In April 2005, a German court issued a preliminary injunction against Fortinet's UK subsidiary in relation to source code for its GPL-licensed elements. By 2004, Fortinet had offices in Asia, Europe, and North America.

The company began distributing its products in Canada in December 2003 and in the UK in February 2004. Fortinet's first channel program was established in October 2003. The company raised $13 million in private funding from 2000 to early 2003. The company was renamed ApSecure in December 2000 and later renamed again to Fortinet, based on the phrase 'Fortified Networks.' įortinet introduced its first product, FortiGate, in 2002, followed by anti-spam and anti-virus software. In 2000, Ken Xie and his brother Michael Xie co-founded Appligation Inc.

The company went public in November 2009.

The company later added wireless access points, sandbox (computer security), and messaging security. The company's first and main product was FortiGate, a physical firewall. Fortinet has offices located all over the world.īrothers Ken Xie and Michael Xie founded Fortinet in 2000. The company develops and sells security solutions like firewalls, antivirus programs or intrusion detection systems. Fortinet is cybersecurity company with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California.

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