HPE Aruba claims that its 730 Series Wi-Fi 7 access points provide up to a 30% boost in wireless capacity over its competitors.

Leading the first- and second-gen network security, "we also believe in the next few years, Fortinet ... will be the leader in the SASE space," said Ken Xie.

FortiOS 7.6 offers new features over the Fortinet Security Fabric in areas like SD-WAN, secure access service edge,, zero-trust network access and automation.

Nefeli enables multicloud network management and operations for enterprises without the need to deploy or manage separate virtual network functions.

Cloudbrink is “one of a handful of companies that is reimagining network and security architectures," IDC's Brandon Butler said.

“We're gonna deliver a secure unified network and experience with AI ... and in that context, security is a core component,” HPE CEO Antonio Neri said.

The new FortiSwitch Rugged 424F is designed for deployments in harsh outdoor environments, especially for digital substations and the power utility industry.

Fortinet Advisor blends the company's threat intelligence and knowledge base with the power of large language models to provide security analysts with rapid incident analysis and guidance.

The vendor also introduced five new next-generation firewalls, expanding its portfolio to include more use cases such as 5G and operational technology.

CEO Ken Xie anticipates limited near-term growth in the secure networking market for the next few quarters.

The new A10 Defend security portfolio integrates artificial intelligence and machine learning to help identify and mitigate advanced, multivector DDoS attacks.

The enterprise service mesh also represents an alternative to less-secure options like Istio, according to Linkerd creator William Morgan.

The vendor will continue supporting third-party SD-WAN products for multivendor secure access service edge, Check Point VP Amit Bareket said.

Shlomo Kramer said many network security vendors are struggling with the transition from appliance form factor to the cloud-centric approach of SASE.

T-Mobile is helping secure enterprise 5G networks with a SIM card-based SASE system in partnership with Versa and a network-slice security platform.

Fortinet is growing — with a second quarter 2023 reported revenue of $1.3 billion and two new products for its secure networking portfolio.

The Network Resilience Coalition has been launched to address the persistent lack of network hardware and software security resilience and patching.

Mandiant CTO Charles Carmakal warns any organization that used MOVEit in May 2023 could have potentially been exploited by the threat actor — CL0P.

"We're the first ones doing this, and really the only ones at this point," Aviatrix VP of Solutions Marketing Rob Stuhlmuller said.

Fortinet CFO Keith Jensen said the vendor is well positioned to capitalize on the expansion of firewall deployments that is expected to continue.

Cradlepoint acquired Ericom Software; DT regained a controlling stake in T-Mobile US; and cloud service spending is set to soar.

The service integrates with Microsoft Azure Panorama network security management to extend security policy from on-premises to the public cloud.

Legacy network edge security isn't designed for hybrid work environments, NetWitness claims.

Cradlepoint will integrate Ericom's platform to provide a 5G secure access service edge stack "in the near future,” said SVP Manish Tiwari.