Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

Fortinet recognizes Millennium Informatio­n Technologi­es, Sri Lanka

- Best Partner India – Best Partner India – Best Partner India – Best Partner Bangladesh –

Fortinet, the global leader in highperfor­mance cyber security solutions conducted its annual SAARC partner conference in Bangkok, Thailand and recognized top partners for their outstandin­g achievemen­ts in 2016.

At the conference attended by 150 partners from four SAARC countries (Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh and Nepal), Fortinet unveiled new business opportunit­ies with its Fabric Ready Partner Program that brings together best-in-class technology alliance that allows partners to deliver pre-integrated, end-to-end security offerings that are ready for deployment.

Fortinet also announced the SAARC Partner of the Year awards for 2016: Best Partner Sri Lanka – Enterprise Business: Millennium Informatio­n Technologi­es Enterprise Business: Tata Communicat­ions Ltd. SMB Business: Secure Network Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.

Advanced Technologi­es: Reigns Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

SMB Business: Gazi Communicat­ions “Our customers have already invested in an infrastruc­ture of networking and security tools and platforms. These products are an essential part of their security strategy and defense capability. Extending the functional­ity and intelligen­ce of the Fortinet Security Fabric to leading third-party solutions allows us to not only maximize existing security technologi­es but goes even further by bringing them all together in a cohesive, integrated security platform to solve real-world problems,” said Viraj De Mendis, Senior Consulting Engineer, Millennium Informatio­n Technologi­es of Sri Lanka.

“We have over 1,200 registered partners in SAARC and everyone’s contributi­on has been valuable in the phenomenal growth that Fortinet has experience­d in the last year,” said Rajesh Maurya, Regional Vice President, SAARC at Fortinet.

“I wish to extend my gratitude to all partners for their dedication and achievemen­ts in 2016. Fortinet will reinforce its ongoing investment­s in R&D, support and profession­al services and will work together with partners to provide the best cyber security to our customers.” The conference had business and technology sessions where Fortinet gave pointers to partners to expand their offerings and maintain their competitiv­e advantages. Fortinet also provided assets and guidance to resellers looking to enter new security markets. At the end of the conference, several partners expressed greater confidence in developing a wide range of security services to offer their customers while increasing their engineerin­g productivi­ty and profitabil­ity.

The Fortinet Security Fabric with an open and cooperativ­e ecosystem of solutions will allow partners to: Bundle, sell, and deploy solution sets without the burden of significan­t costs and resources usually required for validating technology integratio­n when delivering multi-product, multivendo­r solutions to customers and Provide customers with solutions that are faster to deploy, coupled with reduced operationa­l expenses and technical support costs.

 ??  ?? Viraj De Mendis, Senior Consulting Engineer, Millennium Informatio­n Technologi­es, receiving the Best Partner 2016 award for Sri Lanka from Darren Turnbull, Vice President Strategic Solutions at Fortinet
Viraj De Mendis, Senior Consulting Engineer, Millennium Informatio­n Technologi­es, receiving the Best Partner 2016 award for Sri Lanka from Darren Turnbull, Vice President Strategic Solutions at Fortinet
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