launch of the FortiGate 3980E enterprise
firewall.
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The FortiGate 3980E enterprise firewall is the world’s
first terabit per second network security appliance – delivering 1.12 Tbps
firewall performance in addition to 470 Gbps secured VPN throughput
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The FortiGate 3980E performance is validated by
Ixia’s BreakingPoint and latest CloudStorm 100GE Application and Security Test
Load Module.
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This performance enables the FortiGate 3980E to
function as a data center firewall, to secure interconnectivity between data
centers, or as an internal data center segmentation firewall.
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Ideally suited for enterprises that need very
high network throughput and deep inspection delivered in a compact form factor
that reduces the footprint and operating costs.
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Features 32 discrete SPUs to accelerate
security and networking processes while reducing heat and energy consumption.
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The FortiGate 3980E also hosts two GE RJ45,
sixteen 1/10 GE SFP/SFP+, and ten 100 Gigabit QSFP28 ports for maximum density
and flexibility.
FortiGate 7060E
Enterprise Firewall
Fortinet’s
new 7060E represents the most advanced enterprise firewall solution on the
planet and is ideal for large enterprise, data center, and service provider
deployments that cannot afford to compromise on throughput, scale, and advanced
security capabilities.
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The FortiGate 7060E enterprise firewall is a streamlined,
modular, chassis-based firewall with unprecedented threat protection throughput
and flexibility to suit specific deployment and usage requirements with up to
four Security Processing blades for blistering NGFW and SSL performance and up
to two I/O modules for maximum interface density and network bandwidth.
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The FortiGate 7060E was also subjected to
Ixia’s BreakingPoint and new CloudStorm 100GE Application and Security testing –
claiming the title of the World’s Fastest NGFW with 100 Gbps of demonstrated NGFW
performance, and individually delivering 160 Gbps application control, and 120
Gbps intrusion prevention throughput.
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The FortiGate 7060E offers superior networking
flexibility with up to eight 100 GE (Gigabit Ethernet) ports, sixteen 40 GE
ports, or sixty-four 10 GE ports.
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The modularity and flexibility of the 7060E, combined
with high NGFW throughput enables flexible deployment options that span from
the network edge to the data center core, including advanced internal
segmentation firewall configurations.
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The FortiGate 7060E enterprise firewall is
available in simplified packages with centralized pricing and licensing tied to
the chassis instead of individual blades to reduce complexity and deliver
enhanced price to performance.
Dennis Cox, Chief
Product Officer at Ixia
“Today’s
complex and increasingly hostile threat landscape has created unique challenges
for enterprises looking to design and implement the very best security
solutions for their organizations. Our goal at Ixia is to simplify the
selection process for customers through rigorous, real-world testing of
security solutions that demonstrates and validates actual effectiveness before
purchase. This testing enables enterprises and carriers to quickly and easily
make informed decisions and ensure that they implement solutions that best
match the needs of their unique organizations.”
Availability
FortiGate
7060E and 3980E will be available by the end of the first quarter of 2017. Please
contact your authorized Fortinet reseller for additional details.
Additional Resources
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Please visit https://www.fortinet.com/products/firewalls/firewall/fortigate-high-end.html for more
details about the Fortinet’s High-End FortiGate Enterprise and Data Center Security
Solutions.
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