Introduction; Product Benefits - Fortinet FortiWAN Handbook

Introduction

Enterprises are increasingly relying on the internet for delivery of critical components for everyday business operations.
Any delays or interruptions in connectivity can easily result in reduced productivity, lost business opportunities and a
damaged reputation. Maintaining a reliable and efficient internet connection to ensure the operation of critical
applications is therefore key to the success of the enterprise.
FortiWAN intelligently balances internet and intranet traffic across multiple WAN connections, providing additional
low-cost incoming and outgoing bandwidth for the enterprise and substantially increased connection reliability.
FortiWAN is supported by a user-friendly UI and a flexible policy-based performance management system.
FortiWAN provides a unique solution that offers comprehensive multi-WAN management that keeps costs down as
well as keeping customers and users connected.

Product Benefits

FortiWAN is the most robust, cost-effective way to:
Increase the performance of your:
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Internet access
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Public-to-Enterprise access
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Site-to-site private intranet
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Lower Operating Costs
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Increase your network reliability
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Enable Cloud / Web 2.0 Applications
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Monitor Network Performance
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Increase Network Performance
FortiWAN increases network performance in three key areas:
Access to Internet resources from the Enterprise
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Access to Enterprise resources from the Internet
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Creation of Enterprise Intranet connections between sites
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FortiWAN intelligently aggregates multiple broadband and/or leased access lines to significantly increase Internet
access performance. FortiWAN makes reacting to network demands fast, flexible and inexpensive. FortiWAN
transforms underperforming networks into responsive, cost-effective and easy-to-manage business assets.
FortiWAN load balances Internet service requests from Enterprise users, optimally distributing traffic across all
available access links. FortiWAN's 7 different Load Balancing algorithms provide the flexibility to maximize productivity
from any network scenario.
FortiWAN gives you high-performance inter-site connectivity without the need to lease expensive links such as T1 and
T3. FortiWAN aggregates multiple low-cost Internet access links to create site-to-site Virtual Private Line (VPL)
Tunnels for LAN-like performance between company locations. By using multiple carriers and media, reliability of
these VPL Tunnels can exceed that of traditional engineered carrier links.
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