Fortinet's Kendra Krause Recognized by Everything Channel's VARBusiness as One of the Top 50 Women in the Technology Integration Business

Fortinet® -- the pioneer and leading provider of unified threat management (UTM) solutions -- today announced that Kendra Krause, the company's director of Americas channel sales, has been recognized by Everything Channel's VARBusiness magazine as one of the top 50 women in the technology integration business. The "Power 50" was chosen by the editors of the magazine based on their achievements as executives and the amount of influence they wield over the technology channel. The 50 women represent a changing trend in a traditionally all-male industry.

Krause is responsible for strategy and execution of sales and marketing programs for Fortinet's North American partners. She plays a pivotal role in supporting Fortinet's 100-percent channel sales model.

With more than 10 years of channel experience, Krause has helped Fortinet create a team entirely dedicated to the channel to help partners plan, support and drive their businesses. Under her leadership, Fortinet's channel account team has grown by 120 percent within a 12-month period, establishing a strong support system for the company's FortiPartner program. The program recently earned certification as a Five-Star Partner from VARBusiness for the third consecutive year, an acknowledgement of Fortinet's commitment to and strength of its FortiPartner Program for IT integrators, solution providers, resellers and consultants.

"We are very pleased and honored by VARBusiness' recognition as it confirmed something we already knew -- that Kendra Krause is a tireless champion of the channel community and a strong asset for Fortinet," said Michael Valentine, vice president of Americas channel sales at Fortinet. "Kendra and her team have worked hard to create meaningful channel programs, which has helped us build relationships with industry leaders that have been mutually beneficial for Fortinet and our partners."

"The 'Power 50' have made a profound impact on the technology marketplace," stated Robert C. DeMarzo, vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel. "It is with a great sense of pride and honor that we offer congratulations to Kendra Krause for her significant contributions to our industry."

About Fortinet (www.fortinet.com)

Fortinet is the pioneer and leading provider of ASIC-accelerated unified threat management, or UTM, security systems, which are used by enterprises and service providers to increase their security while reducing total operating costs. Fortinet solutions were built from the ground up to integrate multiple levels of security protection -- including firewall, antivirus, intrusion prevention, VPN, spyware prevention and anti-spam -- designed to help customers protect against network and content level threats. Leveraging a custom ASIC and unified interface, Fortinet solutions offer advanced security functionality that scales from remote office to chassis-based solutions with integrated management and reporting. Fortinet solutions have won multiple awards around the world and are the only security products that are certified in seven programs by ICSA Labs: Firewall, Antivirus, IPSec, SSL, Network IPS, and Anti-Spyware. Fortinet is privately held and based in Sunnyvale, California.

About VARBusiness

For the past 20 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the commercial and public sector (or government) Solution Provider community. The VARBusiness integrated platform of media opportunities provides strategic insight for technology integrators through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness offerings lead vendors and distributors to unprecedented access to the most powerful strategic Solution Providers in the market. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design.

Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)

Everything Channel, formerly CMP Channel, activates technology sales channels from access to execution. IT suppliers, value add, retail, direct sales and CIOs all turn to Everything Channel to manage and accelerate their businesses. With over 30 years experience, Everything Channel offers a complete technology solution through media, events, services, workflow tools, research, training, account recruitment and managed analytics as well as marketing support and sales services from strategy to branding. Everything Channel is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

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