Telecommunications provider bmobile has partnered with California-based data networking and cyber security company Fortinet.
According to a statement issued yesterday by bmobile, the agreement brings Fortinet’s security fabric into the bmobile’s business suite of networking services and security framework.
It added that this collaboration will allow bmobile business clients to further enhance their own infrastructure bringing new levels of cyber security and networking optimisation that are fast becoming the norm for modern businesses that are looking to move to the cloud.
The statement also noted that the Fortinet security fabric continuously assesses network risks and automatically adjusts to provide comprehensive real-time protection across the digital attack surface and cycle.
Powered by FortiOS, the fabric is the industry’s highest-performing integrated cybersecurity mesh platform with the broadest open ecosystem, bmobile added.
It also said that Fortinet secures some of the largest enterprise, service providers, and government organisations around the globe and ranks number one in the most security appliances shipped worldwide with a total of more than 565,000 customers.
Gilbert Perez, regional sales manager for Fortinet in the English-speaking Caribbean, said, “Today, a large part of global organisations utilise Fortinet to connect their various company (physical) sites. It can be as few as 10 sites or, in large companies with over 1,000 sites.”
He said these companies all use SD-WAN (software-defined wide area network), instead of dedicated circuits, which are very expensive to maintain.
“This provides a more cost-effective system with a better experience for the customer.
“SD-WAN prioritises traffic that is mission-critical for an organisation depending on the business. So, if internal video is critical for the company, it has processes that then help prioritise this network traffic,” Perez added.
Fortinet is also a leading developer of Secure SD-WAN that has been delivering SD-WAN, since before it was even called SD-WAN, according to Perez.
Secure SD-WAN uses a centralised control function to securely and intuitively direct traffic across the wide area network, bmobile said. This results in a better overall end-user experience, improved application performance, and increased business productivity with reduced costs for IT.
Perez noted that this is a significant game-changer for bmobile business customers and the company’s level of commitment and confidence.
Darryl Duke, general manager Enterprise Services (Ag), TSTT, also said that as more companies move into the Cloud and more into the digital world, they have to ensure that they have cost-effective solutions for connectivity and security.
Duke noted that this is precisely what the alliance with Fortinet brings.
“We know that bmobile customers fully put their trust into our hands as we work to support their needs and requirements in the digital transformation age, so we want to ensure that this trust is always switched on and we are confident that this platform that we are bringing into the bmobile network will enhance that trust as we move customers to a different level with reliable solutions like Fortinet’s SD-WAN,” Duke added.
