NTT West Chooses Fortinet’s Secure SD-WAN and SD-Branch Solutions

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation (NTT West) has selected Fortinet’s Secure SD-WAN and SD-Branch solutions as the foundation of its FLET’S SDx subscription service.

This service, which enables centralized management of both the WAN and LAN, comes with built-in security features enabled by Fortinet’s FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW), providing customers with a flexible, secure network environment that adapts rapidly to change.

By selecting Fortinet’s Secure SD-WAN and SD-Branch solutions as part of their service, NTT West is able to provide their customers with efficient, secure and cost-effective network management. Fortinet Secure SD-WAN combines next-generation firewall security with SD-WAN functionality in a single device, allowing distributed enterprises to securely deliver high-speed application performance with advanced threat protection. This security-driven networking approach enables organizations to scale their network infrastructures without compromising security, which provides effective protection for today’s dynamic environments.

Fortinet Secure SD-Branch further extends the benefits of Secure SD-WAN to distributed branch offices and provides consolidated branch services for network edge and device edge protection. As part of the Fortinet Security Fabric, these solutions also receive real-time application and threat intelligence updates to protect against zero-day threats.

Together with Fortinet, NTT is able to provide customers with centralized management for the entire branch, automation-driven operations, and integrated security.