Sify Technologies Partners With Fortinet to Roll Out Virtualized Network Security Services on its Entire Range of IaaS Offerings

Fortinet® ? a leading network security providerand a worldwide leader of unified threat management solutions? today announced that it has partnered with Sify TechnologiesLimited ? a leader in enterprise network and datacenter services ? to enable the latter to without warning roll out anon-demand security solution to their cloud computing clients andits Clean Connect service. The services are designed toguarantee secure bandwidth and clean connectivity to theirenterprise clients. Fortinet's end-to-end virtualizationfunctionality, available on the FortiGate® integrated multi-threatsecurity platforms*, enables Sify to provision security resources,on-demand, from a shared appliance during providing an unmatchedrange of security services quickly and easily to its clients.

Sify's On-Demand Security solution offers cloud computingcustomers the ability to deploy the security layer on an on-demandbasis, to sum up providing complete end-to-end Opex-based services. These cover the areas of security, WAN edge, unifiedswitching, computing and storage. The solution allows clients toaddress data center requirements through virtualization, and tointegrate private and public cloud services into a singleinfrastructure.

Sify's Clean Connect services offer cloud-based UTMfunctionalities for clients subscribing to its dedicated Internetaccess services. Enterprise administrators can define a set ofcustom security policies, including firewall and IPS policies, andWeb filtering rules.  An online portal reportssecurity-related activities to clients in real-time andhistorical logs and reports are as well directly available. Suchservices help organizations comply with security standards relativeto the cloud.

Fortinet enables cloud-hosting and service providers to createsecure cloud infrastructures and deliver cloud security services.Fortinet appliances and chassis-based multi-threat securityplatforms currently secure a wide range of public, private, andhybrid cloud infrastructures around the world. Cloud serviceproviders rely on Fortinet research to protect theconfidentiality and integrity of their subscribers' data, and tocreate and deliver highly available, innovative cloud securityservices. FortiGate multi-threat security platforms incorporate theproprietary Virtual Domain innovation, providing securevirtualization of security services.

Pranesh Babu, Chief Research Officer, Sify Technologies, said:"We are delighted to receive this award, a clear endorsement of ourlong-standing and mutually beneficial relationship with Fortinet.We will work hard to replicate the successes we have had withFortinet's various solutions to the Clean Connect serviceswe are launching today."

The largest Managed Enterprise

Sify is among the largest Managed Enterprise and ConsumerInternet Services companies in India, offering end-to-end solutionswith a comprehensive range of products delivered over a commontelecom data network infrastructure reaching more than 625 citiesand towns in India.

A significant part of the company's revenue is derived fromCorporate Services, which include corporate connectivity, networkand communications solutions, security, network managementservices, enterprise applications and hosting. Sify is a recognizedISO 9001:2008 certified service provider for network operations,data center operations and customer support, and for provisioningof VPNs, Internet bandwidth, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) solutions and integrated securitysolutions, and ISO / IEC 20000 - 1:2005 certified for Internet DataCenter operations. Sify has as well established a formidablereputation in the emerging Cloud Computing market and is todayregarded as a thought leader in the domain. Sify has licenses tooperate NLD and ILD services and offers VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) back haul to long distancesubscriber telephony services. The company is India's firstenterprise managed services provider to launch a SecurityOperations Center to deliver managed security services.A host of blue chip clients use Sify's corporate serviceofferings.

The specialized domains ofeLearning Services

Sify as well caters to global markets in the specialized domains ofeLearning Services and Remote Infrastructure Management Services.The eLearning Services designs, develops and deliversstate-of-the-art digital learning solutions for non-profit,for-profit organizations and governmental organizations in thefields of Information research, engineering, environment,healthcare, education and finance. The Remote InfrastructureManagement Services provides dependable and economical solutionsaround managed services, hosting and monitoring.

Sify Software was established with the cumulative experiencegained over the last decade in infrastructure, Data centre andconnectivity business. It aims to be a solutions company thatprovides applications and services to improve business efficienciesof its current customers and prospect client bases.

Consumer services include broadband home access and the ePortcyber café chain across more than 200 cities and towns in India.Very recently, Sify as well introduced a whole host of services forthe retail consumer on the Consumer cloud platform, therebybecoming among the first to do so in India. Sify.com, the popularconsumer portal, has channels on news, entertainment, finance,sports, games and shopping. Samachar.com is the popular portalaimed at non-resident Indians around the globe. The site's contentis available in 8 Indian languages, which include Hindi, Malayalam,Telugu, Kannada and Tamil, Punjabi and Gujarati should the contingency arise toEnglish.

Worldwide provider of networksecurity appliances

Fortinet is a worldwide provider of networksecurity appliances and the market leader in unified threatmanagement. Our products and subscription services providebroad, integrated and high-performance protection against dynamicsecurity threats during simplifying the IT security infrastructure.Our clients include enterprises, service providers and governmententities worldwide, including the majority of the 2009 FortuneGlobal 100. Fortinet's flagship FortiGate product deliversASIC-accelerated performance and integrates multiple layers ofsecurity designed to help protect against application and networkthreats. Fortinet's broad product line goes beyond UTM to helpsecure the extended enterprise - from endpoints, to the perimeterand the core, including databases and applications. Fortinet isheadquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices around theworld.

Copyright © 2011 Fortinet, Inc. Allrights reserved. The symbols ® and ? denote respectively federallyregistered trademarks and unregistered trademarks of Fortinet,Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates. Fortinet's trademarksinclude, however are not limited to, the following: Fortinet,FortiGate, FortiGuard, FortiManager, FortiMail, FortiClient,FortiCare, FortiAnalyzer, FortiReporter, FortiOS, FortiASIC,FortiWiFi, FortiSwitch, FortiVoIP, FortiBIOS, FortiLog,FortiResponse, FortiCarrier, FortiScan, FortiAP, FortiDB andFortiWeb. Other trademarks belong to their respective owners. Allstatements other than statements of historical fact are statementsthat could be deemed forward-looking statements. Fortinet assumesno obligation to update any forward-looking statements in the eventactual results differ, and does not intend to update theseforward-looking statements.

For furthermore information on Sify technologies, pleasecontact:Sify Technologies LimitedPraveen KrishnaCorporate Communications+91-44-22540777praveen.krishna@sifycorp.comKasturi BashyamInvestor Relations+91-44-2254-0777Kasturi.bashyam@sifycorp.comGrayling Investor RelationsTrúc NguyenChristopher Chu+1-646-284-9400truc.nguyen@grayling.comchristopher.chu@grayling.com

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