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Alliance between Giants – Changhong IT and Fortinet Jointly Explore the Network Security Market
Good news came from a domestically leading distributor Changhong IT recently. The world’s third largest network security equipment provider Fortinet has signed an official agreement with Changhong IT so Changhong IT has become the General Agent of the China Region for the full line of products of Fortinet and will soon have a nationwide itinerant exhibition with Fortinet.
It is known that Fortinet, as a globally leading provider for high-performance network security equipment, can provide security solutions that cover data centers/SDN, perimeter networks, security defense for advanced persistent threat (APT), wireless access and client end authentication, application security and delivery and many other dimensions. It shows great strength in each segment of the security market. Based on the acceleration performance of the exclusive ASIC chip, its flagship product FortiGate security equipment integrates multi-layer network security techniques, including firewall, IPS, next-generation firewall, data leakage prevention, flow control, website filtering, WIFI controller, etc., which can defend against various security threats from the application layer and the network layer.
Over the years, Fortinet has not only provides clients with a wide range of comprehensive security services, but has also effectively simply the IT security architecture for clients and reduce the cost in network security construction for clients. In this context, Fortinet’s working with Changhong IT to expand domestic channels not only reflects its confidence in its own abundant production lines and strong technical strength, but also shows that it attaches much importance to the domestic network security market and its resolution to further explore the domestic security market.
As the General Agent of the China Region of Fortinet, Changhong IT has the experience in the distribution of IT products for over 10 years. Over the years, Changhong IT has been focusing on providing exceptional marketing services for vendors and channel partners. So far, Changhong IT has not only accumulated abundant channel resources but has also integrated and developed a series of advanced solutions adapted to the development of medical care, education, finance and SMEs. In terms of channel network, Changhong IT now owns nearly 10,000 core dealers. These channel networks cover traditional IT channels, 3C channels and emerging channels, and have extended from the 1-3 level of channel cooperation to the 4-6 level of urban dealers and retail stores.
Meanwhile, Changhong IT provides partners with long-term market analysis, product training, technical support and many other services to help partners enhance their capability together. It has not only won the consistent praise from partners and clients but has also successfully established its own improved cloud experimental center several years ago. It possesses a strong professional training team and service system, and it has accumulated abundant practice experience and strong comprehensive service capability in the field of value-added distribution service.
For this cooperation, a relevant responsible person of Fortinet said, “We chose Changhong IT because of its strong channel networks and comprehensive service capability. The cooperation with Changhong IT not only can help us realize the regional coverage of Fortinet’s products rapidly but can also help Fortinet to get closer to users. It is quite favorable to Fortinet and will promote the strategy implementation and market exploration of Fortinet effectively.”
A relevant responsible person of Changhong IT said, “The business of security products is one of the focus of Changhong IT’s subsequent development. The cooperation with Fortinet has further improved Changhong IT’s existing data center solutions and value-added distribution business line. It is of great significance to the follow-up exploration of the network security market. Changhong IT will give full play to its existing cloud center, training system and other platform resources, make joint progress with Fortinet and other partners, and meet the demands of partners and users from various areas with the most appropriate solutions and services, so as to achieve the multi-party win-win situation and mutual benefits and development.”