Fortinet expands its global SASE POPs with Google Cloud

Fortinet partners with Google Cloud to expand its SASE Points-of-Presence (POPs) to new locations.

“By leveraging Google Cloud, Fortinet Universal SASE is even better positioned to serve a more extensive global footprint, ensuring that customers can seamlessly connect and secure their hybrid workforces to critical applications,” said Michael Xie, the founder, president, and chief technology officer of Fortinet.

Expanded partnership

Xie adds that the partnership will expand Fortinet’s global POP resources and accelerate customer adoption of their Universal SASE solution. Moreover, the SD-WAN solution is natively integrated with their SASE offering, the global SD-WAN customers of Forinet will have an expanded ability to adopt integrated cloud-delivered security, which will be beneficial in impelenting a comprehensive Universal SASE solution.

“Organisations worldwide rely on the Google Cloud for critical networking and access,” said Muninder Sambi, vice president and GM of Networking at Google Cloud. “Our expanded partnership with Fortinet can enable high uptime for customers looking to support their hybrid workforces with Fortinet’s SASE solution, along with the advantages of using Google Cloud’s Cross-Cloud Network, which include lower costs and improved application experiences.”

Fortinet Universal SASE

Fortinet’s Universal SASE solution combines networking and security to support today’s hybrid workforce. It can enable secure access to applications by expanding network edges and new microbranches. It also provides high ROI through consolidation and upgraded user experience.

To ensure secure access to web, corporate, and SaaS applications, Fortinet Universal SASE offers scalable cloud network with AI-powered security, unified management, and end-to-end digital experience monitoring.