Vodafone Business and Fortinet Expand Global Partnership to Secure Hybrid Work

Vodafone Business and Fortinet today announced an expanded global partnership, extending the reach of their converged networking and cybersecurity services to additional countries across Europe and Asia, as well as the United States. Together, the two companies are helping businesses deliver on the connectivity needs of today’s hybrid workforce and confront the growing volume and sophistication of cyber threats by converging networking and security into a single, seamless service.

Large and medium-sized enterprises in Germany, and in other European markets—as well as multinational businesses served through Vodafone Business International—can now benefit from Vodafone Business Secure Networking Services.

These services integrate Fortinet’s industry-leading software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) and FortiSASE cloud-based security solutions to help organisations secure their networks. They provide employees with the same secure, reliable access to their work applications regardless of their location—all with a single view across network health visibility, performance dashboards, and customisable reports. With connectivity across 192 countries, Vodafone Business offers the scale and reach needed to support secure digital transformation worldwide.

Today’s announcement, with Vodafone Business attaining the “Fortinet Global Partner” status, underscores both companies’ commitment to supporting regional and international organisations across their IT and operational technology (OT) environments. The value proposition also helps enterprises in meeting cybersecurity compliance standards and requirements.

This milestone comes amid a surge in cybersecurity incidences, including malware, data breaches and social engineering, which rose significantly in the European Union in the first half of 2024, according to the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA).

Marika Auramo, CEO of Vodafone Business, said: “Cybersecurity is an increasing concern for our customers both in-country and cross-border. The breadth and depth of our global partnership with Fortinet means we can provide customers with the benefits of new digital connectivity to more places whilst ensuring that their digital assets, employees, partners and users are protected.”

Joe Sarno, Executive Vice President, International Sales, Fortinet, added: “As organisations digitise and scale across borders, secure connectivity is no longer optional—it’s essential.

“Our expanded partnership with Vodafone enables us to deliver unified SASE solutions that combine advanced security with exceptional performance so enterprises can confidently connect users, devices, and apps anywhere in the world.”

Under the Vodafone Business and Fortinet partnership, businesses can purchase integrated services tailored to their needs and supported by Vodafone Business’s cybersecurity and managed network service experts. Customers can choose from four management options, including 24/7, co-managed network and security, various service-level guarantees, and professional services including service discovery, design, implementation and training.

By combining their global reach and deep security expertise, Vodafone Business and Fortinet empower companies to detect and respond to threats swiftly reducing risk while protecting operations and customer trust.

Notes to Editors

Vodafone Business and Fortinet will work together to further enhance sovereign compliant network operations centre (NOC) and secure operations centre (SOC) services. Vodafone Business recently opened a cybersecurity centre in Düsseldorf, Germany, which will be home to more than 100 cybersecurity experts to help protect enterprise customers of all sizes from online threats.

Increased automation and AI networking experiences as part of Vodafone Business Network as a Service (NaaS) Platform is another area of focus for Vodafone Business and Fortinet. NaaS meets customer digital transformation needs by bringing together Vodafone’s software-based connectivity products and services, including SD-WAN, SASE/SSE, and Wireless and Fixed Internet Transport Services. It gives customers, or Vodafone Business managed services teams on their behalf, greater flexibility to buy, configure, and manage services to meet their specific dynamic business and AI application demands.

Vodafone Business Secure Networking offers organisations several future-proofed managed solutions connecting their users, devices, and machinery. They are:

More information around the partnership and Vodafone Business’ offerings can be found here.

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