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

BANGALORE, India, June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) − a leading network security provider and a worldwide leader of unified threat management (UTM) solutions − today announced that it has partnered with Sify Technologies Limited (Nasdaq NM: SIFY) − a leader in enterprise network and data center services − to enable the latter to immediately roll out an on-demand security solution to their cloud computing customers and its Clean Connect service. The services are designed to guarantee secure bandwidth and clean connectivity to their enterprise customers. Fortinet's end-to-end virtualization functionality, available on the FortiGate® integrated multi-threat security platforms*, enables Sify to provision security resources, on-demand, from a shared appliance while providing an unmatched range of security services quickly and easily to its customers.

Sify's On-Demand Security solution offers cloud computing customers the ability to deploy the security layer on an on-demand basis, therefore providing complete end-to-end Opex-based services.  These cover the areas of security, WAN edge, unified switching, computing and storage. The solution allows customers to address data center requirements through virtualization, and to integrate private and public cloud services into a single infrastructure.

Sify's Clean Connect services offer cloud-based UTM functionalities for customers subscribing to its dedicated Internet access services. Enterprise administrators can define a set of custom security policies, including firewall and IPS policies, and Web filtering rules.  An online portal reports security-related activities to customers in real-time and historical logs and reports are also directly available. Such services help organizations comply with security standards relative to the cloud.

Fortinet enables cloud-hosting and service providers to create secure cloud infrastructures and deliver cloud security services. Fortinet appliances and chassis-based multi-threat security platforms currently secure a wide range of public, private, and hybrid cloud infrastructures around the world. Cloud service providers rely on Fortinet technology to protect the confidentiality and integrity of their subscribers' data, and to create and deliver highly available, innovative cloud security services. FortiGate multi-threat security platforms incorporate the proprietary Virtual Domain (VDOM) technology, providing secure virtualization of security services.

"Sify has effectively utilized Fortinet solutions' virtualization capabilities, allowing customization of security service offerings down to the individual customer level, which is so essential for multi-tenant environments," said Vishak Raman, Regional Director, SAARC & India, Fortinet. "We will continue to work closely with Sify to deliver best-in-class security services to enterprises and consumers."  

Sify Technologies recently won the 'Best Product Implementation Award' at Fortinet's inaugural VIP customer forum in Hong Kong, an event attended by more than 50 top CIOs and CSOs from India.

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

About Sify Technologies

Sify is among the largest Managed Enterprise and Consumer Internet Services companies in India, offering end-to-end solutions with a comprehensive range of products delivered over a common telecom data network infrastructure reaching more than 625 cities and towns in India.

A significant part of the company's revenue is derived from Corporate Services, which include corporate connectivity, network and communications solutions, security, network management services, enterprise applications and hosting. Sify is a recognized ISO 9001:2008 certified service provider for network operations, data center operations and customer support, and for provisioning of VPNs, Internet bandwidth, VoIP solutions and integrated security solutions, and ISO / IEC 20000 - 1:2005 certified for Internet Data Center operations. Sify has also established a formidable reputation in the emerging Cloud Computing market and is today regarded as a thought leader in the domain. Sify has licenses to operate NLD (National Long Distance) and ILD (International Long Distance) services and offers VoIP back haul to long distance subscriber telephony services. The company is India's first enterprise managed services provider to launch a Security Operations Center (SOC) to deliver managed security services. A host of blue chip customers use Sify's corporate service offerings.

Sify also caters to global markets in the specialized domains of eLearning Services and Remote Infrastructure Management Services. The eLearning Services designs, develops and delivers state-of-the-art digital learning solutions for non-profit, for-profit organizations and governmental organizations in the fields of Information technology, engineering, environment, healthcare, education and finance. The Remote Infrastructure Management Services provides dependable and economical solutions around managed services, hosting and monitoring.

Sify Software was established with the cumulative experience gained over the last decade in infrastructure, Data centre and connectivity business. It aims to be a solutions company that provides applications and services to improve business efficiencies of its current clients and prospect client bases.

Consumer services include broadband home access and the ePort cyber café chain across more than 200 cities and towns in India. Very recently, Sify also introduced a whole host of services for the retail consumer on the Consumer cloud platform, thereby becoming among the first to do so in India. Sify.com, the popular consumer portal, has channels on news, entertainment, finance, sports, games and shopping. Samachar.com is the popular portal aimed at non-resident Indians around the globe. The site's content is available in 8 Indian languages, which include Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Tamil, Punjabi and Gujarati in addition to English.

For more information about Sify, visit http://www.sifycorp.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  The forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Sify undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements.

For a discussion of the risks associated with Sify's business, please see the discussion under the caption "Risk Factors" in the company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2010, which has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and is available by accessing the database maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov and Sify's other reports filed with the SEC.

About Fortinet (http://www.fortinet.com )

Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) is a worldwide provider of network security appliances and the market leader in unified threat management (UTM). Our products and subscription services provide broad, integrated and high-performance protection against dynamic security threats while simplifying the IT security infrastructure. Our customers include enterprises, service providers and government entities worldwide, including the majority of the 2009 Fortune Global 100. Fortinet's flagship FortiGate product delivers ASIC-accelerated performance and integrates multiple layers of security designed to help protect against application and network threats. Fortinet's broad product line goes beyond UTM to help secure the extended enterprise - from endpoints, to the perimeter and the core, including databases and applications. Fortinet is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with offices around the world.

Copyright © 2011 Fortinet, Inc. All rights reserved. The symbols ® and ™ denote respectively federally registered trademarks and unregistered trademarks of Fortinet, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates. Fortinet's trademarks include, but 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 and FortiWeb. Other trademarks belong to their respective owners. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. Fortinet assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in the event actual results differ, and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.

* with the exception of the FortiGate-30B appliance.

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