Attributes its 7,764 Percent Revenue Growth to Strong Global Adoption of Company's Market-Leading UTM Security Solutions
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 26, 2006 - Fortinet - the pioneer and leading provider of unified threat management (UTM) solutions - today announced that it has been ranked as No. 2 in Deloitte's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for Silicon Valley, a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in the area by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, one of the nation's leading professional services organizations. Rankings are based on the percentage revenue growth over five years from 2001–2005.
"Sustaining high revenue growth over five years is an exceptional accomplishment. We commend Fortinet for making the commitment to technology and delivering on the promise of market longevity," said Mark Jensen, National Director of the Venture Capital Services Group for Deloitte & Touche LLP. "We are proud to honor Fortinet as a Deloitte Technology Fast 50 winner."
Fortinet's increase in revenues of 7,764 percent from 2001 to 2005 resulted in a No. 2 ranking in the Internet, Media & Entertainment and Communication category of the Technology Fast 50 for Silicon Valley. The average increase in revenues among companies who made the Technology Fast 50 for this region was 1,464 percent. Fortinet was also recently named No. 37 on Deloitte's 2006 Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America.
"Fortinet's growth over the past five years of 7,764 percent far exceeded that of the majority of private and public technology companies in Silicon Valley, long known to be a global hotbed for technology innovation and entrepreneurialism," said Ken Xie, Fortinet founder, president and CEO. "We are honored to again be recognized by Deloitte for our financial success, and remain committed to delivering market-leading solutions that will continue to fuel customer adoption and company growth."
Fast 50 Selection and Qualifying Criteria
To qualify for the Technology Fast 50, companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2001 and $5,000,000 in 2005, be headquartered in North America, and be a company that owns proprietary technology or proprietary intellectual property that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues; or devotes a significant proportion of revenues to the research and development of technology. Using other companies' technology or intellectual property in a unique way does not qualify.
Winners of the 16 regional Technology Fast 50 programs in the United States and Canada are automatically entered in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 program, which ranks North America's top 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies. For more information on Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 or Technology Fast 500 programs, visit www.fast500.com
This year's Silicon Valley Technology Fast 50 program is co-presented by Deloitte & Touche USA LLP and Silicon Valley Bank, Cooly Godward Kronish LLP, Korn/Ferry International and Porsche Motorsports.
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Fortinet 是整合式威脅管理 (UTM；Unified Threat Management) 安全設備市場的領導廠商。履履獲獎的 FortiGate™ 系列產品，為 ASIC 硬體加速式多重威脅防護安全設備，曾獲 Network Computing Magazine 2004 年度資安產品獎，以及 2003 年網路產業年度防火牆產品獎等，為新世代的即時網路防護系統。FortiGate™ 可偵測透過網路傳輸，來自電子郵件或是網站的危險資料威脅，像是病毒、蠕蟲、網路入侵及不適當的網站內容等，而且不會影響網路效能。FortiGate™ 系列產品是業界唯一通過六種 ICSA 認證 (伺服器防毒、客戶端防毒、防火牆、IPSec、SSL、NIDS) 的資訊安全設備，以整合式且易於管控的平台，提供全方位的網路層與應用層服務。Fortinet 名列 Light Reading 雜誌前 10 大私有公司，以及 Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal 前 50 大快速成長公司第 4 名，企業總部位於加州 Sunnyvale。
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