Migros Relies on Fortinet to Help Secure its Entire Group Network

Sept. 6, 2011 - PRLog -- Dubai, September 6, 2011 - Fortinet®  - a leading network security provider and the worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions, today announced that Migros Group, Switzerland's largest retail company, has deployed a cluster of FortiGate®-3951B high-end network security appliances to provide perimeter security for the entire group network. Migros opted for Fortinet’s FortiGate solution for its broad protection capabilities, high throughput as well as ease of management and maintenance.

Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, the Migros Group is a Fortune Global 500 company with 50 companies and 84,000 employees and generates an annual 25 billion CHF. The group’s independent companies, as well as 10 regional cooperatives, have consolidated the essential parts of their IT, including perimeter security. In order to protect data traffic and ensure Internet access without performance loss, even in peak hours, Migros needed a high-speed firewall, which would protect and filter all inbound and outbound HTTP traffic of every Migros company in real time, scan for viruses and prevent intrusions.

After considering different network security solutions, including those from Check Point Software, Migros selected Fortinet’s FortiGate-3951B appliances to provide firewalling, IPS, antivirus and web filtering. The two devices were deployed in a cluster mode in Migros’ datacenter for high availability.
“When we evaluated the ideal security appliance, we had several criteria in mind, including high speed, low latency throughput and a large number of 10 Gig ports. Furthermore, we required an appealing price performance ratio, prompt updates of anti-threat signatures and ease of use,” said Philipp Jacky, telecommunications manager at Migros IT services. “Fortinet’s FortiGate appliances offer substantial benefits over point solutions as they consolidate a wide range of security functions and integrate custom high-speed ASICs, allowing us to sustainably improve our levels of security and performance while reducing administration and maintenance costs.”

Fortinet’s FortiGate-3951B is a powerful integrated network security appliance, which integrates proprietary FortiASIC™ processors to deliver firewall performance of up to 120 Gbps. Fortinet’s device helps enable real-time performance and protection of the network as well as core applications such as SAP, Oracle and SQL. At Migros, the Fortinet appliance monitors and controls no less than 145 SAP instances, 220 Oracle and 230 SQL databases, as well as data traffic for 325 Unix servers plus 4,239 physical and 405 virtual Windows servers.

“After evaluating solutions from several vendors, Migros is entrusting Fortinet to help protect its online shops and entire group network,” said Patrice Perche, senior vice president of international sales and support at Fortinet. “This further demonstrates that our FortiGate multi-function appliances meet the high standards of performance and security that large enterprises demand, with the additional benefits of greater flexibility, scalability and lower total cost of ownership than traditional point security solutions.”