Heavy Networking 487: Fortinet And The Secure SD-WAN (Sponsored)

Fortinet sponsors today’s Heavy Networking podcast. You probably know Fortinet as a firewall company, but today’s conversation focuses on Fortinet’s Secure SD-WAN capabilities.
Fortinet’s offering combines SD-WAN and security features such as Next-Gen firewall in the same appliance, including key features such as application identification, dynamic path selection, and SLA monitoring.
Joining us today to talk about Secure SD-WAN are Nirav Shah, senior director of products and solutions; and Alex Samonte, director of technical architecture.
We discuss:

* The evolution of business drivers for SD-WAN from cost savings to application optimization
* How Fortinet leverages its application ID capabilities from its NGFW for SD-WAN
* Fortient’s ability to decrypt and inspect SSL/TLS traffic for SD-WAN and security policies
* Centralized management for SD-WAN and security from one console
* Hardware acceleration with purpose-built ASICs
* How Fortinet supports public cloud use cases
* More

Show Links:
Fortinet
Fortinet SD-WAN Solutions
Fortinet on Twitter

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Heavy Networking is an unabashedly nerdy dive into all things networking. Described by one listener as "verbal white papers," the weekly episodes feature network engineers, industry experts, and vendors sharing useful information to keep your professional knowledge sharp and your career growing. Hosts Greg Ferro, Ethan Banks and Drew Conry-Murray cut through the marketing spin to explore what works—and what doesn't—in networking today, while keeping an eye on what's ahead for the industry. On air since 2010, Heavy Networking is the flagship show of the Packet Pushers podcast network.