NEWS
Fortinet and
Equinix accelerate
cloud connectivity
with Fortinet
Secure SD-WAN
ortinet, a global leader in
cybersecurity solutions, has
announced it is teaming up with
Equinix, a global interconnection and
data centre company, to accelerate cloud
connectivity with the addition of Fortinet
Secure SD-WAN on Equinix’s Network Edge.
Enterprise organisations are increasingly
turning to SD-WAN to improve user
experience, reduce costs and optimise
connectivity to multiple cloud platforms
from branch and campus locations. Today
over 21,000 customers have chosen
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN, many of them
choosing to deploy directly from the branch
to accelerate their cloud adoption and
improve application and user experience for
business applications. For enterprises that
are adopting a cloud-first strategy – moving
their workloads exclusively to the cloud
– or a hybrid multi-cloud strategy – using
multiple public clouds at the same time
for faster connectivity from WAN edges –
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN is available as a
virtual network service via Network Edge
on Platform Equinix.
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John Maddison, EVP of products and
CMO, Fortinet, said: “The majority of our
customers use multiple cloud providers,
so it’s really important for them to be able
to choose where they deploy services.
Collaborating with Equinix and offering
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN via Network Edge
gives our customers additional deployment
flexibility, allowing them the option to host
services outside of their branch location
and accelerate their cloud journey.”
John Maddison, EVP of Products and
CMO, Fortinet
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Issue 13
Schneider Electric announces
new Short-Depth Smart-UPS
with Lithium-ion
chneider Electric, a
leader of Digital
Transformation in energy
management and automation, has
announced the availability of 230V
models of its short-depth APC
Smart-UPS line interactive UPS
Lithium-ion battery technology
models for European markets.
The new versions make Lithium-
ion battery back-up technology
an economic solution for Edge
Computing applications and other
installations inside and outside
purpose-designed IT environments.
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The new APC Smart-UPS models
meet a range of European
challenges from space limitations
and mixed-use areas for IT
systems, to lifecycle requirements
for ease of installation, access
and maintenance, together with
demands for more physically
compact and lightweight
infrastructure equipment with lower
maintenance requirements.
Designed to deliver ultra-resilient
power protection for IT equipment
and network devices, the new APC
Smart-UPS line interactive models can
deliver increased battery life for lower
Total Cost Ownership (TCO). Li-ion
technology offers savings of up to 50%
when compared with Uninterruptible
Power Supplies (UPS) utilising
traditional Valve Regulated Lead Acid
(VRLA) batteries.
The new Smart-UPS are offered with
a full five-year warranty covering
electronics and batteries.
“Placing critical applications at the
network edge presents IT operators
with significant new challenges
including management of greater
numbers of equipment in locations
that aren’t optimised for IT and lack
on-site support,” said Rob McKernan,
Senior Vice President, Secure Power
Division, Europe.
“At the same time, power availability
continues to play a crucial role and
downtime has an immediate impact
on business. New APC Smart-UPS with
Lithium-ion meets these challenges,
providing resilient power protection with
cloud-enabled remote management for
Edge Computing environments.”
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