Fortinet Named a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant for Enterprise-Class Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure

Fortinet recently announced that it has been named a leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise-Class Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure report. This is the fourth consecutive year that Fortinet has entered the Magic Quadrant and has been ranked in the Leaders quadrant.

Fortinet firmly believes that this honor is a concentrated reflection of the strength of Fortinet's secure connectivity product portfolio, especially Fortinet's wired and wireless LAN products, which support seamless integration with Fortinet's unified networking and network security platform, Fortinet Security Fabric. Fortinet solutions have pioneered the seamless integration of networking and security, enabling organizations to calmly respond to the increasing security risks in the current network environment, effectively reducing networking complexity and operating costs, and improving overall network performance.

AI-driven secure connectivity solution with single-platform management and operation

As network environments become increasingly distributed and diverse, organizations need to cover security across the entire network, simplify security operations, and optimize end-user experience. Fortinet provides you with advanced wired and wireless LAN solutions that seamlessly integrate network and security, including the following benefits.

• Industry-leading LAN with a strong focus on security Nowadays, more and more organizations believe that weak network security is one of the causes of business risks. In order to ensure safe and efficient daily business operations, organizations are urgently seeking LAN solutions that are efficient, secure and easy to manage. Fortinet helps users seamlessly integrate wired and wireless LANs into the Fortinet Security Fabric security platform through the unified operating system FortiOS, improve the visualization and control capabilities of network and security functions, and significantly reduce management costs and licensing expenses. With the visualization and control capabilities of network firewalls, Fortinet provides users with more secure and reliable wired and wireless LANs without additional costs. The Fortinet secure connection solution, which has many advantages, has been proven to be widely applicable to deployment environments of different sizes. It is worth mentioning that the micro-branch solution also supports the use of FortiAP access points as terminals for Unified SASE, SD-Branch, smart campuses, OT environments and data centers.
• Simplify security operations management Relying on the Fortinet Security Fabric security platform, organizations can take advantage of zero-touch deployment to quickly enable security and networking functions, and easily achieve centralized management and troubleshooting of network, networking, and SD-WAN functions through a single platform that supports local or cloud deployment. The Fortinet solution adopts an intuitive architecture and also includes a number of built-in security and management functions. Organizations can easily achieve unified management of different solution components such as access points and switches without the need to purchase additional licenses or subscription services.
• AI-driven security insights to improve efficiency and deliver exceptional experiences Fortinet's dedicated AI operations module, FortiAIOps, enables administrators to easily measure network performance, view and analyze risk trends, obtain and execute remediation recommendations, and quickly enhance network performance and resilience. The AI ​​engine can also aggregate and analyze data collected by all solutions integrated into the Fortinet Security Fabric security platform to quickly provide event correlation and problem remediation across the entire network of the organization.
• Micro-branch solutions

The unique integration advantages of FortiAP and FortiSASE enable organizations to enjoy unparalleled cloud-delivered security and network performance, making it an ideal choice for micro-branch application scenarios. When deployed with the Fortinet Digital Experience Monitoring solution, it can provide users with the advantages of converged access and fully protect the security of today's hybrid office environment.

You can get all the above advantages based on the unified operating system FortiOS, and easily realize centralized development, management and operation of network and security solutions with the help of Fortinet Security Fabric security platform.

In this regard, John Maddison, Chief Marketing Officer of Fortinet, said: "Today, the industry generally realizes that only by integrating networking and security can we adapt to today's rapidly developing digital market. Traditional networking products often build security through the superposition of multiple products, while Fortinet secure WLAN/LAN products support native integrated security. Even for thin edge applications, Fortinet can build seamless and secure network connections by integrating cloud-based security FortiSASE. In addition, we are investing heavily in intelligent operation and maintenance (AIOps) technology to help our users achieve smooth and stable operations and optimize digital experience.