Fortinet Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure for the Second Year in a Row

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Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT), a global cybersecurity leader, has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure for the second consecutive year. The recognition highlights the company's secure LAN edge portfolio, including FortiSwitch and FortiAP solutions.

The company's networking solutions are distinguished by their built-in AI-powered security and AI-assisted network operations, fully integrated with the Fortinet Security Fabric and powered by FortiOS. Key benefits include pervasive built-in security at the LAN edge, stronger IT and OT convergence through a unified platform, and consistent capabilities with intuitive licensing to reduce costs and complexity.

Additionally, Fortinet has been recognized in the 2024 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure as a Customers' Choice for the seventh consecutive time, demonstrating strong customer satisfaction with their integrated security and networking solutions.

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• Named Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for second consecutive year
• Recognized as Customers' Choice in Gartner Peer Insights for seventh consecutive time
• Built-in AI-powered security and AI-assisted network operations integration
• Unified platform approach reduces operational complexity and staffing burden

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Technology Industry Analyst

Fortinet's leadership position in Gartner's Magic Quadrant strengthens its competitive standing in the converged networking-security market.

Fortinet's second consecutive recognition as a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure demonstrates its growing strength in the networking space, expanding beyond its traditional security footprint. This accomplishment validates Fortinet's strategic vision of converging networking and security functions through its Security Fabric architecture.

The recognition specifically highlights Fortinet's FortiSwitch and FortiAP portfolio, which distinguishes itself by having security built into the foundation rather than added afterward. This approach delivers three key competitive advantages: reduced cyber risk through pervasive security at the LAN edge with integrated AI management, stronger IT/OT convergence through a unified platform that helps address staffing shortages and the cybersecurity skills gap, and reduced complexity through consistent capabilities and intuitive licensing.

What's particularly noteworthy is Fortinet's single operating system approach (FortiOS) powering both networking and security domains. This integration creates operational efficiencies that competitors with separate networking and security stacks cannot easily match. The customer testimonials further validate real-world benefits, with Jersey Mike's CIO explicitly stating the tight integration between FortiAP and the Security Fabric made their decision "a no-brainer."

Fortinet's positioning demonstrates it's successfully executing its platform expansion strategy beyond firewalls into adjacent networking markets, potentially increasing its total addressable market while differentiating through integrated security features. The concurrent Gartner Peer Insights recognition as a Customers' Choice for the seventh consecutive time indicates strong customer satisfaction, suggesting the company's technical strategy aligns well with enterprise needs in this segment.

Fortinet wired and WLAN solutions have long been integrated into the Fortinet Security Fabric, delivering a proven, AI-powered platform that converges networking and security to reduce complexity, mitigate cyber risk, lower costs, and improve performance

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

News Summary

Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT), the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, today announced it has been recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure for the second year in a row.  

Fortinet believes this recognition reflects the strength of its industry-leading secure LAN edge portfolio, including secure networking solutions such as FortiSwitch and FortiAP. The portfolio is fully integrated with the Fortinet Security Fabric and powered by a single operating system, FortiOS, to deliver converged networking and security.

“Unlike traditional networking solutions that bolt security on after the fact, the Fortinet wired and wireless LAN portfolio was developed from the ground up with built-in AI-powered security and AI-assisted network operations. This convergence enables customers to simplify operations, improve performance, and extend security from IT into OT environments. We believe this is what continues to set Fortinet apart and make us a leader in this market,” said Nirav Shah, Senior Vice President, Products and Solutions, at Fortinet.

The Fortinet Secure LAN Edge portfolio addresses evolving customer needs and delivers key benefits, including:

• Pervasive, built-in security at the LAN edge to reduce cyber risk: Customers can deploy intuitive architectures with integrated security and AI-assisted management via FortiAI. Fortinet’s simplified licensing model avoids the complexity of managing multiple add-on subscriptions.
• Stronger IT and OT convergence through a unified platform: As organizations demand more of their networks while navigating staffing shortages and the cybersecurity skills gap, it becomes increasingly difficult for limited staff to maintain and secure their networks. Fortinet reduces this burden with a single platform approach that minimizes misconfigurations, eases day-to-day operations, and delivers AI-driven insights across Fortinet’s wired and wireless LAN solutions.
• Consistent capabilities and intuitive licensing to reduce cost and complexity: Fortinet’s wired and wireless LAN solutions provide enterprise-grade flexibility without trade-offs, reducing network risk and simplifying operations without inflating costs.
  

These capabilities are all delivered through a single operating system, FortiOS, which powers the Fortinet Security Fabric across the networking and security domains.

Customer Recognition
Fortinet has also been recognized in the 2024 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure as a Customers’ Choice for the seventh consecutive time.

“One of the big reasons we chose Fortinet is that their networking tools are built from the ground up with security in mind… With the Fortinet solutions, our network speed has been amazing. We used to receive frequent performance-related complaints from end-users, but we have heard zero complaints since we deployed the Fortinet networking solutions.”

• Ed O’Kelley, Vice President of IT, Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee
  

“FortiAPs have better availability than their competitors and easier, single-pane-of-glass management. We considered an unmanaged AP, but when we realized how tightly FortiAP integrates with the Fortinet Security Fabric, the decision was a nobrainer. We expect the FortiSwitches and FortiAPs to work together to paint a very complete security picture for our team.”

• Scott Scherer, Chief Information Officer, Jersey Mike’s Franchise Systems, Inc.
  

Additional Resources

• Download the report for more information about the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure.
• Visit fortinet.com/trust to learn more about Fortinet innovation, collaboration partners, product security processes, and enterprise-grade products. 
• Learn more about Fortinet's commitment to product security and integrity, including its responsible product development and vulnerability disclosure approach and policies. 
• Read about how Fortinet customers are securing their organizations.
• Follow Fortinet on X, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. Subscribe to Fortinet on our blog or YouTube.
  

Gartner, Voice of the Customer for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure, Peer Contributors, 12 September 2024.

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About Fortinet
Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) is a driving force in the evolution of cybersecurity and the convergence of networking and security. Our mission is to secure people, devices, and data everywhere, and today we deliver cybersecurity everywhere our customers need it with the largest integrated portfolio of over 50 enterprise-grade products. Well over half a million customers trust Fortinet's solutions, which are among the most deployed, most patented, and most validated in the industry. The Fortinet Training Institute, one of the largest and broadest training programs in the industry, is dedicated to making cybersecurity training and new career opportunities available to everyone. Collaboration with esteemed organizations from both the public and private sectors, including Computer Emergency Response Teams (“CERTS”), government entities, and academia, is a fundamental aspect of Fortinet’s commitment to enhance cyber resilience globally. FortiGuard Labs, Fortinet’s elite threat intelligence and research organization, develops and utilizes leading-edge machine learning and AI technologies to provide customers with timely and consistently top-rated protection and actionable threat intelligence. Learn more at https://www.fortinet.com, the Fortinet Blog, and FortiGuard Labs.

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FAQ

What recognition did Fortinet (FTNT) receive in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant?

Fortinet was named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure for the second consecutive year.

What are the key features of Fortinet's LAN edge portfolio?

Fortinet's portfolio features built-in AI-powered security, AI-assisted network operations, integrated Security Fabric, and unified FortiOS platform that converges networking and security.

How does Fortinet's solution differ from traditional networking solutions?

Unlike traditional solutions that add security later, Fortinet's solutions are developed with built-in security from the ground up, offering integrated AI-powered security and AI-assisted network operations.

What customer recognition has Fortinet received for its networking solutions?

Fortinet was recognized as a Customers' Choice in the 2024 Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure for the seventh consecutive time.

What are the main benefits of Fortinet's Secure LAN Edge portfolio?

The main benefits include built-in security at the LAN edge, IT and OT convergence through a unified platform, and consistent capabilities with intuitive licensing to reduce cost and complexity.