Fortinet Announces Agreement to Acquire Meru Networks - Seite 2

Meru's broad solution set includes:

• Access points that deliver wireless connectivity to support data, voice, and video applications with superior performance, low latency and reliability.
• Controllers to optimize wireless traffic across access points and client devices meeting mission-critical enterprise demands for wireless connectivity.
• SDN enabled Wi-Fi system software that seamlessly manages and secures wired and wireless LANs, as well as efficiently provisions Wi-Fi enabled end-user devices.
• Cloud and virtual wireless controllers and appliances that provide unprecedented choice and flexibility in deploying and scaling wireless infrastructure, whether through a data center or private cloud environment.

"The acquisition of Meru Networks maps to our overall security vision of combining strong network security with ubiquitous connectivity," said Ken Xie, founder, chairman and CEO of Fortinet. "We expect this to accelerate our innovation through the delivery of new solutions and services to help enterprises of all sizes deploy, manage and secure wired and wireless networks in a mobile era. We believe the extension of our market-leading end-to-end security platform will increase our growth opportunities and benefit our customers and partners globally."

In a separate press release today, Fortinet announced the launch of a new FortiGuard Mobile Security subscription service. Deployable on its industry-leading FortiGate integrated security appliances, this new service is designed to protect mobile devices across the enterprise, particularly in BYOD scenarios. Synergistic with the Meru acquisition, the FortiGuard Mobile Security subscription services strengthen Fortinet's solutions platform and reinforce its commitment to protecting enterprise customers' critical assets in both wired and wireless environments.

The acquisition of Meru Networks adds an experienced research and engineering team to help accelerate Fortinet's strategy to secure and manage wired and wireless devices together at any entry point to the network.

In addition, Meru's portfolio of more than 33 awarded patents and 35 pending patents bolsters Fortinet's more than 210 issued and allowed patents worldwide, and over 165 pending patent applications, and represent innovation that will benefit the more than 14,000 Meru customers and 210,000 Fortinet customers worldwide.